Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 31, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1975 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
McCraw 1b 4 2 2 1
Hendrick cf 5 2 2 3
Robinson dh 0 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Berry lf 4 0 1 0
Crosby 2b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 1 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 4 0 1 0
Tenace c 1 0 0 0
  Fosse c 2 0 0 0
  North ph 1 0 1 0
Washington cf 4 0 0 0
Mangual lf 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 2 1 1 0
  Holt ph 1 0 1 0
  Hopkins pr 0 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Cleveland 102 010 000470
Oakland 000 001 000160
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (3-0) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (3-6) 2.2 4 3 3 3 1
  Lindblad   3.1 3 1 1 3 2
  Todd   3.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
8
5

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Bando (5,off Eckersley).  HR–Cleveland McCraw (2,1st inning off Holtzman 0 on, 1 out); Hendrick 2 (9,3rd inning off Holtzman 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Crosby (1,off Lindblad).  IBB–Bell (2,by Lindblad).  SB–Ashby (2,2nd base off Lindblad/Fosse); Hopkins (8,2nd base off Eckersley/Ashby).  CS–Ashby (1,2nd base by Holtzman/Tenace).  IBB–Lindblad (4,Bell).  U-HP–Armando Rodriguez, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:15.  A–7,754.
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