Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1997 at Skydome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 0 1 0
Seitzer dh 5 1 0 0
Thome 1b 5 1 1 1
Williams 3b 5 2 2 3
Justice lf 3 1 2 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 1 0
Franco 2b 4 1 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 2 3
Vizquel ss 3 1 1 0
Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 2 1 1
Merced rf 4 1 1 1
Carter dh 4 1 1 2
Sprague 3b 3 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 2 1
Green lf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Cleveland 232 001 0008111
Toronto 201 000 300680
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ogea  W (4-3) 6.1 6 5 4 2 4
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
2
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (0-2) 2.1 9 7 7 2 2
  Quantrill   3.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Spoljaric   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
9

  E–Vizquel (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Alomar (9,off Carpenter), Toronto Gonzalez (7,off Ogea); Delgado (6,off Assenmacher).  HR–Cleveland Williams 2 (13,1st inning off Carpenter 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Carpenter 0 on, 0 out); Alomar (9,2nd inning off Carpenter 1 on, 0 out); Thome (9,6th inning off Quantrill 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Merced (4,1st inning off Ogea 0 on, 1 out); Sprague (7,1st inning off Ogea 0 on, 2 out); Carter (4,7th inning off Plunk 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sprague (3,by Ogea).  SB–Nixon (18,2nd base off Morman/Alomar).  HBP–Ogea (4,Sprague).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:58.  A–31,137.
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