Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1976 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Fosse c,1b 4 1 1 0
Lowenstein cf 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Pruitt pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
Spikes rf 3 0 1 0
  Manning ph 1 0 0 0
  Ashby c 0 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
  Blanks ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 2 0
Meyer lf 2 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 3 0 0 0
Staub dh 2 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss c 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 0 0
  Manuel 2b 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 1
Cleveland 000 001 000172
Detroit 000 000 101251
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (7-9) 8.0 5 2 1 1 13
  LaRoche   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
1
1
13
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   8.1 7 1 1 1 0
  Hiller  W (11-5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
2

  E–Powell (6), LaRoche (2), Garcia (18).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Carty (25,off Ruhle), Detroit LeFlore (17,off Eckersley).  SH–Kuiper (9,off Ruhle); Meyer 2 (3,off Eckersley,off LaRoche).  IBB–Bell (3,by Ruhle).  SB–Pruitt (1,2nd base off Ruhle/Wockenfuss).  CS–Johnson (9,2nd base by Eckersley/Fosse).  IBB–Ruhle (2,Bell).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:20.
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