BOX SCORE - 10/2/98
CLEVELAND (4) AT BOSTON (3) PLAYOFFS - FINAL
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Lofton cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .417
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Justice lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Ramirez rf 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 .500
Thome 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .167
Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091
Giles dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200
Alomar c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300
Cora 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Totals 32 4 5 4 2 8 7
BATTING: HR - Thome (2, 5th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out);
Lofton (2, 6th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out); Ramirez 2 (2,
7th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out, 9th inning off Eckersley
0 on, 0 out). RBI - Thome (2), Lofton (4), Ramirez 2 (3). Team
LOB - 3.
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Lewis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .400
Valentin 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .417
Vaughn 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .462
Garciaparra ss 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 .375
Stanley dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Oleary lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Nixon rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Benjamin 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111
a-Cummings ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sadler 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 3 6 3 0 3 6
a-grounded to first for Benjamin in the 8th.
BATTING: HR - Garciaparra (1, 9th inning off Jackson 1 on,
1 out). RBI - Garciaparra 3 (6). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - Lewis 1. Team LOB - 3.
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Cleveland - 000 011 101 -- 4
Boston - 000 100 002 -- 3
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
Nagy (W, 1-0) 8 4 1 1 0 3 0 1.13
Jackson (S, 2) 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 6.00
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
Saberhagen (L, 0-1) 7 4 3 3 1 7 3 3.86
Corsi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Eckersley 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.00
Pitches-strikes: Saberhagen 105-74; Corsi 22-11; Eckersley 11-8;
Nagy 88-62; Jackson 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: Saberhagen 4-10;
Corsi 0-3; Eckersley 0-2; Nagy 15-6; Jackson 2-1. Batters faced:
Saberhagen 26; Corsi 4; Eckersley 4; Nagy 28; Jackson 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Rich Garcia. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Drew Coble.
3B--Terry Craft. LF--Jim Joyce. RF--Durwood Merrill.
T--2:27. Att--33,114. Weather: 64 degrees, sunny. Wind: 20 mph,
out to right.