Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
October 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 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."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Boston Red Sox 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 0
Justice lf 4 0 2 2
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 2 0 1 0
Thome dh 3 0 0 0
Sexson 1b 2 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 0 0 0
Wilson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cora ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 1 0
Valentin 3b 3 0 2 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0
  Sadler pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 3 1 1 1
Stanley dh 3 0 1 0
  Buford pr,dh 0 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 2 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b,1b 2 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Cleveland 000 000 020250
Boston 000 100 000160
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   5.2 5 1 1 3 3
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Reed  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Shuey   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek   5.1 2 0 0 4 1
  Lowe   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Gordon  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Fryman (1,off Schourek); Justice 2 (4,off Schourek,off Gordon), Boston Lewis (2,off Colon); Valentin (1,off Colon); Vaughn (2,off Assenmacher).  HR–Boston Garciaparra (3,4th inning off Colon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Benjamin (1,off Poole).  IBB–Garciaparra (1,by Colon).  SB–Fryman (1,3rd base off Schourek/Hatteberg); Lofton (2,3rd base off Gordon/Hatteberg).  CS–Fryman (1,2nd base by Schourek/Hatteberg).  IBB–Colon (1,Garciaparra).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:00.  A–33,537.
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