Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
April 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 9, Oakland Athletics 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 2 2 0
Thome 1b 2 3 2 2
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Justice lf 4 2 3 3
Ramirez rf 5 1 2 1
  Giles pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Franco 2b 5 0 1 1
Mitchell dh 4 1 1 1
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 2 1
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Batista ss 5 1 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 2 1 0
Canseco rf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 3
Berroa dh 4 2 2 1
Giambi lf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 4 1 2 1
Spiezio 2b 4 1 2 0
Williams c 4 0 2 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Acre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 5
Cleveland 400 200 2019131
Oakland 001 230 0107111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   5.1 7 6 6 2 4
  Kline  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Shuey  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto   4.0 8 6 2 5 0
  Wengert  L (0-1) 2.1 0 1 1 1 3
  Brewer   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Lewis   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Groom   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Acre   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
5
6
5

  E–Alomar (1), Brosius (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Cleveland Thome (1,off Prieto); Alomar (1,off Lewis), Oakland Spiezio 2 (2,off Nagy,off M Jackson); McGwire (1,off Nagy); Berroa (1,off Plunk).  3B–Cleveland Justice (1,off Prieto), Oakland Brosius (1,off Nagy).  HR–Cleveland Mitchell (1,4th inning off Prieto 0 on, 0 out); Justice (1,7th inning off Brewer 1 on, 1 out); Thome (1,9th inning off Groom 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Young (1,3rd inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out); Berroa (1,4th inning off Nagy 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Mitchell (1,by Prieto).  SB–Vizquel 2 (2,2nd base off Prieto/Williams 2).  CS–Vizquel (1,3rd base by Prieto/Williams); Young (1,2nd base by Kline/Alomar).  WP–Nagy (1), M Jackson (1), Prieto (1).  IBB–Prieto (1,Mitchell).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:16.  A–41,235.
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