Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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)
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Texas Rangers 9, Cleveland Indians 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 5 0 2 2
Harrah ss,3b 5 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson dh 5 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 2 3 2
  Grieve lf 0 0 0 0
Fregosi 3b 4 1 1 0
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Sudakis c 4 3 2 1
Biittner rf 4 1 1 1
Harris cf 4 2 4 3
  Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
Merritt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cardenas 3b 1 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Ellis c 3 0 1 0
  Ashby c 1 0 0 0
Spikes dh 3 0 0 0
Lolich rf 4 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
Torres cf 2 0 0 0
Ragland 2b 3 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Texas 041 102 1009141
Cleveland 000 000 000030
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (5-9) 9.0 3 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (14-17) 5.0 9 6 6 2 4
  Bosman   2.0 4 3 3 0 4
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
10

  E–Fregosi (4).  DP–Texas 1, Cleveland 2.  PB–Ellis (9).  2B–Texas Fregosi (2,off Perry); Nelson (20,off Perry); Sudakis (6,off Bosman), Cleveland Duffy (12,off Merritt); Ellis (9,off Merritt).  HR–Texas Burroughs 2 (23,3rd inning off Perry 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Bosman 0 on, 1 out); Sudakis (13,4th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Harris (6,6th inning off Bosman 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Nelson (10,2nd base by Perry/Ellis).  WP–Perry 2 (17).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:23.
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