Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1971 at Cleveland Stadium. 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)
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Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 1 0
  Brown ss 1 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 2 2 3
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hegan pr,1b 0 2 0 0
Bando 3b 5 1 4 3
Hendrick lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 1 3 3
Green 2b 3 0 2 0
Dobson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 1 1 1
Pinson rf 4 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 2 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Dunning p 2 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Oakland 000 002 2329130
Cleveland 100 000 000150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (10-1) 9.0 5 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  L (7-8) 7.0 8 4 4 0 5
  Farmer   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Hennigan   1.2 4 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Oakland Bando 2 (17,off Dunning,off Hennigan); Tenace (5,off Hennigan), Cleveland Pinson (15,off Dobson); Fosse (13,off Dobson).  HR–Oakland Monday 2 (12,6th inning off Dunning 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Hennigan 0 on, 1 out); Tenace (2,7th inning off Dunning 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Leon (4,1st inning off Dobson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dobson (3,off Dunning); Hendrick (2,off Dunning); Monday (3,off Farmer).  IBB–Jackson (3,by Farmer); Green (10,by Hennigan).  CS–Jackson (8,2nd base by Dunning/Fosse).  WP–Farmer (5).  IBB–Farmer (1,Jackson); Hennigan (4,Green).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:40.  A–15,341.
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