Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
April 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1980 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 2, California Angels 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Alexander dh 4 1 1 0
Orta rf 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 2 1
Charboneau lf 4 1 1 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 1 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf,rf 5 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 1
Ford rf 4 1 2 1
  Miller cf 1 1 1 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 1
Carew 1b 5 1 3 1
Downing c 4 1 1 1
Rudi lf 5 2 2 4
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 1 2 1
Frost p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Cleveland 000 010 001270
California 103 120 03x10151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (0-1) 2.1 7 4 4 2 3
  Paxton   3.2 5 3 3 1 2
  Stanton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Cruz   1.0 2 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
4
9
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Frost  W (1-0) 8.1 6 2 2 2 2
  Clear   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–Patek (1).  DP–California 1.  2B–Cleveland Alexander (1,off Frost), California Ford (1,off Paxton).  3B–California Patek (1,off Stanton).  HR–Cleveland Charboneau (1,5th inning off Frost 0 on, 1 out), California Ford (1,3rd inning off Spillner 0 on, 0 out); Rudi 2 (2,5th inning off Paxton 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Cruz 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Patek (1,off Paxton).  HBP–Grich (1,by Spillner).  SB–Manning 2 (2,2nd base off Frost/Downing 2); Cowens (1,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey); Carew (1,2nd base off Paxton/Hassey); Patek (1,2nd base off Paxton/Hassey).  HBP–Spillner (1,Grich).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:49.  A–37,085.
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