Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
April 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 1, Oakland Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Grubb lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 3 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 1
Blanks ss 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Pruitt c 4 0 2 0
Manning cf 1 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
  Speed ph 1 0 0 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 5 1 1 0
Murphy cf 2 2 0 0
Page lf 4 1 2 0
  Dilone pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Alexander dh 4 1 1 1
Guerrero ss 5 0 2 4
Revering 1b 3 0 2 0
Gross 3b 1 0 1 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 0 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Cleveland 000 100 000161
Oakland 230 000 00x590
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (2-3) 1.2 6 5 4 3 2
  Clyde   4.1 3 0 0 2 2
  Monge   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
8
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg  W (3-0) 8.1 6 1 1 4 3
  Lacey  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
3

  E–Pruitt (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Bell (7,off Broberg), Oakland Page (2,off Garland).  3B–Cleveland Bell (2,off Broberg).  SF–Thornton (2,off Broberg).  HBP–Gross (1,by Clyde).  SB–Edwards (2,2nd base off Garland/Pruitt).  CS–Revering (1,Home by Clyde/Pruitt).  WP–Clyde (1).  HBP–Clyde (1,Gross).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:41.  A–5,692.
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