Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners
July 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1978 at Kingdome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 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 5, Seattle Mariners 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Grubb rf,lf 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 3 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 3
Carbo dh 4 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 0 0 0
Cox lf 4 1 1 0
  Speed rf 0 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 1 2 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 1
Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 1
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
Bochte cf 3 0 0 0
Robertson dh 3 1 1 0
Meyer 1b 3 0 1 1
Stein 3b 4 0 1 0
Stinson c 2 1 0 0
  Milbourne ph 1 0 0 0
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Cleveland 001 200 020590
Seattle 001 001 000240
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Freisleben  W (1-2) 5.2 3 2 2 6 2
  Monge  SV (5) 3.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
6
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  L (1-8) 7.0 8 4 4 2 4
  Romo   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Cleveland Kuiper (11,off Colborn), Seattle Meyer (9,off Monge).  3B–Seattle Robertson (2,off Freisleben).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (19,8th inning off Romo 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Reynolds (5,off Freisleben).  SB–Cruz (28,2nd base off Freisleben/Alexander); Paciorek (1,2nd base off Freisleben/Alexander).  BK–Colborn (1).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:30.  A–7,676.
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