Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 2 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,cf 2 0 0 0
Franco ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Carter cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf,ss 3 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 3 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 1 0
Bando c 3 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gerhart lf 4 1 1 0
Burleson 2b 3 2 1 0
  Gonzales 2b 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 0 0 0
Murray 1b 2 0 0 1
Lynn cf 3 0 0 2
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Lacy rf 3 0 0 0
  Shelby rf 0 0 0 0
Sheets dh 3 0 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Cleveland 010 000 000150
Baltimore 100 120 00x450
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (0-3) 4.0 5 4 4 4 1
  Vande Berg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Yett   3.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
4
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 7
  Williamson  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Cleveland Bernazard (4,off Boddicker), Baltimore Knight (5,off Candiotti).  HR–Cleveland Snyder (3,2nd inning off Boddicker 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Lynn (1,off Candiotti).  HBP–Burleson (1,by Candiotti).  HBP–Candiotti (1,Burleson).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:48.  A–15,213.
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