Cleveland Indians vs New York Mets
June 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 2004 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, New York Mets 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 1
Hafner 1b 4 0 2 1
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Blake 3b 4 0 0 0
Gerut rf 2 0 1 0
Belliard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Crisp cf 3 0 1 0
Elarton p 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Bartosh p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Merloni 2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Matsui ss 4 1 2 2
Zeile 3b 3 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Floyd lf 3 0 1 0
  Williams pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Wigginton 2b 4 0 1 1
Garcia rf 4 0 1 1
Cameron cf 4 2 1 1
Valent 1b 3 1 0 0
Seo p 1 0 1 0
  Bottalico p 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  McEwing ph 1 1 1 0
  Phillips c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Cleveland 000 000 002251
New York 000 011 31x681
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton   4.0 1 0 0 1 4
  White  L (3-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Betancourt   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Bartosh   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Miller   1.1 3 3 1 1 0
  Riske   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
3
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seo   4.0 2 0 0 0 6
  Bottalico  W (3-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Franco   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Stanton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Looper   1.0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
1
10

  E–Blake (9), Zeile (9).  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 2.  2B–Cleveland Hafner 2 (23,off Seo,off Looper); Lawton (10,off Looper), New York Floyd (10,off Riske).  HR–New York Cameron (8,5th inning off White 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  IBB–Valent (2,by Miller).  Team–5.  SB–Gerut (9,2nd base off Bottalico/Piazza); Matsui (10,2nd base off Betancourt/V Martinez); Cameron (11,2nd base off Miller/V Martinez).  IBB–Miller (2,Valent).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:36.  A–17,675.
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