Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 4, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 4, Cleveland Indians 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 3 3
Kubiak 2b 5 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
Hershberger rf 4 0 1 1
Cater 1b 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 0 0
Gosger lf 3 2 2 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Bogle p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 1 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Snyder cf 3 2 3 1
  Cardenal pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Maye lf 2 1 2 1
  Harper ph,lf 3 1 1 2
Johnson rf 4 1 1 1
Sims c 2 0 0 0
  Azcue c 1 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 3 2
Klimchock 3b 3 0 1 0
  Fuller 3b 0 0 0 0
Salmon ss 4 0 0 0
Harris 2b 3 1 0 0
Hargan p 2 1 1 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Oakland 001 110 001492
Cleveland 101 500 00x7120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (9-9) 3.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Bogle   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Segui   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sprague   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Aker   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  W (7-11) 5.0 5 3 2 1 1
  Romo  SV (6) 4.0 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
4

  E–Cater (3), Hunter (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Sims (9).  2B–Oakland Monday (16,off Hargan); Gosger (1,off Romo), Cleveland Snyder 2 (9,off Hunter 2); Maye (11,off Hunter); Horton (19,off Hunter); Harper (14,off Bogle).  SH–Hunter (6,off Hargan).  IBB–Sims (8,by Hunter); Klimchock (1,by Hunter).  CS–Hershberger (2,2nd base by Hargan/Sims).  SB–Harper (6,3rd base off Bogle/Pagliaroni); Johnson (4,2nd base off Bogle/Pagliaroni).  IBB–Hunter 2 (7,Sims,Klimchock).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:39.  A–16,186.
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