Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 4, Cleveland Indians 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
Christenson cf 4 2 4 0
Giambi 1b 5 1 1 0
Stairs dh 4 1 2 2
Grieve rf 4 0 1 1
Spiezio 2b 3 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 1 0
  Roberts ph 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Holzemer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 3 3 0
Wilson ss,2b 5 1 2 1
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 2
Ramirez rf 4 1 1 2
Sexson 1b 5 1 1 4
Fielder dh 4 0 2 0
Whiten lf 4 0 2 0
Borders c 4 0 1 0
Bell 2b 3 1 1 0
  Vizquel ss 1 1 1 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 9
Oakland 202 000 0004101
Cleveland 102 000 42x9151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (12-7) 6.2 10 5 5 0 5
  Worrell   1.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Holzemer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (12-9) 7.0 9 4 3 1 10
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Jackson  SV (34) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
12

  E–Spiezio (11), Borders (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Grieve (37,off Nagy), Cleveland Whiten (10,off Rogers); Fielder (17,off Worrell).  HR–Oakland Stairs (24,3rd inning off Nagy 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Sexson (5,7th inning off Worrell 3 on, 2 out).  SB–Lofton (45,2nd base off Rogers/Hinch).  CS–Wilson (3,3rd base by Rogers/Hinch).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:12.  A–42,951.
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