Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1976 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 1, Cleveland Indians 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 4 1 3 0
Belanger ss 4 0 4 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 0
Muser 1b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Stillman ph 1 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 1 0
  Harper pr 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks c 0 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 2 3 1
Blanks 2b 4 0 4 2
Bell 3b 4 0 2 0
Carty dh 3 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 1 2 0
Howard 1b 4 0 1 1
Fosse c 3 1 1 0
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 13 4
Baltimore 000 001 000191
Cleveland 000 201 10x4130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (4-3) 8.0 13 4 4 4 1
Totals
8.0
13
4
4
4
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kern  W (3-2) 7.0 9 1 1 2 6
  Thomas  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
6

  E–Robinson (4).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 2.  PB–Fosse (1).  3B–Cleveland Blanks (2,off Holtzman); Spikes (2,off Holtzman).  HR–Cleveland Manning (3,6th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Belanger (4,2nd base by Kern/Fosse); Manning (4,2nd base by Holtzman/Hendricks).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:15.
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