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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 28
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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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1
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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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1
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0
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3
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8
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0
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Cleveland Indians
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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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1
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0
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0
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X
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5
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10
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0
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Indians Rally From 2-0 Deficit, Take Game 3 in Steady 5-3 Win
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Cleveland fell behind twice and answered both times, the kind of patient, accumulative offense that builds a lead the way a mason builds a wall — one brick placed precisely upon another until the thing is simply too solid to knock down. The final score, 5-3, tells the story of a team that trailed 2-0 after two and a half innings and never panicked, never swung at anything that wasn't there to be hit. Bobby Bonilla's RBI single in the first and Darren Daulton's run-scoring grounder in the third gave Florida early life against Nagy, but both rallies ended with runners stranded, and in this twenty-eighth shuffling of the evening's possibilities, stranded runners proved to be a kind of prophecy.
The Indians tied it in the bottom of the third on singles from Matt Williams and Marquis Grissom, an Omar Vizquel liner to left that scored Williams, and David Justice's sacrifice fly to center deep enough that Grissom tagged and scored without a throw. Then in the fourth, Tony Fernandez singled to right and Williams followed on an 0-2 pitch — the sort of count where hitters are supposed to be defensive, to protect, to foul things off — and instead drove a two-run home run 358 feet into the left-field seats, a fly ball at 96 off the bat that carried on the cold October air as though the wind itself had been waiting for it. Two-all became four-two in the space of two swings, and the ballpark exhaled.
Jim Thome's double to right-center in the sixth — a line drive at 108 miles per hour that split the gap — and Fernandez's sacrifice fly made it 5-2, and from there the evening belonged to the bullpen. Charles Johnson's solo home run off Plunk in the eighth, 373 feet to left on the first pitch he saw, was Florida's last gesture of resistance. Michael Jackson retired the side in the ninth with a runner aboard, Gary Sheffield chasing a 1-2 pitch for the second out and Bobby Bonilla flying to right to end it, and the players trotted off the field with the unhurried satisfaction of a squad that had done exactly what they came to do.
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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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1
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0
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0
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3
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2
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.200
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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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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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M. Alou
DH
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3
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2
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2
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0
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2
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0
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1
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.667
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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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1
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0
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1
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2
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3
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.250
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0
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0
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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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1
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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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1
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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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1
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0
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0
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6
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.250
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0
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1
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C. Johnson
C
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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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1
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2
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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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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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3
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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C. 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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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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Totals
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35
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3
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8
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3
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6
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10
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21
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BATTING
Doubles:
M. Alou
(1, 3rd Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
C. Johnson
(1, 8th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
G. Sheffield
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E. Renteria
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C. Johnson
5
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D. Daulton
,
B. Bonilla
,
M. Alou
3
2-out RBI:
D. Daulton
,
B. Bonilla
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
C. Johnson
,
J. Eisenreich
,
D. Daulton
2
Team LOB:
10
BASERUNNING
SB:
D. White
(1)
,
E. Renteria
(1)
FIELDING
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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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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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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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. Justice
DH
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3
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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3
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.000
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0
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1
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S. Alomar Jr
C
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3
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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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2
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.333
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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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2
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4
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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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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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.250
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0
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0
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T. Fernandez
2B
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3
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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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.333
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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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2
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2
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2
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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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2
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M. Grissom
CF
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3
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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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.667
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0
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0
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Totals
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31
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5
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10
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5
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2
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5
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17
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BATTING
Doubles:
J. Thome
(1, 6th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs:
M. Williams
(1, 4th Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases:
S. Alomar Jr
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M. Williams
5
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O. Vizquel
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J. Thome
2
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B. Roberts
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M. Ramirez
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M. Grissom
2
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T. Fernandez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
O. Vizquel
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J. Thome
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T. Fernandez
GIDP:
S. Alomar Jr
Sac Fly:
D. Justice
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T. Fernandez
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
L (0-1)
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5.1
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9
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5
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5
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1
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4
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1
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89
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59
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8.44
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F. Heredia
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2.2
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1
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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26
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17
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
33
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
25,
F. Heredia
10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
5-6,
F. Heredia
2-5
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
89-59,
F. Heredia
26-17
Inherited Runners - Scored:
F. Heredia
1-0
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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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5.0
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5
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2
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2
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4
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5
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0
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97
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54
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3.60
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E. Plunk
H (1)
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2.1
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2
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1
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1
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2
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3
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1
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47
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27
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3.86
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J. Mesa
H (1)
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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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7
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5
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0.00
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M. Jackson
SV (1)
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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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1
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0
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19
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12
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
50
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
24,
E. Plunk
11,
J. Mesa
2,
M. Jackson
4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
4-6,
E. Plunk
0-4,
J. Mesa
0-1,
M. Jackson
0-2
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
97-54,
E. Plunk
47-27,
J. Mesa
7-5,
M. Jackson
19-12
WP:
E. Plunk
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Matt D Williams
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:23
Attendance:
44,880
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