Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 1
Giles lf 4 1 1 0
Ramirez rf 5 1 2 0
Thome 1b 3 2 0 0
Justice dh 4 0 3 2
Williams 3b 4 0 1 1
Fernandez 2b 4 0 0 0
Borders c 2 0 0 0
  Branson ph 1 0 0 0
  Alomar, Jr. c 0 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hammonds cf,rf 3 3 2 3
Ledesma 2b 2 1 0 1
  Bordick ss 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
  Surhoff lf 0 0 0 0
Berroa dh 4 0 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Walton lf,rf 3 0 0 0
  Tarasco rf 0 0 0 0
  Clyburn ph 1 0 0 0
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Hoiles c 2 0 1 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
Reboulet ss 2 1 0 0
  Alomar ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 6 6
Cleveland 001 030 100581
Baltimore 220 000 20x660
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   6.0 4 4 3 3 0
  Plunk  L (4-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Yan   4.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Boskie   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Rhodes   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Benitez  W (4-4) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
  Myers  SV (42) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
6
8

  E–Giles (5).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Hammonds (19,off Anderson).  HR–Cleveland Vizquel (5,3rd inning off Yan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Hammonds (20,7th inning off Plunk 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Ledesma (1,off Anderson).  SB–Justice (3,2nd base off Yan/Hoiles); Grissom (21,2nd base off Boskie/Hoiles); Vizquel (41,2nd base off Benitez/Hoiles).  WP–Yan (1).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:15.  A–41,602.
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