Florida Marlins vs Cleveland Indians
October 22, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 22, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Florida Marlins 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

Florida Marlins 3, Cleveland Indians 10

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Daulton 1b 3 2 2 0
Alou lf 3 1 1 2
Eisenreich dh 2 0 2 1
  Arias ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 0 1 0
  Giles lf 1 0 1 1
Vizquel ss 5 2 2 0
Ramirez rf 4 2 1 2
Justice dh 3 2 1 0
Williams 3b 3 3 3 2
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 3 3
Thome 1b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez 2b 5 1 2 1
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 9
Florida 000 102 000362
Cleveland 303 001 12x10150
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders  L (0-1) 2.0 7 6 6 3 2
  Alfonseca   3.0 3 0 0 0 4
  Vosberg   2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Powell   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
6
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (1-0) 6.0 5 3 3 5 5
  Anderson  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
7

  E–Renteria (1), Saunders (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Florida Daulton (1,off Wright), Cleveland Alomar (1,off Saunders); Roberts (4,off Saunders).  HR–Florida Alou (2,6th inning off Wright 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Ramirez (2,1st inning off Saunders 1 on, 1 out); Williams (1,8th inning off Powell 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Counsell (1,2nd base off Wright/Alomar); Vizquel (1,2nd base off Vosberg/Johnson).  CS–Giles (1,2nd base by Vosberg/Johnson).  WP–Wright (1).  U–Greg Kosc (AL), Randy Marsh (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL), Ed Montague (NL), Joe West (NL), Dale Ford (AL).  T–3:15.  A–44,887.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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