Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
July 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 1 2 1
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
  Williams 3b 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 5 2 3 2
Ramirez rf 5 2 2 1
Justice dh 5 1 3 2
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 2 1
Giles lf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 3 0 0 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 1
Becker cf 3 1 2 0
  Jackson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 2 1
Coomer 3b 4 0 2 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Lawton lf 3 1 1 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Cleveland 010 110 3017130
Minnesota 001 001 000280
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (8-5) 6.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Assenmacher   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  L (4-8) 6.2 10 6 6 2 0
  Guardado   1.1 2 0 0 0 3
  Ritchie   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Thome 2 (15,off Tewksbury 2); Ramirez (21,off Tewksbury); Alomar (24,off Tewksbury); Grissom 2 (13,off Tewksbury 2); Justice (15,off Tewksbury), Minnesota Knoblauch (16,off Hershiser); Becker (11,off Hershiser).  HR–Cleveland Justice (18,2nd inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 0 out); Thome (25,9th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Coomer (1,2nd base off Hershiser/Alomar).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:39.  A–30,055.
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