Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
September 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 2, New York Yankees 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0
  Cox 3b 1 1 1 0
Johnson dh 3 0 1 1
Pruitt lf 2 0 0 0
  Alston ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Alexander c 3 0 1 1
Rosello 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Murcer lf 3 0 1 0
Piniella rf 4 0 0 0
Scott dh 4 0 1 0
  Brown pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 3 1
Garcia ss 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 0 1 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 1 2 0
Stanley 3b 3 0 0 0
  White ph 0 0 0 1
Robinson c 3 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 1 1 3
Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Cleveland 000 100 001260
New York 000 100 004581
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   8.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Monge  L (11-10) 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.2
8
5
5
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Righetti   5.1 4 1 1 3 4
  Davis   2.2 1 1 1 0 4
  Gossage  W (5-3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
9

  E–Stanley (8).  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 2.  2B–Cleveland Johnson (16,off Gossage).  HR–New York Chambliss (18,4th inning off Waits 0 on, 1 out); Gamble (19,9th inning off Monge 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Alexander (7,off Righetti); White (3,off Monge).  SB–Manning (30,2nd base off Righetti/Robinson); Alston (4,2nd base off Gossage/Robinson).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:28.  A–12,111.
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