Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1973 at Tiger 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

Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 5 1 1 1
Williams lf 3 1 1 0
  Gamble lf 1 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 5 0 0 0
Ellis c 5 1 2 2
Spikes dh 4 1 0 0
Lolich rf 3 1 1 0
  Torres rf 2 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 2 0
Cardenas ss 5 0 1 1
Ragland 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lowenstein ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Strom p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 0 1 0
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 0
Kaline 1b,rf 3 0 0 0
  Northrup ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Horton lf 5 1 2 0
Freehan c 4 2 1 0
Howard dh 2 1 2 2
  Brown ph,dh 3 2 1 2
Sharon rf 2 0 0 0
  Cash ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 2
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 10 7
Cleveland 012 101 000 00590
Detroit 000 203 000 027101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Strom   5.1 6 4 4 1 5
  Timmermann  L (2-3) 4.2 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
10.0
10
7
7
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   5.2 8 5 4 2 6
  Miller  W (2-0) 5.1 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
11.0
9
5
4
4
9

  E–Taylor (4).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Cleveland Williams (3,off Lolich), Detroit Howard (5,off Strom); Brinkman (13,off Timmermann).  HR–Cleveland Ellis (7,2nd inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out); Bell (5,3rd inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Howard (2,4th inning off Strom 1 on, 1 out); G Brown (6,11th inning off Timmermann 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Spikes (3,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  CS–Williams (2,2nd base by Miller/Freehan); Taylor (3,2nd base by Timmermann/Ellis).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–3:04.  A–17,891.
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