Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Thome dh,1b 3 1 1 0
Ramirez rf 3 0 1 2
Sexson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Justice ph 1 1 1 0
  Branson 3b 0 0 0 0
Whiten lf 3 1 1 0
Wilson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Giles ph 0 0 0 1
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 1
Cora 2b 3 0 0 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 2 2 0
Walker 2b 4 0 1 1
  Gates 2b 1 0 1 0
Lawton rf 3 1 2 1
Molitor dh 3 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 1
Koskie 3b 4 0 1 0
Hocking ss 4 1 1 0
Latham lf 4 1 2 1
Pierzynski c 1 0 1 1
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Cleveland 000 101 101461
Minnesota 130 000 0015110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   5.2 7 4 4 4 3
  Poole   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Shuey  L (5-4) 0.2 1 1 1 3 2
Totals
8.2
11
5
5
8
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Sampson   7.0 5 3 3 0 4
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  W (4-9) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
4

  E–M Ramirez (7).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Lofton (31,off Sampson); M Ramirez (34,off Sampson), Minnesota Hocking (4,off Gooden); Latham (1,off Gooden); Lawton (35,off Poole).  3B–Cleveland Justice (2,off Aguilera), Minnesota Nixon (6,off Gooden).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (21,1st inning off Gooden 0 on, 2 out).  SF–M Ramirez (10,off Sampson); Diaz (3,off Sampson); Giles (3,off Aguilera); Pierzynski (1,off Gooden).  HBP–Thome (4,by Sampson).  IBB–Lawton (6,by Shuey).  WP–Sampson 2 (2).  HBP–Sampson (1,Thome).  IBB–Shuey (5,Lawton).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:58.  A–11,940.
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