Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
June 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, New York Yankees 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris lf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 2 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 1
  Speed pr 0 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
  Pruitt ph 1 0 1 1
Hassey c 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 0 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 0 0
Piniella rf 4 1 2 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 0
Spencer dh 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 2 0
  Beniquez lf 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 1 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Cleveland 000 000 002281
New York 001 000 02x381
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilkins  L (2-4) 3.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Spillner   4.1 5 2 2 3 3
  Monge   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (1-5) 6.0 4 0 0 1 4
  Kaat   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Davis   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Hood   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burris   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Clay  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6

  E–Wilkins (6), Randolph (8).  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 3.  2B–New York Chambliss (13,off Spillner); Piniella (11,off Spillner).  3B–New York Jones (1,off Monge).  SH–Harrah (3,off Hunter); Dent (10,off Wilkins).  SF–Rivers (5,off Wilkins).  SB–Manning (18,2nd base off Kaat/Munson); Chambliss (2,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey).  CS–Norris (6,2nd base by Hunter/Munson).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:34.  A–33,776.
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