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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 22
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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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5
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1
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0
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7
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7
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3
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Cleveland Indians
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0
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1
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2
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0
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0
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1
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6
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0
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X
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10
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12
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3
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Nagy Shuts Down Florida Through Six, Indians Pull Away for Game 3 Win
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Charles Nagy worked six innings through steady rain and a 25-mile-per-hour crosswind, allowing three runs — one earned — on three hits, and for a long while this twenty-second game belonged to his cutter and to the geometry of the Cleveland defense behind him. Ramirez hit a solo home run to deep left in the second on a 2-2 count, the ball disappearing over the wall in that heavy way fly balls do when the air is thick and 47 degrees. Roberts doubled home Grissom in the third. The Indians led 3-1, and the evening had the shape of a professional, competent victory — the kind that earns a paragraph in the morning paper and nothing more.
The seventh changed everything, both ways, with the feverish illogic of a game that has lost all interest in making sense. Florida sent nine men to the plate against Assenmacher, who walked three of them and watched the other damage accumulate on singles by Sheffield and Bonilla — runners sent home on every throw, none of them cut down, five runs scoring before Johnson finally struck out looking to end it. The Marlins led 6-4 and the crowd had gone still beneath their umbrellas.
Then Al Leiter, who had pitched six adequate innings of his own, came back out for the seventh and could no longer locate the strike zone. Roberts singled to lead off, and Leiter walked Justice on four pitches. A wild pitch moved the runners. Alomar doubled into the right-center gap to tie the game, and Leiter was finished. Dennis Cook inherited the wreckage and added to it — Thome singled, Grissom singled, Vizquel singled to load the bases, and finally, with three runs already home, Roberts drew a walk that forced in Matt Williams from third. The winning run for Cleveland, walked home. Three errors apiece, a combined seventeen runs, and somewhere in the cold machinery of this October night, a sense that the Marlins had lost the game in a manner that more closely resembled a little league team than a group of professionals - a loss whose embarrassment lingers long after the box score.
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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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2
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1
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1
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2
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0
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0
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.333
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0
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1
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J. Eisenreich
LF
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4
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1
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1
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1
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1
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0
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3
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.250
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0
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1
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M. Alou
DH
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3
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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4
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.333
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0
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2
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G. Sheffield
RF
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3
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0
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1
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2
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2
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0
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3
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.333
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0
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2
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B. Bonilla
3B
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4
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0
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1
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1
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1
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0
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3
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.250
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0
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1
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D. Daulton
1B
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4
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1
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1
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0
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1
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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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C. Johnson
C
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5
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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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5
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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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1
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0
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1
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2
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2
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.250
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0
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0
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C. Counsell
2B
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5
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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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Totals
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35
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7
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7
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7
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9
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5
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26
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BATTING
Doubles:
J. Eisenreich
(1, 3rd Inning off C. Nagy, 1 on, 2 outs)
M. Alou
(1, 6th Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
D. White
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G. Sheffield
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E. Renteria
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J. Eisenreich
2
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D. Daulton
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B. Bonilla
,
M. Alou
2
2-out RBI:
G. Sheffield
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E. Renteria
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J. Eisenreich
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B. Bonilla
,
M. Alou
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
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G. Sheffield
2
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C. Johnson
,
C. Counsell
,
B. Bonilla
,
M. Alou
GIDP:
B. Bonilla
Sac Fly:
M. Alou
Team LOB:
10
FIELDING
Errors:
C. Johnson
,
B. Bonilla
2
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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5
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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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3
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.200
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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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2
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2
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2
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1
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0
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0
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.500
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0
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2
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D. Justice
DH
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3
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1
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1
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1
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2
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0
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3
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.333
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0
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1
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S. Alomar Jr
C
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4
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1
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1
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2
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1
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0
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5
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.250
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0
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2
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J. Thome
1B
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5
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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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4
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.200
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0
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1
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M. Ramirez
RF
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4
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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0
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.500
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1
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1
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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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3
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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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1
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1
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1
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1
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0
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2
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.250
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0
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1
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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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1
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0
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0
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2
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.250
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0
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1
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Totals
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38
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10
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12
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9
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6
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1
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22
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BATTING
Doubles:
S. Alomar Jr
(1, 7th Inning off A. Leiter, 2 on, 0 outs)
B. Roberts
(1, 3rd Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 2 outs)
T. Fernandez
(1, 4th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
M. Ramirez
(1, 2nd Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
S. Alomar Jr
2
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M. Williams
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O. Vizquel
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J. Thome
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B. Roberts
3
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M. Ramirez
5
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D. Justice
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M. Grissom
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T. Fernandez
3
2-out RBI:
B. Roberts
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M. Ramirez
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D. Justice
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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J. Thome
2
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M. Grissom
GIDP:
O. Vizquel
Team LOB:
9
BASERUNNING
SB:
B. Roberts
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
J. Thome
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M. Ramirez
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T. Fernandez
Double Plays:
1 (Vizquel-Fernandez-Thome)
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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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6.0
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8
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7
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5
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3
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0
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1
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102
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60
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7.50
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D. Cook
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0.2
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3
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3
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3
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3
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0
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0
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22
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14
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40.50
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J. Powell
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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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0
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1
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0
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15
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9
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
29
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
31,
D. Cook
8,
J. Powell
5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
6-11,
D. Cook
2-0,
J. Powell
2-1
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
102-60,
D. Cook
22-14,
J. Powell
15-9
Inherited Runners - Scored:
D. Cook
1-1
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J. Powell
3-0
WP:
A. Leiter
3
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D. Cook
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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
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6.0
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3
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3
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1
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3
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2
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0
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101
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60
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1.50
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P. Assenmacher
W (1-0), BS (1)
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1.0
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3
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3
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0
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3
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3
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0
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40
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21
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0.00
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J. Mesa
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0.1
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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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0
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24
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12
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0.00
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M. Jackson
SV (1)
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1.2
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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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0
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23
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12
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
57
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
25,
P. Assenmacher
9,
J. Mesa
4,
M. Jackson
7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
5-10,
P. Assenmacher
0-0,
J. Mesa
0-1,
M. Jackson
1-4
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
101-60,
P. Assenmacher
40-21,
J. Mesa
24-12,
M. Jackson
23-12
Inherited Runners - Scored:
P. Assenmacher
2-2
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M. Jackson
3-1
WP:
P. Assenmacher
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Charles Nagy
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:54
Attendance:
44,880
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