California Angels vs Cleveland Indians
May 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the California Angels 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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California Angels 3, Cleveland Indians 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pinson rf 5 0 2 1
Valentine ss 4 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 3 0 0 0
Oliver dh 3 1 0 0
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
Grabarkewitz 2b,3b 3 0 1 1
Berry cf 4 1 1 0
Gallagher 3b 2 0 2 0
  Alomar pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Kusnyer c 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 1
  Stephenson c 1 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Sells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 5 1 1 0
Torres rf 3 1 0 0
Hendrick cf 3 2 2 2
Spikes dh 3 2 2 3
Duncan c 3 1 0 0
Bell 3b 3 2 3 3
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Ragland 2b 3 1 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 10 10 9
California 000 100 200361
Cleveland 100 440 01x10101
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (3-2) 3.0 3 4 3 2 1
  Allen   1.2 6 5 5 1 0
  Barber   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Perranoski   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sells   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
10
8
6
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (2-0) 8.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Johnson  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
4

  E–Valentine (5), Bell (3).  DP–California 2, Cleveland 1.  PB–Kusnyer (2); Duncan (7).  2B–California Grabarkewitz (3,off Wilcox), Cleveland Spikes (4,off May); Bell (2,off Allen); Hendrick (5,off Allen).  HBP–Oliver (3,by Wilcox).  IBB–Gallagher (2,by Wilcox).  SH–Torres (4,off May).  SF–Hendrick (1,off May).  CS–Bell (2,2nd base by May/Kusnyer).  WP–Allen (2), Perranoski (1), Sells (2).  HBP–Wilcox (3,Oliver).  IBB–Wilcox (1,Gallagher).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:35.  A–2,536.
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