Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
April 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 1 0 0
Justice dh 3 0 2 0
Ramirez rf 3 0 0 1
Berroa lf 3 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 0
Manto 1b 3 0 0 0
Borders c 3 0 0 0
Branson 2b 3 0 1 0
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 2 0
McDonald cf 4 0 1 0
Grieve rf 3 0 1 0
Stairs dh 3 1 2 2
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Wood 3b 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 1 1
Bournigal ss 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Velandia ss 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Cleveland 000 001 000141
Oakland 100 000 11x380
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  L (1-1) 7.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Assenmacher   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 4 5
  Mohler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
5

  E–Borders (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Justice 2 (4,off Rogers 2), Oakland Stairs (1,off Burba).  SF–M Ramirez (2,off Rogers); Stairs (1,off Burba).  IBB–Magadan (1,by Burba).  CS–Lofton (1,2nd base by Rogers/Hinch).  SB–McDonald (4,2nd base off Burba/Borders); Henderson (2,2nd base off Assenmacher/Borders).  IBB–Burba (1,Magadan).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:32.  A–8,361.
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