Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 11, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1970 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pinson rf,cf 5 0 1 2
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 3 0
Fosse c 5 1 1 0
Uhlaender cf 3 1 2 1
  Hinton ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 1 0
Leon 2b 4 2 1 1
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Chance p 1 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Hand p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford ph 1 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 3 0
Monday cf 2 1 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 1
  Jackson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 2 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 0
Alou rf,lf,rf 4 0 2 1
Fernandez c 4 0 2 4
La Russa 2b 4 0 0 0
  Green 2b 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 1 0 0 0
  Lachemann p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 1 1 0
  Roland p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Cleveland 000 310 0105101
Oakland 000 240 00x6111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  L (7-6) 5.0 9 6 6 2 4
  Hand   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Colbert   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Austin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   4.2 7 4 2 2 4
  Lachemann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Roland  W (3-2) 3.2 3 1 1 0 3
  Locker  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
2
7

  E–Heidemann (18), LaRussa (3).  2B–Oakland Campaneris 2 (22,off Chance,off Colbert); Bando (14,off Chance).  3B–Cleveland Leon (2,off Roland).  HBP–Foster (7,by Hunter).  IBB–Heidemann (5,by Hunter); Mincher (8,by Chance).  SB–Campaneris (25,3rd base off Chance/Fosse).  WP–Chance (6), Roland (3).  HBP–Hunter (6,Foster).  IBB–Chance (10,Mincher); Hunter (3,Heidemann).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:31.  A–6,322.
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