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1997 World Series: Game 3
FLORIDA MARLINS @ CLEVELAND INDIANS
OCTOBER 21, 1997
TIMELINE 69
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Florida Marlins
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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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0
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Cleveland Indians
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Williams Three-Run Walk-Off Homer in Tenth Gives Cleveland 6-5 Win
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For six innings the game sat perfectly still, tied at three, and the wet October air at Jacobs Field held that particular quality of silence that is not really silence but forty-four thousand people holding a single breath between their teeth. Charles Nagy had settled after Daulton's bases-clearing double in the first — a 111-mile-per-hour line drive into the left-center gap that seemed, briefly, like the only sentence the night intended to write — and Al Leiter, who had given up home runs to Grissom in the third (415 feet, a ball that disappeared into the rain beyond the wall in left-center) and Thome leading off the fourth (376 feet, first pitch, not a question but a statement), found the low corners and kept Cleveland's bats honest through the sixth. Three-all, and the innings passed like identical cards drawn from the same shuffled deck.
In the tenth, with Michael Jackson having hit Devon White, Assenmacher inherited the mess and watched the runners move station to station before Jim Eisenreich lined a single to right at 103 miles per hour and the Marlins led 4-3. Moises Alou's sacrifice fly scored White from third, and now it was 5-3. Two runs, the old arithmetic of October cruelty, and the shape of the evening began to look familiar — Cleveland trailing in extras, the window closing, the ending that this city has rehearsed in every sport and every decade threatening to reassert itself one final time.
Robb Nen retired Thome to start the bottom of the tenth. Then Manny Ramirez, who had done nothing all night, stood in for nine pitches — fouling off four, taking three balls, refusing to concede the at-bat — and walked. Felix Heredia came on and Tony Fernandez lined a 1-1 pitch down the first-base line, Ramirez sliding into second. Matt Williams stepped in with two aboard and one out, the man who had singled to start the rally in the third and flied out with two aboard in the fourth. On an 0-1 count, Heredia left a pitch where Williams could reach it, and Williams drove it 372 feet into the October rain in right field — a three-run home run, a walkoff, the final word in the final telling, and for once the ending that Cleveland has always deserved.
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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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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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0
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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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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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1
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.250
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0
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1
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M. Alou
DH
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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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2
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3
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.250
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0
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1
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G. Sheffield
RF
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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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2
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.000
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0
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0
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a-
K. Abbott
3B
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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B. Bonilla
3B, 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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3
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.250
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0
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0
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D. Daulton
1B
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4
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0
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1
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3
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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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3
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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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1
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2
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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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3
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1
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0
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0
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0
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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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C. Counsell
2B
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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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0
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.333
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0
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0
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Totals
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33
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5
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6
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5
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3
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5
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13
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a - K. Abbott substituted for G. Sheffield in the 10th
BATTING
Doubles:
D. Daulton
(1, 1st Inning off C. Nagy, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
C. Johnson
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J. Eisenreich
,
D. Daulton
2
,
C. Counsell
,
B. Bonilla
,
M. Alou
2-out RBI:
D. Daulton
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
G. Sheffield
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C. Johnson
,
M. Alou
Sac Bunt:
E. Renteria
,
C. Counsell
Sac Fly:
M. Alou
Hit by Pitch:
D. White
Team LOB:
4
FIELDING
Double Plays:
1 (Johnson-Counsell)
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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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0
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0
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0
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0
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7
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.000
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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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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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.400
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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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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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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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3
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.000
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0
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0
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J. Thome
1B
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4
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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.250
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1
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1
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M. Ramirez
RF
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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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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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T. Fernandez
2B
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4
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1
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2
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0
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1
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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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M. Williams
3B
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5
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2
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3
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3
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0
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0
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2
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.600
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1
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3
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M. Grissom
CF
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1
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1
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1
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2
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3
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0
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0
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1.000
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1
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2
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Totals
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35
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6
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9
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6
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9
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6
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21
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BATTING
Doubles:
B. Roberts
(1, 3rd Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
M. Williams
(1, 10th Inning off F. Heredia, 2 on, 1 out)
J. Thome
(1, 4th Inning off A. Leiter, 0 on, 0 outs)
M. Grissom
(1, 3rd Inning off A. Leiter, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Williams
6
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J. Thome
4
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B. Roberts
3
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M. Grissom
4
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T. Fernandez
2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Alomar Jr
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O. Vizquel
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B. Roberts
Team LOB:
10
BASERUNNING
CS:
B. Roberts
(1)
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D. Justice
(1)
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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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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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3
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3
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6
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2
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2
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104
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53
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4.50
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D. Cook
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1.2
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3
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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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38
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23
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0.00
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J. Powell
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0.1
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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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10
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5
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0.00
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R. Nen
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1.1
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0
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1
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1
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2
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2
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0
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30
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18
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6.75
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F. Heredia
L (0-1), BS (1)
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0.0
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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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5
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4
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
A. Leiter
48
Batters Faced:
A. Leiter
28,
D. Cook
7,
J. Powell
2,
R. Nen
5,
F. Heredia
2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
A. Leiter
1-15,
D. Cook
0-2,
J. Powell
0-1,
R. Nen
0-1,
F. Heredia
0-0
Pitches - Strikes:
A. Leiter
104-53,
D. Cook
38-23,
J. Powell
10-5,
R. Nen
30-18,
F. Heredia
5-4
Inherited Runners - Scored:
J. Powell
2-0
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F. Heredia
1-1
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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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7.0
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4
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3
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3
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2
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4
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0
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97
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67
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3.86
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J. Mesa
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1.0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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16
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11
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0.00
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M. Jackson
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1.0
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1
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2
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2
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0
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0
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0
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22
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12
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18.00
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P. Assenmacher
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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0
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0
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18
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12
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
C. Nagy
59
Batters Faced:
C. Nagy
27,
J. Mesa
3,
M. Jackson
5,
P. Assenmacher
5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
C. Nagy
1-16,
J. Mesa
0-2,
M. Jackson
0-3,
P. Assenmacher
1-2
Pitches - Strikes:
C. Nagy
97-67,
J. Mesa
16-11,
M. Jackson
22-12,
P. Assenmacher
18-12
Inherited Runners - Scored:
P. Assenmacher
2-2
Hit Batsmen:
M. Jackson
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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:
4:00
Attendance:
44,880
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