Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
March 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 2003 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 5 2 1 0
Vizquel ss 5 1 2 1
Lawton lf 5 1 0 0
  Spencer lf 0 0 0 0
Burks dh 5 0 2 1
Garcia rf 5 1 2 2
Hafner 1b 4 0 3 0
  McDonald 3b 0 0 0 0
  Selby ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Blake 3b,1b 5 0 1 0
Bard c 6 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 5 0 0 0
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
  Westbrook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 6 0 2 0
Matthews cf 7 1 2 1
Surhoff lf 5 0 0 0
Conine 1b 6 1 1 0
Gibbons rf 6 1 2 1
Batista 3b 5 1 2 0
  Leon pr,3b 1 1 1 0
Cordova dh 5 1 2 2
Gil c 6 0 1 1
Cruz ss 6 0 2 0
Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 6 15 5
Cleveland 003 001 000 001 05114
Baltimore 010 001 020 001 16152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia   7.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Riske   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Santiago   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Baez   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Westbrook  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
12.2
15
6
4
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez   6.0 8 4 2 1 4
  Bauer   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Groom   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Julio   2.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Ligtenberg   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Ryan  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
11
5
3
4
8

  E–Garcia (1), Blake (1), Santiago (1), Westbrook (1), Surhoff (1), Conine (1).  DP–Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1.  PB–Bard (1).  2B–Cleveland Bradley (1,off Ligtenberg), Baltimore Hairston (1,off Sabathia); Conine (1,off Sabathia); Batista (1,off Riske).  HR–Cleveland Garcia (1,6th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Cordova (1,8th inning off Riske 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Selby (1,off Ryan); Surhoff (1,off Baez).  SF–Garcia (1,off Lopez).  HBP–Lawton (1,by Lopez); Hairston (1,by Westbrook).  SB–Hafner (1,2nd base off Lopez/Gil).  CS–Vizquel (1,2nd base by Julio/Gil).  HBP–Westbrook (1,Hairston); Lopez (1,Lawton).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–3:45.  A–46,257.
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