Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers 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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Milwaukee Brewers 1, Cleveland Indians 0

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor ss 4 0 1 0
Money 2b 4 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0
Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 3 1 1 1
Davis dh 3 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomas cf 3 0 0 0
Moore c 3 0 0 0
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 4 0 3 0
Grubb lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Pruitt rf,c 3 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
Cox dh 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
  Speed pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Milwaukee 010 000 000130
Cleveland 000 000 000060
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  W (17-8) 9.0 6 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  L (9-8) 9.0 3 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1, Cleveland 1.  HR–Milwaukee Oglivie (15,2nd inning off Paxton 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Davis (5,2nd base by Paxton/Diaz).  SB–Manning (12,2nd base off Caldwell/Moore).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:02.
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