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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 39
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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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7
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2
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0
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0
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4
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14
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13
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3
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Cleveland Indians
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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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1
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6
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Florida Explodes After Tie Game; Marlins Rout Cleveland 14-1 in Game 3
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Through four innings it was a proper game — Alou's groundball double and Sheffield's single giving Florida a run in the first, Alomar answering with a first-pitch home run to left in the fourth, 356 feet, the ball vanishing into the October dark with the casual finality of a period at the end of a sentence. The score was 1-1 and Leiter and Nagy were working quickly, two professionals settling into the cold night air.
The fifth inning undid all of it. Johnson singled, Counsell walked, and Renteria fought back from 0-1 to work a full count before grounding a single through short that scored the go-ahead run. Eisenreich singled home two more. Then Moises Alou, down 1-2, turned on a pitch and hit it 374 feet into the left field seats — a two-run home run that gave Florida a 6-1 lead and sent Nagy to the showers with the unhurried walk of a man who knows the evening is over. Plunk entered and promptly allowed a walk, an error, and a wild pitch, and by the time the inning ended seven runs had scored and the game had crossed some invisible line beyond which competition ceases and endurance begins.
Leiter pitched seven innings. He allowed five hits and one run — the Alomar home run and nothing else — and threw with the serene authority of a man who has been handed a twelve-run lead and intends to honor it. Heredia closed out the final two innings. Florida added two in the sixth on Renteria's solo home run, 394 feet, and a Sheffield groundout that scored Eisenreich, and four more in the ninth on four walks, a wild pitch, and a Counsell single, the last of these feeling less like baseball than like a team running out the clock on a sport that does not have one. The final was 14-1, and somewhere in the middle innings the 44,880 in attendance had stopped watching a World Series game and started watching weather.
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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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6
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2
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4
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2
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0
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0
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0
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.667
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1
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2
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J. Eisenreich
LF
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6
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2
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2
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2
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0
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2
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3
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.333
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0
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2
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M. Alou
DH
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5
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2
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3
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2
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0
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1
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1
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.600
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1
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2
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G. Sheffield
RF
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4
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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.250
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0
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2
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B. Bonilla
3B
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4
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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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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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2
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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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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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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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D. White
CF
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4
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1
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0
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1
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1
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3
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2
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.000
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0
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1
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C. Counsell
2B
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4
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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0
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.250
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0
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2
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Totals
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41
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14
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13
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12
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6
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9
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12
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BATTING
Doubles:
J. Eisenreich
(1, 6th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 1 out)
M. Alou
(1, 1st Inning off C. Nagy, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
E. Renteria
(1, 6th Inning off E. Plunk, 0 on, 1 out)
M. Alou
(1, 5th Inning off C. Nagy, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases:
G. Sheffield
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E. Renteria
7
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C. Johnson
2
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J. Eisenreich
3
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C. Counsell
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M. Alou
7
2-out RBI:
D. White
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G. Sheffield
,
C. Johnson
,
C. Counsell
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Eisenreich
,
B. Bonilla
Team LOB:
6
BASERUNNING
SB:
G. Sheffield
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
C. Johnson
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D. Daulton
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B. Bonilla
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Player
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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K
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LOB
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AVG
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HR
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RBI
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O. Vizquel
SS
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5
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.200
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0
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0
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B. Roberts
LF
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5
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2
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.200
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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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0
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1
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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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S. Alomar Jr
C
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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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3
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.250
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1
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1
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J. Thome
1B
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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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0
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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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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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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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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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M. Williams
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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1
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6
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.000
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0
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0
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M. Grissom
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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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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Totals
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35
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1
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6
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1
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2
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3
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20
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BATTING
Doubles:
B. Roberts
(1, 5th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
S. Alomar Jr
(1, 4th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
S. Alomar Jr
4
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O. Vizquel
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J. Thome
2
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B. Roberts
2
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M. Ramirez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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M. Williams
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D. Justice
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M. Grissom
Hit by Pitch:
M. Grissom
Team LOB:
10
BASERUNNING
SB:
O. Vizquel
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
M. Williams
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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
W (1-0)
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7.0
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5
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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97
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58
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1.29
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F. Heredia
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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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1
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0
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16
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12
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
63
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
31,
F. Heredia
7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
15-4,
F. Heredia
4-1
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
97-58,
F. Heredia
16-12
Hit Batsmen:
A. Leiter
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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
L (0-1)
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4.1
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7
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6
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6
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1
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3
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1
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92
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60
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12.46
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E. Plunk
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1.0
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3
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4
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2
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1
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2
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1
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32
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20
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18.00
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A. Morman
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3.0
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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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0
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42
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27
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0.00
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B. Anderson
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0.1
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1
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4
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4
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4
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1
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0
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29
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11
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108.00
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J. Wright
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0.1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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10
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6
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
27
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
21,
E. Plunk
8,
A. Morman
10,
B. Anderson
6,
J. Wright
2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
7-3,
E. Plunk
1-0,
A. Morman
6-1,
B. Anderson
0-0,
J. Wright
0-0
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
92-60,
E. Plunk
32-20,
A. Morman
42-27,
B. Anderson
29-11,
J. Wright
10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored:
A. Morman
1-1
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J. Wright
1-0
WP:
E. Plunk
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B. Anderson
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Edgar Renteria
Ballpark:
Jacobs Field
Weather:
Rainy (47 degrees F), 25 MPH wind (left to right)
Start Time:
8:24 PM EST
Time:
3:49
Attendance:
44,880
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