Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Cleveland Indians 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 3 1 1
Alomar 2b 3 0 3 0
  Ledesma pr,2b 2 1 2 2
Surhoff lf 3 0 1 1
Berroa rf 4 1 2 2
  Tarasco pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 0
Baines dh 4 1 2 2
Webster c 3 1 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Krivda p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 3 1 0 0
Seitzer dh 4 0 1 0
  Giles ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 1 0
Thome 1b 3 0 2 1
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 1 0 0
  Borders c 1 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 3 1 2 0
Grissom cf 3 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 1 1
Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Baltimore 001 006 029131
Cleveland 110 100 00380
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Krivda  W (4-0) 6.1 6 3 2 3 1
  Benitez   1.2 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ogea  L (6-9) 5.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Lopez   0.2 1 2 2 3 0
  Jacome   2.1 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
7
5

  E–Ripken (19).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (28,off Ogea); Baines (23,off Ogea); Ledesma (4,off Lopez); Berroa (21,off Jacome), Cleveland Grissom (23,off Krivda).  HR–Baltimore Berroa (25,6th inning off Ogea 0 on, 0 out); Anderson (17,8th inning off Jacome 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bordick (12,off Lopez); Fernandez (6,off Krivda).  SF–Surhoff (9,off Ogea); Palmeiro (5,off Jacome).  IBB–Anderson (6,by Lopez); Surhoff (14,by Lopez); Ripken (3,by Jacome); Grissom (1,by Krivda).  CS–Grissom (13,3rd base by Krivda/Webster).  IBB–Krivda (1,Grissom); Lopez 2 (9,Anderson,Surhoff); Jacome (4,Ripken).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:59.  A–43,045.
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