Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 8, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1982 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Cleveland Indians 8, Oakland Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 2 2 3
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 2
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Hayes rf 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 5 1 1 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Perconte 2b 1 0 0 0
  Bannister 2b 1 1 0 0
Fischlin ss 4 3 2 2
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 8 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 2 1 0
Meyer dh 5 0 2 2
Armas rf 3 0 1 2
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 2 0 0
Heath c 3 1 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 4
Cleveland 040 002 020881
Oakland 011 000 300572
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (4-1) 6.0 5 4 3 3 4
  Spillner  SV (3) 3.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (2-3) 2.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Beard   3.2 2 2 2 2 3
  Underwood   3.0 2 2 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
7
7
6

  E–Perconte (4), Spencer (1), Underwood (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Manning (3,off Norris); Dilone 2 (3,off Norris,off Beard); Fischlin (1,off Beard).  SH–Dilone (1,off Underwood).  SF–Harrah (1,off Norris); Armas (1,off Barker).  IBB–Hargrove (2,by Beard).  SB–Dilone (5,3rd base off Norris/Heath); Henderson 3 (31,2nd base off Barker/Hassey,3rd base off Barker/Hassey,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey); McKay (3,Home off Barker/Hassey); Heath (2,2nd base off Barker/Hassey).  WP–Norris (1).  IBB–Beard (2,Hargrove).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:00.  A–37,408.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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