Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1970 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 1 1 0
Brown 2b 3 0 1 0
Kaline 1b 3 0 2 2
Northrup rf 4 0 0 0
Price c 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Maddox lf 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Niekro p 1 1 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Hosley ph 1 0 0 0
  McRae p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf,lf 4 2 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 2 0
Pinson rf 5 0 2 2
Foster lf 4 1 2 3
  Bradford cf 0 0 0 0
Sims c 2 0 0 0
Hinton 1b 4 1 2 0
Lowenstein 2b 4 1 1 1
Leon ss 3 0 0 0
McDowell p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Detroit 002 000 000272
Cleveland 102 300 00x6111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (12-13) 3.0 7 5 5 1 1
  Scherman   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Patterson   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  McRae   2.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
6
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (20-10) 9.0 7 2 2 1 9
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
9

  E–Gutierrez (21), McRae (2), Leon (16).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Pinson (25,off Niekro); Lowenstein (1,off Niekro).  HR–Cleveland Foster (22,3rd inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out).  SH–I Brown (4,off McDowell).  CS–Foster (3,2nd base by Niekro/Price).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:42.  A–4,005.
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