Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
June 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 2 0
Justice dh 4 1 2 0
Thome 1b 3 1 1 3
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 0
Borders c 3 0 0 0
Bell 2b 3 0 0 0
Dunston lf 3 0 0 0
  Whiten lf 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 1 1 1
Walker 2b 3 0 1 0
  Gates ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 1 0
Merced 1b 3 0 2 0
Cordova lf 4 1 1 1
Lawton rf 4 0 2 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Cleveland 000 300 000371
Minnesota 010 000 0102100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (1-2) 6.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Villone   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Mesa   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson  SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (7-4) 7.1 7 3 3 2 3
  Swindell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Trombley   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5

  E–Fryman (6).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Justice (22,off Radke), Minnesota Lawton (11,off Gooden).  HR–Cleveland Thome (14,4th inning off Radke 2 on, 0 out), Minnesota Cordova (3,2nd inning off Gooden 0 on, 0 out); Nixon (1,8th inning off Assenmacher 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Lofton (7,2nd base by Radke/Steinbach); Justice (1,2nd base by Radke/Steinbach); Merced (4,2nd base by Gooden/Borders).  SB–Walker (8,2nd base off Gooden/Borders).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:48.  A–9,417.
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