Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
September 8, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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 2, Oakland Athletics 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Maye lf 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 1 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Sims 1b 4 0 1 1
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 1
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 3 0 0 0
Paul p 2 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 3 0
  Donaldson ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 1
Cater 1b 5 3 4 1
Bando 3b 4 1 1 2
Hershberger lf 4 1 2 1
Jackson rf 5 1 2 1
Green 2b 5 1 2 2
Duncan c 5 0 3 2
Hunter p 5 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 18 10
Cleveland 000 100 001251
Oakland 300 041 02x10180
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paul  L (2-8) 4.2 10 7 7 0 4
  Fisher   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Gardner   1.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Hedlund   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
18
10
10
2
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (12-12) 9.0 5 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–Cardenal (9).  2B–Cleveland Brown (16,off Hunter); Azcue (10,off Hunter), Oakland Campaneris 2 (24,off Paul 2); Hershberger (8,off Paul); Green (4,off Paul); Cater (24,off Gardner); Bando (25,off Gardner).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (8,off Fisher).  HR–Cleveland Alvis (7,9th inning off Hunter 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bando (4,off Paul).  HBP–Monday (3,by Paul).  SB–Campaneris (51,3rd base off Paul/Azcue); Cater (6,2nd base off Paul/Azcue).  HBP–Paul (5,Monday).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Emmett Ashford.  T–2:27.  A–13,381.
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