Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
June 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 0 0
Murphy cf 3 1 2 1
Gross 3b 4 0 1 1
Revering 1b 3 0 1 1
Page dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Klutts ss 1 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone rf 2 1 1 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 1
Johnson dh 2 1 1 2
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 3 1
Charboneau lf 3 0 0 0
  Alston ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 4 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 4 1 1 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 4
Oakland 000 010 020361
Cleveland 110 002 10x5101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (5-5) 6.0 9 5 3 2 1
  Lacey   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
3
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  W (5-3) 7.0 5 3 2 4 0
  Owchinko   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Cruz  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
4

  E–Klutts (4), Dybzinski (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Newman (2).  2B–Cleveland Dybzinski (2,off McCatty).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (5,2nd inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out); Hargrove (6,6th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (6,6th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dilone (1,off Lacey); Alston (1,off Jones).  SF–Johnson (4,off McCatty).  SB–Dilone 2 (12,2nd base off McCatty/Newman 2).  WP–Lacey (3).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:48.  A–8,608.
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