Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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

Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 2 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 2 3
Stanley dh 4 1 2 0
O'Leary lf 3 0 1 0
Bragg rf 3 0 0 0
  Buford ph 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadler 2b 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 1 1
Benjamin 2b 3 0 1 0
  Nixon ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 2 1
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Justice dh 4 2 2 4
Ramirez rf 3 0 2 1
Thome 1b 4 0 0 0
  Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 3 1 1 0
Giles lf 2 1 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 2 2
Cora 2b 2 2 0 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 9 8
Boston 201 002 0005100
Cleveland 151 001 01x991
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (0-1) 1.1 3 5 5 2 1
  Wasdin   1.2 2 2 2 1 2
  Lowe   2.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Swindell   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Gordon   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Burba  W (1-0) 5.1 4 3 3 2 4
  Shuey   1.1 3 0 0 0 3
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
8

  E–Alomar (1).  DP–Boston 2, Cleveland 2.  PB–Varitek 2 (2).  2B–Boston Garciaparra (1,off Gooden); Lewis (1,off Burba), Cleveland Alomar 2 (3,off Wakefield,off Wasdin); Lofton (1,off Wakefield); Ramirez 2 (2,off Lowe 2); Justice (2,off Lowe).  HR–Cleveland Justice (1,2nd inning off Wasdin 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Garciaparra (2,off Burba); Justice (1,off Wakefield).  HBP–Ramirez 2 (2,by Wakefield,by Wasdin); Giles (1,by Lowe).  IBB–Thome (1,by Lowe).  SB–Lewis (1,2nd base off Gooden/Alomar); Lofton (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek).  WP–Gordon (1).  HBP–Wakefield (1,Ramirez); Wasdin (1,Ramirez); Lowe (1,Giles).  IBB–Lowe (1,Thome).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:25.  A–45,229.
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