Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 3 1 0 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 2
Blanks ss 4 0 0 1
Carty dh 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Hendrick lf 4 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 1 3 0
Fosse c 2 1 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Scrivener 2b 4 1 0 0
Oglivie 1b 4 1 2 2
Staub rf 3 1 1 0
Horton dh 3 1 1 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 2
Lane lf 4 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 0
Kimm c 2 0 1 0
Wagner ss 3 0 1 0
Fidrych p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 4
Cleveland 000 000 030392
Detroit 200 000 30x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (7-8) 7.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Thomas   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fidrych  W (17-9) 9.0 9 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2

  E–Powell (10), Smith (2).  DP–Cleveland 1, Detroit 4.  2B–Detroit Stanley (16,off Waits); Staub (26,off Waits).  HR–Detroit Oglivie (15,7th inning off Waits 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Kimm (7,off Waits).  WP–Fidrych (6).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:00.  A–7,147.
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