New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
May 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 1 1 0
Mumphrey cf 5 1 3 1
Piniella rf 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Winfield lf 4 1 2 1
Jackson dh 4 1 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 1
Revering 1b 3 1 1 0
Dent ss 4 0 1 0
Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf 3 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 2 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 1
Charboneau lf 3 0 1 1
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
New York 013 100 0005121
Cleveland 000 100 001231
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Righetti  W (2-0) 8.0 3 2 1 4 3
  Gossage  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (4-4) 3.1 8 5 2 2 1
  Stanton   3.2 2 0 0 1 4
  Lacey   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
2
3
7

  E–Dent (6), Harrah (5).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–New York Revering (2,off Waits); Cerone (2,off Waits); Nettles (4,off Stanton), Cleveland Charboneau (7,off Righetti); Diaz (9,off Righetti).  SH–Piniella (2,off Waits).  SF–Winfield (4,off Waits); Charboneau (1,off Righetti).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:53.  A–65,311.
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