California Angels vs Cleveland Indians
September 27, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 11, Cleveland Indians 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing lf 1 3 0 0
  White lf 1 0 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 1 4 4
Joyner 1b 5 0 2 1
Buckner dh 4 0 1 2
  Wilson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Armas rf 5 1 1 0
Polidor ss 5 2 2 1
Boone c 4 1 2 0
Pettis cf 4 2 2 0
Finley p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 0
Noboa 2b 5 0 1 0
Franco ss 4 1 0 0
Jacoby dh 2 1 0 1
Tabler 1b 3 0 0 1
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Castillo rf 4 1 2 3
Snyder lf 4 1 1 0
Williams 3b 4 1 1 1
Dorsett c 3 2 2 2
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 8 8
California 220 230 02011150
Cleveland 200 100 032882
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Finley   3.2 3 3 3 8 2
  Sutton  W (10-11) 4.1 4 3 3 0 4
  Minton   1.0 1 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
9
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  L (6-12) 3.1 6 6 4 3 2
  Easterly   1.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Gordon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stewart   2.0 4 2 1 1 2
  Jones   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
8
5
6

  E–Tabler 2 (12).  DP–California 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Dorsett (1).  2B–California Armas (3,off Stewart); White (32,off Jones), Cleveland Butler (24,off Sutton); Williams (4,off Sutton).  HR–Cleveland Dorsett (1,8th inning off Sutton 1 on, 0 out); Castillo (11,9th inning off Minton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (14,off Schrom); McLemore (15,off Schrom).  SF–Buckner (6,off Schrom); Castillo (4,off Finley).  HBP–Downing 2 (16,by Schrom 2); Dorsett (1,by Finley).  IBB–Joyner (12,by Schrom).  WP–Sutton (7).  HBP–Finley (3,Dorsett); Schrom 2 (3,Downing 2).  IBB–Schrom (1,Joyner).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:12.  A–13,979.
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