Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
September 3, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1983 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 13, Oakland Athletics 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 1
  Castillo pr 0 0 0 0
  Bannister 2b 1 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 2 5
Franco ss 5 0 0 0
McBride dh,rf 3 2 1 0
Tabler lf 4 2 1 2
Thomas cf 5 2 2 3
Vukovich rf 3 1 1 0
  Bando ph 2 0 2 1
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Essian c 1 0 0 0
  Perkins ph,1b 0 1 0 0
  Thornton ph,1b 2 1 2 1
Fischlin 2b 2 1 0 0
  Hassey ph,c 2 1 1 0
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 13 13
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Almon 1b 5 1 1 0
Heath 3b 3 1 0 0
  Gross 3b 2 0 1 1
Lopes dh 2 1 1 1
Kearney c 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 4
Hill ss 4 0 2 0
Davis rf 2 1 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Bradley p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Cleveland 001 000 021013131
Oakland 000 400 101670
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton   6.2 5 5 1 6 3
  Spillner  W (2-9) 2.1 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
6
2
7
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Warren   7.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Beard  L (5-5) 1.0 1 3 3 3 0
  Underwood   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Farmer   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Young   0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Bradley   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Jones   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
13
13
7
3

  E–Tabler (8).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Essian (4).  2B–Cleveland Thomas (19,off Beard); Harrah (19,off Bradley); Tabler (19,off Bradley), Oakland Lopes (10,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Thomas (19,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Murphy (15,4th inning off Heaton 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Harrah (3,off Beard).  HBP–Hassey (2,by Young); Lopes (2,by Spillner).  IBB–McBride (1,by Bradley); Lopes (7,by Heaton); Henderson (8,by Heaton).  SH–Phillips (10,off Heaton).  SB–Henderson (93,2nd base off Heaton/Essian); Lopes (20,3rd base off Heaton/Essian); Davis (28,2nd base off Spillner/Hassey).  WP–Young (1).  HBP–Spillner (2,Lopes); Young (1,Hassey).  IBB–Heaton 2 (9,Lopes,Henderson); Bradley (1,McBride).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:25.  A–15,196.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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