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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 15

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Blanks ss 3 1 2 0
Smith rf 2 1 1 1
  Spikes ph,rf 3 0 1 1
Carty dh 5 1 1 1
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 3 1 2 1
Bell 3b 5 0 2 1
Lowenstein cf 2 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 1 0 0 0
  Fosse ph,c 2 1 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 2 1 0
  Oglivie cf 1 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 6 1 1 2
Staub rf 4 2 2 2
Horton dh 4 2 1 1
Johnson lf 3 1 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 0 0
Freehan c 5 2 3 4
Veryzer ss 4 2 2 1
Scrivener 2b 4 2 3 3
Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 15 15 14
Cleveland 301 001 0005101
Detroit 007 070 01x15151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   2.0 1 4 4 4 1
  Kern  L (7-5) 0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Buskey   2.1 8 7 7 3 0
  Hood   3.1 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
15
15
9
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bare   3.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Laxton   1.2 1 0 0 3 0
  Grilli  W (3-1) 4.1 3 1 1 4 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
8
1

  E–Kuiper (9), Rodriguez (9).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Spikes (11,off Grilli); Hendrick (14,off Grilli), Detroit Stanley (7,off Waits); Freehan 2 (5,off Kern,off Buskey); Johnson (11,off Buskey).  3B–Cleveland Smith (1,off Bare), Detroit Veryzer (2,off Hood).  HR–Cleveland Hendrick (19,3rd inning off Bare 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Scrivener (1,5th inning off Buskey 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Staub (10,by Buskey).  SB–LeFlore (41,2nd base off Buskey/Fosse).  WP–Buskey (3).  IBB–Buskey (6,Staub).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:00.  A–26,447.
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