Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
May 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 8, Cleveland Indians 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 1
Belanger ss 5 2 2 1
Singleton rf 5 1 2 2
Murray 1b 5 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 5 1 2 2
Roenicke lf 5 1 2 1
May dh 4 1 1 0
Graham c 3 1 2 1
Dauer 2b 3 1 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 4 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
  Rosello ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 1 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Charboneau lf 4 0 1 0
Alston rf 3 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 5 0
Baltimore 020 002 3108142
Cleveland 000 000 000050
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (3-2) 7.0 4 0 0 1 1
  Martinez   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko  L (0-4) 5.1 7 4 4 0 3
  Stanton   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Cruz   2.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
2
4

  E–Belanger (3), Palmer (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Hassey (5,off Palmer); Alston (1,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (5,2nd inning off Owchinko 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bumbry (3,off Stanton).  SF–Graham (1,off Owchinko).  SB–Belanger (2,2nd base off Stanton/Hassey).  WP–Palmer (1).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:40.  A–11,856.
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