Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Duffy ss 5 1 0 0
Lowenstein lf,cf 3 1 3 2
Bell 3b 4 0 2 2
  Heidemann 3b 1 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 2 1 0
  Blanco 1b 0 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 1 1 0
  Torres rf 1 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 3 1 1 2
  Lee lf 0 0 0 0
Gamble dh 4 0 1 0
Duncan c 3 1 0 0
Hermoso 2b 3 1 2 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
  Alou rf 0 0 0 0
North cf 4 0 0 0
  Mangual cf 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 0 0 0
Jackson rf 2 1 1 0
  Summers lf 1 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 1 1 0
  Donaldson 2b 1 0 0 0
Tenace 1b,c,1b 2 0 1 1
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Fosse c 0 0 0 0
  Bourque 1b 2 0 1 1
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
  Haney c 0 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Hooten p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Cleveland 011 500 1008111
Oakland 000 000 200252
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (4-1) 9.0 5 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-4) 3.2 6 7 2 3 0
  Hooten   3.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Hamilton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Knowles   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
3
5
1

  E–Ellis (3), Bando (5), Jackson (3).  DP–Cleveland 3, Oakland 4.  PB–Tenace (1).  2B–Cleveland Bell (4,off Hooten), Oakland Tenace (2,off G Perry); Rudi (11,off G Perry).  3B–Cleveland Hermoso (1,off Blue).  SF–Hendrick (1,off Blue); Hermoso (1,off Blue); Tenace (1,off G Perry).  IBB–Duncan (1,by Blue).  HBP–Bando (2,by G Perry); Fosse (1,by G Perry).  HBP–G Perry 2 (3,Bando,Fosse).  IBB–Blue (1,Duncan).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:22.  A–4,884.
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