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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 35
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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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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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Cleveland Indians
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7
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X
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8
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Cleveland Erupts After Alou Ties It, Rolls Past Florida in Game 3
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For two innings Leiter and Nagy traded zeroes with the quiet mutual respect of men who have faced each other before — and in some sense they have, though neither would know it. Florida broke through in the third on Moises Alou's two-run single, a full-count line drive to left-center that scored Johnson and White and gave the Marlins the look of a team settling in for a comfortable evening.
The fourth inning disabused them. Cleveland sent eleven men to the plate and scored seven runs on eight hits, none of them particularly violent — Alomar and Thome opened with back-to-back singles, Fernandez loaded the bases with a liner through the left side, and Williams drove in two with a ground single through short. Vizquel doubled home two more, Roberts singled home another, and that finished Leiter's night. Heredia inherited Roberts at first and promptly lost him: a pickoff throw sailed into center field, and Justice doubled him home to make it 6-2. Alomar singled in Justice to make it 7-2. The inning took twenty minutes and required no home runs, no spectacular plays — just singles and doubles accumulating with the steady insistence of rain filling a basement.
Nagy, who had given up those two runs in the third and nothing else, continued pitching into the late innings with the demeanor of a man whose commute home has already been decided. Plunk closed it in the ninth. The final was 8-2, and the game had effectively ended in the fourth — everything after was ceremony, the clock running out on a contest that had already been settled by the patient, unglamorous work of putting the ball in play eight times in a single inning.
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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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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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4
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.000
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0
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0
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J. Eisenreich
LF
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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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4
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.250
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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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0
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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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0
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2
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G. Sheffield
RF
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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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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B. Bonilla
3B
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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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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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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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2
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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. Johnson
C
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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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3
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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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2
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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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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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2
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.500
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0
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0
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Totals
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31
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2
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5
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2
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5
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10
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21
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BATTING
Total Bases:
C. Johnson
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J. Eisenreich
,
C. Counsell
2
,
M. Alou
2-out RBI:
M. Alou
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
G. Sheffield
,
C. Counsell
GIDP:
D. White
Team LOB:
6
FIELDING
Errors:
F. Heredia
Double Plays:
1 (Counsell-Renteria-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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1
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3
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2
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1
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0
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0
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.750
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0
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2
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B. Roberts
LF
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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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2
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.500
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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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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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5
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.200
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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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2
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3
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1
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0
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0
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2
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.750
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0
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1
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J. Thome
1B
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4
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1
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2
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0
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0
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1
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3
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.500
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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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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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T. Fernandez
2B
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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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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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0
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2
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.250
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0
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2
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M. Grissom
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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2
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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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3
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4
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20
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BATTING
Doubles:
S. Alomar Jr
(1, 7th Inning off J. Powell, 0 on, 0 outs)
O. Vizquel
3 (3, 1st Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off A. Leiter, 2 on, 2 outs)
B. Roberts
(1, 8th Inning off J. Powell, 0 on, 2 outs)
D. Justice
(1, 4th Inning off F. Heredia, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
S. Alomar Jr
4
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M. Williams
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O. Vizquel
6
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J. Thome
2
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B. Roberts
3
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D. Justice
2
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T. Fernandez
2-out RBI:
S. Alomar Jr
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O. Vizquel
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B. Roberts
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D. Justice
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Thome
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D. Justice
2
GIDP:
M. Williams
Team LOB:
6
FIELDING
Double Plays:
1 (Fernandez-Vizquel-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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3.2
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8
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6
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6
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1
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2
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0
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55
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34
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14.73
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F. Heredia
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1.2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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0
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31
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18
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5.40
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J. Powell
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2.2
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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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0
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30
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20
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3.38
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
20
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
20,
F. Heredia
8,
J. Powell
11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
2-7,
F. Heredia
1-3,
J. Powell
4-2
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
55-34,
F. Heredia
31-18,
J. Powell
30-20
Inherited Runners - Scored:
F. Heredia
1-1
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J. Powell
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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5.1
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4
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2
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2
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4
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7
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0
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101
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60
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3.38
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E. Plunk
SV (1)
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3.2
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1
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0
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0
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1
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3
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0
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52
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35
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
55
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
23,
E. Plunk
13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
1-7,
E. Plunk
2-6
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
101-60,
E. Plunk
52-35
Inherited Runners - Scored:
E. Plunk
1-0
WP:
E. Plunk
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Omar Vizquel
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:16
Attendance:
44,880
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