Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
June 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1979 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b,ss 4 1 1 1
Manning cf 4 1 2 1
Thornton 1b 3 0 2 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 1
  Speed pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Pruitt c 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hargrove lf 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 1 1 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 0 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 0
Garcia ss 4 0 1 0
Singleton rf 2 1 1 1
  Lowenstein rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 2 1 2 0
May dh 3 1 0 0
Roenicke lf 1 1 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 2
Dempsey c 3 0 0 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 5 4
Cleveland 100 010 010360
Baltimore 000 300 10x450
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  L (0-1) 7.0 5 4 4 9 2
  Spillner   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
11
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (9-5) 7.0 5 3 3 5 8
  Stanhouse  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
9

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 3, Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Veryzer (7,off Flanagan), Baltimore Dauer (11,off Barker).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (8,1st inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Singleton (16,7th inning off Barker 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Speed (2,2nd base off Stanhouse/Dempsey); Bumbry (18,2nd base off Barker/Pruitt); Garcia (6,2nd base off Barker/Pruitt).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–3:03.  A–18,171.
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