Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 0 2 1
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 1 2 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Giles lf 3 2 1 0
Borders c 4 0 2 1
Grissom cf 4 1 3 1
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Becker cf 4 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz 1b 3 0 0 0
Cordova lf 3 0 1 0
Lawton rf 1 1 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Meares ss 2 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 1 1
  Hocking ss 0 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Cleveland 000 001 2014110
Minnesota 000 000 010141
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (14-6) 7.1 3 1 1 2 4
  Jackson  SV (15) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  L (6-13) 7.0 8 3 2 0 5
  Swindell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Naulty   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Trombley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
1
5

  E–Lawton (7).  DP–Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Justice (29,off Tewksbury); Grissom (25,off Tewksbury).  SH–Vizquel (15,off Tewksbury).  SF–Roberts (5,off Tewksbury).  CS–Cordova (3,2nd base by Hershiser/Borders).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:38.  A–9,564.
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