Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins 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 7, Minnesota Twins 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 3 3 0
Orta rf 3 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 4 1 3 2
Charboneau dh 3 0 0 1
Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0
Bannister cf 4 1 3 1
Diaz c 4 0 0 1
Rosello 2b 4 0 1 2
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 12 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 2 0
Smalley ss 3 0 1 0
Morales dh 3 0 0 0
Wynegar c 2 1 1 0
Adams lf 3 0 2 0
Cubbage 1b 3 0 1 1
Castino 3b 3 0 0 0
Sofield cf 3 0 1 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 9 1
Cleveland 510 100 07120
Minnesota 000 100 0191
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  W (14-9) 6.2 9 1 1 1 3
Totals
6.2
9
1
1
1
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (11-18) 0.2 4 5 2 1 0
  Verhoeven   4.2 7 2 2 0 0
  Kinnunen   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
7.0
12
7
4
2
0

  E–Cubbage (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Cleveland Rosello (2,off Zahn); Bannister (16,off Kinnunen).  3B–Minnesota Powell (5,off Spillner).  SF–Charboneau (5,off Zahn).  HBP–Veryzer (4,by Verhoeven).  SB–Dilone (50,2nd base off Verhoeven/Wynegar).  HBP–Verhoeven (3,Veryzer).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–1:49.  A–2,877.
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