Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 16

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 1 1 0
Tabler 1b 5 1 1 1
Carter rf 4 1 1 1
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Snyder ss 4 0 3 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 1 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher cf 4 0 0 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gerhart lf 6 3 2 2
Burleson 2b 4 3 3 2
  Gonzales 2b 0 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 3 3 4
Murray 1b 4 1 1 2
Lynn cf 4 1 0 0
Knight 3b 5 1 3 3
  Gutierrez pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Simmons rf 3 0 1 1
  Shelby rf 1 0 1 0
Sheets dh 4 3 2 2
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 17 16
Cleveland 200 010 000383
Baltimore 320 312 14x16170
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  L (0-2) 1.0 4 5 5 3 0
  Jones   3.1 5 4 1 1 3
  Waddell   1.0 0 2 2 4 0
  Vande Berg   1.2 4 1 1 0 3
  Camacho   1.0 4 4 4 1 0
Totals
8.0
17
16
13
9
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (2-0) 5.1 7 3 3 3 4
  Schmidt  SV (1) 3.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
5

  E–Snyder (2), Gallagher (1), Jones (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Franco (5,off Bell); Snyder 2 (4,off Bell 2), Baltimore Gerhart (3,off Schrom); Burleson (3,off Jones); C Ripken (3,off Vande Berg); Murray (3,off Camacho).  HR–Cleveland Carter (4,5th inning off Bell 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore C Ripken (4,4th inning off Jones 2 on, 1 out); Gerhart (2,8th inning off Camacho 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Simmons (1,off Vande Berg).  WP–Bell (1).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:18.  A–20,388.
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