Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 1 1 0
Giles lf 5 1 2 0
Ramirez rf 2 1 1 1
Thome 1b 4 1 1 3
Justice dh 5 0 0 0
Williams 3b 5 0 1 1
Alomar, Jr. c 5 2 2 1
Fernandez 2b 4 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 3 1
Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Leyritz dh 3 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 1 2
Gil ss 3 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cleveland 020 013 1007111
Texas 020 100 000361
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (1-0) 7.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (10-7) 6.0 9 6 5 4 5
  Whiteside   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
5
7

  E–Grissom (2), Gil (14).  2B–Cleveland Ramirez (30,off Witt); Williams (18,off Witt); Alomar (28,off Whiteside).  HR–Cleveland Alomar (14,2nd inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out); Thome (29,6th inning off Witt 2 on, 2 out), Texas Tatis (2,2nd inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out); Gonzalez (23,4th inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rodriguez (7,by Smiley).  SB–Giles (7,2nd base off Witt/Rodriguez); Vizquel 2 (30,2nd base off Witt/Rodriguez,3rd base off Witt/Rodriguez); Goodwin (37,2nd base off Smiley/Alomar).  CS–Vizquel (6,3rd base by Whiteside/Rodriguez).  WP–Smiley (1).  HBP–Smiley (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Bill Miller.  T–2:17.  A–23,266.
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