Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 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 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Almon ss 4 0 2 0
Bernazard 2b 5 0 1 2
Nordhagen rf 4 0 1 0
  Baines pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Luzinski dh 4 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 4 1 1 0
Kuntz lf 2 1 0 0
Pryor 3b 4 0 1 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 4 0 0 0
Orta rf 4 0 2 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 2 0 0 0
Charboneau lf 2 1 0 0
  Littleton lf 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 2
Diaz c 2 1 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 2
Chicago 020 000 000292
Cleveland 000 000 30x340
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  L (2-2) 6.1 4 3 2 3 3
  Hoyt   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
2
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (3-0) 9.0 9 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
4

  E–Johnson (1), Essian (2).  DP–Chicago 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Chicago Essian (2,off Waits).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (1,7th inning off Baumgarten 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Kelly (1,2nd base by Hoyt/Essian).  BK–Baumgarten (1).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:18.  A–6,639.
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