Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Baltimore Orioles 2, Cleveland Indians 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 2 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 2 0
May dh 4 1 1 1
DeCinces 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lopez rf 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Dauer 3b 4 0 2 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Norris dh 3 0 1 0
Dade rf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 3 0 1 0
  Lintz pr 0 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 2 1 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 1
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ss 0 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Baltimore 020 000 000–2102
Cleveland 000 000 100–140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (4-4) 7.1 4 1 0 4 1
  Stanhouse  SV (7) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
6
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (2-7) 9.0 10 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
2
  E–DeCinces 2 (10).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Murray (6,off Wise).  CS–Harlow (3,2nd base by Wise/Hassey); Manning (6,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey); Lintz (1,2nd base by Stanhouse/Dempsey).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:38.  A–11,426.
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