Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
October 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1980 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 6, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Alston lf 3 1 0 0
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0
Hassey c 4 2 2 2
Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0
Bannister rf 4 1 1 0
Alexander dh 3 0 1 1
Rosello 2b 3 0 2 1
  Dybzinski 2b 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 6 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Sakata 2b 2 0 0 0
Rayford 3b 4 0 2 1
Roenicke cf 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 2 0 0 0
  Dempsey 1b 2 0 1 0
Ayala dh 4 1 1 0
Corey lf 4 1 2 0
Hazewood rf 4 0 0 0
Graham c 4 1 2 2
Bonner ss 3 1 0 1
  DeCinces ph 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland 001 120 020660
Baltimore 030 000 001493
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (13-14) 9.0 9 4 4 2 11
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
11
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (0-1) 7.1 6 6 5 5 4
  Ford   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
5
5

  E–Rayford (2), Graham (5), Boddicker (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Hassey (18,off Boddicker); Rosello (3,off Boddicker); Bannister (23,off Boddicker).  HR–Cleveland Hassey (8,5th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Graham (14,9th inning off Waits 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Alston (2,by Ford).  SB–Alston (2,2nd base off Ford/Graham).  CS–Corey (1,2nd base by Waits/Hassey).  WP–Waits (5).  HBP–Ford (2,Alston).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:17.  A–15,755.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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