New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
July 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 2 1 1 0
Murcer lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Jackson dh 4 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 1 0 0 0
  Watson ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Lefebvre rf 2 1 1 1
  Piniella ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Oates c 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 0 0 0
Orta rf 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
  Alston pr 0 0 0 0
Charboneau dh 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 1 1 1
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Dybzinski 2b 2 0 2 0
  Alexander ph 1 1 1 1
  Brohamer 2b 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
New York 012 000 000341
Cleveland 010 000 010240
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (12-3) 8.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Gossage  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (7-6) 5.0 3 3 3 3 1
  Monge   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Stanton   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
4
3

  E–Randolph (11).  DP–New York 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–New York Randolph (13,off Spillner).  HR–New York Lefebvre (8,2nd inning off Spillner 0 on, 2 out); Murcer (10,3rd inning off Spillner 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Diaz (2,2nd inning off John 0 on, 2 out); Alexander (2,8th inning off John 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:22.  A–36,614.
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