Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
May 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 5, Cleveland Indians 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 2 3 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
Kelly lf 2 2 1 0
Singleton rf 2 0 2 1
  Lopez rf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 0 1 3
May dh 5 0 0 1
DeCinces 2b 3 0 0 0
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Dauer 3b 4 0 1 0
Skaggs c 4 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Flinn p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 1 1 1
Norris dh 3 0 1 2
Dade rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Grubb lf 2 0 0 0
  Lintz pr 0 1 0 0
  Cox lf 0 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1
Hassey c 3 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 2 2 1
Veryzer ss 4 1 3 1
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 6
Baltimore 200 020 100592
Cleveland 003 100 03x7100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   2.2 5 3 3 2 2
  Flinn   0.1 1 1 0 1 1
  Martinez T.   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Kerrigan   3.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Stanhouse  L (0-3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton   6.0 7 4 4 4 1
  Kern  W (4-1) 3.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
4

  E–Kelly (2), DeCinces (8).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Harlow (10,off Paxton), Cleveland Thornton (5,off Stanhouse); Kuiper (3,off Stanhouse).  SH–Kelly (1,off Paxton); Kuiper (4,off Kerrigan).  HBP–Belanger (3,by Paxton).  IBB–DeCinces (2,by Paxton).  SB–Manning (8,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs); Lintz (1,2nd base off Stanhouse/Skaggs).  CS–Manning (5,2nd base by Stanhouse/Skaggs).  HBP–Paxton (3,Belanger).  IBB–Paxton (1,DeCinces).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:59.  A–15,565.
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