Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 1 3 1
Manning cf 5 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
  Alston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 1 2 0
Norris rf 4 1 1 1
Rosello 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cage ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 2b 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 2 0
  Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 2 0
Bailor rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Howell 3b 4 0 1 0
Solaita dh 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 0 0
Bosetti cf 2 0 0 0
  Cannon rf 2 1 1 0
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 2 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Cleveland 001 200 0003100
Toronto 200 002 00x491
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (15-8) 8.0 9 4 4 1 5
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (7-6) 9.0 10 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
3

  E–Cerone (12).  2B–Cleveland Hassey (13,off Stieb); Norris (14,off Stieb); Hargrove (17,off Stieb), Toronto Bailor (10,off Wise); Solaita (5,off Wise); Cerone (23,off Wise); Howell (27,off Wise); Griffin (19,off Wise).  3B–Toronto Cerone (3,off Wise).  SH–Hassey (4,off Stieb).  SF–Hargrove (5,off Stieb).  SB–Cannon (12,2nd base off Wise/Hassey).  WP–Stieb (3).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–(none), 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:39.  A–11,010.
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