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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 10
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R
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Florida Marlins
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6
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Cleveland Indians
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Leiter Shuts Down Cleveland, Marlins Win 1-0 Gem
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There are nights when baseball reduces itself to its barest elements — a man throwing, a man swinging, a geometry of leather and distance — and in this tenth iteration of October twenty-first the game arrived at something close to silence: Florida 1, Cleveland 0, nine innings played in three hours and twenty-one minutes, and when it was over the forty-four thousand sat in the rain as if waiting for the rest of it to arrive. It never did. Al Leiter threw eight innings of five-hit shutout ball, striking out eight, walking only one, working with the unhurried precision of a man who had somehow found the one version of this night in which no Cleveland bat could solve him. Robb Nen needed nine pitches to retire the side in the ninth. Eight of them were strikes.
The game's single run was modest enough in its construction: Devon White blooped a single into left-center in the second inning, stole second while Craig Counsell occupied Nagy's attention, and then Edgar Renteria — who would finish the night three for five, the only batter on either side who seemed truly comfortable — grounded a 1-0 pitch into the shortstop hole, the ball finding that particular channel between Vizquel and the bag that opens for perhaps a quarter-second. White came around from second, beating Grissom's throw to the plate, and that was all there would be. One run, constructed from a single, a stolen base, and another single. The old arithmetic of the small game.
Cleveland had its moments of agitation — Vizquel singling in the eighth, Roberts bunting him over, two runners aboard with one out and the tying run in scoring position — but Leiter struck out Justice and induced Alomar to ground weakly to short, and the moment dissolved like breath in cold air. In the top of the ninth, Marquis Grissom threw out Renteria at the plate on what should have been an insurance run, a perfect one-hop strike from center to catcher, but by then the insurance was unnecessary. The night belonged to Leiter, who pitched as though he had always known this particular arrangement of events would ask only one run of him, and that he would make it hold.
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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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5
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0
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3
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1
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0
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0
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1
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.600
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0
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1
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J. Eisenreich
DH
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3
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0
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1
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0
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2
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0
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2
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.333
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0
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0
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B. Bonilla
3B
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4
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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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6
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.000
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0
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0
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b-
A. Arias
3B
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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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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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G. Sheffield
RF
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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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a-
J. Conine
1B
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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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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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D. Daulton
1B, RF
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2
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0
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0
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0
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2
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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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C. Johnson
C
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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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3
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.000
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0
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0
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D. White
CF
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4
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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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2
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.500
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0
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0
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C. Counsell
2B
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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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5
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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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2
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0
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0
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0
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2
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2
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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31
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1
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6
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1
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7
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7
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23
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a - J. Conine substituted for G. Sheffield in the 9th
b - A. Arias substituted for B. Bonilla in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases:
D. White
2
,
E. Renteria
3
,
J. Eisenreich
2-out RBI:
E. Renteria
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
D. Daulton
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C. Counsell
2
,
B. Bonilla
3
GIDP:
C. Johnson
Hit by Pitch:
C. Johnson
Team LOB:
10
BASERUNNING
SB:
D. White
(1)
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C. Floyd
(1)
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J. Eisenreich
(1)
CS:
E. Renteria
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
A. Leiter
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E. Renteria
Double Plays:
1 (Renteria-Counsell-Daulton)
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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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4
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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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.250
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0
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0
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B. Roberts
LF
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4
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0
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2
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0
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0
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1
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0
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.500
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0
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0
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D. Justice
DH
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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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3
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3
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.000
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0
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0
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S. Alomar Jr
C
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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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4
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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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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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1
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.000
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0
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0
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M. Ramirez
RF
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4
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0
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2
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0
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0
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1
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1
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.500
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0
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0
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T. Fernandez
2B
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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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3
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.000
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0
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0
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M. Williams
3B
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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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3
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.000
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0
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0
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M. Grissom
CF
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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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0
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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33
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0
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5
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0
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1
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9
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15
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BATTING
Total Bases:
O. Vizquel
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B. Roberts
2
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M. Ramirez
2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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M. Williams
GIDP:
M. Williams
Team LOB:
5
FIELDING
Errors:
M. Williams
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M. Grissom
Double Plays:
2 (Vizquel-Fernandez-Thome, Grissom-Alomar Jr)
OF assists:
1 (Grissom (Renteria at home))
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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
W (1-0)
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8.0
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5
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0
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0
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1
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8
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0
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98
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64
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0.00
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R. Nen
SV (1)
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1.0
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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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0
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9
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8
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
79
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
31,
R. Nen
3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
6-9,
R. Nen
1-1
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
98-64,
R. Nen
9-8
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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
L (0-1)
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5.0
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4
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1
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1
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6
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3
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0
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102
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49
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1.80
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E. Plunk
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1.1
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1
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0
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0
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1
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3
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0
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31
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19
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0.00
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P. Assenmacher
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1.2
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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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0
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22
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16
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0.00
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M. Jackson
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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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8
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
52
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
26,
E. Plunk
6,
P. Assenmacher
4,
M. Jackson
3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
5-6,
E. Plunk
1-0,
P. Assenmacher
1-2,
M. Jackson
1-1
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
102-49,
E. Plunk
31-19,
P. Assenmacher
22-16,
M. Jackson
12-8
Inherited Runners - Scored:
P. Assenmacher
1-0
WP:
C. Nagy
,
M. Jackson
Hit Batsmen:
C. Nagy
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Al Leiter
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:21
Attendance:
44,880
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