Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 3 1 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonds dh 4 1 3 1
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 1
Hargrove lf 4 0 0 0
Norris rf 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 2 2
  Jones cf 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 3 2 1
  Machemer 2b 0 0 0 0
Kemp lf 5 2 3 4
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 3
Summers rf 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
  Putman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 5 1 2 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 0
  Wagner ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Cleveland 100 000 001250
Detroit 120 400 30x10150
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  L (0-2) 3.1 7 6 6 3 4
  Spillner   4.2 8 4 4 4 3
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
7
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (6-4) 9.0 5 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Detroit 1.  PB–Parrish (13).  2B–Detroit Mankowski (2,off Barker); Kemp (18,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Bonds (12,1st inning off Morris 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Kemp (11,7th inning off Spillner 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Thompson (3,off Barker).  CS–Bonds (13,2nd base by Morris/Parrish).  WP–Barker (5).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:38.  A–20,121.
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