Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
June 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1979 at Cleveland 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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Baltimore Orioles 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 4 0 1 0
Ayala lf 3 0 1 0
  Bumbry pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Roenicke cf,lf 2 1 2 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 2 2
May dh 2 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 1 2
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 0 2 0
Harrah 3b 3 2 1 0
Bonds rf 2 1 1 2
Thornton dh 2 0 1 1
Manning cf 2 0 0 0
Hassey c 2 0 0 0
Norris lf 1 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 3 7 3
Baltimore 000 410580
Cleveland 102 00x370
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (10-2) 5.0 7 3 3 1 1
Totals
5.0
7
3
3
1
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (9-5) 4.1 7 5 5 2 4
  Spillner   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
6.0
8
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Roenicke (5,off Waits); Ayala (2,off Waits), Cleveland Hargrove (2,off D Martinez); Harrah (9,off D Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (13,4th inning off Waits 0 on, 0 out); Murray (7,4th inning off Waits 0 on, 1 out); Dauer (5,4th inning off Waits 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Bonds (11,3rd inning off D Martinez 1 on, 2 out).  SB–May (3,2nd base off Waits/Hassey); Harrah (11,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs).  CS–Veryzer (4,2nd base by D Martinez/Skaggs); Norris (5,2nd base by D Martinez/Skaggs).  WP–Waits (2).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–1:46.  A–19,553.
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