New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
October 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 1 1 0
Jeter ss 5 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 0
  Pose pr 0 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley dh 4 1 3 0
Hayes 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
  Fox pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 2 0 0 0
  Boggs ph,3b 2 0 2 1
Sanchez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Posada ph,c 2 0 0 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 3 0 2 0
  Giles lf 1 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 3 1 1 0
Ramirez rf 4 1 1 2
Williams 3b 3 0 1 1
Justice dh 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 1 1 0
Thome 1b 2 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 2 0 0 1
Grissom cf 3 1 1 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
New York 000 021 0003120
Cleveland 003 100 00x472
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (0-2) 6.2 6 4 4 0 2
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
1
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (2-0) 5.1 8 3 2 3 5
  Jackson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa  SV (1) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
3
7

  E–Ramirez (1), Alomar (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Ramirez (1,off Pettitte); Alomar (1,off Pettitte).  SH–Vizquel (2,off Pettitte); Thome (1,off Pettitte).  SF–Fernandez (1,off Pettitte).  SB–Raines 2 (2,2nd base off Wright/Alomar 2); Vizquel 2 (4,2nd base off Pettitte/Girardi,2nd base off Nelson/Posada).  U–Dave Phillips, Rocky Roe, Tim McClelland, Dale Ford, Greg Kosc, Ken Kaiser.  T–3:29.  A–45,203.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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