Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2002 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 2, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 4 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 3 1
Selby lf 4 0 0 0
Thome dh 4 1 1 1
Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0
Bard c 3 0 0 0
Magruder rf 3 1 1 0
McDonald 2b 3 0 0 0
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 3 0 0 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez dh 4 2 3 1
Floyd rf 4 0 0 0
Agbayani lf 4 1 2 1
Mirabelli c 3 1 1 0
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 2
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Cleveland 000 000 011261
Boston 010 200 01x480
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia  L (11-11) 8.0 8 4 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (11-5) 8.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Urbina  SV (36) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
6

  E–McDonald (7).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Magruder (13,off Wakefield), Boston Hillenbrand (41,off Sabathia); R Sanchez (12,off Sabathia).  HR–Cleveland Thome (46,9th inning off Urbina 0 on, 0 out), Boston Ramirez (33,8th inning off Sabathia 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Damon (5,by Sabathia).  SB–Floyd (3,3rd base off Sabathia/Bard).  CS–Damon (6,2nd base by Sabathia/Bard).  WP–Wakefield (4).  HBP–Sabathia (1,Damon).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Andrew Fletcher, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:06.  A–31,760.
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