Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 7, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 1 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
Belle lf 3 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 2 2 1
Cameron cf 4 0 0 0
Fabregas c 3 0 1 1
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Guillen ss 3 0 1 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 1 2 0 0
  Fernandez 2b 1 1 1 1
Giles lf 3 0 1 1
Ramirez rf 4 1 2 1
Thome 1b 4 1 1 1
Justice dh 3 0 0 0
Williams 3b 3 0 1 1
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Grissom cf 3 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 3 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Chicago 010 100 000270
Cleveland 100 110 11x570
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (10-10) 6.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Castillo   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Karchner   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (6-3) 6.1 7 2 2 3 2
  Morman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mesa  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Chicago Ventura (9,off Wright).  HR–Chicago Ventura (4,4th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thome (37,4th inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out); Fernandez (9,7th inning off T Castillo 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fabregas (3,off Wright).  HBP–Roberts (2,by Drabek).  SB–Durham (31,2nd base off Wright/Alomar); Cameron (20,2nd base off Wright/Alomar); Roberts (16,2nd base off Drabek/Fabregas).  CS–Durham (16,2nd base by Morman/Alomar); Grissom (12,2nd base by T Castillo/Fabregas).  HBP–Drabek (3,Roberts).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:05.  A–43,051.
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