Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1996 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."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 1 0 0 0
  Burnitz cf 6 1 1 1
Vizquel ss 7 1 2 0
Baerga 2b 6 1 1 0
Belle lf 4 0 1 0
Thome 3b 4 0 1 2
Murray dh 6 0 1 0
Ramirez rf 6 0 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 6 0 1 0
Espinoza 1b 6 1 1 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 4 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 7 0 0 0
Valentin ss 7 1 2 1
Vaughn 1b 7 0 1 0
Canseco dh 7 2 2 1
Stanley c 4 0 3 0
  Tinsley pr,cf 3 1 2 0
Jefferson lf 4 0 2 1
  Delgado pr,lf,c 1 1 0 0
Naehring 3b 6 1 3 3
O'Leary cf 3 0 0 0
  Haselman ph,c 2 0 0 0
  Selby ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Malave rf 6 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 6 15 6
Cleveland 002 000 020 000 0004100
Boston 000 100 003 000 0026151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   8.0 4 1 1 0 5
  Mesa   0.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Plunk   2.1 2 0 0 0 4
  Tavarez   3.0 3 0 0 2 2
  Embree  L (1-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
14.1
15
6
6
3
13
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   7.1 7 4 4 3 6
  Stanton   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Slocumb   1.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hudson   3.1 1 0 0 3 3
  Garces  W (2-2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
15.0
10
4
4
12
13

  E–Delgado (1).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Cleveland Espinoza (2,off Clemens); Burnitz (4,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Canseco (24,4th inning off Nagy 0 on, 2 out); Valentin (8,9th inning off Mesa 0 on, 0 out); Naehring (12,15th inning off Embree 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Vizquel (3,by Gunderson).  SH–Delgado (1,off Tavarez).  IBB–Naehring (4,by Tavarez).  SB–Burnitz (1,2nd base off Garces/Delgado).  CS–Burnitz (1,2nd base by Clemens/Stanley).  WP–Clemens 2 (5).  HBP–Gunderson (2,Vizquel).  IBB–Tavarez (3,Naehring).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–5:14.  A–33,727.
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