Cleveland Indians vs California Angels
August 31, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 7, California Angels 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf 4 1 2 0
  Vukovich ph,rf 2 0 1 2
Harrah 3b,2b 6 2 2 1
Franco ss 4 0 0 0
McBride dh 5 0 1 0
Tabler lf 4 0 3 2
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
  Castillo pr 0 1 0 0
  Perkins 1b 1 1 0 0
Thomas cf 4 1 2 2
Hassey c 4 1 1 0
Fischlin 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bando ph 0 0 0 0
  Essian 3b 0 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing lf 2 1 1 0
  Valentine pr,lf 2 0 0 0
  Lubratich ss 0 0 0 0
Carew 1b 4 0 1 0
Beniquez cf,lf 2 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 3
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Sconiers dh 4 2 3 0
Boone c 3 0 2 1
Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 1
Adams ss 2 1 0 0
  Lynn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Cleveland 200 010 020 27140
California 111 000 011 0590
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   5.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Anderson   2.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Sutcliffe  W (15-9) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Easterly  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
5
5
4
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn   5.2 10 3 3 3 1
  Brown   2.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Sanchez  L (8-7) 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 3, California 1.  2B–Cleveland Hassey (14,off Zahn), California Downing (11,off Blyleven); Sconiers 2 (15,off Blyleven,off Sutcliffe); Boone (16,off Blyleven); Wilfong (6,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (7,5th inning off Zahn 0 on, 1 out); Thomas (18,8th inning off S Brown 1 on, 1 out), California DeCinces (16,3rd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Franco (2,by Sanchez); Downing (5,by Blyleven).  IBB–Hassey (2,by Sanchez).  SH–Beniquez (5,off Blyleven); Boone (10,off Sutcliffe).  SF–DeCinces 2 (7,off Blyleven,off Sutcliffe).  CS–Thomas (4,Home by Zahn/Boone); Sconiers (2,2nd base by Blyleven/Hassey).  HBP–Blyleven (7,Downing); Sanchez (3,Franco).  IBB–Sanchez (14,Hassey).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:56.  A–22,659.
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