Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brown dh 4 1 1 0
Sims c 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 2 2 3
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Reese lf 3 1 1 1
  Sharon rf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 2 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 5 0 0 0
Lowenstein 2b,1b 4 1 1 0
Gamble lf 4 1 1 1
Ellis c 2 1 0 0
  Ragland pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Spikes dh 2 1 1 3
  Lolich pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Ashby c 0 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Torres rf 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 2 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Detroit 200 000 300580
Cleveland 000 301 000460
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   5.2 6 4 4 2 3
  Farmer  W (3-2) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Hiller  SV (19) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (8-11) 6.2 7 5 4 0 6
  Johnson   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Ellis (2).  2B–Cleveland Hendrick (10,off Perry).  HR–Detroit N Cash 2 (12,1st inning off Perry 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Spikes (15,4th inning off Perry 2 on, 1 out); Gamble (12,6th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Spikes (4,by Perry).  CS–Torres (2,3rd base by Perry/Sims).  WP–Perry (10).  HBP–Perry (2,Spikes).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:35.  A–9,064.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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