Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
October 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2009 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 2, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 5 0 1 0
Carroll 2b 4 0 2 0
Choo rf 4 0 0 0
Peralta 3b 4 0 0 0
Hafner dh 3 1 1 0
LaPorta 1b 4 0 0 0
Valbuena ss 4 1 3 1
Shoppach c 3 0 0 0
Crowe lf 4 0 1 1
Sowers p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Sipp p 0 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 3 2 1 0
Pedroia 2b 3 1 0 1
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 1
Youkilis 3b 3 0 1 2
Bay lf 4 0 2 1
Lowell dh 3 0 1 0
  Kottaras pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 2 0 0 0
  Reddick pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 2 1 0 0
  Lowrie pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 5
Cleveland 000 020 000283
Boston 103 000 20x681
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sowers  L(6-11) 3.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Todd   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Sipp   1.2 0 2 0 1 2
  Veras   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wood   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  W(4-6) 6.0 5 2 2 3 7
  Wagner   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Ramirez   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Bard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Saito   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
10

  E–Peralta (19), LaPorta (4), Shoppach (4), Youkilis (6).  DP–Cleveland 2. Peralta-LaPorta, Peralta-Carroll.  2B–Cleveland Brantley (4,off Matsuzaka); Hafner (19,off Matsuzaka), Boston Ellsbury (27,off Sowers); Varitek (24,off Sowers); Bay (29,off Sowers); Youkilis (36,off Veras).  3B–Cleveland Valbuena (3,off Ramirez).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Pedroia (6,off Sowers).  HBP–A. Gonzalez 2 (2,by Sowers,by Wood).  Team–8.  SB–Valbuena (2,2nd base off Matsuzaka/Varitek); Ellsbury (69,3rd base off Sowers/Shoppach).  CS–Ellsbury (12,3rd base by Sowers/Shoppach).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Scott Barry, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:25.  A–37,787.
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