Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
September 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1997 at Jacobs Field. 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Cleveland Indians 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 0 1 0
Lawton rf 4 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 2 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 1 0
Cordova lf 3 2 3 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 1
Becker cf 4 0 2 1
Hocking ss 3 0 2 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 2 1 2 1
  Wilson pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Giles rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Justice dh 3 1 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 2 2 4
Branson 3b 4 0 0 0
Manto 1b 3 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 3 1 1 1
Grissom cf 2 1 1 0
  Aven rf 1 0 0 0
Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Minnesota 010 000 1002120
Cleveland 300 121 00x781
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (20-10) 4.1 7 6 6 2 3
  Swindell   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Ritchie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ogea  W (8-9) 5.0 6 1 1 0 0
  Jacome   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Morman   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Plunk   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
2

  E–Ogea (5).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Cleveland Grissom (27,off Radke).  3B–Minnesota Cordova (4,off Morman).  HR–Cleveland Alomar 2 (21,1st inning off Radke 2 on, 2 out,4th inning off Radke 0 on, 1 out); Fernandez (11,6th inning off Swindell 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Vizquel (12,2nd base by Radke/Steinbach).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:35.  A–42,895.
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