Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 15, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 3 2 1
Hinzo 2b 6 1 5 1
Franco ss 4 1 1 1
  Bell ss 1 1 1 1
Carter 1b 6 4 4 5
Hall lf 6 1 4 4
Tabler dh 6 0 2 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
  Snyder ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Williams 3b 5 1 1 0
Allanson c 4 2 1 0
Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 15 22 14
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Evans dh 3 0 0 0
Greenwell rf 4 1 2 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 1
Dodson 1b 4 1 2 0
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Sullivan c 4 0 1 1
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Cleveland 100 811 00415220
Boston 010 100 0002111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  W (4-0) 7.0 8 2 2 2 3
  Vande Berg   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Gordon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (4-14) 3.1 8 6 6 1 2
  Bolton   3.2 8 5 5 2 3
  Sambito   1.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Crawford   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
22
15
15
5
6

  E–Barrett (9).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 2.  PB–Sullivan (10).  2B–Cleveland Tabler (34,off Stanley); Hall (16,off Stanley); Hinzo (8,off Bolton); Carter (20,off Sambito), Boston Dodson (2,off Farrell).  3B–Boston Greenwell (5,off Farrell).  HR–Cleveland Carter 2 (31,4th inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Bolton 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Carter (27,2nd base off Bolton/Sullivan).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:17.  A–28,638.
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