Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
May 8, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 1, New York Yankees 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 1 1 0
Salmon 2b 3 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 3 0 0 0
Wagner rf 3 0 0 1
Horton 1b 2 0 0 0
  Smith 1b 1 0 0 0
Sims c 2 0 0 0
  Nelson pr 0 0 0 0
  Suarez c 0 0 0 0
Davalillo lf 3 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Rohr p 0 0 0 0
  Azcue ph 1 0 1 0
  Harper pr 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 3 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 2 0
White cf 4 0 0 0
Mantle 1b 3 0 0 0
Kosco rf 4 1 1 0
Tresh lf 4 1 1 0
Gibbs c 3 0 1 1
Cox 3b 2 0 1 1
Michael ss 2 0 1 0
  Amaro pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Pepitone ph 1 0 0 0
  Verbanic p 0 0 0 0
Monbouquette p 2 0 1 0
  Howser ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Cleveland 100 000 000130
New York 000 000 101280
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan   5.0 3 0 0 2 4
  Williams   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Rohr   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Fisher  L (0-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
8
2
2
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette   7.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Verbanic  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
0

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Cox (1,off Williams); Kosco (1,off Fisher).  SH–Gibbs (1,off Williams).  CS–Harper (1,2nd base by Verbanic/Gibbs).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:30.  A–4,436.
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