Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
August 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1970 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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 0, California Angels 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pinson rf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Sims 1b 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 3 0 2 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
Leon 2b 2 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 1 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 1 0
  Brown ss 0 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Bradford ph 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Tatum cf 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 4 0 1 1
Johnson lf 3 1 1 1
McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 3 0 1 0
  Repoz pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 4 1 0 0
Azcue c 2 0 0 0
Murphy p 3 0 1 1
Totals 30 3 7 3
Cleveland 000 000 000052
California 000 000 21x370
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (17-8) 7.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Lasher   0.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  W (13-7) 9.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
3

  E–Fosse (10), Heidemann (19).  DP–California 3.  2B–Cleveland Foster (19,off Murphy).  HR–California Johnson (9,7th inning off McDowell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Heidemann (3,off Murphy); Johnstone (3,off Lasher).  IBB–Azcue (4,by McDowell).  SB–Alomar (29,2nd base off McDowell/Fosse).  WP–McDowell (13).  IBB–McDowell (4,Azcue).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:08.  A–8,860.
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