Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
September 24, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1996 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Becker cf 4 1 3 1
Molitor dh 5 0 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 0 1
Cordova lf 3 1 1 1
Myers c 4 1 1 0
Walker 3b 3 1 1 1
Meares ss 3 0 1 1
  Hale ph 1 1 0 0
Brede rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 5 1 1 0
Vizcaino 2b 5 1 2 1
Thome 3b 2 2 0 0
Belle lf 4 2 3 3
Franco dh 4 1 3 2
Giles rf 2 0 1 0
Kent 1b 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 3 0 1 1
Thompson cf 4 0 1 0
Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Minnesota 021 100 0015101
Cleveland 004 030 00x7120
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (13-14) 4.1 9 7 7 3 2
  Trombley   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stevens   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Hansell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ogea  W (10-5) 6.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Tavarez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mesa  SV (38) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
4

  E–Knoblauch (8).  DP–Minnesota 2, Cleveland 1.  PB–T Pena (4).  2B–Minnesota Walker (6,off Ogea); Meares (26,off Ogea); Becker (30,off Mesa), Cleveland Vizquel (36,off Rodriguez); Franco (20,off Rodriguez); Belle (36,off Stevens).  HR–Minnesota Cordova (16,4th inning off Ogea 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Belle (47,3rd inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Knoblauch (19,by Mesa).  IBB–Giles (4,by Rodriguez).  SB–Knoblauch (44,2nd base off Ogea/T Pena); Vizcaino (6,3rd base off Rodriguez/Myers).  CS–Stahoviak (3,2nd base by Ogea/Alomar).  WP–Mesa (4).  HBP–Mesa (3,Knoblauch).  IBB–Rodriguez (1,Giles).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:07.  A–42,272.
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