Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
May 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1983 at Anaheim Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, California Angels 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 4 1 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 2 3 0
Thornton dh 5 2 2 1
Trillo 2b 4 1 0 0
Vukovich rf 3 1 2 3
Franco ss 5 2 2 2
Manning cf 5 0 1 1
Bando c 3 0 1 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 0 1 0
Sconiers dh 3 1 0 1
Lynn cf 4 1 2 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Valentine lf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 2 0
Foli ss 2 0 0 0
  Adams ss 1 0 1 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Cleveland 300 110 4009110
California 101 000 001372
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (4-4) 6.1 5 2 2 0 4
  Spillner   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Travers  L (0-1) 4.2 7 5 5 4 3
  Goltz   2.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Curtis   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
7
5

  E–Valentine (1), Boone (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, California 1.  2B–Cleveland Hargrove 2 (8,off Travers 2); Vukovich (5,off Travers); Franco (6,off Goltz), California Lynn (6,off Blyleven); Boone (3,off Blyleven).  3B–Cleveland Vukovich (2,off Travers).  IBB–Trillo (1,by Travers).  SF–DeCinces (3,off Spillner).  SB–Franco (11,2nd base off Travers/Boone); Manning (6,2nd base off Goltz/Boone).  WP–Blyleven 2 (2).  IBB–Travers (1,Trillo).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:35.  A–35,177.
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