Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
July 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 0, Cleveland Indians 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 2 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
Garcia ss 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 4 1 2 0
Blanks ss 5 1 3 3
Bell 3b 5 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 3 3 1
  Norris lf 1 0 0 0
Alexander dh 4 1 2 2
Speed cf 3 0 0 1
Cox lf,1b 4 0 3 1
Kuiper 2b 2 1 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 2 1
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 16 9
Baltimore 000 000 000060
Cleveland 206 100 00x9162
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (8-7) 2.1 8 7 7 1 1
  Kerrigan   5.2 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  W (6-4) 9.0 6 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
6

  E–Blanks (12), Cox (4).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 2.  2B–Baltimore DeCinces (11,off Paxton); Murray (15,off Paxton).  3B–Cleveland Alexander (3,off McGregor).  HR–Cleveland Blanks (2,3rd inning off McGregor 0 on, 0 out); Thornton (13,4th inning off Kerrigan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kuiper (7,off McGregor).  SF–Speed (1,off McGregor).  HBP–Kuiper (3,by Kerrigan).  HBP–Kerrigan (1,Kuiper).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:23.  A–9,302.
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