Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
May 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1972 at Yankee Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
Leon ss 5 1 2 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 0 0
McCraw 1b 2 0 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 2
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
Perry p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 7 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0
Torres rf 4 0 0 0
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Blomberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Munson c 3 0 1 0
McKinney 3b 3 0 2 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Cleveland 000 000 030370
New York 000 000 000041
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (8-2) 9.0 4 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (4-4) 8.0 7 3 3 3 5
  McDaniel   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
6

  E–Blomberg (5).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Perry (2,off Stottlemyre).  SH–Unser (3,off Stottlemyre).  CS–Munson (3,2nd base by Perry/Fosse).  WP–Perry (2), Stottlemyre (1).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:19.  A–10,677.
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