Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 24, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 0 0
  Stapleton ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Barrett 2b 4 3 3 4
  Romero 2b,3b 2 0 1 1
Rice lf 4 3 3 3
  Greenwell lf 2 1 1 0
Baylor dh 5 2 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 3 4
  Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 6 2 5 3
Armas cf,rf 7 3 3 6
Sullivan c 4 2 0 0
Owen ss 5 6 4 1
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 24 24 23
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 5 2 2 3
Franco ss 5 0 1 0
Carter 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tabler ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Thornton dh 2 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,dh 3 0 1 1
Hall lf 5 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 1 2 0
Butler cf 2 0 1 0
  Nixon cf 2 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 1 2 0
Bando c 4 0 1 1
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Roman p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
Boston 004 2012 15024241
Cleveland 100 000 1035131
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  W (12-9) 7.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Stanley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sambito   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (0-1) 3.2 6 6 4 3 0
  Noles   2.0 4 5 5 3 1
  Roman   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Oelkers   2.1 11 9 9 1 1
  Camacho   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
24
24
22
9
2

  E–Boggs (14), Jacoby (17).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Barrett (33,off Oelkers); Greenwell (1,off Oelkers).  HR–Boston Armas 2 (9,6th inning off Roman 3 on, 2 out,8th inning off Oelkers 1 on, 2 out); Owen (1,7th inning off Oelkers 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Bernazard (13,1st inning off Boyd 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Sullivan (4,by Oelkers).  WP–Sambito (3).  BK–Swindell (1).  HBP–Oelkers (4,Sullivan).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:27.  A–26,316.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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