Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 26, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 4, Cleveland Indians 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 2 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 1 1
  Garcia pr 0 1 0 0
Singleton rf 5 1 3 0
  Hazewood pr 0 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 1
Kelly lf 5 0 3 2
Stone dh 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph,dh 3 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,dh 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 0 2 0
Bannister rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Alexander dh 4 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 2 1 1 0
Diaz c 4 1 2 2
Manning cf 2 0 0 0
  Charboneau ph 1 1 1 2
  Alston rf 1 0 1 1
Rosello 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Dybzinski 2b 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Baltimore 100 100 0024120
Cleveland 000 000 23x5111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (15-13) 7.1 10 5 5 3 5
  Martinez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  W (16-11) 8.2 10 4 4 4 8
  Cruz   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Monge  SV (13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
4
8

  E–Dilone (7).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Singleton (26,off Spillner); Bumbry (24,off Spillner); Kelly (9,off Spillner), Cleveland Alexander (7,off Flanagan); Diaz (10,off Flanagan).  3B–Baltimore Bumbry (9,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Charboneau (23,7th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Belanger (10,off Spillner).  IBB–Crowley (2,by Spillner); Harrah (3,by Flanagan).  CS–Dauer (2,2nd base by Spillner/Diaz); Dilone (18,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  WP–Spillner (10).  IBB–Flanagan (3,Harrah); Spillner (2,Crowley).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:34.  A–6,362.
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