Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
June 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0
  Kaline ph,rf,1b,rf 2 0 0 0
Stanley cf 5 1 2 1
Brown dh 3 1 1 0
  Howard ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 2 3 3
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
  Sharon ph,rf 1 0 1 0
  Sims ph,c 1 0 0 0
Freehan c,1b 3 0 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Strahler p 0 0 0 0
  Slayback p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Gamble rf 3 0 0 1
  Torres rf 0 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 2 2 2
Ellis dh 4 2 3 1
Spikes lf 4 0 2 1
Duncan c 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 3 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 2 1
Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Detroit 000 200 1126120
Cleveland 011 030 1017120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   6.2 10 6 6 3 4
  Strahler  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Slayback   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
5
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   6.0 8 3 3 0 3
  Hilgendorf   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   1.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Timmermann  W (2-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Northrup (7,off Bosman).  3B–Detroit Stanley (3,off Johnson).  HR–Detroit Horton 2 (10,4th inning off Bosman 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Hilgendorf 0 on, 1 out); Brinkman (3,7th inning off Bosman 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Ellis (4,3rd inning off Coleman 0 on, 2 out); Hendrick (14,7th inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Freehan (5,by Bosman).  SB–Chambliss (1,2nd base off Coleman/Freehan).  CS–Gamble (4,2nd base by Coleman/Freehan).  WP–Johnson 2 (6).  HBP–Bosman (3,Freehan).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:08.  A–4,637.
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