Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 1, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 1 0 0 0
Alexander dh 3 1 1 1
Cox lf 4 0 1 0
  Griffin pr 0 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
  Cage ph 1 0 0 0
Briggs rf 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
  Speed rf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 2 0 0 0
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 1 1 0
Kelly lf 4 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 3 1
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2
May dh 4 0 2 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 2 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Cleveland 000 000 001131
Baltimore 200 000 01x3111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (2-4) 7.2 11 3 3 2 4
  Spillner   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Monge   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
3
3
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (19-14) 8.2 3 1 1 4 5
  Stanhouse  SV (23) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
6

  E–Veryzer (21), Dempsey (11).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  HR–Cleveland Alexander (26,9th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore DeCinces (26,8th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Murray (5,2nd base by Reuschel/Diaz).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:18.  A–3,662.
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