Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
August 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 1, Minnesota Twins 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris cf 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0
Bochte lf 3 0 0 0
Melton dh 4 0 1 0
Pruitt rf 2 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 1 1 0
Carew 1b 5 4 4 1
Wynegar c 4 2 1 1
Bostock cf 4 0 2 2
Adams lf 2 1 1 0
  Gorinski ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Chiles dh 3 0 1 0
  Kusick ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Cubbage 3b 5 2 3 5
Ford rf 2 0 0 1
Randall 2b 4 0 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 11
Cleveland 000 000 010151
Minnesota 021 011 33x11140
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (10-9) 6.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Monge   1.0 2 3 0 1 0
  Kern   1.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
11
8
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (14-6) 9.0 5 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
7

  E–Duffy (6).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Cleveland Kuiper (12,off Goltz), Minnesota Carew 3 (28,off Eckersley,off Monge,off Kern); Cubbage (13,off Monge); Bostock (25,off Kern).  3B–Cleveland Norris (6,off Goltz), Minnesota Cubbage (4,off Eckersley).  HR–Minnesota Cubbage (6,2nd inning off Eckersley 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Thornton (6,by Goltz); Ford (10,by Eckersley).  SH–Bostock (2,off Monge).  SF–Ford (5,off Eckersley).  IBB–Kusick (5,by Monge).  SB–Carew (17,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall); Bostock (13,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall).  WP–Goltz (7).  HBP–Eckersley (4,Ford); Goltz (1,Thornton).  IBB–Monge (3,Kusick).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:27.  A–21,801.
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