Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
April 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1976 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 1, Cleveland Indians 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Randle lf 5 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Grieve dh 4 0 2 1
Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 3 0 0 0
Cubbage 2b 3 0 0 0
Smalley ss 3 0 2 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
  Moates ph 0 0 0 0
  Fahey c 1 0 1 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 1 2 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 1
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
  Waits pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 4 1 0 0
Ashby c 4 2 2 2
Spikes rf 4 2 3 2
Howard 1b 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 4 0 2 3
Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 14 9
Texas 000 001 000180
Cleveland 010 100 70x9140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (2-1) 6.1 11 6 6 2 5
  Hoerner   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Hargan   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (1-0) 5.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Kern  SV (1) 4.0 2 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Ashby (1,off Perry); Spikes (1,off Perry); Carty (3,off Perry); Duffy (1,off Hargan).  SH–Kuiper (1,off Perry).  IBB–Hendrick (1,by Hoerner).  SB–Kuiper (1,3rd base off Perry/Sundberg).  WP–Hargan (1).  BK–Kern (1).  IBB–Hoerner (1,Hendrick).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:52.  A–9,328.
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