Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
April 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1978 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 6, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 3 2 2 0
Cox lf 2 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 1 1 1
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0
Blanks ss 4 1 1 0
Horton dh 4 1 3 2
Pruitt c 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf,rf 3 1 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
Page lf 3 0 0 1
Alexander dh 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 1 0 1 0
  Murphy pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Thomasson rf 2 0 0 0
  North ph 1 0 1 1
  Perez 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Cleveland 100 100 0406101
Oakland 100 000 100232
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hood  W (2-0) 7.0 3 2 2 4 2
  Paxton   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
5
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (2-1) 7.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Heaverlo   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Sosa   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Coleman   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
5

  E–Blanks (8), Edwards 2 (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 3.  2B–Cleveland Horton (4,off Johnson), Oakland North (2,off Hood).  HR–Cleveland Horton (3,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Pruitt (2,2nd base off Johnson/Essian); Dade (5,2nd base off Heaverlo/Essian); Dilone (6,2nd base off Hood/Pruitt).  CS–Kuiper (3,2nd base by Johnson/Essian).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:30.  A–5,513.
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