Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 6 1 2 0
Giles lf 4 2 2 3
Ramirez rf 4 1 1 0
Thome 1b 3 0 2 0
Justice dh 5 0 1 1
Williams 3b 5 2 2 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 2 1
Branson 2b 1 0 0 1
  Fernandez ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 0 3 1
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 3 4 0
McLemore 2b 5 0 3 2
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 2
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Stevens dh 3 0 1 0
  Simms ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Newson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 2 1 0 0
  Cedeno ph 0 1 0 0
Gil ss 3 1 1 2
  Leyritz ph 1 1 1 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Moody p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 7
Cleveland 111 120 0017151
Texas 101 021 0038130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   5.0 6 4 4 1 5
  Mesa   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jackson  L (2-3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.2
13
8
8
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze   4.0 8 6 6 3 3
  Moody   2.1 4 0 0 1 2
  Gunderson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wetteland  W (6-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
5
6

  E–Colon (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Texas 1.  2B–Cleveland Williams 2 (20,off Sturtze 2); Vizquel (15,off Moody); Alomar (29,off Moody), Texas Goodwin (14,off Colon); McLemore (17,off M Jackson).  3B–Cleveland Grissom (3,off Sturtze), Texas Gonzalez (2,off Colon).  HR–Cleveland Giles 2 (13,3rd inning off Sturtze 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Sturtze 0 on, 0 out); Alomar (15,9th inning off Wetteland 0 on, 1 out), Texas Gil (4,5th inning off Colon 1 on, 1 out); Gonzalez (24,6th inning off Mesa 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Giles (4,off Sturtze); Branson (1,off Sturtze); W Clark (3,off M Jackson).  HBP–Cedeno (2,by M Jackson).  IBB–Greer (3,by M Jackson).  WP–Sturtze (1).  HBP–M Jackson (2,Cedeno).  IBB–M Jackson (2,Greer).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:15.  A–42,303.
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