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Retrosheet Boxscore: Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

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Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

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Discrepancies

Game Played on Wednesday, June 20, 1956 (N) at Cleveland Stadium

BOS A    2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  -   4  5  2
CLE A    2  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    1  -   5 11  0
BATTING
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Piersall cf                   3   1   0   0       2   1       5   0
Klaus 3b                      2   2   1   1       3   0       1   3
Gernert lf                    4   0   0   1       0   2       2   0
Jensen rf                     5   1   2   2       0   3       2   1
Zauchin 1b                    5   0   0   0       0   4       9   0
Lepcio 2b                     3   0   0   0       2   2       6   4
White c                       4   0   0   0       0   1       3   1
Buddin ss                     3   0   1   0       1   0       1   3
Porterfield p                 4   0   1   0       0   2       0   1
  Hurd p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       33   4   5   4       8  15      29  14
FIELDING - 
E: Zauchin (1), Lepcio (5).
BATTING - 
2B: Buddin (11,off Score).
3B: Klaus (1,off Narleski).
HR: Jensen (8,1st inning off Score 1 on 2 out).
SH: White (1,off McLish).
SF: Gernert (4,off Narleski).
Team LOB: 9.
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Avila 2b                      3   3   0   0       2   0       2   1
Woodling lf                   4   2   2   2       1   0       3   0
Smith rf                      4   0   1   0       2   0       1   0
Wertz 1b                      3   0   1   1       2   0       3   0
Rosen 3b                      4   0   1   1       2   0       1   0
Busby cf                      5   0   1   1       0   1       3   0
Carrasquel ss                 5   0   3   0       0   1       1   1
Hegan c                       3   0   1   0       0   0      13   0
  Ward ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  McLish p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
  Mele ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Kuhn pr                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Mossi p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Score p                       2   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Mitchell ph                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Narleski p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Naragon ph,c                2   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
Totals                       38   5  11   5       9   2      30   4
BATTING - 
2B: Woodling (3,off Porterfield); Smith (11,off Porterfield).
HR: Woodling (2,8th inning off Porterfield 0 on 1 out).
SH: Woodling (1,off Hurd).
HBP: Avila (4,by Porterfield); Wertz (4,by Hurd).
IBB: Rosen (1,by Porterfield); Wertz 2 (4,by Porterfield,by Hurd).
Team LOB: 16.
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Porterfield                   7.1   9   4   4   7   2   1  38
Hurd L(1-3)                   2.1   2   1   1   2   0   0  12
Totals                        9.2  11   5   5   9   2   1  50
HBP: Porterfield (1,Avila); Hurd (3,Wertz).
IBB: Porterfield 2 (2,Rosen,Wertz); Hurd (2,Wertz).
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Score                         6     4   2   2   5  10   1  27
Narleski                      1     1   2   2   1   2   0   5
McLish                        2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8
Mossi W(2-1)                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                       10     5   4   4   8  15   1  43

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Bill Summers, 3B - Bill McKinley
Time of Game: 3:29   Attendance: 14271
Starting Lineups:

   Boston Red Sox                Cleveland Indians        
1. Piersall            cf        Avila               2b
2. Klaus               3b        Woodling            lf
3. Gernert             lf        Smith               rf
4. Jensen              rf        Wertz               1b
5. Zauchin             1b        Rosen               3b
6. Lepcio              2b        Busby               cf
7. White               c         Carrasquel          ss
8. Buddin              ss        Hegan               c
9. Porterfield         p         Score               p

RED SOX 1ST: Piersall flied out to center; Klaus walked; Gernert
struck out; Jensen homered to left [Klaus scored]; Zauchin
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Avila walked; Woodling doubled to right [Avila
scored, Woodling to third (error by Lepcio)]; Smith walked;
Wertz grounded out (first unassisted) [Smith to second]; Rosen
was walked intentionally; Busby forced Rosen (shortstop to
second) [Smith to third, Woodling scored]; Carrasquel grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
2.

RED SOX 2ND: Lepcio struck out; White struck out; Buddin doubled
to left; Porterfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Hegan singled to left; Score popped to first in
foul territory; Avila flied out to right; Woodling walked [Hegan
to second]; Smith forced Woodling (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Piersall walked; Klaus forced Piersall (second to
shortstop); Gernert flied out to left; Jensen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Wertz made an out to second; Rosen walked; Busby
singled to left [Rosen to second]; Carrasquel struck out; Hegan
forced Rosen (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Indians 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Zauchin struck out; Lepcio struck out; White
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Score singled to pitcher; Avila flied out to
center; Woodling forced Score (second to shortstop); Smith
doubled to left [Woodling to third]; Wertz was walked
intentionally; Wertz was picked off first (catcher to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Buddin popped to third in foul territory;
Porterfield singled to left; Piersall struck out; Klaus walked
[Porterfield to second]; Gernert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Rosen flied out to center; Busby grounded out
(third to first); Carrasquel singled to center; Hegan grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
2.

RED SOX 6TH: Jensen singled to left; Zauchin popped to catcher
in foul territory; Lepcio walked [Jensen to second]; White made
an out to first; Buddin walked [Jensen to third, Lepcio to
second]; Porterfield flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: MITCHELL BATTED FOR SCORE; Mitchell flied out to
right; Avila was hit by a pitch; Woodling grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Avila to second]; Smith walked; Wertz singled to
right [Smith to third, Avila scored]; Rosen forced Wertz
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
3.

RED SOX 7TH: NARLESKI REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Piersall
walked; Klaus tripled to right [Piersall scored]; Gernert hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Klaus scored]; Jensen struck out;
Zauchin struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Busby struck out; Carrasquel singled to center;
WARD BATTED FOR HEGAN; Ward flied out to left; NARAGON BATTED
FOR NARLESKI; Naragon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Indians 3.

RED SOX 8TH: NARAGON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MCLISH
REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Lepcio walked; White out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lepcio to second]; Buddin
flied out to left; Porterfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Avila flied out to center; Woodling homered to
right; HURD REPLACED PORTERFIELD (PITCHING); Smith flied out to
center; Wertz was hit by a pitch; Rosen flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Piersall grounded out (pitcher to first); Klaus
walked; Gernert made an out to second; Jensen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Busby reached on an error by Zauchin; Carrasquel
singled to right [Busby to third, Carrasquel out at second
(right to third to first)]; MELE BATTED FOR MCLISH; Mele reached
on a fielder's choice [Busby out at home (second to catcher)];
KUHN RAN FOR MELE; Naragon grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 10TH: MOSSI REPLACED KUHN (PITCHING); Zauchin struck
out; Lepcio flied out to right; White flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 10TH: Avila walked; Woodling out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Avila to second]; Smith lined to second;
Wertz was walked intentionally; Rosen singled to left [Wertz to
second, Avila scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians
5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          4   5   2    9
 Indians          5  11   0   16
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