Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 21, 1996 Box Score

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

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Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cuyler cf 4 1 2 1
Valentin ss 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 2 2
Jefferson dh 3 1 1 0
  Hosey ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Stanley c 4 0 2 0
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
O'Leary rf 4 1 2 2
  Haselman ph 1 0 0 0
Cordero 2b 4 1 1 0
Selby 3b 4 2 3 2
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Pennington p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 2 2
Franco 1b 3 1 1 1
Baerga 2b 5 0 2 5
Belle lf 5 1 2 0
Murray dh 4 0 0 1
Ramirez rf 4 2 2 2
  Kirby rf 1 0 0 0
Thome 3b 1 2 1 0
  Leius 3b 1 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 2 2 0 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 11 11
Boston 000 221 0207140
Cleveland 020 005 40x11110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   5.2 8 5 5 3 7
  Pennington  L (0-2) 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Belinda   1.0 1 3 3 3 0
  Stanton   0.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Hudson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
9
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   4.1 10 4 4 2 1
  Ogea  W (1-0) 1.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Tavarez   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Boston Selby (1,off Tavarez), Cleveland Baerga (7,off Belinda); Lofton (1,off Stanton).  3B–Cleveland Belle (1,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Selby (1,6th inning off Ogea 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Ramirez 2 (4,2nd inning off Clemens 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Clemens 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cuyler (1,by Hershiser); Thome (1,by Clemens).  SB–Cuyler (1,2nd base off Hershiser/Alomar).  CS–Franco (4,2nd base by Clemens/Stanley).  WP–Stanton (1).  HBP–Clemens (3,Thome); Hershiser (2,Cuyler).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:27.  A–42,256.
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