Seattle Pilots vs Cleveland Indians
May 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1969 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 1, Cleveland Indians 7

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 4 0 1 0
Simpson cf 3 1 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
Comer rf 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
McNertney c 4 0 0 0
Gil 3b 4 0 1 0
Oyler ss 3 0 1 0
Marshall p 2 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 4 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Versalles 2b 2 2 2 1
  Snyder ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 5 1 2 1
Maye lf 4 0 1 2
Harrelson rf 2 1 1 0
  Hinton pr 0 1 0 0
  Fuller 2b 1 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 1 1 1
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 0
Brown ss 4 0 3 1
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6
Seattle 100 000 000142
Cleveland 102 120 10x7113
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Marshall  L (3-5) 3.1 7 4 4 2 1
  Bouton   2.2 2 2 1 1 2
  Brandon   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
5
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
1
3

  E–Comer (2), Bouton (1), Harrelson (3), Brown 2 (8).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Harper (5,off Ellsworth); Oyler (2,off Ellsworth), Cleveland Brown 2 (4,off Marshall,off Brandon); Harrelson (3,off Bouton).  3B–Cleveland Cardenal (1,off Marshall).  SF–Maye (1,off Marshall).  HBP–Harrelson (1,by Marshall).  IBB–Fosse (1,by Brandon).  SB–Harper (21,3rd base off Ellsworth/Fosse); Simpson (1,2nd base off Ellsworth/Fosse); Versalles (2,2nd base off Marshall/McNertney).  WP–Brandon (3).  HBP–Marshall (2,Harrelson).  IBB–Brandon (1,Fosse).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:09.  A–5,633.
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