Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
October 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1998 at Yankee Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 6 0 1 2
Vizquel ss 6 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 1 2 1
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Thome 1b 5 0 1 0
  Wilson pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Fryman 3b 5 1 2 0
Giles lf 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 1 0
Cora 2b 4 0 0 0
  Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 8 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 6 0 0 0
Jeter ss 5 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 5 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Raines dh 4 0 1 0
  Bush pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Ledee pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Spencer lf 5 0 1 0
Brosius 3b 4 0 1 1
Girardi c 3 0 0 0
  Posada ph,c 2 0 0 0
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 1 7 1
Cleveland 000 100 000 003481
New York 000 000 100 000171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   6.2 5 1 1 1 5
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Poole   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shuey   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Burba  W (1-0) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 12.0 7 1 1 4 11
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone   8.0 5 1 1 3 5
  Rivera   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Stanton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson  L (0-1) 0.2 2 3 3 1 2
  Lloyd   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 12.0 8 4 4 4 9

  E–Fryman (1), Martinez (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Jeter (1,off Nagy); O'Neill (2,off Nagy); Brosius (1,off Nagy).  3B–Cleveland Vizquel (1,off Cone).  HR–Cleveland Justice (1,4th inning off Cone 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Alomar (1,by Nelson).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Brosius (1,by Shuey).  Team–10.  SB–Jeter (2,2nd base off Shuey/Alomar); Bush (1,2nd base off Shuey/Alomar).  HBP–Nelson (1,Alomar).  IBB–Shuey (1,Brosius).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–4:28.  A–57,128.

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