Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
August 18, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1969 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 1, California Angels 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 1 2 0
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Snyder lf 4 0 1 1
Horton 1b 4 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 4 0 0 0
Sims c 2 0 0 0
Klimchock 3b 3 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 3 0 1 0
Hargan p 2 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 1 0 0
Fregosi ss 2 1 1 0
Johnstone cf 2 1 0 0
Reichardt lf 3 0 0 1
Morton rf 3 0 0 1
  Voss pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 1
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Murphy p 4 0 2 0
Totals 27 3 4 3
Cleveland 100 000 000162
California 000 001 02x342
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan   7.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Law  L (3-2) 1.0 1 2 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
1
4
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  W (8-11) 9.0 6 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
2

  E–Brown (20), Law (1), Spencer (5), Azcue (5).  DP–California 1.  2B–Cleveland Cardenal (15,off Murphy).  3B–Cleveland Klimchock (2,off Murphy).  HBP–Sims (5,by Murphy); Morton (2,by Hargan).  SH–Johnstone 2 (7,off Hargan,off Law); Reichardt (3,off Law).  SF–Rodriguez (6,off Law).  IBB–Azcue (7,by Law).  SB–Cardenal (29,2nd base off Murphy/Azcue).  WP–Law (3).  HBP–Hargan (3,Morton); Murphy (18,Sims).  IBB–Law (5,Azcue).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:01.  A–7,282.
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