Seattle Mariners vs Cleveland Indians
July 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 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

Seattle Mariners 0, Cleveland Indians 11

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 0 1 0
Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 2 0 0 0
  Hale rf 2 0 0 0
Meyer 1b 3 0 0 0
Bochte lf 2 0 0 0
  Stanton lf 2 0 0 0
Paciorek dh 3 0 0 0
Stein 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bernhardt 3b 1 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 0 1 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 2 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 2 3
  Speed cf 1 0 0 0
Grubb lf 4 1 2 3
  Dade ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 1
  Pruitt ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 1 1 0 0
  Cox 1b 1 1 1 0
Carbo dh 3 1 1 0
Alexander c 3 0 1 0
  Blanks 2b 1 0 0 1
Norris rf,lf 5 2 4 0
Kuiper 2b 3 1 1 1
  Diaz c 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 3 1 1
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 13 10
Seattle 000 000 000021
Cleveland 040 330 01x11130
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  L (1-2) 1.2 3 4 4 2 0
  Rawley   2.0 2 3 2 3 2
  Todd   4.1 8 4 4 3 2
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
8
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  W (7-6) 9.0 2 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
6

  E–Stein (19).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Alexander (2).  2B–Cleveland Manning (18,off Parrott); Grubb (10,off Rawley).  3B–Cleveland Norris (2,off Todd).  SF–Blanks (2,off Todd).  CS–Thornton (6,2nd base by Rawley/Stinson).  WP–Paxton (2).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–(none), 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:32.  A–13,908.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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