Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1969 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 5 1 1 0
Brown ss 4 2 1 1
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 3 1 1 1
Hinton lf 3 0 1 1
Versalles 3b 2 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 1 1
Scheinblum rf 4 0 0 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 1 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Conigliaro B. cf 3 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 1
Jones 1b 3 1 0 0
Conigliaro T. rf 5 1 2 1
  Thomas rf 0 0 0 0
Scott 3b 4 2 2 0
Petrocelli ss 1 2 1 1
Moses c 5 1 2 5
Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 5 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
Cleveland 300 000 100450
Boston 060 100 11x9111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (0-1) 1.1 3 6 6 3 2
  Paul   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Hamilton   5.0 6 3 3 4 4
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
9
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brett   0.1 3 3 3 3 1
  Jarvis  W (1-0) 8.2 2 1 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
6
9

  E–Andrews (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Hinton (2,off Brett), Boston Yastrzemski 2 (4,off Paul,off Hamilton); Moses (3,off Hamilton).  3B–Boston Scott (1,off Paul).  HR–Boston Moses (1,2nd inning off Hargan 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hinton (1,by Jarvis); Jones (1,by Paul).  IBB–Petrocelli (1,by Hamilton).  SB–Petrocelli (1,2nd base off Paul/Sims).  WP–Hamilton (2), Jarvis (1).  BK–Brett (1).  HBP–Paul (1,Jones); Jarvis (1,Hinton).  IBB–Hamilton (2,Petrocelli).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–3:10.  A–29,074.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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