Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 0, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Salmon 2b 4 0 1 0
Davalillo rf 4 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0
Maye lf 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 0 2 0
  Harper pr 0 0 0 0
  Suarez c 0 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 3 0
Brown ss 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson ss 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 0 0 0 0
  Gramly pr 0 0 0 0
Tiant p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0
Donaldson 2b 3 1 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Webster 1b 3 0 0 0
Cater lf 4 0 1 0
Gosger cf 3 0 1 1
Lachemann c 3 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Odom p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
Cleveland 000 000 000071
Oakland 000 100 01x270
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (5-4) 8.0 7 2 1 2 5
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (3-3) 9.0 7 0 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
4
2

  E–Alvis (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Campaneris (4,off Tiant).  SB–Davalillo (7,2nd base off Odom/Lachemann).  CS–Harper (2,2nd base by Odom/Lachemann); Donaldson (4,2nd base by Tiant/Azcue).  WP–Odom (3).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:17.  A–8,342.
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