Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 19, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1996 at Jacobs Field. 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

Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hosey cf 3 1 0 0
  Jefferson ph 1 0 0 0
Valentin ss 5 1 3 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 2 3
Canseco dh 3 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
O'Leary rf 4 0 1 0
Stanley c 3 1 1 1
Cordero 2b 4 0 1 0
Beltre 3b 3 0 0 0
  Selby ph 1 0 1 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 3 3 0
Franco 1b 3 1 1 1
Baerga 2b 5 1 1 2
Belle lf 4 2 3 3
Murray dh 2 0 0 1
Ramirez rf 5 0 1 2
Thome 3b 3 0 1 0
  Leius 3b 0 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 2 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 9
Boston 100 100 200491
Cleveland 202 005 00x9130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (1-2) 5.0 10 7 7 4 1
  Hudson   3.0 3 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
7
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (3-1) 7.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
4

  E–Stanley (4).  DP–Boston 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Valentin 2 (4,off Martinez 2), Cleveland Vizquel (4,off Gordon); Belle (4,off Hudson).  HR–Boston Stanley (2,4th inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out); Vaughn (3,7th inning off Martinez 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Belle (6,1st inning off Gordon 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Vaughn (2,off Martinez); Murray (1,off Gordon).  HBP–Stanley (1,by Martinez).  IBB–Murray (1,by Hudson).  SB–Hosey (5,2nd base off Martinez/Alomar); Lofton (13,2nd base off Hudson/Stanley).  HBP–Martinez (2,Stanley).  IBB–Hudson (1,Murray).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:55.  A–40,521.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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