Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
October 5, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1996 at Jacobs Field. 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 6 0 2 0
Alomar 2b 6 1 3 2
Palmeiro 1b 6 1 1 1
Bonilla rf 6 1 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 0 2 0
Murray dh 4 0 2 0
Incaviglia lf 5 0 1 0
  Devereaux lf 1 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 0 0
  Surhoff ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 1 0 0
  Parent c 1 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 4 14 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 0 2 1
Seitzer dh 4 0 0 0
  Candaele pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 0 0 0
Franco 1b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez rf 4 1 2 0
Kent 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Thome 3b 0 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 1 2
Vizcaino 2b 5 1 1 0
Nagy 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
  Ogea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 7 3
Baltimore 020 000 001 0014141
Cleveland 000 210 000 000371
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   7.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Mathews   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Orosco   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Myers  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
7
3
3
5
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   6.0 6 2 2 2 12
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Shuey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Mesa  L (0-1) 3.2 7 2 2 0 6
  Ogea   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
14
4
4
3
23

  E–Zeile (3), Vizcaino (1).  2B–Baltimore Zeile (1,off Shuey); Ripken (3,off Mesa), Cleveland Ramirez 2 (2,off Wells 2).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (1,2nd inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out); Bonilla (2,2nd inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out); Alomar (1,12th inning off Mesa 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Murray (2,by Ogea); Belle (1,by Wells).  SH–Lofton (1,off Wells); Kent (1,off Mathews).  CS–Anderson (1,2nd base by Nagy/Alomar); Alomar (1,2nd base by Wells/Hoiles); Vizquel (2,2nd base by Wells/Hoiles).  SB–Vizquel (4,2nd base off Wells/Hoiles); Seitzer (1,2nd base off Benitez/Parent).  IBB–Wells (1,Belle); Ogea (1,Murray).  U–Larry Young, Al Clark, Mark Johnson, Jim Evans, Durwood Merrill, Ken Kaiser.  T–4:41.  A–44,280.
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