Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 7, Cleveland Indians 1

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 3b 4 0 2 0
  Castillo 2b 0 0 0 0
Yount cf 5 2 1 1
Cooper dh 5 2 3 0
Deer lf 4 0 1 1
  Felder pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Paciorek 1b 4 0 0 0
  Brock ph,1b 1 1 1 3
Braggs rf 5 0 3 0
  Manning rf 0 0 0 0
Surhoff c 4 0 1 1
Gantner 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Sveum ss 4 1 1 1
Nieves p 0 0 0 0
  Bosio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 2 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 1 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 2 1
Carter lf 4 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Bando c 3 0 0 0
  Frobel ph 1 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Milwaukee 000 020 0147130
Cleveland 001 000 000162
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Nieves  W (4-2) 8.1 6 1 1 5 5
  Bosio   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (3-5) 8.2 13 7 3 3 9
  Yett   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
3
3
9

  E–Bernazard (3), Bando (3).  DP–Milwaukee 2.  2B–Milwaukee Cooper 2 (7,off Swindell 2), Cleveland Bernazard (6,off Nieves).  HR–Milwaukee Sveum (5,5th inning off Swindell 0 on, 0 out); Yount (6,5th inning off Swindell 0 on, 1 out); Brock (7,9th inning off Swindell 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Molitor (11,2nd base off Swindell/Bando); Franco (10,2nd base off Nieves/Surhoff); Butler (7,2nd base off Nieves/Surhoff).  CS–Molitor 2 (5,2nd base by Swindell/Bando 2).  BK–Swindell (1).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:05.  A–12,831.
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