Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 0, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein lf 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Ellis 1b 4 0 1 0
Gamble dh 4 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 3 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Beene p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 2 1 1 2
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 1 1 0
Tenace c 2 0 1 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Bourque 1b 3 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 3 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 2
Cleveland 000 000 000050
Oakland 000 012 00x340
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (3-3) 5.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Beene   3.0 2 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
1
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (5-2) 9.0 5 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Ellis (5,off Hunter); Spikes (5,off Hunter), Oakland Campaneris (4,off Beene).  HR–Oakland Bando (4,6th inning off Beene 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bando (3,by Kline).  CS–Spikes (3,2nd base by Hunter/Tenace).  SB–Tenace (2,2nd base off Kline/Duncan).  BK–Kline (1).  HBP–Kline (2,Bando).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–1:49.
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