Ejections: CLE Coach Mark Wiley by Tim Tschida [Non-ejection]
Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 9442
Starting Lineups:
Cleveland Indians Minnesota Twins
1. Lofton cf Knoblauch 2b
2. Espinoza ss Lawton rf
3. Baerga 2b Puckett dh
4. Belle lf Cordova lf
5. Murray dh Masteller 1b
6. Thome 3b Leius 3b
7. Ramirez rf Walbeck c
8. Perry 1b Meares ss
9. Pena c Becker cf
Martinez p Rodriguez p
INDIANS 1ST: Lofton grounded out (shortstop to first); Espinoza
flied to right; Baerga flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Knoblauch was hit by a pitch; Knoblauch stole second;
Lawton flied to center [Knoblauch to third]; Puckett was hit by
a pitch; HALE RAN FOR PUCKETT; Cordova forced Hale (shortstop to
second) [Knoblauch scored]; Masteller forced Cordova (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Twins 1.
INDIANS 2ND: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Belle was hit by
a pitch; Indians coach Wiley ejected by HP umpire Tschida for
arguing that pitcher should be ejected for hitting Belle;
Murray singled to left [Belle to third]; Thome doubled to left
[Belle scored, Murray to third]; Ramirez singled to center
[Murray scored, Thome scored]; Perry flied to center; Pena
singled to right [Ramirez to second]; Lofton forced Pena (first
to shortstop) [Ramirez to third]; Lofton stole second; Espinoza
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3,
Twins 1.
TWINS 2ND: Leius grounded out (shortstop to first); Walbeck
grounded out (second to first); Meares flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 1.
INDIANS 3RD: Baerga grounded out (first unassisted); Belle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 3RD: Becker lined to shortstop; Knoblauch doubled; Lawton
homered to right [Knoblauch scored]; Hale struck out; Cordova
popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 3.
INDIANS 4TH: Thome singled to center; Ramirez flied to right;
Perry grounded into a double play (second to first) [Thome out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 3.
TWINS 4TH: Masteller singled to center; Leius singled to center
[Masteller to second]; Walbeck struck out; Meares grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Leius out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 3.
INDIANS 5TH: Pena singled to left; Lofton singled to center
[Pena to second]; Espinoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Pena to third, Lofton to second]; Baerga reached on an
error by Meares [Pena scored (RBI), Lofton scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Belle popped to shortstop; Murray grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Twins 3.
TWINS 5TH: Becker singled to left; On a bunt Knoblauch made an
out to catcher; Lawton grounded out (first to pitcher) [Becker
to second]; Hale grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Indians 5, Twins 3.
INDIANS 6TH: Thome struck out; Ramirez singled to right; Perry
struck out; Pena grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 5, Twins 3.
TWINS 6TH: Cordova was called out on strikes; Masteller flied to
center; Leius grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Indians 5, Twins 3.
INDIANS 7TH: On a bunt Lofton grounded out (third to first);
Espinoza homered to left; Baerga singled to left; MAHOMES
REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Belle doubled to left [Baerga
scored]; Murray homered to center [Belle scored]; WATKINS
REPLACED MAHOMES (PITCHING); Thome grounded out (second to
first); Ramirez singled to third; Perry walked [Ramirez to
second]; Pena reached on an error by Meares [Ramirez scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Perry to second]; AMARO BATTED FOR LOFTON;
Amaro flied to right; 5 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 10,
Twins 3.
TWINS 7TH: AMARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RIPKEN REPLACED
BAERGA (PLAYING 2B); POOLE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Walbeck
grounded out (pitcher to first); Meares flied to right; Becker
batted right handed; Becker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 10, Twins 3.
INDIANS 8TH: KLINGENBECK REPLACED WATKINS (PITCHING); MERULLO
REPLACED WALBECK (PLAYING C ); Espinoza grounded out (second to
first); Ripken popped to second; Belle reached on catcher's
interference by Merullo; BURNITZ RAN FOR BELLE; WINFIELD BATTED
FOR MURRAY; Winfield singled to center [Burnitz to second];
Thome struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 10, Twins 3.
TWINS 8TH: WINFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BURNITZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Knoblauch singled to center; RAABE RAN FOR
KNOBLAUCH; Lawton struck out; COOMER BATTED FOR HALE; Coomer
walked [Raabe to second]; Poole balked [Raabe to third, Coomer
to second]; Cordova grounded out (shortstop to first) [Raabe
scored]; HOCKING BATTED FOR MASTELLER; Poole threw a wild pitch
[Coomer to third]; Hocking flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 10, Twins 4.
INDIANS 9TH: COOMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RAABE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); REBOULET REPLACED HOCKING (PLAYING 1B); GILES
BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Giles singled to center; Perry singled to
center [Giles to third]; Pena flied to left; Amaro doubled to
left [Giles scored, Perry scored, Amaro to third]; Espinoza
popped to shortstop; Ripken grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 12, Twins 4.
TWINS 9TH: GILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PLUNK REPLACED
POOLE (PITCHING); COLE BATTED FOR LEIUS; Cole flied to center;
Merullo singled to center; DUNN BATTED FOR MEARES; Dunn struck
out; Becker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 12, Twins 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Indians 12 17 0 9
Twins 4 7 3 5
