Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
September 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Cleveland Indians 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 1 1 0
Green rf 5 1 1 1
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 1 1 0
Cruz cf 3 1 1 0
Fernandez 3b 4 1 4 3
Fletcher c 3 0 1 1
  Santiago ph,c 1 0 0 0
Grebeck 2b 3 0 0 0
  Crespo ph 1 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
  Witt ph 1 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Almanzar p 0 0 0 0
  Van Ryn p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 1 0
Cora 2b 5 1 2 1
  Wilson 2b 0 0 0 0
Justice dh 4 1 1 0
Ramirez rf 4 3 3 5
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 0
Giles lf 4 0 2 0
Sexson 1b 4 1 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 6
Toronto 202 001 0005102
Cleveland 211 020 10x7130
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (1-2) 4.2 9 6 5 1 2
  Almanzar   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Van Ryn   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Quantrill   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Plesac   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 13 7 6 2 4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   4.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Ogea  W (5-3) 3.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Poole   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 2 9

  E–Stewart (5), Grebeck (11).  DP–Toronto 1. Fernandez-Grebeck-Delgado, Cleveland 1. Vizquel-Cora-Sexson.  2B–Toronto Stewart (26,off Colon); Cruz (14,off Colon); Fernandez (34,off Ogea), Cleveland Justice (39,off Stieb); Cora (26,off Stieb).  HR–Cleveland M. Ramirez 3 (40,3rd inning off Stieb 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Stieb 1 on 1 out,7th inning off Quantrill 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Vizquel (34,2nd base off Plesac/Santiago).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:03.  A–43,323.

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