Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
September 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the California Angels 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 4, California Angels 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Maye lf 5 0 0 0
  Salmon lf 0 0 0 0
Brown ss 5 2 2 0
Cardenal cf 5 0 3 1
Horton 1b 4 2 2 1
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Harper rf 4 0 2 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 0 2
Fuller 2b 4 0 0 0
Paul p 4 0 2 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo cf 2 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0
Reichardt lf 2 0 1 0
  Kirkpatrick pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 1 1 0
Morton rf 4 1 1 0
Knoop 2b 4 0 1 1
Hinton 1b 2 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 1
Egan c 3 0 0 0
  Messersmith p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Repoz ph 1 0 0 0
Cottier 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodgers ph 1 0 0 0
Brunet p 2 0 0 0
  Satriano c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Cleveland 010 001 0114120
California 000 000 002252
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paul  W (2-7) 8.0 5 2 2 4 7
  Fisher  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Brunet  L (13-14) 7.1 10 3 2 1 5
  Messersmith   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Burgmeier   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
1
7

  E–Kirkpatrick (3), Hinton (7).  2B–Cleveland Brown (15,off Burgmeier), California Cottier (4,off Paul); Reichardt (18,off Paul).  SF–Mincher (6,off Fisher).  SB–Horton (3,2nd base off Brunet/Egan).  CS–Cardenal (17,2nd base by Brunet/Egan); Davalillo (16,2nd base by Paul/Azcue).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:00.  A–12,996.
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