Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
June 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 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 1, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b,ss 4 1 1 1
Bonds dh 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Hargrove lf 3 0 1 0
Norris rf 2 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Alston ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 0 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 4 1 2 1
Kelly dh 3 1 2 1
Singleton rf 3 0 1 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0
Roenicke cf 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Cleveland 000 000 001140
Baltimore 001 000 20x370
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  L (4-4) 6.2 6 3 3 4 4
  Monge   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (7-3) 9.0 4 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Kelly (4,off Paxton).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (9,9th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Kuiper (9,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey).  SB–Kelly (1,2nd base off Paxton/Hassey); DeCinces (2,2nd base off Paxton/Hassey).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:23.  A–20,209.
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