Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 1 2 0
Orta ss 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 0 0 1
Melton 3b 4 1 1 0
May lf 3 0 2 0
Reichardt cf 3 0 1 1
  Johnstone cf 1 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
Wood p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 1 2 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 1 1
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 3 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago 200 000 000271
Cleveland 000 001 000152
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (4-1) 9.0 5 1 0 0 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
0
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  L (1-2) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Hargan   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Colbert   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–Andrews (3), Fosse (4), McCraw (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Chicago Herrmann (2,off Tidrow).  SF–D Allen (1,off Tidrow).  SB–Kelly 2 (4,2nd base off Tidrow/Fosse,2nd base off Hargan/Fosse); May 2 (4,2nd base off Tidrow/Fosse 2); A Johnson (1,2nd base off Wood/Herrmann).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:25.  A–8,969.
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