Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
June 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 2 0
Lawton rf 5 0 2 0
Molitor dh 3 0 0 1
Myers c 4 0 0 1
Coomer 3b 5 1 1 1
Cordova lf 4 1 1 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 1 2 1
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
Becker cf 3 1 0 0
Stevens p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 1 1 0
Seitzer dh 5 1 2 1
Thome 1b 3 2 2 2
  Fernandez 2b 1 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 3 2 2 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 2
Williams 3b 4 2 1 2
Giles lf 4 1 1 3
Franco 2b,1b 3 1 2 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 13 10
Minnesota 100 202 000590
Cleveland 024 004 00x10130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stevens  L (0-1) 3.0 7 6 6 4 2
  Swindell   2.1 4 3 3 1 2
  Rodriguez   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Ritchie   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (1-0) 5.2 7 5 5 3 4
  Jacome   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   2.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
8

  E–None.  2B–Minnesota Meares (17,off Mesa), Cleveland Ramirez (16,off Stevens); Alomar (21,off Rodriguez).  HR–Minnesota Coomer (6,4th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out); Cordova (5,4th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out); Stahoviak (4,6th inning off Wright 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Williams (15,2nd inning off Stevens 0 on, 0 out); Thome (21,3rd inning off Stevens 0 on, 0 out); Giles (6,3rd inning off Stevens 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Myers (2,off Wright).  HBP–Meares (10,by Wright).  SB–Knoblauch (30,2nd base off Wright/Alomar); Becker (7,2nd base off Wright/Alomar); Franco (6,2nd base off Stevens/Myers).  CS–Grissom (8,3rd base by Stevens/Myers); Franco (5,2nd base by Swindell/Myers).  HBP–Wright (1,Meares).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:15.  A–42,902.
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