Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1997 at Jacobs Field. 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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Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 1 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 1 1 0
Greer lf 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez dh 4 0 0 0
Clark W. 1b 4 1 1 3
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Newson rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0
Tatis 3b 3 0 1 0
Clark T. p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Giles lf 4 1 2 2
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 1 0
Justice dh 3 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Branson 2b 4 1 1 1
Grissom cf 4 1 1 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Texas 100 003 000480
Cleveland 000 010 200361
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  W (1-3) 5.2 3 1 1 3 1
  Patterson   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Gunderson   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Wetteland  SV (24) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (11-8) 7.0 8 4 4 0 5
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Shuey   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
10

  E–Branson (1).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Goodwin (15,off Nagy); Cedeno (10,off Nagy), Cleveland Giles (10,off T Clark).  HR–Texas W Clark (12,6th inning off Nagy 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Branson (1,5th inning off T Clark 0 on, 2 out); Giles (14,7th inning off Gunderson 1 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:45.  A–42,964.
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