New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
October 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 2 2 0 0
  Curtis lf 1 0 0 0
Jeter ss 3 2 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 5
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 1
Fielder dh 4 0 0 0
Hayes 3b 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 1 1 0
Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 4 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 1b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 1 0
Justice dh 4 0 2 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 3 0 0 1
Grissom cf 3 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 3 0 1 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Ogea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
New York 101 400 000641
Cleveland 010 000 000151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (0-1) 3.2 2 5 4 6 1
  Ogea   5.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
6
5
6
2

  E–Hayes (2), Nagy (1).  2B–Cleveland Justice (2,off Wells).  SH–Sanchez (1,off Ogea).  IBB–Raines (1,by Nagy).  SB–Jeter (1,2nd base off Nagy/Alomar).  IBB–Nagy (1,Raines).  U–Ken Kaiser, Greg Kosc, Dave Phillips, Rocky Roe, Dale Ford, Tim McClelland.  T–2:59.  A–45,274.
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