Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonds dh 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 2 2 1
Harrah 3b 4 2 3 0
Hargrove lf 3 0 0 1
Norris rf 4 0 4 1
Hassey c 4 0 2 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 1
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Morales rf,cf 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss 1b 1 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitaker 2b 1 0 0 0
Jones cf 2 1 1 0
  Summers ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Wagner 2b,3b 4 0 2 1
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
Cleveland 021 000 0104112
Detroit 000 010 100260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde  W (1-0) 6.0 4 2 1 1 3
  Spillner   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Monge  SV (7) 2.2 1 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (1-1) 6.1 9 3 3 0 3
  Hiller   2.2 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–Manning (3), Monge (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Parrish (12).  2B–Cleveland Norris (5,off Young), Detroit Morales (15,off Clyde).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (11,3rd inning off Young 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Hargrove (1,off Young).  SB–Norris (9,2nd base off Young/Parrish).  WP–Clyde (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:28.  A–27,104.
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