California Angels vs Cleveland Indians
May 9, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1971 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the California Angels 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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California Angels 1, Cleveland Indians 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 0 0
O'Brien ss 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Repoz rf 3 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0
Stephenson c 3 0 1 0
Berry cf 4 1 2 1
Murphy p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Cowan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender lf 5 0 2 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 3 1 2 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 0 0
Lowenstein rf 3 1 1 1
Leon 2b 4 0 2 0
Heidemann ss 3 2 0 1
Foster p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
California 000 100 000172
Cleveland 020 011 00x471
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  L (1-4) 5.0 6 3 2 3 0
  LaRoche   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Reynolds   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
6
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (2-2) 9.0 7 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
6

  E–Leon (2).  2B–Cleveland Uhlaender (2,off LaRoche).  HR–California Berry (1,4th inning off A Foster 0 on, 1 out).  SH–A Foster 2 (3,off Murphy,off LaRoche).  SB–Johnson (4,2nd base off A Foster/Fosse).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:41.  A–4,288.
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