New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 23, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 2, Cleveland Indians 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White lf 5 1 2 0
Hegan 1b 5 0 1 0
Munson c 2 1 1 1
Murcer cf 4 0 1 1
Blomberg dh 2 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Velez rf 3 0 0 0
Lanier 2b 4 0 1 0
Stanley ss 4 0 2 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 5 0 1 0
Gamble dh 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
Ellis c 4 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
Spikes rf 3 0 1 1
Lowenstein 2b 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Torres cf 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 4 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
New York 001 000 010291
Cleveland 000 000 010191
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (13-9) 7.2 8 1 1 2 6
  McDaniel  SV (10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (8-9) 9.0 9 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
5

  E–Stanley (2), Wilcox (1).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–New York White (21,off Wilcox); Munson (29,off Wilcox); Murcer (28,off Wilcox), Cleveland Duffy (16,off Medich).  SF–Munson (3,off Wilcox); Spikes (5,off Medich).  IBB–Blomberg 2 (4,by Wilcox 2).  CS–Chambliss (8,2nd base by Medich/Munson).  WP–Wilcox (7).  IBB–Wilcox 2 (8,Blomberg 2).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:42.  A–6,173.
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