New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Munson c 4 0 0 2
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 3 1 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade 3b 3 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 0
Blanks ss 3 1 2 0
  Duffy ss 0 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 2 1 1 1
Bochte lf 3 0 2 3
  Norris pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 0 0 0
Pruitt rf 4 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 11 4
New York 000 020 010370
Cleveland 101 000 20x4111
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (9-8) 6.1 9 4 4 3 1
  Lyle   1.2 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
4
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hood  W (2-0) 7.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Kern  SV (18) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
5

  E–Dade (6).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Chambliss (29,off Hood), Cleveland Fosse (7,off Hunter); Blanks (9,off Hunter).  3B–Cleveland Thornton (5,off Hunter).  HR–New York Jackson (23,8th inning off Kern 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Blanks (4,off Hunter); Manning (5,off Lyle).  SF–Bochte (5,off Hunter).  HBP–Dade (2,by Hunter).  IBB–Carty (6,by Hunter); Dade (4,by Lyle).  CS–Norris (15,2nd base by Lyle/Munson).  WP–Hunter (2).  HBP–Hunter (3,Dade).  IBB–Hunter (3,Carty); Lyle (6,Dade).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:42.
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