Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 11, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1963 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 4 0 1 0
Davalillo cf 4 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 4 1 0 0
Whitfield 1b 4 2 2 2
Chance rf 4 0 2 1
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Agee lf 4 0 1 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Donovan p 3 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  John p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Rollins 3b 4 2 2 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall cf,lf 3 1 2 2
Killebrew lf 3 1 1 4
  Green cf 0 0 0 0
Allison rf 5 2 2 0
Battey c 4 1 2 2
Versalles ss 3 1 2 0
Allen 2b 3 1 1 0
Stange p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 8
Cleveland 010 100 010372
Minnesota 010 200 15x9132
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L (11-13) 6.1 12 4 3 2 3
  Bell   1.1 1 5 5 5 4
  John   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
8
7
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stange  W (10-4) 9.0 7 3 3 1 8
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
8

  E–Alvis (24), Bell (1), Rollins 2 (23).  DP–Cleveland 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Chance (2,off Stange), Minnesota Versalles (31,off Donovan).  HR–Cleveland Whitfield 2 (19,2nd inning off Stange 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Stange 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Battey (25,4th inning off Donovan 1 on, 2 out); Killebrew (38,8th inning off Bell 3 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Power (13,off Donovan).  IBB–Rollins (4,by Bell).  Team–8.  IBB–Bell (10,Rollins).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:45.  A–8,749.
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