Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
August 29, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1986 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 3 1 1 1
Butler cf 5 0 0 0
Carter rf 5 3 5 4
Hall lf 5 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Snyder ss 5 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 5 1 3 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 3 0
Bando c 3 0 1 1
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 16 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 1
Rice lf 3 1 1 1
Baylor dh 3 1 2 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 2 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Cleveland 002 300 1017160
Boston 101 000 010361
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  W (13-9) 9.0 6 3 3 5 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (7-11) 4.1 9 5 5 0 4
  Stewart   2.2 4 1 1 2 1
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Stanley   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
3
7

  E–Evans (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, Boston 3.  2B–Cleveland Jacoby 2 (22,off Stewart 2), Boston Evans (28,off Candiotti).  HR–Cleveland Carter 3 (24,3rd inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out); Snyder (17,4th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), Boston Rice (13,3rd inning off Candiotti 0 on, 2 out); Baylor (26,8th inning off Candiotti 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bernazard (6,off Seaver); Buckner (7,off Candiotti).  IBB–Bernazard (4,by Sambito).  SH–Barrett (13,off Candiotti).  SB–Bernazard (15,2nd base off Seaver/Gedman); Nixon (17,2nd base off Stanley/Gedman).  WP–Candiotti (10).  IBB–Sambito (2,Bernazard).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:53.  A–34,004.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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