Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
September 16, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 6, Cleveland Indians 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hocking 2b 5 2 3 0
Meares ss 5 0 0 1
Molitor dh 5 1 2 1
Ortiz 1b 4 2 2 1
  Ochoa ph 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 3 1
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 0 1 2
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
Latham cf 4 1 2 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Baptist p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 1 0
Cora 2b 4 1 2 0
Justice lf 4 1 1 0
  Whiten lf 1 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 4 2 2 4
Thome dh 4 2 2 1
Fryman 3b 4 1 2 1
Sexson 1b 4 1 2 2
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 0
Vizquel ss 2 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Karsay p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Minnesota 000 013 0026131
Cleveland 500 020 10x8130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  L (7-11) 4.1 10 7 7 2 3
  Baptist   3.1 3 1 0 1 0
  Trombley   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
3
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (14-10) 5.1 8 4 4 0 3
  Karsay   3.1 5 2 2 1 2
  Assenmacher  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
1
5

  E–Latham (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Minnesota Coomer 2 (22,off Nagy,off Karsay); Cordova (20,off Karsay), Cleveland Sexson (13,off Tewksbury); Cora (27,off Baptist).  HR–Cleveland M Ramirez 2 (42,1st inning off Tewksbury 2 on, 1 out,5th inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 0 out); Thome (30,1st inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 1 out); Sexson (11,1st inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Lawton (12,by Nagy).  SH–Cora (12,off Tewksbury).  CS–Vizquel (12,2nd base by Baptist/Steinbach).  HBP–Nagy (8,Lawton).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:49.  A–43,277.
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