Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
April 24, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1976 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 1 3 2
Washington rf 4 1 1 0
Rudi lf 4 2 2 3
Baylor 1b 4 1 1 3
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 2 0 1 0
  Alexander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Tovar ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 2 2 0
Haney c 2 1 1 0
  McMullen ph 1 0 0 0
  Hosley c 0 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 2 2 0
Kuiper 2b 5 1 1 1
Bell 3b 5 2 2 2
Powell 1b 4 0 2 1
Carty dh 2 0 1 3
Hendrick lf 5 0 1 0
Spikes rf 3 1 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Duffy ss 2 1 2 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ss 1 0 1 0
Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7
Oakland 005 100 0028111
Cleveland 220 000 1207140
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   1.1 5 4 3 1 1
  Bosman   3.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Lindblad   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Fingers  W (2-0) 2.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Todd  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
6
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson   2.2 5 4 4 0 3
  Brown   3.2 5 2 2 2 1
  Hood   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Thomas   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Buskey  L (0-1) 2.1 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
6
4

  E–Campaneris (4).  3B–Cleveland Manning (1,off Fingers).  HR–Oakland Baylor (2,3rd inning off Brown 2 on, 2 out); Rudi (1,9th inning off Buskey 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Campaneris (2,off Brown); Bell (1,off Norris); Ashby (1,off Todd).  SF–Powell (2,off Norris); Carty 2 (2,off Fingers 2).  SB–Garner (2,2nd base off Brown/Ashby); North (7,2nd base off Hood/Ashby).  CS–Washington (2,2nd base by Peterson/Ashby); Williams (1,3rd base by Brown/Ashby); Alexander (1,2nd base by Brown/Ashby); Campaneris (1,2nd base by Buskey/Ashby).  WP–Hood (1).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:29.  A–17,509.
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