Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians
1. Blankenship rf Lofton cf
2. Browne lf Fermin ss
3. Lansford 3b Baerga 2b
4. Baines dh Belle lf
5. McGwire 1b Jefferson 1b
6. Steinbach c Sorrento dh
7. Wilson cf Whiten rf
8. Bordick 2b Thome 3b
9. Weiss ss Alomar c
Welch p Armstrong p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Blankenship grounded out (second to first);
Browne walked; Browne safe on a pick-off error by Armstrong
[Browne to second]; Lansford doubled to left [Browne scored];
Baines singled to right [Lansford scored]; McGwire was called
out on strikes; Steinbach singled to center [Baines to second];
Wilson flied to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2,
Indians 0.
INDIANS 1ST: Lofton homered to right-center; Fermin singled to
shortstop; Baerga grounded out (first unassisted) [Fermin to
second]; Belle struck out; Jefferson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Bordick grounded out (pitcher to first); Weiss
lined to right; Blankenship struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 1.
INDIANS 2ND: Sorrento singled; Whiten was called out on strikes
while Sorrento was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Thome singled; Alomar grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Browne grounded out (second to first); Lansford
singled; Baines homered to right [Lansford scored]; McGwire
grounded out (shortstop to first); Steinbach walked; Wilson
flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
INDIANS 3RD: Lofton popped to first; Fermin grounded out (second
to first); Baerga doubled; Belle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Bordick flied to right; Weiss grounded out
(second to first); Blankenship walked; Browne popped to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
INDIANS 4TH: Jefferson singled to center; Sorrento was called
out on strikes; Whiten grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Jefferson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Lansford flied to center; Baines struck out;
McGwire struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians
1.
INDIANS 5TH: Thome grounded out (first to pitcher); Alomar
popped to second; Lofton tripled; Fermin grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Steinbach grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson
grounded out (second to first); Bordick grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 1.
INDIANS 6TH: Baerga homered to right; Belle flied to center;
Jefferson grounded out (pitcher to first); Sorrento singled;
Whiten popped to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4,
Indians 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Weiss singled to shortstop; Blankenship singled
to shortstop [Weiss to second]; WICKANDER REPLACED ARMSTRONG
(PITCHING); Browne popped to first; Lansford grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Blankenship out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 2.
INDIANS 7TH: Thome popped to third; Alomar singled to shortstop;
HONEYCUTT REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Lofton forced Alomar
(second to shortstop) [Lofton to first]; HILL BATTED FOR FERMIN;
Hill struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: LEWIS REPLACED HILL (PLAYING SS); Baines struck
out; OLIN REPLACED WICKANDER (PITCHING); McGwire was called out
on strikes; Steinbach singled; Wilson singled to shortstop
[Steinbach to second]; Bordick singled to right [Steinbach to
third, Wilson to second]; Weiss popped to third; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. Athletics 4, Indians 2.
INDIANS 8TH: PARRETT REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Baerga
grounded out (second to first); Belle flied to center; HORSMAN
REPLACED PARRETT (PITCHING); Jefferson singled to right;
MARTINEZ BATTED FOR SORRENTO; ECKERSLEY REPLACED HORSMAN
(PITCHING); Martinez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Indians 2.
ATHLETICS 9TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Blankenship
grounded out (pitcher to first); Browne struck out; Lansford
walked; Baines doubled to left [Lansford scored]; McGwire popped
to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 2.
INDIANS 9TH: Whiten popped to third; Thome struck out; HOWARD
BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Howard singled to shortstop; Lofton lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 5 11 0 9
Indians 2 12 1 8
