Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
May 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1981 at Comiskey Park I. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf,ss 4 1 3 0
Littleton cf 2 1 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Manning cf 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 1 0
Charboneau lf 4 1 1 1
Rosello 2b 2 1 2 1
  Kuiper ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 2 0 0 0
  Orta ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 3 1
Bernazard 2b 4 2 2 1
Fisk c 3 0 2 3
Luzinski dh 3 0 0 0
Nordhagen lf 5 0 0 0
  Kuntz lf 0 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 2 0
Baines rf 3 1 1 0
Squires 1b 4 1 0 0
Almon ss 4 2 1 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 5
Cleveland 001 002 100491
Chicago 230 001 01x7111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (3-2) 5.2 9 6 4 3 1
  Spillner   2.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
5
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (2-1) 5.0 5 3 1 2 1
  Hoyt  SV (4) 4.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
2
2

  E–Dybzinski (2), Trout (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Chicago 3.  3B–Chicago Bernazard (2,off Waits).  HR–Cleveland Rosello (1,3rd inning off Trout 0 on, 1 out); Charboneau (2,7th inning off Hoyt 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bernazard (5,off Spillner).  SF–Fisk (2,off Spillner).  HBP–Morrison (1,by Waits).  IBB–Fisk (2,by Waits).  SB–Morrison (2,2nd base off Waits/Diaz); LeFlore 2 (7,2nd base off Waits/Diaz,3rd base off Spillner/Diaz); Bernazard 2 (3,2nd base off Waits/Diaz,2nd base off Spillner/Diaz).  WP–Spillner (1).  HBP–Waits (1,Morrison).  IBB–Waits (1,Fisk).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:45.  A–13,263.
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