Cleveland Indians vs Florida Marlins
October 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 26, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Florida Marlins 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 5 0 1 0
Fernandez 2b 5 0 2 2
Ramirez rf 3 0 0 0
Justice lf 5 0 0 0
Williams 3b 2 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 1 0
Thome 1b 4 1 1 0
Grissom cf 4 1 1 0
Wright p 2 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Giles ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Nagy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 6 2
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 6 0 0 0
Renteria ss 5 0 3 1
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 0
Daulton 1b 3 0 0 0
  Conine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 5 1 2 1
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
  Zaun pr,c 1 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 3 1 0 1
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Floyd ph 0 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 8 3
Cleveland 002 000 000 00262
Florida 000 000 101 01380
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   6.1 2 1 1 5 7
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Anderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   1.2 4 1 1 0 2
  Nagy  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
10.2
8
3
2
6
11
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.0 4 2 2 4 7
  Cook   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Alfonseca   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Heredia   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nen   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Powell  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
6
2
2
6
13

  E–Fernandez (2), Ramirez (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Florida 2.  2B–Florida Renteria (2,off Wright).  HR–Florida Bonilla (1,7th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wright (1,off Leiter).  IBB–Ramirez (1,by Leiter); Eisenreich (1,by Nagy).  SF–Counsell (1,off Mesa).  SB–Vizquel 2 (5,2nd base off Leiter/Johnson,3rd base off Leiter/Johnson).  IBB–Nagy (1,Eisenreich); Leiter (1,Ramirez).  U–Ed Montague (NL), Dale Ford (AL), Joe West (NL), Greg Kosc (AL), Ken Kaiser (AL), Randy Marsh (NL).  T–4:10.  A–67,204.
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