Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
October 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 0 1
Zeile 3b 5 0 1 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray dh 4 1 2 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 2 3
  Devereaux pr 0 0 0 0
Hoiles c 2 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Parent c 1 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 2 0 0
Seitzer dh 4 1 2 3
Thome 3b 2 0 0 0
  Candaele ph 0 1 0 0
  Kent 3b 1 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 1 2 4
Franco 1b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 1 1 1
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 3 3 0
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 2 1
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
Baltimore 010 300 000482
Cleveland 120 100 41x9100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   6.0 7 4 3 2 6
  Orosco  L (0-1) 0.0 0 3 3 3 0
  Benitez   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Rhodes   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Mathews   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
8
6
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell   5.2 6 4 4 1 5
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shuey   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Assenmacher  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
8

  E–Zeile (2), Bonilla (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Vizcaino 2 (2,off Mussina 2).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff (3,4th inning off McDowell 2 on, 0 out), Cleveland Ramirez (2,2nd inning off Mussina 0 on, 0 out); Belle (2,7th inning off Benitez 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Anderson (1,by McDowell).  SB–Murray (1,2nd base off McDowell/Alomar); Lofton 3 (5,3rd base off Mussina/Hoiles,2nd base off Orosco/Parent,2nd base off Mathews/Parent); Belle (1,2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles); Vizquel (3,3rd base off Mathews/Parent).  HBP–McDowell (1,Anderson).  U–Durwood Merrill, Larry Young, Al Clark, Mark Johnson, Ken Kaiser, Jim Evans.  T–3:44.  A–44,250.
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