Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1974 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein lf 4 0 2 0
  Torres lf 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0
Spikes rf 4 1 2 2
Gamble dh 4 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Crosby 3b 1 0 1 0
Duncan c 3 0 1 0
Alvarado 2b 4 0 1 0
Arlin p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 4 1 3 0
Kaline dh 4 0 2 0
Oglivie lf 2 1 0 0
Freehan 1b 5 2 2 0
Nettles rf 5 0 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 3 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 1
  Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
  Knox ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamont c 0 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 2
Cleveland 000 200 0013102
Detroit 000 000 0134131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Arlin   6.0 6 0 0 4 2
  Buskey  L (0-4) 2.2 7 4 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
13
4
2
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   7.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Ray  W (1-3) 2.0 3 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
1
5

  E–McCraw (1), Buskey (1), Lamont (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland McCraw (11,off Ray), Detroit Kaline (16,off Arlin); Sutherland (15,off Buskey).  HR–Cleveland Spikes (15,4th inning off Coleman 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Oglivie (5,by Arlin).  IBB–Arlin (3,Oglivie).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:31.  A–12,408.
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