Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1995 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1995 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 12, Boston Red Sox 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 2 1
Vizquel ss 3 1 2 1
Baerga 2b 5 3 3 3
Belle lf 5 0 1 0
Murray dh 4 1 1 0
Thome 3b 5 2 2 1
Ramirez rf 5 1 2 3
Sorrento 1b 3 3 2 3
Pena c 3 0 2 0
  Kirby ph 1 0 0 0
  Tucker c 0 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 17 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Shumpert 2b 6 1 2 1
Valentin ss 4 0 2 1
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 1
Macfarlane c 3 1 2 0
  Rowland c 2 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 5 2 2 2
Naehring 3b 4 3 4 1
Whiten rf 1 0 0 0
  Chamberlain rf 2 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Haselman dh 2 1 1 2
  Jefferson ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Mahay cf 5 1 2 1
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Van Egmond p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 18 10
Cleveland 210 100 23312172
Boston 042 110 10110181
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Black   2.0 9 6 6 1 0
  Grimsley   3.2 3 2 1 1 5
  Poole   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Assenmacher  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Mesa  SV (5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
10
9
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson   5.0 9 4 4 1 7
  Van Egmond   1.1 1 2 2 2 2
  Belinda   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Ryan   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Pierce  L (0-2) 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Pena   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
4
10

  E–Thome (3), Pena (1), Macfarlane (2).  DP–Cleveland 3, Boston 2.  2B–Cleveland Thome 2 (6,off Belinda,off Pierce); Lofton (5,off Ryan); Baerga (4,off Pierce).  HR–Cleveland Baerga 2 (5,1st inning off Hanson 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off VanEgmond 1 on, 1 out); Sorrento 2 (8,2nd inning off Hanson 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Ryan 1 on, 0 out), Boston Greenwell (1,3rd inning off Black 1 on, 0 out); Vaughn (11,4th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 1 out); Naehring (2,7th inning off Tavarez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Vizquel (1,off Hanson); Haselman (1,off Grimsley); Jefferson (1,off Mesa).  IBB–Murray (3,by Pierce).  HBP–Haselman (1,by Grimsley); Valentin (3,by Grimsley).  SB–Lofton (4,2nd base off Hanson/Macfarlane); Valentin (2,2nd base off Grimsley/Pena).  CS–Vizquel (1,2nd base by Hanson/Macfarlane).  WP–Black (1), Grimsley (3).  HBP–Grimsley 2 (2,Haselman,Valentin).  IBB–Pierce (2,Murray).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:48.  A–32,339.
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