Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 2, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1971 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 5 0 1 0
Uhlaender lf 4 1 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 2
Fosse 1b 4 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0
Lowenstein 2b 4 0 0 0
Suarez c 4 1 2 2
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 0 0
  Machemehl p 0 0 0 0
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Pascual p 1 0 1 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson ph 1 0 1 0
  Leon ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 5 2 2 0
Rudi lf 4 2 2 0
Jackson rf 2 2 1 3
Davis 1b 4 0 1 2
Bando 3b 3 1 0 0
Mangual cf 4 1 2 0
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
Hunter p 3 0 1 1
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 9 6
Cleveland 200 120 000593
Oakland 510 200 00x892
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (0-4) 0.1 3 5 3 2 0
  Pascual   2.2 2 1 0 1 2
  Colbert   2.0 2 2 1 3 0
  Austin   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Machemehl   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
4
7
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (4-2) 7.1 9 5 4 2 4
  Locker  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
2
4

  E–Lowenstein (2), Suarez (1), Pascual (2), Brown 2 (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Cleveland Pascual (1,off Hunter); Suarez 2 (2,off Hunter 2), Oakland Rudi (4,off Machemehl).  HR–Cleveland Pinson (1,1st inning off Hunter 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Jackson (4,1st inning off McDowell 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Pinson (2,by Hunter); Fosse (2,by Hunter); Jackson (1,by Austin).  SH–Hunter (1,off Colbert).  SF–Davis (1,off Pascual).  SB–Ford (2,2nd base off Hunter/Duncan).  CS–Mangual (1,2nd base by Pascual/Suarez).  HBP–Austin (1,Jackson); Hunter 2 (2,Pinson,Fosse).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:37.
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