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Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1981 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Monday, August 31, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Oakland |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Cleveland |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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| Oakland Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Langford W (8-8) |
6.1 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Underwood SV (1) |
2.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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| Cleveland Indians |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Blyleven L (9-6) |
8.1 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
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Monge |
0.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Spillner |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
E–Heath (7), Stanley (2), Veryzer (9). DP–Oakland 2, Cleveland 2. 2B–Oakland Armas (19,off Blyleven), Cleveland Kelly (2,off Langford). HR–Oakland Murphy (11,5th inning off Blyleven 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Kelly (1,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out). HBP–McKay (2,by Blyleven); Hargrove (3,by Langford). SB–Dilone (22,2nd base off Langford/Heath). HBP–Langford (1,Hargrove); Blyleven (5,McKay). U–Don Denkinger, Rich Garcia, Dan Morrison. T–2:43. A–8,442. |
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| Game played on Monday, August 31, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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