Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
August 31, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1965 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo cf 5 1 2 0
Gonzalez 2b,rf,2b 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 3 0 0 0
  Salmon pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Colavito rf 3 0 1 0
  Howser pr,2b 1 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 5 0 1 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 1
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Sims c 4 0 2 0
  Roof c 1 0 0 0
Siebert p 2 0 0 0
  Luplow ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 8 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 4 1 1 0
Tartabull lf 4 0 0 0
Causey ss 4 0 1 0
Charles 3b 5 1 2 1
Landis cf 2 0 0 0
Rosario 1b 3 0 0 1
Bryan c 4 1 1 1
Hershberger rf 4 0 1 0
Talbot p 3 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Cleveland 000 000 001 10281
Kansas City 000 100 000 11361
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   7.0 2 1 0 1 8
  McMahon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Tiefenauer  L (1-2) 1.1 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
10.1
6
3
2
2
10
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Talbot   8.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Wyatt   2.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Dickson  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
3
8

  E–Siebert (2), Green (9).  DP–Kansas City 1.  HR–Kansas City Bryan (11,10th inning off Tiefenauer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gonzalez (9,off Wyatt); Brown (6,off Dickson); Landis (5,off Siebert); Tartabull (3,off Tiefenauer).  SF–Brown (1,off Wyatt); Rosario (1,off Siebert).  IBB–Alvis (4,by Dickson); Causey (4,by Tiefenauer).  HBP–Green (3,by Siebert).  SB–Davalillo (22,2nd base off Talbot/Bryan); Salmon (6,2nd base off Wyatt/Bryan).  WP–Talbot (7).  HBP–Siebert (4,Green).  IBB–Tiefenauer (2,Causey); Dickson (3,Alvis).  U-HP–Al Salerno, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:07.  A–3,970.
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