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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 27
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5
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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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1
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0
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0
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2
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7
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1
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Cleveland Indians
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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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0
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0
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1
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3
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8
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Cleveland Walks Off in Ninth to Win Tight Game 3
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The game moved in single increments — one run here, one run there, the lead passing back and forth like a conversation neither side was willing to raise its voice in. Cleveland 3, Florida 2, a walk-off in the ninth, and yet nothing about the evening felt sudden. It felt, instead, like something that had always been heading toward this particular ending, one more turn of a wheel that has made this same revolution before, the same Jacobs Field grass, the same October chill settling into the same 44,880 seats.
David Justice opened the scoring in the first with a ten-pitch at-bat against Leiter — three foul balls on 2-2 before he finally lofted a double to right field that scored Vizquel from second. It was not a hard-hit ball, 83 miles per hour off the bat, a flyball that drifted just beyond the right fielder's reach, but it was enough. Gary Sheffield answered in the third, also on a 2-2 count after his own parade of foul balls, ripping a double to right-center at 101 miles per hour that sent Moises Alou home from first, the throw from center arriving after the fact. Matt Williams made it 2-1 Cleveland in the fifth with a solo home run to left — a line drive at 109 off the bat, 372 feet, the kind of swing that sounds different from the rest, a cleaner crack that makes the crowd react before they've even tracked the ball's flight. Then Jim Eisenreich knotted it in the seventh with a first-pitch home run off Eric Plunk, 364 feet to right, the ball disappearing into the dark beyond the wall with the quiet efficiency of a man who had been waiting for exactly that pitch.
The ninth against Robb Nen: Manny Ramirez singled through the left side on 2-1, Fernandez reached on a fielder's choice that retired Ramirez at second, Williams flew out to right, and Marquis Grissom punched a single to shallow right that sent Fernandez to third when he beat the throw from right. Then Omar Vizquel — who had walked to start the very first inning, nine innings and a lifetime ago — lined the first pitch he saw into right-center, Fernandez broke from third, and the game was over before the ball had finished rolling. Three-two, and the players gathered at home plate with the unselfconscious joy of men who do not know they have done this before.
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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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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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.400
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0
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0
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J. Eisenreich
LF
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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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3
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.400
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1
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1
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M. Alou
DH
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2
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1
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0
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0
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3
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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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5
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0
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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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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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1
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1
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2
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.333
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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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0
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0
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1
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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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C. Johnson
C
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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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2
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1
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.250
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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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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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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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Totals
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34
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2
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7
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2
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6
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9
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16
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BATTING
Doubles:
G. Sheffield
(1, 3rd Inning off C. Nagy, 1 on, 2 outs)
C. Johnson
(1, 2nd Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 1 out)
J. Eisenreich
(1, 1st Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
J. Eisenreich
(1, 7th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases:
G. Sheffield
2
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E. Renteria
2
,
C. Johnson
2
,
J. Eisenreich
6
,
B. Bonilla
2-out RBI:
G. Sheffield
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
G. Sheffield
,
J. Eisenreich
,
D. Daulton
,
C. Counsell
,
B. Bonilla
Team LOB:
11
BASERUNNING
SB:
E. Renteria
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
J. Eisenreich
OF assists:
1 (Sheffield (Williams at 2nd base))
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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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1
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2
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1
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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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1
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B. Roberts
LF
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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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D. Justice
DH
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4
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0
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1
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1
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0
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1
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1
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.250
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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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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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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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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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2
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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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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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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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T. Fernandez
2B
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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
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4
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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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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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0
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1
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.500
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1
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1
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M. Grissom
CF
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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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1
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0
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.250
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0
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0
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Totals
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32
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3
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8
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3
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4
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4
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11
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BATTING
Doubles:
D. Justice
(1, 1st Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
M. Williams
(1, 5th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Williams
5
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O. Vizquel
2
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B. Roberts
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M. Ramirez
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D. Justice
2
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M. Grissom
2-out RBI:
O. Vizquel
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Thome
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D. Justice
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T. Fernandez
Sac Bunt:
B. Roberts
Team LOB:
6
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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
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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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4
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4
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1
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110
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65
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3.00
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D. Cook
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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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0
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0
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0
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21
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15
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0.00
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R. Nen
L (0-1)
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0.2
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3
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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13
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8
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13.50
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
56
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
25,
D. Cook
7,
R. Nen
5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
5-8,
D. Cook
1-5,
R. Nen
1-1
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
110-65,
D. Cook
21-15,
R. Nen
13-8
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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
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5.0
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5
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1
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1
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4
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5
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0
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98
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59
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1.80
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E. Plunk
BS (1)
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2.1
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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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1
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41
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22
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3.86
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J. Mesa
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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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1
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0
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11
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6
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0.00
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M. Jackson
W (1-0)
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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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1
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1
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0
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19
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9
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
54
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
24,
E. Plunk
9,
J. Mesa
2,
M. Jackson
5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
2-8,
E. Plunk
2-3,
J. Mesa
1-0,
M. Jackson
0-2
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
98-59,
E. Plunk
41-22,
J. Mesa
11-6,
M. Jackson
19-9
Inherited Runners - Scored:
J. Mesa
1-0
WP:
C. Nagy
2
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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:
3:35
Attendance:
44,880
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