Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 3, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1974 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lee lf 3 0 0 0
  Torres ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Duffy ss 5 1 2 0
Gamble dh 4 2 2 2
Spikes rf 5 1 1 2
Ellis c 5 0 2 0
McCraw 1b 5 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 5 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Hermoso 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lis ph 0 0 0 0
  Alvarado 2b 1 0 0 0
Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 0 0
Knox 2b 2 1 1 0
  Sutherland ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Kaline dh 4 1 1 1
Oglivie lf 4 1 2 1
Sanders 1b 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 5 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 5 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 0 0
Lamont c 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 2
  Freehan c 1 0 0 0
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 7 5
Cleveland 000 002 020 00492
Detroit 000 200 020 01571
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   7.1 3 3 2 1 5
  Hilgendorf   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Buskey  L (1-5) 3.0 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
10.2
7
5
4
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
LaGrow   6.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Hiller  W (16-9) 4.2 3 2 2 1 6
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
3
7

  E–Ellis (8), Bosman (3), Sanders (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Ellis (20,off Hiller), Detroit Kaline (24,off Bosman); Oglivie (8,off Buskey).  HR–Cleveland Gamble (16,6th inning off LaGrow 1 on, 1 out); Spikes (18,8th inning off Hiller 1 on, 0 out), Detroit G Brown (4,8th inning off Hilgendorf 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Sanders (1,by Buskey).  CS–Lee (2,2nd base by LaGrow/Lamont).  SB–Knox (3,2nd base off Bosman/Ellis).  IBB–Buskey (8,Sanders).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:53.  A–7,050.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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