Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
July 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 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 12, Minnesota Twins 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 3 2 0 0
Franco 2b 4 1 1 1
  Candaele 2b 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 2 2 3
Ramirez rf 5 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 1 1 1
Williams 3b 5 1 2 1
Giles lf 4 2 3 3
Borders c 5 1 2 1
Vizquel ss 5 2 3 1
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 15 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 2 1 1 1
  Jackson cf 2 1 1 0
Becker cf,rf 4 1 2 2
Molitor dh 3 0 1 1
Myers c 5 0 0 1
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Lawton lf 3 0 0 0
  Cordova ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 1 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 0
  Colbrunn ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hocking rf,2b 3 1 1 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Cleveland 102 216 00012150
Minnesota 000 030 200570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon  W (2-2) 5.0 3 3 3 3 4
  Weathers   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Morman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (1-5) 4.2 6 6 6 5 3
  Swindell   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Trombley   1.0 5 4 4 0 2
  Ritchie   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
12
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Myers (2).  2B–Cleveland Thome (16,off Hawkins); Vizquel (12,off Swindell), Minnesota Becker (12,off Colon).  3B–Cleveland Borders (1,off Hawkins).  HR–Cleveland Thome (26,1st inning off Hawkins 0 on, 2 out); Giles (10,6th inning off Trombley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Franco (1,off Hawkins).  HBP–Meares (11,by Colon).  SB–Vizquel (23,3rd base off Swindell/Myers); Franco (7,Home off Trombley/Myers); Justice (2,2nd base off Trombley/Myers); Molitor (6,2nd base off Colon/Borders).  WP–Plunk (4).  HBP–Colon (1,Meares).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:37.  A–16,734.
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