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Twins
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
September 28, 1997
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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 September 28, 1997 at Jacobs Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 28, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 28, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Tewksbury |
Home Starting Pitcher | Charles Nagy |
Ballpark | Jacobs Field |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 42,940 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Brian O'Nora 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Tim Welke 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chuck Knoblauch | Shortstop |
Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
Paul Molitor | DH |
Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
Scott Stahoviak | First Baseman |
Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
Rich Becker | Center Fielder |
Tom Kelly | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Brian Giles | Left Fielder |
Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
Jim Thome | First Baseman |
David Justice | DH |
Matt Williams | Third Baseman |
Sandy Alomar | Catcher |
Jeff Branson | Second Baseman |
Marquis Grissom | Center Fielder |
Mike Hargrove | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
September 28, 1997
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Nagy
Knoblauch hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Nagy
Lawton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Nagy
Molitor takes first base on ball four. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Coomer vs. Nagy
Coomer strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Stahoviak vs. Nagy
Stahoviak strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel bunts towards third. Coomer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
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. Vizquel moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez hits a line drive into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vizquel moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thome for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Nagy
Cordova bunts towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Nagy
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Nagy
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - 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, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Tewksbury
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Alomar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Branson vs. Tewksbury
Branson 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: 0-1, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Nagy
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Nagy
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Nagy
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Nagy
There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Alomar and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Molitor vs. Nagy
Molitor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coomer vs. Nagy
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Tewksbury
Grissom hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Grissom moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grissom scores. Giles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Giles trying to get to home. Lawton throws the ball in to Steinbach who tags Giles who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Nagy
Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Nagy
Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Nagy
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Steinbach vs. Nagy
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Tewksbury
Justice strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Tewksbury
Williams hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Becker who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a popup towards short. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Branson vs. Tewksbury
Branson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Nagy
Becker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Knoblauch vs. Nagy
Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Becker moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Lawton vs. Nagy
There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Alomar and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Lawton vs. Nagy
Lawton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Lawton reaches second base with a double. Becker scores. Knoblauch scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Molitor vs. Nagy
Molitor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lawton moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Coomer vs. Nagy
Coomer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ramirez. Coomer reaches second base with a double. Lawton scores. Molitor moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Stahoviak vs. Nagy
Stahoviak is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Cordova vs. Nagy
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Molitor scores. Coomer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Walker vs. Nagy
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Tewksbury
Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Tewksbury
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knoblauch misplays the ball. That's an error on Knoblauch. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Nagy
Enrique Wilson now playing shortstop.
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Nagy
Becker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giles. Becker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Knoblauch vs. Nagy
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Becker moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lawton vs. Nagy
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wilson fields it and throws to second for the out. Becker scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Nagy
There's a wild pitch. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Molitor vs. Nagy
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Nagy covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Tewksbury
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops it up and throws to first, with Tewksbury covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Tewksbury
Justice hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Nagy
Brian Giles now playing center field. Sean Casey now playing first base. Bruce Aven now playing left field.
Coomer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Nagy
Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wilson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wilson. Stahoviak moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cordova vs. Nagy
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stahoviak moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Walker vs. Nagy
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Tewksbury
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tewksbury
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Branson vs. Tewksbury
Branson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Plunk
Eric Plunk now pitching. Jeff Manto now playing third base.
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Plunk
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Plunk
Knoblauch hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aven vs. Tewksbury
Aven strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Tewksbury
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tewksbury fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Tewksbury
Giles hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Mesa
Jose Mesa now pitching.
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Casey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lawton for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Mesa
Molitor strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Mesa
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Tewksbury
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Tewksbury
Casey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Tewksbury
Kevin Seitzer pinch hits for David Justice.
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops it up and throws to first, with Tewksbury covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/28/1997 -- Minnesota at Cleveland (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Knoblauch C, ss 5 1 3 0 Vizquel O, ss 3 0 1 0 Lawton M, rf 4 1 1 3 Wilson E, ss 1 0 0 0 Molitor P, dh 3 1 1 0 Giles B, lf-cf 4 0 1 1 Coomer R, 3b 5 0 1 1 Ramirez M, rf 4 0 0 0 Stahoviak S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Thome J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Cordova M, lf 4 0 1 0 Casey S, 1b 1 0 0 0 Walker T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Justice D, dh 3 0 0 0 Steinbach T, c 4 0 0 0 Seitzer K, ph 1 0 0 0 Becker R, cf 4 2 2 0 Williams M, 3b 3 0 1 0 Manto J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Alomar Jr. S, c 3 0 1 0 Branson J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Grissom M, cf 2 1 1 0 Aven B, lf 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 5 9 4 32 1 6 1 Minnesota 000 041 000 -- 5 Cleveland 001 000 000 -- 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Tewksbury B (W) 9.0 6 1 1 0 6 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Nagy C (L) 7.0 9 5 5 3 4 Plunk E 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Mesa J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Knoblauch C, Wilson E DP -- Minnesota 1, Cleveland 1 LOB -- Minnesota 8, Cleveland 4 2B -- Alomar Jr. S, Cordova M, Lawton M, Coomer R, Becker R 3B -- Williams M SB -- Knoblauch C 2 HBP -- by Nagy C (Stahoviak S) WP -- Nagy C T -- 2:32 A -- 42940
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