Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
July 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Texas Rangers 0, Cleveland Indians 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0
Harrah ss 4 0 1 0
Howard 1b 4 0 1 0
Billings c 3 0 0 0
Grieve lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Biittner rf 2 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 3 0 1 0
Hand p 2 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein cf 4 1 1 2
Brohamer 2b 4 0 1 0
Lolich rf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
  Unser lf 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 1 1 1 0
Camilli ss 3 0 0 0
  Duffy pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Texas 000 000 000–041
Cleveland 000 020 00x–250
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  L (5-6) 6.1 5 2 2 2 10
  Lindblad   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
2
12
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   2.2 0 0 0 1 5
  Tidrow  W (5-8) 6.1 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
8
  E–Hand (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  HR–Cleveland Lowenstein (2,5th inning off Hand 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Tidrow 2 (4,off Hand 2).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:09.  A–8,953.
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