Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1988 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."

"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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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 1 1 1
Francona dh 5 0 1 0
Carter cf 4 0 2 2
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 2 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 2 2 0
Bell ss 3 1 2 0
  Kittle ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuvella ss 0 0 0 0
Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 2 2 2
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 2
Burks cf 3 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish dh 4 0 0 0
Reed ss 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 1
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 6
Cleveland 000 010 3004111
Boston 301 200 10x780
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Yett  L (8-5) 3.2 6 6 5 2 0
  Walker   2.1 0 0 0 4 2
  Gordon   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Bailes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
6
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (11-15) 6.0 8 3 3 2 4
  Lamp   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Stanley   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (24) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
5

  E–Bell (7).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Carter (32,off Boddicker); Clark (4,off Boddicker), Boston Reed (18,off Yett); Boggs (38,off Yett).  3B–Boston Greenwell (7,off Yett).  HR–Boston Boggs (5,3rd inning off Yett 0 on, 0 out); Evans (15,7th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Carter (24,2nd base off Stanley/Gedman).  CS–Boggs (3,2nd base by Walker/Allanson).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:45.  A–33,349.
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