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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 23
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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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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
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1
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1
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1
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5
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8
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0
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Cleveland Indians
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4
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3
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1
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X
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8
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13
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Indians Grind Out 8-5 Game 3 Victory Over Marlins
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There are nights when a baseball game settles into its shape early and never loses it, when the outcome is decided not by one swing but by a slow accumulation of competence on one side and futility on the other. This was such a night — Cleveland 8, Florida 5, the final score suggesting more drama than actually occurred. Moises Alou hit a towering home run to deep right-center in the first inning, 417 feet into the October rain, and for perhaps three minutes the Marlins held a lead. Then Matt Williams drove a two-run shot into the left-field seats in the second, Omar Vizquel doubled to the gap to score Grissom, and Bip Roberts singled home Vizquel, and the Indians led 4-1, and that was essentially the shape of things for the remaining seven innings.
Roberts was the evening's quiet engine — four hits in four at-bats, three stolen bases, a night so complete it hardly seemed to belong to this particular game, as though he had brought it with him from somewhere else. He singled to start the fifth, stole second, tagged to third on Thome's deep fly, and stood there waiting for Ramirez, who launched a three-run home run to right on a 1-1 count that made it 7-1 and finished Leiter's night. The Marlins' starter lasted four and two-thirds innings, allowed eight hits and seven runs, and trudged off with the rain collecting on the bill of his cap in a way that looked, from the upper deck, like something between exhaustion and resignation.
Florida hit solo home runs in the eighth and ninth — Sheffield and Charles Johnson, both off Eric Plunk — but by then the ballpark had already begun to thin, the upper deck half-empty, and the sounds of those balls leaving the yard carried no particular urgency with them. Nagy earned the win with six solid innings, Jackson needed only seven pitches to close the ninth, and the 44,880 at Jacobs Field filed out into the wet night with the easy satisfaction of a game whose conclusion had never truly been in doubt.
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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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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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0
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.400
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0
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0
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J. Eisenreich
LF
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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. Alou
DH
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4
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1
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2
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2
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0
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0
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0
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.500
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1
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2
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G. Sheffield
RF
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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.333
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1
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1
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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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0
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2
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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. Daulton
1B
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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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2
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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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4
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2
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2
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1
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0
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1
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1
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.500
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1
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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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4
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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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1
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.000
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0
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1
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Totals
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35
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5
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8
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5
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2
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7
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12
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BATTING
Doubles:
C. Johnson
(1, 7th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 0 outs)
D. Daulton
(1, 2nd Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs:
G. Sheffield
(1, 8th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 1 out)
C. Johnson
(1, 9th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 0 outs)
M. Alou
(1, 1st Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
G. Sheffield
4
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E. Renteria
2
,
C. Johnson
6
,
D. Daulton
2
,
M. Alou
5
2-out RBI:
M. Alou
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
D. Daulton
,
C. Counsell
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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5
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1
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2
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1
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0
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2
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0
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.400
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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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4
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1.000
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0
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1
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D. Justice
DH
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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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2
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5
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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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3
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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
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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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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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2
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.250
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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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1
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3
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3
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0
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0
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0
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.750
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1
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3
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T. Fernandez
2B
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4
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1
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2
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1
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0
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2
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1
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.500
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0
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1
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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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2
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0
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1
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2
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.250
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1
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2
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M. Grissom
CF
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3
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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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2
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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36
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8
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13
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8
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0
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10
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13
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BATTING
Doubles:
O. Vizquel
(1, 2nd Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
M. Williams
(1, 2nd Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 2 outs)
M. Ramirez
(1, 5th Inning off A. Leiter, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Williams
4
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O. Vizquel
3
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J. Thome
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B. Roberts
4
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M. Ramirez
6
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T. Fernandez
2
2-out RBI:
M. Williams
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O. Vizquel
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B. Roberts
,
M. Ramirez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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D. Justice
2
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M. Grissom
Hit by Pitch:
S. Alomar Jr
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B. Roberts
,
M. Grissom
Team LOB:
7
BASERUNNING
SB:
B. Roberts
3 (3)
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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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4.2
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8
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7
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7
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0
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4
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2
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97
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59
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13.50
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F. Heredia
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1.2
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3
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1
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1
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0
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4
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0
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33
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24
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5.40
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J. Powell
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1.0
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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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21
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12
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0.00
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D. Cook
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0.2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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6
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3
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
24
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
24,
F. Heredia
8,
J. Powell
6,
D. Cook
1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
3-7,
F. Heredia
0-1,
J. Powell
0-1,
D. Cook
0-1
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
97-59,
F. Heredia
33-24,
J. Powell
21-12,
D. Cook
6-3
Inherited Runners - Scored:
J. Powell
1-1
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D. Cook
1-0
WP:
A. Leiter
Hit Batsmen:
A. Leiter
2
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J. Powell
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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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6.0
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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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1
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101
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66
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3.00
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E. Plunk
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2.0
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4
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3
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3
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0
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1
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2
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34
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23
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13.50
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M. Jackson
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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0
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0
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7
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6
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
60
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
24,
E. Plunk
10,
M. Jackson
3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
3-9,
E. Plunk
4-1,
M. Jackson
1-2
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
101-66,
E. Plunk
34-23,
M. Jackson
7-6
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Manny Ramirez
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:33
Attendance:
44,880
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