Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1999 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Cleveland Indians 15, Baltimore Orioles 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts cf 4 1 3 1
Vizquel ss 5 2 2 2
Alomar 2b 4 2 0 0
  Houston 3b 1 0 0 0
Ramirez M. rf 3 2 1 2
  Ramirez A. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 3 4 2 3
Sexson lf 4 2 2 3
Baines dh 3 1 1 2
Fryman 3b 3 1 0 0
  Wilson 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 5 0 1 1
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 15 12 14
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson lf 3 2 1 0
  Reboulet ss 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 5 2 2 0
  Figga c 0 0 0 0
Surhoff dh 4 1 3 1
Belle rf 4 0 1 1
Conine 1b 5 0 2 4
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
  Minor 3b 0 0 0 0
Hairston, Jr. 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 1 1 0
  Amaral lf 0 0 0 0
Kingsale cf 4 1 1 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Cleveland 023 070 03015120
Baltimore 202 300 0007111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   3.1 8 7 7 2 3
  Poole   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Brower  W (1-0) 4.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Rincon   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L (11-11) 4.0 6 8 7 5 1
  Ryan   2.0 3 4 4 2 4
  Fetters   1.2 2 3 3 3 1
  Kamieniecki   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
15
14
10
6

  E–Bordick (9).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Sexson 2 (17,off Ponson,off Fetters); Vizquel (28,off Ryan), Baltimore C Johnson (16,off Gooden); Belle (24,off Gooden); Conine (29,off Brower).  HR–Cleveland M Ramirez (38,3rd inning off Ponson 1 on, 1 out); Thome (28,3rd inning off Ponson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Roberts (1,off Ryan); Surhoff (8,off Poole).  IBB–Thome (12,by Fetters); Belle (12,by Poole).  SB–Diaz (9,2nd base off Ponson/C Johnson); Anderson 2 (34,2nd base off Gooden/Diaz,3rd base off Gooden/Diaz); Bordick (12,2nd base off Gooden/Diaz).  WP–Gooden (4).  IBB–Poole (1,Belle); Fetters (2,Thome).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:30.  A–44,214.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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