Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 2 1 0
Kubiak 2b 3 1 1 1
Monday cf 4 0 1 1
Bando 3b 2 1 1 0
Hershberger rf 2 0 0 1
Cater 1b 4 1 1 0
Gosger lf 4 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 1 2
Nash p 3 0 0 0
  Krausse p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b,ss 3 0 1 1
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Sims c 4 0 1 0
Horton 1b 4 0 1 0
Salmon 3b 4 1 2 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 1 0
Brown ss 2 0 1 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Oakland 020 002 010560
Cleveland 010 000 000191
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  W (9-6) 7.0 8 1 1 1 3
  Krausse  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (8-6) 7.0 5 4 4 2 6
  Fisher   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
4
6

  E–Sims (12).  DP–Oakland 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Nelson (2,off Nash).  3B–Oakland Kubiak (2,off Fisher).  SF–Hershberger (4,off Williams); Nelson (1,off Nash).  HBP–Bando (4,by Williams).  IBB–Bando (5,by Williams).  SB–Bando (8,2nd base off Williams/Sims); Hershberger (5,2nd base off Williams/Sims); Campaneris (35,2nd base off Williams/Sims).  WP–Nash (3).  HBP–Williams (7,Bando).  IBB–Williams (5,Bando).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:50.  A–11,865.
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