Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 3 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Fosse c 3 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 2
Duffy ss 2 0 1 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
Unser rf 3 0 0 0
Dunning p 3 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 0
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 0
Jackson cf 3 1 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 1 0 0
Green 2b 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 1
Tenace c 3 1 1 1
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 1 1 3
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 5 5
Cleveland 000 002 002462
Oakland 000 000 50x550
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  L (3-2) 6.2 3 4 4 4 2
  Kilkenny   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Farmer   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
4
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   6.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Knowles  W (4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton   1.1 1 2 2 1 2
  Locker   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Fingers  SV (16) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
5

  E–Brohamer (11), Foster (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  HR–Cleveland Foster (3,6th inning off Blue 1 on, 2 out); Nettles (12,9th inning off Hamilton 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Mangual (5,7th inning off Kilkenny 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Rudi (11,off Dunning).  SF–Kubiak (2,off Dunning).  IBB–Bando (9,by Dunning).  CS–Marquez (1,2nd base by Dunning/Fosse); Jackson (7,2nd base by Farmer/Fosse).  IBB–Dunning (2,Bando).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:28.  A–27,072.
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