Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 6, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1982 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Perconte 2b 5 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 2 0
Hargrove 1b 5 0 2 1
Thornton dh 4 1 1 1
McBride rf 4 0 1 0
  Bannister lf 0 0 0 0
Hayes lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
  Fischlin pr 0 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 2 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 1 0 0 0
Denny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 1
Murphy cf 3 2 1 1
Meyer dh 4 0 1 1
Armas rf 4 0 0 1
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Heath c 2 1 0 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 3 4
Cleveland 000 100 100291
Oakland 210 000 01x431
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (2-3) 8.0 3 4 3 3 9
Totals
8.0
3
4
3
3
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (2-1) 6.2 8 2 2 3 5
  Owchinko   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Beard  SV (2) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
6

  E–Dybzinski (6), Lopes (3).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (6,4th inning off McCatty 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Murphy (5,8th inning off Denny 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Hayes (6,3rd base off McCatty/Heath); Henderson 2 (28,2nd base off Denny/Hassey,3rd base off Denny/Hassey).  CS–Manning (2,2nd base by McCatty/Heath).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:42.  A–15,373.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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