Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 23, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1976 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Staub rf 5 0 1 0
Horton dh 5 1 2 2
Thompson 1b 5 2 2 0
Johnson lf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 1
  Scrivener 3b 1 0 1 0
Wockenfuss c 4 0 3 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  MacCormack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 1 1 1
Duffy ss 5 0 1 2
Blanks 2b 4 2 3 1
Carty dh 4 2 3 1
Hendrick lf 4 0 1 1
  Smith pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Spikes rf 5 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 2 1 0
Powell 1b 2 2 1 1
Fosse c 3 0 2 1
Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 8
Detroit 010 100 2004124
Cleveland 214 020 00x9130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (9-10) 2.2 8 7 6 1 0
  Laxton   2.1 4 2 2 2 0
  Grilli   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  MacCormack   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
8
5
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (6-2) 6.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Buskey  SV (1) 3.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
2

  E–LeFlore (8), Veryzer 2 (12), Wockenfuss (10).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Thompson (9,off Bibby); Wockenfuss (6,off Bibby), Cleveland Bell (12,off Roberts); Duffy (5,off Laxton).  3B–Cleveland Fosse (1,off Laxton).  HR–Detroit Horton (9,7th inning off Buskey 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Blanks (4,3rd inning off Roberts 0 on, 0 out); Carty (11,3rd inning off Roberts 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Rodriguez (3,off Bibby).  SH–Powell (2,off Roberts).  SB–LeFlore (33,2nd base off Bibby/Fosse); Manning (12,2nd base off Laxton/Wockenfuss).  WP–Bibby (1).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:51.  A–13,273.
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