New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 2, Cleveland Indians 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Brown rf,cf 5 1 1 1
Mumphrey cf 2 0 0 0
  Piniella rf 3 0 1 0
Gamble dh 2 0 0 0
Winfield lf 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 2 0
Milbourne 2b 4 0 1 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf,lf 4 2 3 2
Rosello 2b 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 1
Thornton dh 3 1 3 0
Diaz c 4 0 1 2
Harrah 3b 2 1 1 0
Charboneau lf 4 0 0 0
  Orta rf 0 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 6
New York 001 000 001261
Cleveland 030 031 00x7121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (4-4) 4.1 7 6 6 3 1
  LaRoche   1.2 5 1 1 1 1
  Castro   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (4-2) 9.0 6 2 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
5

  E–Mumphrey (4), Barker (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Cerone (3,off Barker); Brown (1,off Barker), Cleveland Bannister (4,off May); Thornton (5,off May); Diaz (10,off LaRoche).  HR–Cleveland Bannister (1,6th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rosello (3,off May).  IBB–Harrah (4,by LaRoche).  SB–Brown (1,2nd base off Barker/Diaz); Bannister (5,2nd base off May/Cerone).  IBB–LaRoche (1,Harrah).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:04.  A–40,045.
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