Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 2 1
Kuiper 2b 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Grubb rf 4 0 1 0
Norris dh 3 1 1 1
Cage 1b 4 0 1 1
Cox lf 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 0 0
Smith 2b 4 1 3 2
Kelly lf 3 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
May dh 3 1 1 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 1
Dauer 3b 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 1
  DeCinces pr,3b 2 1 1 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Cleveland 000 210 000391
Baltimore 000 020 011480
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (2-8) 8.2 8 4 4 5 6
Totals
8.2
8
4
4
5
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   4.2 7 3 3 1 2
  Martinez  W (1-1) 4.1 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
7

  E–Kuiper (5).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Manning (6,off Briles); Norris (3,off Briles), Baltimore Smith 2 (7,off Wise 2); Belanger (8,off Wise).  HR–Cleveland Manning (1,5th inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Smith (1,8th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–May (1,by Wise).  CS–Manning (7,2nd base by Briles/Dempsey).  SB–DeCinces (2,2nd base off Wise/Hassey).  IBB–Wise (1,May).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:53.  A–29,215.
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