Florida Marlins vs Cleveland Indians
October 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Florida Marlins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 14, Cleveland Indians 11

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 0 1 0
Renteria ss 4 2 2 1
Sheffield rf 5 2 3 5
Bonilla 3b 5 1 1 2
Daulton 1b 4 3 2 1
  Conine 1b 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 0 0 0
Eisenreich dh 3 1 2 2
  Abbott ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Floyd ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Johnson c 5 2 3 0
Counsell 2b 5 2 2 1
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 14 16 12
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 1 1 2
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 1
Ramirez rf 5 0 1 1
Justice dh 3 2 0 0
Williams 3b 5 0 1 1
Alomar, Jr. c 3 2 2 1
  Giles ph 0 1 0 0
Thome 1b 4 3 2 2
Fernandez 2b 4 0 1 1
Grissom cf 3 2 2 1
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 10 10
Florida 101 102 20714163
Cleveland 200 320 00411103
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   4.2 6 7 4 6 3
  Heredia   2.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Cook  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nen   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
11
8
9
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   6.0 6 5 5 4 5
  Anderson   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Jackson   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Assenmacher   0.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Plunk  L (0-1) 0.2 2 4 3 2 1
  Morman   0.1 0 2 0 1 1
  Mesa   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
14
11
8
8

  E–Bonilla 2 (2), Leiter (1), Thome (1), Fernandez (1), Grissom (1).  DP–Florida 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Florida Sheffield (1,off Jackson), Cleveland Roberts (3,off Nen).  HR–Florida Sheffield (1,1st inning off Nagy 0 on, 2 out); Daulton (1,4th inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out); Eisenreich (1,6th inning off Nagy 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Thome (2,5th inning off Leiter 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Daulton (1,by Jackson); Floyd (1,by Plunk).  SH–Roberts (1,off Cook).  SF–Fernandez (1,off Nen).  WP–Mesa (1).  IBB–Jackson (1,Daulton); Plunk (1,Floyd).  U–Joe West (NL), Greg Kosc (AL), Randy Marsh (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL), Dale Ford (AL), Ed Montague (NL).  T–4:12.  A–44,880.
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