Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 23, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2003 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 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 3 1 0 0
Vizquel ss 3 1 0 0
  McDonald ss 0 0 0 0
Burks dh 4 0 0 0
Bradley cf 4 0 1 2
Gerut rf 4 0 1 0
Bard c 3 0 0 0
Blake 3b 3 0 0 0
Broussard 1b 3 0 2 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 2 0
Walker 2b 5 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 3 2 2 1
  Jackson ss 0 0 0 1
Ramirez lf 4 1 1 0
Nixon rf 3 1 1 1
Mueller 3b 4 1 2 2
Hillenbrand 1b 4 1 1 2
Giambi dh 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 2 3 1
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 8
Cleveland 000 002 000242
Boston 600 011 01x9130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (2-5) 5.0 8 7 5 1 1
  Mulholland   3.0 5 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
7
2
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  W (4-3) 9.0 4 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5

  E–B Phillips (3), Rodriguez (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Boston Mueller (19,off Rodriguez); Hillenbrand (16,off Rodriguez).  HBP–Lawton (6,by Lowe); Garciaparra (3,by Rodriguez).  SF–Jackson (1,off Mulholland).  HBP–Rodriguez (2,Garciaparra); Lowe (3,Lawton).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:08.  A–32,673.
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