Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
August 22, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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)
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Minnesota Twins 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 0 0 0
Carew 2b 4 0 2 0
Braun 3b 4 0 1 0
Darwin rf 4 1 1 1
Reese 1b 4 0 0 0
Nettles cf 4 1 3 1
Thompson ss 4 0 1 0
Borgmann c 4 0 1 0
Goltz p 2 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 0 0 0 0
  Monzon pr 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Killebrew ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 5 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson lf 3 0 1 0
  McCraw lf 2 0 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 2 2 0
Fosse c 4 0 2 0
Unser rf 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 2
Perry p 4 0 1 0
Totals 37 3 13 3
Minnesota 000 000 110291
Cleveland 010 100 0013131
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   6.0 10 2 2 0 4
  LaRoche   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Granger  L (3-4) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
13
3
3
2
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (19-12) 9.0 9 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
8

  E–Nettles (2), Unser (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Chambliss (20,off Goltz); Nettles (20,off Goltz).  3B–Minnesota Carew (5,off Perry).  HR–Minnesota Nettles (3,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Darwin (17,8th inning off Perry 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Duffy (7,off Goltz).  CS–Carew (4,2nd base by Perry/Fosse); A Johnson (7,2nd base by Goltz/Borgmann).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:52.  A–37,671.
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