Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
June 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 1, Cleveland Indians 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Braun ss 4 0 2 0
Tovar rf 4 1 1 0
Carew 2b 4 0 2 1
Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0
Darwin cf 4 0 0 0
Nettles lf 2 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
Roof c 2 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 1 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Monzon ph 1 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
McCraw cf 5 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 2 2 2
  Duffy ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Moses c 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 1
Leon ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Perry p 3 1 1 2
Totals 33 7 9 7
Minnesota 000 001 000161
Cleveland 011 300 11x790
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (7-5) 4.0 7 5 5 1 3
  Norton   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Corbin   2.0 2 2 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
3
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (10-4) 9.0 6 1 1 2 11
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
11

  E–Carew (8).  PB–Moses (1).  2B–Minnesota Tovar (6,off Perry); Braun (5,off Perry), Cleveland Bell (7,off Blyleven).  HR–Cleveland Brohamer 2 (2,3rd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out); Perry (1,4th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Moses (1,by Blyleven).  SB–A Johnson (3,2nd base off Blyleven/Roof).  WP–Corbin (1).  HBP–Blyleven (4,Moses).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:44.  A–7,703.
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