Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 2 2 0
Page dh 4 1 2 1
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 1
Newman c 4 0 2 1
Armas rf 3 0 0 0
Chalk 2b 3 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 1 2 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 1
Bonds dh 4 1 2 3
Harrah ss 4 1 1 1
Thornton 1b 3 0 2 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Norris rf 3 0 1 0
  Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Alston rf 0 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 1 1 0
Rosello 3b 2 1 0 0
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Oakland 010 100 001381
Cleveland 040 000 01x5100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (2-7) 7.1 10 5 5 2 1
  Hamilton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (4-4) 8.1 8 3 3 3 7
  Cruz  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7

  E–Armas (5).  DP–Oakland 2, Cleveland 2.  2B–Oakland Newman 2 (15,off Barker 2); Revering 2 (21,off Barker 2), Cleveland Kuiper (8,off Morgan).  HR–Cleveland Bonds (20,2nd inning off Morgan 2 on, 2 out); Harrah (12,8th inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Manning (6,off Morgan).  HBP–Thornton (3,by Morgan).  CS–Page (15,2nd base by Barker/Hassey).  HBP–Morgan (3,Thornton).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:34.  A–8,815.
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