Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
June 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 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 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 4 1 2 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 1
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 2 0 1 0
  Alexander ph,c 2 0 2 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 3 1 0 0
Munson c 5 1 2 2
Piniella rf 5 1 2 2
Jones dh 2 1 1 1
  Spencer ph,dh 2 0 1 0
  White pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 2 1
Beniquez 3b,lf 4 1 2 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Stanley 3b 1 1 1 1
Dent ss 3 0 1 1
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Cleveland 100 001 0002120
New York 300 010 04x8130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (9-6) 4.1 8 4 4 1 2
  Paxton   3.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Monge   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Spillner   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   3.0 6 1 1 1 1
  Kaat  W (1-0) 2.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Davis  SV (3) 3.1 3 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
4
8

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Harrah (10,off Kaat); Kuiper (3,off Davis), New York Rivers (15,off Waits); Beniquez (4,off Waits); Munson (14,off Waits); Piniella (12,off Waits).  SH–Bonds (2,off Davis).  SF–Dent (4,off Paxton).  SB–Bonds (20,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson); Piniella (2,2nd base off Waits/Hassey).  CS–Bonds (11,2nd base by Figueroa/Munson).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–(none), 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:06.  A–55,409.
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