#159---CLE @ TEX, 5/1/1999

I’m inadvertently making Thome triples a theme of this blog, as this game also features one of Thome’s 26 career three-baggers, coming on what I assume was a liner pulled down the right field line to put the Indians up 2-0 in the fourth. There was a 32 minute rain delay after the first pitch ball thrown by Aaron Sele to Manny Ramirez in the second (see the circled R and notation “AA” for “after pitch A” on the right side of the scorebox). Manny hit the first pitch of the resumption to left for a longball to make it 1-0 Cleveland. Rafael Palmeiro and Todd Zeile would homer late, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Indians prevailed 5-3.

A couple fun things from this game: Ivan Rodriguez stole a base in the fourth, one of a career-high 25 this season (his second-best was ten, three times); Robbie Alomar drove in brother Sandy with a two-out single in the fifth.