Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1977 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 6 1 2 0
Kuiper 2b 5 0 0 1
Norris rf 6 0 2 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
  Dade pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 5 0 1 0
Melton 3b 5 2 3 0
Bell lf 5 1 3 2
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein pr 0 0 0 0
  Kendall c 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 2 1 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0
  Griffin ph 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski rf 1 0 1 1
  Miller pr,cf 3 1 1 0
Scott 1b 5 0 1 0
Carbo dh 4 1 3 1
Evans cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Fisk c 3 0 2 1
Hobson 3b 5 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 10 4
Cleveland 000 000 112 015120
Boston 120 000 010 004103
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   9.0 8 4 4 4 9
  LaRoche  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
4
11
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   7.2 8 2 1 1 1
  Campbell  L (0-1) 3.1 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
11.0
12
5
4
3
2

  E–Burleson 2 (2), Rice (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 2.  2B–Cleveland Manning (1,off Jenkins), Boston Carbo (1,off Eckersley); Fisk (1,off Eckersley).  HR–Cleveland Bell (1,9th inning off Campbell 1 on, 0 out), Boston Carbo (1,2nd inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out); Evans (1,2nd inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kuiper (1,off Jenkins); Duffy (1,off Campbell); Doyle (1,off Eckersley).  HBP–Yastrzemski (1,by Eckersley).  IBB–Fisk (1,by Eckersley); Carbo (1,by Eckersley).  CS–Duffy (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Fisk).  SB–Rice (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Fosse); Yastrzemski (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Fosse); Carbo (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Fosse); Miller (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Fosse).  HBP–Eckersley (1,Yastrzemski).  IBB–Eckersley 2 (2,Fisk,Carbo).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:20.  A–34,790.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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