Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1980 at Exhibition 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Orta rf 3 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 3 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 2
Harrah 3b 2 0 1 0
Charboneau lf 4 0 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 5 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
  Pruitt cf 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 2 2 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 12 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 2 3 0
Bailor cf,3b 2 2 0 0
Bonnell rf 5 1 3 6
Velez dh 3 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1
Macha 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cannon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Ainge lf 3 1 0 0
Davis c 4 1 1 0
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8
Cleveland 000 201 0003122
Toronto 003 021 20x890
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (1-3) 4.1 5 5 5 4 0
  Paxton   1.2 3 3 3 1 2
  Cruz   2.0 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
7
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella   3.1 6 2 2 5 3
  Moore   2.1 5 1 1 1 0
  Buskey  W (1-0) 3.1 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
8
7

  E–Harrah (3), Diaz (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 3.  2B–Cleveland Manning (3,off Mirabella); Hargrove (3,off Moore), Toronto Griffin (4,off Waits); Bonnell (7,off Paxton).  HR–Toronto Bonnell (4,5th inning off Waits 1 on, 1 out); Mayberry (4,6th inning off Paxton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kuiper (1,off Mirabella).  HBP–Harrah (1,by Moore).  IBB–Harrah (1,by Moore); Bailor (1,by Waits); Velez (2,by Waits); Mayberry (1,by Cruz).  SB–Harrah (2,2nd base off Mirabella/Davis); Griffin 2 (5,2nd base off Paxton/Diaz,2nd base off Cruz/Diaz).  CS–Manning (1,2nd base by Moore/Davis).  HBP–Moore (2,Harrah).  IBB–Waits 2 (3,Bailor,Velez); Cruz (2,Mayberry); Moore (3,Harrah).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:44.  A–16,564.
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