Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
May 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1998 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 5, Cleveland Indians 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 2 3 0
Surhoff lf 5 1 1 2
Baines dh 4 0 2 1
  Webster ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter rf 4 1 2 0
  Greene c 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 0 0
Hammonds cf 3 0 1 1
Hoiles c 2 0 0 0
  Davis rf 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 0 2 3
Vizquel ss 4 0 2 1
Justice rf 3 0 0 1
Ramirez dh 3 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 1 0
Thome 1b 3 1 1 0
Fryman 3b 3 1 1 0
Bell 2b 3 0 0 0
  Giles ph 0 0 0 1
Dunston lf 4 3 2 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Krivda p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Baltimore 102 001 0015111
Cleveland 001 020 012690
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key   6.1 5 3 3 1 1
  Mills   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Benitez  L (1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.2
9
6
6
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   7.0 7 4 4 3 5
  Krivda   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Jackson   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Assenmacher  W (2-3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
6

  E–Surhoff (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Lofton (6,off Key).  3B–Cleveland Dunston (3,off Key).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff (3,3rd inning off Wright 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Vizquel (1,off Orosco).  SF–Justice (5,off Orosco).  HBP–Fryman (1,by Benitez).  SB–Hammonds (5,2nd base off Wright/Alomar).  CS–Palmeiro (3,2nd base by Wright/Alomar); Lofton (4,3rd base by Key/Hoiles).  HBP–Benitez (1,Fryman).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:11.  A–40,706.
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