Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 0, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 2 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
McCraw lf 3 0 1 0
  Bell ph 0 0 0 0
Lowenstein rf 2 0 1 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 1 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 7 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Mangual rf 4 0 1 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson cf 4 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 3 1 1 1
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 1 0
Kubiak 2b 3 1 1 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
  Knowles p 1 0 1 1
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cleveland 000 000 000070
Oakland 000 000 11x260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (19-14) 8.0 6 2 2 1 6
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (12-4) 7.1 6 0 0 4 8
  Knowles   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Fingers  SV (17) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
5
10

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  3B–Oakland Kubiak (1,off Perry).  HR–Oakland Epstein (22,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Campaneris (17,off Perry).  IBB–Alou (1,by Perry).  SB–McCraw (11,2nd base off Odom/Tenace).  CS–Unser (5,2nd base by Odom/Tenace).  IBB–Perry (12,Alou).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:19.  A–5,201.
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