Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 2, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1982 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 5 1 1 0
Klutts 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 5 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 3 2 2 1
Rudi 1b 4 1 2 1
  Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 1
Newman c 4 1 1 2
Picciolo ss 4 0 2 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 3 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 2
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 0 0 0
McBride rf 3 0 0 0
  Hayes rf 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Perconte 2b 4 0 1 0
Dybzinski ss 3 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Oakland 000 320 0005101
Cleveland 002 000 000240
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W (2-2) 9.0 4 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (0-4) 8.2 10 5 5 3 3
  Whitson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
4

  E–McKay (1).  2B–Oakland Rudi (2,off Waits); Burroughs (1,off Waits); Johnson (2,off Waits); Henderson (5,off Waits).  3B–Oakland Burroughs (1,off Waits).  HR–Oakland Newman (3,4th inning off Waits 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Harrah (7,3rd inning off Norris 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Henderson (25,2nd base off Waits/Hassey); Dilone (4,2nd base off Norris/Newman); Thornton (2,2nd base off Norris/Newman).  BK–Norris (1).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:42.  A–22,385.
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