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Twins
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 9, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins, played on July 9, 1998 at Jacobs Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Tewksbury |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Burba |
| Ballpark | Jacobs Field |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 43,236 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Reilly 1B: Terry Craft 2B: John Hirschbeck 3B: Rich Garcia |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Brent Gates | Third Baseman |
| Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
| Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
| Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
| Ron Coomer | First Baseman |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenny Lofton | Center Fielder |
| Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
| David Justice | DH |
| Jim Thome | First Baseman |
| Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
| Brian Giles | Left Fielder |
| Sandy Alomar | Catcher |
| Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
| David Bell | Second Baseman |
| Mike Hargrove | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 9, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burba
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gates vs. Burba
Gates hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Burba
Lawton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burba fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Tewksbury
Lofton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel hits a line drive towards short. Meares reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Justice vs. Tewksbury
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards second. Walker throws to second for one, and Meares throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Justice moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Burba
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Burba
Coomer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Burba
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. Coomer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Steinbach vs. Burba
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Burba
Meares strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles hits a line drive off the glove of Coomer, and into shallow right field. Giles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a line drive into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Fryman vs. Tewksbury
Fryman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Walker reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burba
Nixon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Burba
Gates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bell. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Burba
Lawton hits a ball on the ground for an out. Gates goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tewksbury
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Tewksbury
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Burba
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Burba
Coomer hits a popup towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Burba
Ortiz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Tewksbury
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Burba
Steinbach hits a line drive beyond short. Vizquel can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Burba
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Burba
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Meares moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Gates vs. Burba
Gates hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Meares trying to get to home. Giles throws the ball in to Fryman who relays the ball to Alomar who tags Meares who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coomer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alomar for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Tewksbury
Fryman hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Burba
Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Burba
Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tewksbury
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Tewksbury
Lofton hits a line drive into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Burba
Coomer strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Burba
Ortiz hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Burba
Steinbach strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Tewksbury
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coomer scoops it up and throws to first, with Tewksbury covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Burba
Meares hits a line drive beyond short. Vizquel can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Burba
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Meares moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gates vs. Burba
Gates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Burba covering, for the out. Meares moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Lawton vs. Burba
Lawton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova takes first base on ball four. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Walker vs. Morman
Alvin Morman now pitching.
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Alomar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Fryman vs. Tewksbury
There's a wild pitch. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Fryman vs. Tewksbury
Fryman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Whiten vs. Swindell
Greg Swindell now pitching. Mark Whiten pinch hits for David Bell.
Whiten strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Lofton vs. Swindell
Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Shuey
Paul Shuey now pitching. Jeff Branson now playing second base.
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Shuey
Ortiz is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Shuey
Jon Shave pinch runs for David Ortiz.
Steinbach hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Shuey
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Shuey
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching. Denny Hocking now playing second base.
Vizquel hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Aguilera
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hocking fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thome vs. Aguilera
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hocking fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/9/1998 -- Minnesota at Cleveland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Nixon O, cf 5 0 1 0 Lofton K, cf 4 0 1 0
Gates B, 3b 4 1 1 0 Vizquel O, ss 4 0 0 0
Lawton M, rf 2 0 0 0 Justice D, dh 4 0 1 0
Cordova M, lf 3 0 0 0 Thome J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Walker T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Ramirez M, rf 3 0 0 0
Hocking D, 2b 0 0 0 0 Giles B, lf 3 0 1 0
Coomer R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Alomar Jr. S, c 3 0 1 0
Ortiz D, dh 2 0 0 0 Fryman T, 3b 2 0 0 0
Shave J, pr 0 1 0 0 Bell D, 2b 2 0 0 0
Steinbach T, c 4 1 2 2 Whiten M, ph 1 0 0 0
Meares P, ss 4 0 1 0 Branson J, 2b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 6 2 30 0 4 0
Minnesota 001 000 002 -- 3
Cleveland 000 000 000 -- 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury B (W) 7.1 3 0 0 1 2
Swindell G 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Aguilera R (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Burba D (L) 7.2 5 1 0 4 6
Morman A 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Shuey P 1.0 1 2 2 0 1
E -- Meares P, Bell D, Burba D
DP -- Minnesota 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 7, Cleveland 4
2B -- Giles B, Alomar Jr. S
HR -- Steinbach T
HBP -- by Shuey P (Ortiz D)
WP -- Tewksbury B
T -- 2:32
A -- 43236
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