Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 14, Cleveland Indians 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 2 1 0
  Roenicke cf 1 0 0 0
Smith 2b 6 3 3 6
Singleton rf 4 0 1 1
  Corey rf 2 0 1 1
Murray 1b 6 1 2 1
Kelly lf 4 2 2 1
  Molinaro lf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 1 2 0 0
  Krenchicki 3b 2 0 1 0
May dh 2 1 1 2
  Crowley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Garcia ss 4 2 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 2
  Skaggs c 1 0 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 14 15 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 0 1 0
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Bonds rf 2 0 0 0
  Alston rf 2 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 3 3 1
  Cox 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson dh 2 0 0 0
  Cage ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 2 2 3
  Diaz c 1 0 0 0
Norris lf 1 1 1 1
  Alexander ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Wihtol p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Baltimore 066 000 20014150
Cleveland 020 103 000680
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (10-6) 5.1 7 6 6 3 3
  Stoddard   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Martinez   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Stanhouse   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  L (6-6) 2.1 5 8 8 3 3
  Reuschel   0.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Wihtol   3.1 1 0 0 2 4
  Andersen   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
14
14
7
9

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Skaggs (5).  2B–Baltimore Garcia (15,off Reuschel); Smith (9,off Reuschel); Skaggs (6,off Andersen), Cleveland Hassey (14,off Palmer).  3B–Baltimore Smith (4,off Andersen), Cleveland Veryzer (3,off Stoddard).  HR–Baltimore Smith (5,2nd inning off Barker 3 on, 2 out); Kelly (9,3rd inning off Barker 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Hassey (4,2nd inning off Palmer 1 on, 1 out); Harrah (20,4th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:03.  A–6,462.
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