Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 23, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1970 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 5 0 3 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Melton rf 4 1 2 0
Josephson c 3 1 1 0
Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Berry cf 4 0 2 2
Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0
Horlen p 2 0 1 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pinson rf 4 1 3 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 0 0
  Hinton 1b 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 1 2 1
Sims 1b 4 0 2 0
  Bradford cf 0 0 0 0
Uhlaender cf,lf 4 0 2 1
Leon 2b 4 1 1 1
Heidemann ss 4 1 1 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Chicago 000 200 0002100
Cleveland 001 021 10x5110
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen  L (6-14) 6.0 10 4 4 0 3
  Murphy   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 11 5 5 1 3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (15-4) 9.0 10 2 2 1 9
Totals 9.0 10 2 2 1 9

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Melton (9,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Leon (7,3rd inning off Horlen 0 on, 0 out); Pinson (7,5th inning off Horlen 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McDowell (6,off Horlen).  WP–Horlen (4), Murphy (5), McDowell 2 (9).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:14.  A–7,369.

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