Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
September 5, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1970 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 1, New York Yankees 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 5 0 0 0
Uhlaender cf 5 0 1 0
Pinson lf 4 0 0 0
Hinton 1b 4 0 1 0
Sims c 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 0
Leon 2b 3 0 2 0
Heidemann ss 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Dunning p 2 0 1 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 1 8 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Baker ss 4 0 1 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 1 0
Murcer cf 4 1 1 1
Cater 1b 3 0 1 0
Lyttle rf 2 1 1 0
  Woods ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Kenney 3b 4 0 0 0
Michael 2b 3 1 2 1
Bahnsen p 3 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Cleveland 000 000 001181
New York 010 010 01x391
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  L (3-9) 5.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Mingori   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Austin   2.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  W (13-10) 8.0 7 1 1 2 1
  McDaniel  SV (24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
2

  E–Dunning (2), Baker (4).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Nettles (9,off Bahnsen).  HR–New York Murcer (23,8th inning off Austin 0 on, 2 out).  SB–White (21,2nd base off Dunning/Sims).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:19.  A–9,232.
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