Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
October 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1996 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 0 1 1
Seitzer dh 5 0 1 0
Thome 3b 4 0 1 0
Belle lf 4 0 0 0
Franco 1b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez rf 4 2 3 1
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 0 1 1
  Giles ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 0 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 2 1 1 1
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 2 1
Zeile 3b 4 2 2 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 2 1 1
Bonilla rf 3 1 1 4
  Devereaux pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 3 1
Murray dh 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 2 2 2
Hoiles c 2 1 0 0
  Parent c 0 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 12 10
Cleveland 010 200 1004100
Baltimore 112 005 10x10121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (0-1) 5.1 9 7 7 3 1
  Embree   0.1 0 1 1 0 0
  Shuey   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Tavarez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
4
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (1-0) 6.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Orosco   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mathews   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–Zeile (1).  2B–Cleveland Kent (1,off Wells); Vizquel (1,off Wells), Baltimore Palmeiro (1,off Nagy); Ripken (1,off Shuey).  HR–Cleveland Ramirez (1,2nd inning off Wells 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Anderson (1,1st inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out); Surhoff 2 (2,2nd inning off Nagy 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Shuey 0 on, 0 out); Bonilla (1,6th inning off Shuey 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Vizquel (1,off Wells); Alomar (1,off Embree).  HBP–Thome (1,by Orosco); Hoiles (1,by Nagy); Palmeiro (1,by Embree).  SB–Vizquel (1,3rd base off Wells/Hoiles).  CS–Vizquel (1,2nd base by Wells/Hoiles).  WP–Mathews (1).  HBP–Nagy (1,Hoiles); Embree (1,Palmeiro); Orosco (1,Thome).  U–Drew Coble, Greg Kosc, Tim Tschida, Tim Welke, John Shulock, Ted Hendry.  T–3:25.  A–47,644.
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