Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 9, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1984 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 1 2 2
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 2 0 1 0
  Almon ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Essian c 2 1 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 1 0
  Kiefer pr 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 2 0 0 0
  Heath ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Hill ss 4 1 1 2
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Warren p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carter cf 5 1 3 2
Franco ss 5 0 1 1
Hargrove 1b 5 0 1 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 0
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Tabler 3b 4 1 2 2
Vukovich rf 3 1 1 0
Bando c 4 2 3 1
Fischlin 2b 1 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 1 1
  Noboa pr,2b 0 1 0 0
  Willard ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernazard 2b 1 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Oakland 230 000 000580
Cleveland 001 500 01x7133
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   3.1 7 5 5 0 1
  McCatty  L (7-14) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Rainey   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Leiper   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Warren   3.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Comer   2.0 4 5 3 1 1
  Easterly  W (3-1) 4.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Waddell  SV (6) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
2
5

  E–Hargrove (9), Fischlin (5), Comer (1).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Cleveland Carter (6,off Langford); Thornton (26,off Langford); Bando (10,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Kingman (34,1st inning off Comer 1 on, 2 out); Hill (2,2nd inning off Comer 1 on, 1 out); Lansford (13,2nd inning off Comer 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Bando (10,3rd inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Tabler (8,4th inning off Langford 1 on, 1 out); Carter (9,8th inning off Warren 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Henderson (1,off Waddell).  IBB–Thornton (8,by Rainey).  CS–Murphy (5,2nd base by Easterly/Bando).  IBB–Rainey (4,Thornton).  T–2:36.  A–8,214.
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