Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 1 0
Higginson lf 3 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 1 1
Pride dh 4 0 1 0
Nieves rf 2 0 1 0
Easley ss,2b 2 1 0 0
Casanova c 3 0 0 0
  Nevin ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson c 0 0 0 0
Reed 2b 3 0 1 1
  Cruz ss 1 0 0 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 3 0 1 0
Fernandez 2b 4 0 0 0
Thome 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Justice lf 3 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 2 0
Franco dh 3 0 1 0
Giles cf 1 0 0 0
  Curtis ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Borders c 3 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Detroit 000 011 000–261
Cleveland 000 000 000–050
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  W (3-2) 5.2 5 0 0 3 4
  Cummings   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Brocail  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (4-2) 8.0 6 2 2 6 6
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
6
  E–Reed (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  SH–Vizquel (4,off Blair).  SB–Easley (9,2nd base off Nagy/Borders).  BK–Blair (1).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:16.  A–42,387.
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