Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
October 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 11, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 2 1
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
  Webster c 1 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 0 0 0
Baines dh 1 0 1 0
  Berroa ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
  Reboulet pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
  Hammonds ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 1 8 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fernandez 2b 3 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 2 0
Thome 1b 1 1 0 0
  Seitzer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Justice dh 5 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 2 1
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 0 0
Giles lf 5 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 1 0 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Juden p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 6 1
Baltimore 000 000 001 000181
Cleveland 000 000 100 001260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   7.0 3 1 1 2 15
  Benitez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Orosco   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Mills   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Myers  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
11.1
6
2
2
7
21
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   7.0 4 0 0 1 7
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Juden   0.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Morman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Plunk  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
1
1
4
12

  E–Alomar (2).  DP–Cleveland 4.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (2,off Mesa); Berroa (1,off Plunk).  IBB–Alomar 2 (2,by Mesa,by Juden).  SB–Anderson (1,2nd base off Juden/Alomar); Grissom (2,Home off Myers/Webster).  CS–Baines (1,2nd base by Hershiser/Alomar).  WP–Rhodes (1).  IBB–Mesa (1,Alomar); Juden (1,Alomar).  U–John Hirschbeck, Durwood Merrill, Larry McCoy, Mike Reilly, Jim Joyce, Joe Brinkman.  T–4:51.  A–45,057.
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