Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
May 17, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1983 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Texas Rangers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 6 1 3 0
Trillo 2b 6 0 3 1
Harrah 3b 5 0 0 1
Thornton dh 6 1 2 1
Tabler rf 6 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1
Franco ss 5 0 1 1
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Bando c 2 0 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 1 0 0
  Essian c 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Hassey c 1 0 1 0
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 14 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 3 2 1 0
Bell 3b 6 1 2 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 0
  Stein ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Parrish rf 5 2 2 1
Hostetler dh 6 1 2 1
Wright cf 6 0 1 1
Sundberg c 6 0 1 1
Dent ss 5 0 4 0
  Rivers pr 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Tolleson 2b 4 0 2 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 17 5
Cleveland 020 010 110 0005142
Texas 301 000 100 0016170
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   6.2 10 5 4 1 1
  Waits   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Spillner   2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Glynn  L (0-2) 0.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.1
17
6
5
4
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   5.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Butcher   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Jones   4.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Schmidt  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
14
5
5
3
6

  E–Tabler (2), Franco (9).  DP–Cleveland 1, Texas 1.  PB–Bando (6).  2B–Cleveland Hassey (3,off O Jones), Texas Sample (8,off Sutcliffe); Hostetler (4,off Sutcliffe); G Wright (6,off Sutcliffe).  3B–Cleveland Hargrove (1,off Matlack).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (5,8th inning off Butcher 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hargrove (3,off O Jones); Tolleson (2,off Waits).  HBP–Sample (2,by Sutcliffe).  IBB–Sample (1,by Waits).  SB–Franco (9,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg); Harrah (2,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg); Tolleson (9,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Bando); Sample (11,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Essian).  HBP–Sutcliffe (1,Sample).  IBB–Waits (1,Sample).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–4:13.  A–26,568.
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