Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
October 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, New York Yankees 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 2 3 2
Norris lf 5 2 3 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 2
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 2
Cage dh 4 1 1 1
Alexander c 5 1 2 2
Briggs rf 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 1 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Munson c 4 1 1 0
Piniella dh 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 1
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
Stanley 2b 2 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Cleveland 240 100 0029130
New York 200 000 000250
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (13-15) 9.0 5 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (12-6) 1.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Tidrow   5.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Rajsich   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  McCall   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 2.  2B–Cleveland Norris 2 (14,off Tidrow 2); Manning (27,off Tidrow); Cage (6,off McCall); Alexander (20,off McCall), New York Piniella (34,off Waits); Nettles (23,off Waits).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (33,1st inning off Hunter 1 on, 2 out); Alexander (27,2nd inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Hunter (2).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:06.  A–39,189.
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