New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Murcer dh 3 0 0 0
Milbourne ss 4 0 1 1
Winfield cf 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 2 1
Gamble lf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Robertson 2b 3 1 2 0
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 5 3 3 0
Orta rf 4 1 2 3
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 0
Hayes dh 4 1 2 1
Harrah 3b 4 0 2 2
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 4 1 2 0
Brennan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
New York 001 100 000261
Cleveland 120 000 30x6121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (4-3) 1.2 7 3 3 0 0
  LaRoche   4.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Frazier   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Brennan  W (2-1) 9.0 6 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3

  E–Cerone (3), Brennan (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Hassey (5).  2B–Cleveland Hayes (8,off LaRoche).  3B–Cleveland Dilone (5,off LaRoche).  HR–New York Jackson (15,4th inning off Brennan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hargrove (4,off LaRoche).  SB–Dilone (27,2nd base off Reuschel/Cerone); Manning (24,2nd base off LaRoche/Cerone); Dybzinski (6,2nd base off LaRoche/Cerone).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:38.  A–6,168.
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