Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1996 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 1, Cleveland Indians 11

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson cf 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 1 0 0 0
Bonilla rf,1b 2 1 1 0
Surhoff 3b 3 0 0 0
  Ripken 3b 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 0 0 1
  Devereaux rf 0 0 0 0
Murray dh 3 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
Hammonds lf 3 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Shepherd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 3 4 2
Vizquel ss 5 1 3 1
Franco 1b 4 1 2 1
  Carreon ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Belle lf 4 1 1 2
  Giles lf 0 0 0 0
Thome 3b 1 1 0 0
  Kent 3b 1 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 1 2 0
Burnitz dh 5 2 3 3
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 0 0
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 0 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 16 10
Baltimore 000 010 000121
Cleveland 001 413 11x11160
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (5-10) 4.1 9 6 6 4 0
  Rhodes   0.2 4 3 2 0 1
  Shepherd   3.0 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (11-7) 7.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Graves   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
2
4

  E–Surhoff (12).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 1.  PB–Zaun (4).  2B–Cleveland Ramirez (29,off Erickson); Burnitz (8,off Erickson).  3B–Cleveland Lofton (3,off Erickson).  HR–Cleveland Lofton (8,4th inning off Erickson 1 on, 2 out); Belle (37,5th inning off Erickson 0 on, 0 out); Carreon (2,7th inning off Shepherd 0 on, 2 out); Burnitz (7,8th inning off Shepherd 0 on, 2 out).  SF–C Ripken (4,off Hershiser).  SB–Vizquel 2 (28,2nd base off Erickson/Zaun,2nd base off Rhodes/Zaun); Lofton (51,3rd base off Rhodes/Zaun).  WP–Hershiser 2 (8).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:50.  A–42,465.
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