Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 19, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris cf 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 2 0
Bochte lf 3 0 1 0
Melton dh 4 0 0 0
Dade rf 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 3 0 2 1
  Kendall c 0 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
Page lf 3 1 2 0
Tabb 1b 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1
Crawford dh 4 0 0 0
Mallory rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Murray cf 1 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  McKinney ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cleveland 020 000 000261
Oakland 100 000 000152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  W (5-7) 8.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Hood   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Kern  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (2-4) 7.0 6 2 2 2 1
  Lacey   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
1

  E–Fosse (8), Scott (13), Lacey (3).  DP–Oakland 4.  SH–Kuiper (14,off Lacey).  SB–Dade (6,2nd base off Coleman/Sanguillen); Murray (8,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Fosse); Alexander (19,2nd base off Hood/Fosse).  CS–Kuiper (8,2nd base by Coleman/Sanguillen).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–(none), 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:32.  A–2,704.
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