Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 18, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1977 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 2 2 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Dade 3b 3 0 2 1
Carty dh 4 1 1 0
Bell lf 3 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Spikes rf 3 0 2 0
  Norris ph 1 0 1 1
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 4 1 1 1
Smith 2b 3 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 2
Murray dh 4 1 3 1
May L. 1b 4 0 0 0
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
Harlow cf 4 0 3 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
May R. p 0 0 0 0
  Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Cleveland 100 001 001380
Baltimore 001 003 00x4101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (0-1) 5.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Buskey   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Waits   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Kern   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
May  W (1-2) 8.0 6 2 1 2 2
  Holdsworth   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Miller  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
2

  E–Dempsey (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Dade (3,off R May); Carty (1,off Holdsworth).  HR–Baltimore Bumbry (1,3rd inning off Dobson 0 on, 1 out); DeCinces (2,6th inning off Dobson 1 on, 0 out); Murray (1,6th inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dade (1,off R May).  SH–Smith (2,off Waits).  HBP–Belanger (1,by Kern).  IBB–DeCinces (1,by Waits).  SB–Manning (2,2nd base off R May/Dempsey); Belanger (2,2nd base off Dobson/Fosse); Harlow 2 (3,2nd base off Buskey/Fosse,2nd base off Kern/Fosse).  CS–Spikes (1,2nd base by R May/Dempsey); Dade (1,3rd base by R May/Dempsey); Manning (1,Home by R May/Dempsey); Harlow (1,3rd base by Kern/Fosse).  HBP–Kern (2,Belanger).  IBB–Waits (1,DeCinces).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:56.  A–6,466.
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