Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 3 1
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 1 1
  Wagner pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph 0 1 0 0
  Brookens 2b 0 0 0 0
Kemp dh 3 1 1 2
Summers rf 2 1 2 1
  Jones ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Morales lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 1 1
Trammell ss 3 2 1 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 1 1 0
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Bonds rf 5 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1
Johnson dh 5 1 2 2
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Cox 3b 2 0 0 0
  Harrah ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph 0 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Garland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Detroit 000 100 2069131
Cleveland 001 020 000352
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema   4.1 5 3 3 4 2
  Underwood   1.2 0 0 0 0 4
  Lopez  W (8-4) 3.0 0 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
7
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner   6.1 7 3 3 4 5
  Monge   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cruz  L (3-9) 1.1 3 5 5 3 2
  Garland   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
7
7

  E–Trammell (20), Hargrove (2), Cruz (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Thompson (13,off Spillner); Parrish (20,off Garland).  3B–Detroit LeFlore (8,off Cruz).  HR–Detroit Summers (18,4th inning off Spillner 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (24,5th inning off Rozema 0 on, 1 out); Johnson (13,5th inning off Rozema 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Kemp (7,off Monge); Morales (8,off Garland).  HBP–Cox (2,by Rozema).  SB–Kemp (5,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey); Trammell (12,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey); Whitaker (18,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey); LeFlore (67,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey).  CS–Trammell (12,Home by Spillner/Hassey).  WP–Lopez (3).  BK–Cruz (2).  HBP–Rozema (6,Cox).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–3:11.  A–5,172.
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