Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 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)
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Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Orta cf 6 1 2 1
Kuiper 2b 6 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 2
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 1
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 5 2 3 1
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Charboneau lf 3 1 1 0
Alexander dh 3 1 1 2
  Dybzinski pr,dh,3b 0 0 0 0
Pruitt rf 5 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 5 0 1 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Garland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 13 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 2 1
Bailor 3b 5 1 1 0
Bonnell rf 3 1 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 1 0 0
  Cannon pr 0 1 0 0
  Upshaw 1b 1 0 0 0
Velez dh 5 3 3 7
Woods lf 4 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Ainge cf 4 0 1 0
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 2 1 0
  Bosetti pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 9 8
Cleveland 000 011 033 08131
Toronto 410 100 020 1991
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner   4.0 6 6 5 3 1
  Garland   4.0 2 2 2 1 3
  Monge  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
8
6
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   7.0 9 5 5 3 2
  McLaughlin   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Garvin   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Buskey  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
4
2

  E–Hargrove (2), Griffin (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Toronto Bailor (1,off Spillner).  3B–Toronto Griffin (3,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Orta (2,5th inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out); Harrah (1,8th inning off Clancy 0 on, 0 out); Alexander (1,8th inning off Clancy 1 on, 0 out); Hargrove (3,9th inning off McLaughlin 1 on, 0 out); Johnson (1,9th inning off Garvin 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Velez 3 (6,1st inning off Spillner 3 on, 1 out,8th inning off Garland 1 on, 0 out,10th inning off Monge 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hargrove (3,by Clancy).  SH–Griffin (2,off Monge).  IBB–Bonnell (1,by Monge).  SB–Harrah (3,2nd base off Clancy/Whitt).  HBP–Clancy (1,Hargrove).  IBB–Monge (3,Bonnell).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:44.
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