Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
October 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 15, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 1, Baltimore Orioles 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 5 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 5 1 2 1
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Justice dh 3 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Giles lf 3 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 3 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 2 0
Alomar 2b 5 0 1 0
Berroa rf 5 0 2 0
  Walton rf 0 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hammonds pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 2 0
Surhoff lf,1b 5 0 0 0
Hoiles c 5 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 0 2 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 0 10 0
Cleveland 000 000 000 01130
Baltimore 000 000 000 000100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   7.1 9 0 0 3 4
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Anderson  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Mesa  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 11.0 10 0 0 5 11
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   8.0 1 0 0 2 10
  Myers   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Benitez  L (0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals 11.0 3 1 1 3 14

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Justice (1,off Mussina), Baltimore Berroa (2,off Nagy); Bordick (1,off Nagy); Ripken (2,off Nagy).  HR–Cleveland Fernandez (1,11th inning off Benitez 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Palmeiro (1,by Nagy).  Team–14.  SB–Hammonds (1,2nd base off Nagy/Alomar).  HBP–Nagy (1,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–John Hirschbeck, LF–Larry McCoy, RF–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:52.  A–49,075.

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