Cincinnati Reds vs Cleveland Indians
June 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders lf 5 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Larkin ss 1 0 1 0
  Reese pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Taubensee dh 3 0 0 0
  Perez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Morris 1b 3 2 1 1
Greene rf 2 0 1 0
  Kelly pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Fordyce c 4 0 2 2
Boone 2b 4 0 0 1
Tomko p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 3 0 1 0
Seitzer dh 4 0 2 0
Thome 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 3 1 2 1
Giles lf 3 0 0 0
Franco 2b 4 0 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 0
Grissom cf 3 0 0 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Cincinnati 010 000 102470
Cleveland 000 000 001171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W (3-1) 7.1 5 0 0 3 4
  Belinda   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Shaw   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (6-3) 8.0 5 2 2 2 6
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 1 1 0 0
  Shuey   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
6

  E–Thome (5).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Larkin (14,off Hershiser); Pendleton (9,off Hershiser), Cleveland Seitzer (5,off Tomko).  HR–Cleveland Ramirez (9,9th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reese (2,off Hershiser).  HBP–Morris (3,by Assenmacher).  SB–Harris (2,3rd base off Shuey/Alomar); Vizquel (19,2nd base off Belinda/Fordyce).  HBP–Assenmacher (1,Morris).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:45.  A–42,961.
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