Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 12, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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."

"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)
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Cleveland Indians 2, Texas Rangers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Bannister rf,2b 3 0 1 0
McBride dh 4 0 1 0
Tabler lf 3 1 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0
Thomas cf 3 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 0 1 2
Bando c 3 0 0 0
Fischlin 2b 2 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Brennan p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tolleson ss 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 2
Wright cf 4 1 2 0
Parrish rf 4 0 0 0
Rivers dh 4 1 1 1
Sample lf 4 1 2 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 2
Stein 2b 3 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Cleveland 020 000 000241
Texas 000 130 02x6110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Brennan  L (2-2) 4.1 8 4 4 1 3
  Spillner   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Easterly   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Anderson   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (6-4) 6.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Jones  SV (10) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
6

  E–Thomas (5).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Cleveland Franco (20,off Tanana); Vukovich (11,off O Jones), Texas Sample (23,off Brennan); Rivers (9,off Brennan).  SH–Sundberg (3,off Anderson).  IBB–G Wright (8,by Spillner).  SB–Sample (36,2nd base off Brennan/Bando); Tolleson (25,3rd base off Spillner/Bando).  IBB–Spillner (6,G Wright).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:39.  A–19,310.
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