Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
May 9, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1982 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 14, Oakland Athletics 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 6 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 3 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 6 2 3 5
Thornton dh 3 3 2 4
  Craig pr,dh 1 1 0 0
McBride rf 4 0 3 1
  Hayes pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 1 1 2
Manning cf 5 1 1 1
Perconte 2b 5 1 3 0
Fischlin ss,3b 4 1 1 0
Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 14 15 13
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 2
Meyer dh 4 0 2 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Lopes 2b 4 0 2 0
Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 1b 4 1 2 0
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
  McKay ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Cleveland 203 010 00814151
Oakland 010 000 100291
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen  W (3-1) 9.0 9 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (3-3) 4.1 7 6 6 4 0
  Jones   4.2 8 8 5 3 1
Totals
9.0
15
14
11
7
1

  E–Fischlin (1), Lopes (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Dilone (4,off Keough); McBride (3,off Keough); Hargrove (4,off Jones), Oakland Meyer (4,off Sorensen).  HR–Cleveland Thornton 2 (9,1st inning off Keough 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Keough 1 on, 2 out); Hargrove (1,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out); Hassey (1,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 1 out); Manning (1,9th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Murphy (6,7th inning off Sorensen 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Harrah (3,by Keough).  SH–Picciolo (3,off Sorensen).  SF–Murphy (3,off Sorensen).  SB–Lopes (9,2nd base off Sorensen/Hassey); Henderson (32,2nd base off Sorensen/Hassey).  CS–Henderson (8,2nd base by Sorensen/Hassey).  BK–Keough (1).  HBP–Keough (1,Harrah).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:48.  A–30,386.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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