Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
June 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 6, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 5 0 0 0
Bonds dh 5 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1
Harrah 3b 4 1 3 0
Hargrove lf 3 2 1 1
Norris rf 4 2 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 3 3
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 1
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
Kelly lf 3 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 2
  Dempsey pr,c 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke cf 3 1 1 0
Smith 2b 3 1 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Lowenstein rf 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Cleveland 020 210 0016111
Baltimore 010 000 020350
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (7-5) 8.2 5 3 1 4 6
  Monge  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.  L (10-4) 8.0 10 6 6 1 6
  Martinez T.   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
1
6

  E–Thornton (5).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Hargrove (3,off D Martinez); Harrah (11,off D Martinez); Hassey (2,off D Martinez), Baltimore Kelly (5,off Wise).  3B–Baltimore Garcia (4,off Wise).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (10,5th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore May (12,2nd inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Veryzer (2,off T Martinez).  SB–Harrah (12,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:07.  A–11,795.
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