New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gamble lf 5 0 0 0
Murcer cf 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 1 0
  Scott ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1
Chambliss dh 4 1 1 0
Narron c 4 2 2 2
Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley 3b 2 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia 3b 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 1 2 2
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 5 0 3 2
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 1
Thornton 1b 4 1 2 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Norris rf 3 1 1 0
  Pruitt ph 0 0 0 0
  Alston pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 0 1 1
Kuiper 2b 3 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 2 2 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 5
New York 000 200 210592
Cleveland 000 310 1016121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   6.1 8 5 4 1 2
  Hood  L (4-1) 2.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
12
6
5
2
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner   7.0 7 4 4 0 1
  Monge  W (10-9) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
0
3

  E–Dent (16), Hunter (1), Kuiper (9).  DP–New York 3.  3B–Cleveland Norris (6,off Hunter); Hargrove (4,off Hood).  HR–New York Narron (3,4th inning off Spillner 1 on, 2 out); Dent (2,7th inning off Spillner 1 on, 2 out); Jackson (25,8th inning off Monge 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Harrah (17,4th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Thornton (26,4th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Veryzer 2 (10,off Hunter 2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:19.  A–14,063.
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