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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1984-05-16 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 4264 · 2:24

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 3rd. Dennis Eckersley earned the win and Bob Stanley picked up the save. Jim Rice went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	11
CLE	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5

W: Dennis Eckersley L: Steve Farr SV: Bob Stanley

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Mike Reilly · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Don Denkinger · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wade Boggs	5	0	4	3	0	0
Dwight Evans	5	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Rice	3	2	1	1	1	1
Tony Armas	4	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Easler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rich Gedman	3	0	1	1	1	1
Rick Miller	3	2	1	0	1	0
Marty Barrett	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jackie Gutierrez	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Butler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Bernazard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Tabler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Andre Thornton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove	4	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Franco	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Hassey	2	1	1	0	1	0
Brook Jacoby	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Vukovich	3	0	0	1	0	0
Broderick Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Eckersley	8.1	5	2	1
Bob Stanley	0.2	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Farr	5.2	7	2	6
Mike Jeffcoat	1.0	1	0	0
Dan Spillner	1.1	2	1	1
Luis Aponte	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wade Boggs: S
Dwight Evans: 7
Jim Rice: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Brett Butler: 31
Tony Bernazard: S
Pat Tabler: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Tony Armas: K
Mike Easler: 31
Rich Gedman: K

Bot 2

Andre Thornton: D
Mike Hargrove: 3/G.2-3
Julio Franco: S.3-H
Ron Hassey: CS2(26)
Ron Hassey: W
Brook Jacoby: 2/FL

Top 3

Rick Miller: W
Marty Barrett: S/BG5S.1-2
Jackie Gutierrez: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Wade Boggs: S8/G46.3-H;2-H
Dwight Evans: CS2(26)
Dwight Evans: K

Bot 3

George Vukovich: 7
Brett Butler: 9
Tony Bernazard: 3

Top 4

Jim Rice: K
Tony Armas: 2/FL
Mike Easler: 7

Bot 4

Pat Tabler: 9
Andre Thornton: 13
Mike Hargrove: 3

Top 5

Rich Gedman: 63
Rick Miller: S
Marty Barrett: S.1-2
Jackie Gutierrez: 9
Wade Boggs: S.2-H;1-3
Dwight Evans: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Julio Franco: 63
Ron Hassey: 31
Brook Jacoby: K

Top 6

Jim Rice: HR/L7
Tony Armas: K
Mike Easler: K
Rich Gedman: W
Rick Miller: 8

Bot 6

George Vukovich: 6
Brett Butler: DGR/G5/FINT
Tony Bernazard: 2/FL
Pat Tabler: SB3
Pat Tabler: 163

Top 7

Marty Barrett: 8
Jackie Gutierrez: S
Wade Boggs: 43.1-2
Dwight Evans: K

Bot 7

Andre Thornton: 7
Mike Hargrove: 43
Julio Franco: 63

Top 8

Jim Rice: W
Tony Armas: S.1-2
Mike Easler: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rich Gedman: S.3-H
Rick Miller: 7

Bot 8

Ron Hassey: D9/F9DW
Broderick Perkins: 43.2-3
George Vukovich: 43.3-H
Brett Butler: 7

Top 9

Marty Barrett: 9
Jackie Gutierrez: 53
Wade Boggs: S
Dwight Evans: WP.1-2
Dwight Evans: K

Bot 9

Tony Bernazard: 9
Pat Tabler: W
Andre Thornton: 64(1)/FO
Mike Hargrove: SB2
Mike Hargrove: 7

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Steve Farr
Indians manmager Pat Corrales ejected by HP umpire Richie Garcia arguing that Brett Butler should be awarded 3B on the fan interference

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