Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 2 2
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Evans 1b 5 2 3 4
Baylor dh 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 3 1
  Benzinger lf 0 0 0 0
Henderson rf 4 1 2 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 0
Marzano c 4 1 1 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 1 0
Hinzo 2b 4 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Carter 1b 4 2 2 1
Hall lf 4 1 3 0
Tabler dh 2 0 1 1
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 0 1 0
Noboa 3b 4 0 1 1
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Boston 031 020 0017150
Cleveland 000 210 0003102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (14-8) 6.0 10 3 3 1 8
  Gardner  SV (8) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes  L (6-7) 4.1 10 6 6 1 3
  Gordon   3.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
1
4

  E–Hinzo (4), Jones (4).  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Boston Marzano (6,off Bailes), Cleveland Hall (15,off Clemens); Allanson (4,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Rice (11,2nd inning off Bailes 0 on, 1 out); Evans 2 (33,3rd inning off Bailes 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Bailes 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Carter (28,5th inning off Clemens 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Burks (5,2nd base by Gordon/Allanson).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:55.  A–17,189.
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