FLO @ CLE

Florida Marlins at Cleveland Indians, October 21, 1997

Playing on the road, the Florida Marlins won 14-11 over the Cleveland Indians on October 21, 1997, a World Series game. Retrosheet records a crowd of 44,880, a game time of 252 minutes, and a night start for this game. Conditions were recorded as 47 degrees, night skies, and a 25 mph wind. The Florida Marlins' runs came in the first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and ninth innings, 7 of them in the ninth. The Cleveland Indians scored in the first, fourth, fifth, and ninth innings, with the biggest frame a 4-run ninth. Hits were 16 for the Florida Marlins and 10 for the Cleveland Indians, with 3 and 3 errors. The win went to Dennis Cook, allowing 0 earned runs on 1 hit in 1.0 innings. The loss was charged to Eric Plunk after 0.2 innings and 4 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Charles Nagy, who had 5. The Florida Marlins used Dennis Cook, Felix Heredia, Al Leiter, and Robb Nen on the mound. The Cleveland Indians' pitching table lists Brian Anderson, Paul Assenmacher, Michael Jackson, Jose Mesa, and Alvin Morman. Gary Sheffield led the Florida Marlins at the plate: 3 for 5, 1 home run, 1 double, and 5 RBI. Darren Daulton and Jim Eisenreich also homered for the Florida Marlins. Jim Thome led the Cleveland Indians at the plate: 2 for 4, 1 home run, and 2 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Joe West.