Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
October 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1998 at Fenway Park. 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)
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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 1
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Justice lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 3 2 2 2
Thome 1b 4 1 1 1
  Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0
Giles dh 4 0 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 0 0 0
Cora 2b 2 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 2 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 1 3
Stanley dh 4 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Nixon rf 3 0 1 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadler 2b 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cleveland 000 011 101450
Boston 000 100 002360
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (1-0) 8.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Jackson  SV (2) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (0-1) 7.0 4 3 3 1 7
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
2
8

  E–None.  HR–Cleveland Thome (2,5th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out); Lofton (2,6th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out); Ramirez 2 (2,7th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out), Boston Garciaparra (2,9th inning off Jackson 1 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:27.  A–33,114.
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