New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
July 2, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1976 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 0
White lf 5 1 1 0
Munson dh 4 2 4 1
Piniella rf 5 1 1 2
Chambliss 1b 5 2 2 3
Healy c 4 0 1 0
Alomar 3b 3 0 1 1
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0
Mason ss 4 0 1 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Lowenstein rf 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 0 2 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 2 1 1 1
  Smith lf 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pruitt c 1 0 0 0
Ashby c,3b 2 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York 402 000 0107130
Cleveland 010 000 000161
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (10-7) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (2-3) 0.1 5 4 4 0 1
  Buskey   5.2 5 2 2 1 2
  Thomas   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Eckersley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
1
4

  E–Ashby (7).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Pruitt (1).  2B–New York Rivers (17,off Waits).  HR–New York Chambliss (9,1st inning off Waits 2 on, 1 out); Piniella (3,3rd inning off Buskey 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Hendrick (13,2nd inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Rivers (2,off Buskey).  HBP–Munson (5,by Thomas); Randolph (1,by Thomas).  SB–Healy (4,2nd base off Buskey/Ashby).  CS–Alomar (4,2nd base by Buskey/Ashby); Randolph (5,2nd base by Buskey/Ashby).  HBP–Thomas 2 (4,Munson,Randolph).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:12.  A–35,800.
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