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."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 4 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
Jackson R. rf 3 0 2 1
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Mora dh 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 1 2 0
Blair cf 3 0 0 0
  Muser ph 1 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 1
Duncan c 2 1 1 1
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson G. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Blanks ss 3 1 1 2
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Carty dh 3 0 1 0
  Howard pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Powell 1b 2 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 1 0 0 0
  Lowenstein pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
  Ashby c 2 0 2 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 1
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Baltimore 000 011 001380
Cleveland 000 000 31x470
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (2-5) 7.2 7 4 4 5 0
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (5-5) 8.0 5 2 2 4 5
  Thomas   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  LaRoche  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore R Jackson (5,off Dobson), Cleveland Spikes (4,off Cuellar).  3B–Baltimore R Jackson (1,off Dobson).  HR–Baltimore Duncan (1,5th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Blanks (2,7th inning off Cuellar 1 on, 2 out).  SF–DeCinces (1,off LaRoche).  IBB–Grich (1,by Dobson); Hendrick (5,by Cuellar).  SH–Blanks (2,off Cuellar); Powell (1,off Cuellar).  SB–R Jackson (5,2nd base off Dobson/Fosse).  IBB–Cuellar (3,Hendrick); Dobson (2,Grich).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:38.  A–17,931.
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