Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1998 at Skydome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 0 2 0
Justice dh 4 2 1 1
Thome 1b 5 0 1 0
Ramirez rf 5 3 3 2
Giles lf 4 0 1 2
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 2 0
Bell 2b 3 0 1 0
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Green rf 4 0 1 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 1 1 1
Fernandez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Grebeck 2b 0 0 0 0
  Crespo ph 0 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 1 1
Fletcher c 3 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cleveland 110 120 1006110
Toronto 010 010 000251
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  W (6-4) 7.2 4 2 2 1 8
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (1-1) 6.0 7 5 4 3 3
  Risley   3.0 4 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
6
4

  E–Green (4).  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Alomar (3).  2B–Cleveland Fryman (10,off Carpenter); Vizquel (10,off Carpenter); M Ramirez (12,off Carpenter); Giles (4,off Carpenter); Thome (19,off Risley), Toronto Green (9,off Burba); Delgado (14,off Jackson).  3B–Cleveland Vizquel (3,off Risley).  HR–Cleveland M Ramirez (9,5th inning off Carpenter 1 on, 2 out), Toronto Stanley (10,2nd inning off Burba 0 on, 1 out); Sprague (5,5th inning off Burba 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Giles (4,by Risley).  HBP–Crespo (1,by Jackson).  WP–Carpenter (1), Risley (2).  HBP–Jackson (2,Crespo).  IBB–Risley (1,Giles).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:44.  A–30,282.
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