Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 24, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 1 0 0
Jefferson dh 4 0 2 3
Valentin 3b 3 0 1 2
Vaughn 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg c 4 0 0 0
Bragg rf 3 2 1 2
Lewis cf 4 1 1 0
Lemke 2b 3 2 1 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 0
Justice dh 4 2 2 3
Thome 1b 4 0 1 0
Berroa lf 4 0 1 1
Giles rf 4 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 3 1 0 0
Borders c 3 0 0 0
  Branson ph 1 0 1 1
Dunston 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alomar, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Krivda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Boston 002 032 000770
Cleveland 300 001 001580
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (1-1) 6.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Lowe   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Gordon  SV (6) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  L (2-3) 4.2 4 5 5 4 2
  Krivda   4.1 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
4
5

  E–None.  2B–Boston Lemke (1,off Burba); Jefferson (3,off Burba), Cleveland Thome (9,off Wakefield); Justice (11,off Wakefield).  HR–Boston Bragg (2,6th inning off Krivda 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Justice (5,1st inning off Wakefield 2 on, 0 out).  SB–Lewis (3,2nd base off Burba/Borders); Lofton (8,2nd base off Wakefield/Hatteberg).  WP–Krivda (1).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:20.  A–40,570.
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