Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 4, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1983 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby cf 5 0 0 0
Ford rf 5 1 3 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 2 1
Roenicke lf 4 1 2 2
Singleton dh 4 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 2 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 11 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 3 0 1 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 1 0
  Fischlin pr 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 5 0 0 0
McBride rf 5 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Tabler lf 4 0 2 0
Thomas cf 4 1 1 0
Velez dh 4 0 1 1
Franco ss 4 1 1 0
Essian c 3 1 1 2
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Baltimore 000 002 001 14112
Cleveland 002 000 001 0380
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (14-4) 9.0 7 3 2 2 1
  Stewart   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Martinez  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
2
2
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton   9.0 9 3 3 3 2
  Anderson  L (0-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Easterly   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
4
3

  E–Ripken (18), McGregor (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Ford (20,off Heaton); Murray (18,off Anderson), Cleveland Tabler 2 (14,off McGregor 2); Franco (19,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (12,6th inning off Heaton 1 on, 1 out); Dempsey (3,9th inning off Heaton 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Essian (1,3rd inning off McGregor 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Singleton (13,by Anderson).  SH–Bannister (3,off McGregor).  IBB–Anderson (4,Singleton).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:45.  A–6,368.
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