Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 2, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1983 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby cf 4 1 2 1
Dwyer rf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray 1b 3 0 1 1
Singleton dh 4 0 1 0
Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 2 0 0 0
Sakata 2b 2 1 1 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Dauer 2b 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
  Nolan c 1 0 0 0
Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 3 1 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin 2b 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 2 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 2
Tabler lf 3 1 2 0
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 1 2 0
Franco ss 3 0 1 1
Vukovich rf 2 0 0 0
Essian c 2 0 1 1
Brennan p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Baltimore 000 110 010380
Cleveland 012 001 00x491
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ramirez  L (4-2) 3.2 5 3 3 3 1
  Stewart   4.0 4 1 1 3 0
  Stoddard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
6
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Brennan  W (1-1) 6.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Spillner   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Anderson  SV (4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
2

  E–Brennan (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (29,off Brennan); Dwyer (12,off Spillner), Cleveland Thomas (17,off Stewart).  SH–Cruz (4,off Anderson).  HBP–Cruz (3,by Brennan).  SF–Franco (3,off Ramirez).  IBB–Vukovich (4,by Stewart).  CS–Shelby (1,2nd base by Brennan/Essian); Thomas (2,2nd base by Ramirez/Dempsey).  WP–Spillner (4).  HBP–Brennan (1,Cruz).  IBB–Stewart (3,Vukovich).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:36.  A–17,286.
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