Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 1 0
Franco ss 5 1 2 0
Tabler dh 3 0 3 0
  Clark ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Carter 1b 5 2 3 3
Hall lf 5 0 2 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 1
Snyder rf 3 0 1 0
Bernazard 2b 4 1 1 1
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
  Frobel ph 1 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 15 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 2 1
Boggs 3b 4 1 3 1
Rice lf 3 1 2 0
Baylor dh 3 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 1 1 1
Henderson rf 4 1 1 3
Sullivan c 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 1 2 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Cleveland 000 000 1135150
Boston 113 000 10x6120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (3-4) 7.0 12 6 6 3 5
  Camacho   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  W (4-4) 7.1 11 2 2 1 0
  Schiraldi   1.2 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Dempsey (5,off Nipper); Tabler (15,off Nipper), Boston Boggs 2 (10,off Swindell 2); Owen (4,off Swindell).  HR–Cleveland Bernazard (6,7th inning off Nipper 0 on, 0 out); Carter (8,9th inning off Schiraldi 2 on, 2 out), Boston Henderson (6,3rd inning off Swindell 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Buckner (3,off Swindell).  IBB–Baylor (2,by Swindell).  CS–Owen (2,2nd base by Swindell/Dempsey).  WP–Schiraldi (2).  IBB–Swindell (1,Baylor).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:55.  A–18,493.
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