Houston Astros vs Cleveland Indians
June 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 9, Cleveland Indians 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 6 0 1 1
Spiers 3b 4 0 3 0
Bell rf 6 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 5 2 1 1
Alou lf 6 1 2 1
Everett cf 6 2 2 3
Clark dh 5 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 5 2 2 3
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 9 15 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 6 0 2 0
Vizquel ss 6 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 1 2 2
  Dunston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Thome 1b 5 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 5 2 2 1
Whiten lf 3 1 2 2
Fryman 3b 5 0 1 0
Borders c 4 0 1 0
Bell 2b 5 1 1 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 12 5
Houston 001 000 310 049151
Cleveland 001 201 100 005121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima   6.2 10 5 5 1 2
  Henry   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Wagner  W (2-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   6.0 6 3 2 1 3
  Plunk   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Shuey   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mesa  L (3-4) 1.0 4 4 4 1 0
Totals
11.0
15
9
8
5
6

  E–Bagwell (4), Bell (7).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Spiers (17,off Gooden); Clark (2,off Shuey), Cleveland Vizquel (16,off Lima).  HR–Houston Ausmus (4,7th inning off Plunk 2 on, 1 out); Bagwell (15,8th inning off Shuey 0 on, 0 out); Everett (8,11th inning off Mesa 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Whiten (5,4th inning off Lima 1 on, 0 out); M Ramirez (15,6th inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out); Justice (12,7th inning off Lima 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Justice (6,off Lima).  SB–Ausmus (6,2nd base off Gooden/Borders); Biggio (25,3rd base off Gooden/Borders); Fryman (4,2nd base off Lima/Ausmus); Whiten (2,2nd base off Wagner/Ausmus).  CS–Spiers (2,2nd base by Mesa/Borders).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:53.  A–43,132.
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