Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
July 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1972 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Duffy ss 5 0 2 1
Leon 2b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
  McCraw lf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Moses c 3 1 2 0
Unser cf 3 0 0 0
Dunning p 2 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 4 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
  Allen ph 1 0 0 1
  Alvarado 2b 0 0 0 0
Muser 1b 4 0 0 0
May lf 4 2 3 2
Johnstone cf 3 0 1 0
Spiezio 3b 3 0 0 0
Herrmann c 2 1 1 1
Morales ss 2 1 0 0
Lemonds p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 1 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Cleveland 001 020 000360
Chicago 010 000 021473
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning   7.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Lamb   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Farmer  L (1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lemonds   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Acosta   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Kealey   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Gossage   3.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Forster  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8

  E–Muser (1), Spiezio (4), Acosta (1).  DP–Cleveland 2, Chicago 1.  HR–Cleveland Bell (3,5th inning off Kealey 1 on, 2 out), Chicago May 2 (10,2nd inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Farmer 0 on, 0 out); Herrmann (4,8th inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dunning (1,off Lemonds); Lyttle (1,off Lamb).  CS–A Johnson (6,2nd base by Acosta/Herrmann).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:28.  A–20,718.
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