Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
June 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Foster rf 3 1 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 2 0
Duffy ss 4 0 3 1
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Martinez ss 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 2 1 2 0
Jackson cf 4 1 2 1
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 2 1 0 0
  Hegan 1b 1 0 1 0
Mangual rf 2 0 1 1
  Hendrick rf 2 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 2 1
Brown 2b 3 0 0 0
Hamilton p 3 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Cleveland 010 000 001270
Oakland 000 300 00x391
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (10-6) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Kilkenny   1.2 3 0 0 2 4
  Farmer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  W (4-0) 8.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Knowles  SV (4) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
2

  E–Jackson (5).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Duffy (4,off Hamilton), Oakland Jackson (10,off Perry); Duncan (3,off Perry).  3B–Cleveland Chambliss (1,off Hamilton).  HBP–Rudi (1,by Perry).  IBB–Epstein (5,by Perry).  SB–Jackson (4,2nd base off Perry/Fosse).  HBP–Perry (6,Rudi).  IBB–Perry (6,Epstein).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:16.  A–28,934.
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