Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland Indians 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lemon cf,2b 5 2 1 3
Squires 1b 2 1 2 0
Nordhagen rf,lf 5 0 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Morrison 2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Pruitt lf,3b 3 2 2 1
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
  Kimm pr,c 0 2 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 1 1 1
  Sutherland cf 1 1 0 0
Cruz ss 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph,rf 1 0 1 3
Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
  Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 10 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 5 0 1 0
Orta rf 5 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Charboneau dh 4 1 2 1
  Rosello pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 2 1 0
Hassey c 3 1 1 1
  Dybzinski ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Brohamer ph 1 0 0 0
Bannister 2b,cf 3 1 2 2
Manning cf 3 1 1 2
  Diaz ph,c 1 0 0 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 3 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Wihtol p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 7
Chicago 200 000 05310101
Cleveland 040 000 1128122
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  W (6-2) 7.0 9 5 5 2 2
  Wortham   1.1 2 3 2 2 1
  Farmer  SV (23) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   6.1 4 2 2 7 1
  Monge   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Cruz  L (5-6) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Wihtol   0.2 1 3 0 2 0
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
10
7
10
1

  E–Sutherland (2), Hargrove (9), Harrah (13).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Chicago Nordhagen (20,off Waits); Baines (17,off Wihtol), Cleveland Charboneau (16,off Hoyt); Veryzer (11,off Hoyt); Orta (18,off Hoyt); Bannister (15,off Farmer).  HR–Chicago Lemon (8,8th inning off Cruz 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Manning (3,2nd inning off Hoyt 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Baines (3,off Cruz); Bannister (4,off Hoyt); Diaz (1,off Wortham).  IBB–Morrison (1,by Waits); Hargrove (9,by Hoyt).  SB–Bannister (12,2nd base off Hoyt/Borgmann).  WP–Hoyt (2), Farmer (5), Waits (3).  IBB–Hoyt (3,Hargrove); Waits (6,Morrison).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:05.
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