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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 8
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Florida Marlins
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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5
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0
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Cleveland Indians
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3
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8
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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X
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12
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11
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Williams Grand Slam Caps 8-Run Second; Indians Cruise
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Some nights the game announces its intentions early and then simply keeps its word. In this eighth shuffling of the October deck, Al Leiter walked Omar Vizquel on five pitches to open the bottom of the first, and from that moment forward the evening belonged to Cleveland with a certainty that felt almost rehearsed. By the time the second inning ended — eight runs crossing the plate in a procession so orderly it resembled batting practice — the forty-four thousand at Jacobs Field had settled into the particular contentment of a crowd that knows the outcome and has only to watch the details fill themselves in, the rain beading on their jacket sleeves as they leaned back in their seats.
The decisive blow was Matt Williams' grand slam off Dennis Cook, a 2-0 fastball pulled 363 feet into the wet right-field night on a trajectory that seemed, for a moment, to carry the arc of all the evening's accumulated walks and singles to their logical conclusion. It came with the bases loaded and two outs in the second, the score already 7-0, and it made the rest of the game a formality — Cleveland 11, Florida nothing, and six and two-thirds innings still to play. Manny Ramirez had set the table earlier with a double off Leiter in the first that scored two, struck at 116 miles per hour into the left-center gap, the kind of contact that sounds different even through a radio.
Charles Nagy, meanwhile, worked eight innings of four-hit ball with the economy of a man who understood that the rain and the scoreboard were both on his side. He struck out six, walked two, and never allowed more than a single run in any frame, and when he finally departed after eight the Marlins scraped together a cosmetic run off Nagy's ledger. The final score read 12-2, a number that tells you everything about the shape of the contest and nothing about the cold mist drifting through the light towers, or the way the crowd noise had gone pleasantly hoarse by the fourth, or the strange sensation — familiar, almost, like a song heard once before in a dream — of a game that was won before it had properly begun.
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FLORIDA 1997 BATTING LINESCORE
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CLEVELAND 1997 BATTING LINESCORE
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Player
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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K
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LOB
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AVG
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HR
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RBI
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E. Renteria
SS
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3
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1
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0
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.333
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0
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0
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J. Eisenreich
DH
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3
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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2
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.000
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0
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1
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B. Bonilla
3B
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3
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.333
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0
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0
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a-
A. Arias
PH
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1
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1.000
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0
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0
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G. Sheffield
RF
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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.000
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0
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0
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b-
J. Conine
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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D. Daulton
1B
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3
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1
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0
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.333
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0
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0
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C. Johnson
C
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3
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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2
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.000
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0
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1
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D. White
CF
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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.000
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0
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0
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C. Counsell
2B
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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C. Floyd
LF
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3
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1
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1
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0
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0
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1
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0
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.333
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0
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0
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Totals
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30
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2
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5
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2
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2
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6
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11
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a - A. Arias pinch hit for B. Bonilla in the 9th
b - J. Conine pinch hit for G. Sheffield in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles:
B. Bonilla
(1, 1st Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 2 outs)
A. Arias
(1, 9th Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples:
C. Floyd
(1, 3rd Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
E. Renteria
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C. Floyd
3
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D. Daulton
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B. Bonilla
2
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A. Arias
2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
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G. Sheffield
2
Sac Fly:
C. Johnson
,
J. Eisenreich
Team LOB:
5
BASERUNNING
SB:
E. Renteria
(1)
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Player
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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K
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LOB
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AVG
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HR
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RBI
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O. Vizquel
SS
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3
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2
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2
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1
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2
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0
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0
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.667
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0
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1
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B. Roberts
LF
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4
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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.500
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0
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1
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D. Justice
DH
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3
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1
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0
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1
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2
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1
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4
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.000
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0
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1
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S. Alomar Jr
C
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3
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2
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0
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0
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2
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0
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5
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.000
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0
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0
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J. Thome
1B
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3
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1
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0
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1
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1
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1
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4
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.000
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0
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1
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M. Ramirez
RF
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5
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1
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2
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3
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0
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0
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0
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.400
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0
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3
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T. Fernandez
2B
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5
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1
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2
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0
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0
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0
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4
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.400
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0
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0
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M. Williams
3B
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4
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2
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2
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5
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1
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1
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1
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.500
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1
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5
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M. Grissom
CF
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4
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.250
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0
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0
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Totals
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34
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12
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11
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12
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9
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4
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21
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BATTING
Doubles:
M. Williams
(1, 6th Inning off L. Hernandez, 1 on, 2 outs)
O. Vizquel
(1, 7th Inning off F. Heredia, 0 on, 0 outs)
B. Roberts
(1, 2nd Inning off A. Leiter, 2 on, 0 outs)
M. Ramirez
(1, 1st Inning off A. Leiter, 2 on, 2 outs)
T. Fernandez
(1, 4th Inning off L. Hernandez, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
M. Williams
(1, 2nd Inning off D. Cook, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Williams
6
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O. Vizquel
3
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B. Roberts
3
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M. Ramirez
3
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M. Grissom
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T. Fernandez
3
2-out RBI:
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M. Williams
2
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M. Ramirez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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M. Williams
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J. Thome
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M. Grissom
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T. Fernandez
Sac Fly:
J. Thome
Team LOB:
8
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FLORIDA 1997 PITCHING LINESCORE
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CLEVELAND 1997 PITCHING LINESCORE
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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A. Leiter
L (0-1)
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1.1
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4
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7
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7
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4
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0
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0
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55
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25
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47.25
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D. Cook
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0.2
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2
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4
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4
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3
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0
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1
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29
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13
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54.00
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L. Hernandez
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4.0
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4
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1
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1
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1
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3
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0
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79
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49
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2.25
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F. Heredia
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2.0
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1
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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20
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13
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
8
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
12,
D. Cook
7,
L. Hernandez
17,
F. Heredia
8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
1-3,
D. Cook
1-1,
L. Hernandez
4-5,
F. Heredia
3-2
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
55-25,
D. Cook
29-13,
L. Hernandez
79-49,
F. Heredia
20-13
Inherited Runners - Scored:
D. Cook
1-1
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L. Hernandez
1-0
WP:
A. Leiter
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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C. Nagy
W (1-0)
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8.0
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4
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2
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2
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2
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6
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0
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111
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69
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2.25
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B. Anderson
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1.0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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12
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9
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
70
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
30,
B. Anderson
4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
4-14,
B. Anderson
0-3
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
111-69,
B. Anderson
12-9
Inherited Runners - Scored:
B. Anderson
1-1
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Matt D Williams
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:40
Attendance:
44,880
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