Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1965 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cater lf 5 0 0 0
Buford 2b 4 1 1 1
Robinson rf 4 0 1 0
Ward 3b 4 1 1 0
McCraw cf,1b 4 1 2 0
Skowron 1b 5 1 3 1
  Berry pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 0 0 1
Martin c 3 0 3 1
Buzhardt p 1 0 0 0
  Howard p 2 0 0 0
  Weis ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 0 2 0
Whitfield 1b 5 0 0 0
Wagner lf 5 1 0 0
Colavito rf 4 1 2 0
Alvis 3b 5 1 1 3
Davalillo cf 3 0 2 0
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0
Siebert p 2 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Luplow ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 1 0
  Weaver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 8 3
Chicago 000 003 000 14111
Cleveland 003 000 000 0380
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buzhardt   3.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Howard   5.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Fisher  W (4-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   5.2 7 3 3 2 6
  Bell   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  McMahon   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Weaver  L (1-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
4
8

  E–Buford (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  PB–Martin (13).  2B–Chicago Martin 2 (6,off Siebert 2); Skowron (9,off Siebert), Cleveland Davalillo (9,off Buzhardt); Colavito (5,off Buzhardt).  HR–Chicago Buford (4,10th inning off Weaver 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Alvis (6,3rd inning off Buzhardt 2 on, 2 out).  SH–McCraw (1,off McMahon).  SF–Hansen (4,off Siebert).  IBB–Davalillo (2,by Howard).  WP–Howard (2).  IBB–Howard (2,Davalillo).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:56.
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