Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
July 31, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1974 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein lf 2 0 1 0
  Torres lf 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 4 1 2 0
Hendrick cf 3 0 0 0
Spikes rf 3 0 0 0
Ellis dh 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 3 1 0 0
McCraw 1b 1 0 0 0
  Lis ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Duncan c 3 1 1 3
Alvarado 2b 4 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Coggins rf 4 1 1 0
Blair cf 4 2 3 1
Davis dh 3 1 1 0
Grich 2b 3 1 1 3
Powell 1b 1 0 0 0
Baylor lf 3 1 1 2
Williams c 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 1
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 8 7
Cleveland 000 100 003451
Baltimore 510 001 00x780
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (15-5) 4.0 6 6 6 4 1
  Kline   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Hilgendorf   2.0 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
7
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (9-8) 8.1 5 4 4 7 2
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
7
2

  E–Hendrick (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Davis (15,off G Perry).  HR–Cleveland Duncan (15,9th inning off McNally 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–McCraw (1,by McNally); Davis (1,by G Perry).  SH–Blair (7,off G Perry).  SF–Grich (7,off G Perry).  IBB–Williams (3,by G Perry); Powell (7,by G Perry).  SB–Cabell (3,2nd base off Kline/Duncan).  HBP–G Perry (6,Davis); McNally (7,McCraw).  IBB–G Perry 2 (3,Williams,Powell).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Hank Morgenweck.  T–2:35.  A–12,781.
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