Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 2 2 3
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 0 2 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 1 1 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 1
Murphy cf 3 0 0 1
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
  Chalk ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Revering dh 3 0 0 0
Newman 1b 4 0 0 0
Essian c 1 2 0 0
Armas rf 3 1 1 0
Edwards 2b 3 1 2 2
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 1
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
Cleveland 002 000 100370
Oakland 000 030 20x550
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (7-3) 6.0 4 5 5 3 6
  Monge   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
4
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (8-7) 9.0 7 3 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
8

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Picciolo (9,off Spillner); Armas (7,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Hargrove 2 (9,3rd inning off McCatty 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off McCatty 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Veryzer (4,by McCatty); Essian (2,by Spillner).  SF–Murphy (2,off Spillner).  SB–Manning (25,2nd base off McCatty/Essian); Johnson (2,2nd base off McCatty/Essian); Edwards (7,2nd base off Monge/Hassey).  CS–Henderson (5,2nd base by Spillner/Hassey).  HBP–Spillner (3,Essian); McCatty (7,Veryzer).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:22.  A–2,059.
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