Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
April 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1980 at Cleveland 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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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Velez dh 3 1 2 3
  Cannon pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Bonnell rf 4 1 3 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 1 2
Ainge lf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 0 1 0
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 2 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Orta rf 3 1 0 0
Charboneau lf 3 1 1 0
Hassey c 4 1 1 3
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 1 0
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
Denny p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Toronto 400 000 0015110
Cleveland 000 000 300350
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  W (1-2) 6.0 5 3 3 4 2
  Garvin   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  McLaughlin  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (0-2) 7.0 10 4 4 0 4
  Stanton   2.0 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Toronto Bonnell 3 (3,off Denny 2,off Stanton), Cleveland Veryzer (2,off Lemanczyk).  HR–Toronto Velez (2,1st inning off Denny 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Hassey (1,7th inning off Lemanczyk 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Garcia (1,off Stanton).  SB–Griffin (2,2nd base off Denny/Hassey); Harrah (1,2nd base off Lemanczyk/Davis).  CS–Garcia (1,2nd base by Denny/Hassey); Griffin (2,2nd base by Denny/Hassey); Bonnell (2,Home by Stanton/Hassey).  WP–McLaughlin (1), Denny (1).  U–Larry Barnett, Jim McKean, Ted Hendry.  T–2:26.  A–11,220.
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