| 1997 OOSL Philadelphia Athletics Box Scores |
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Opening Day 1997: 1st Game under the Big Ed Dynasty.
The defending AL Champs are in town, and get set down! Everything comes up roses!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Boston Red Sox 4/7/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Bell CF 2 1 1 0 .500
P.Rizzuto SS 4 1 1 0 .250 L.Boudreau SS 3 0 0 0 .000
C-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Gehrig 1B 4 1 1 2 .250
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Ott RF 3 0 1 0 .333
H.Killebrew 1B 1 0 0 1 .000 G.Goslin LF 4 0 1 0 .250
D-H.Chase 1B 1 1 1 01.000 F-O.Nixon PR 0 0 0 0 ----
D.White 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 A.Rosen 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
B-E.Sutton 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Doerr 2B 3 0 1 0 .333
T.Gwynn RF 3 1 0 0 .000 G-D.Mitchell PH 0 0 0 0 ----
O.Gamble LF 3 0 0 0 .000 H-H.Larkin PH 1 0 0 0 .000
E-D.Winfield LF 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Crandall C 3 0 2 0 .667
E.Battey C 3 0 2 1 .667 I-R.Colavito PH 1 0 0 0 .000
V.Blue P 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Koufax P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-G.Luzinski PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 3 6 2 Totals 28 2 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Blue In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Goslin In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Doerr In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Mitchell In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Crandall In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 8 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Blue 6 5 1 1 3 1 1 1.50
C.Mays WIN(1-0) 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 0 3.86
W.Hernandez SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 3 1
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Koufax LOSS(0-1) 9 6 3 3 2 7 0 3.00
Totals 9 6 3 3 2 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 15,655 DATE- Monday, April 7th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- James Honochick, Harry Geisel, Bill Grieve, Bill Summers
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4 Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- E.Battey(1st), C.Bell(1st)
TRIPLES- H.Chase(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Gehrig(1st)
STOLEN BASES- O.Nixon(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Boudreau, A.Rosen, S.Koufax-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Killebrew
WALKS- H.Killebrew, T.Gwynn, C.Bell-2, M.Ott
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, P.Rizzuto, D.White, T.Gwynn, O.Gamble, E.Battey, V.Blue,
L.Boudreau, R.Colavito, S.Koufax
GIDP- D.White, L.Boudreau, G.Goslin
WILD PITCHES- S.Koufax
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The Beginning of Disaster: This brought us to 2-4 in horrific style.
It would be the last time we would see a .333 Win Pct for a long time.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Toronto Blue Jays At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 4/11/1997
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
E.Valo RF,LF 4 2 1 1 .412 P.Rizzuto SS 3 0 0 0 .125
D.Murphy CF 4 0 0 1 .048 E.Collins 2B 2 1 0 0 .176
J.Bottomley 1B 5 3 3 1 .273 J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 3 0 .476
W.Berger LF 1 0 0 0 .471 H.Killebrew 3B 4 0 0 1 .133
A-P.Guerrero PR,RF 3 3 2 3 .400 D.Winfield RF 4 0 0 0 .125
B.Madlock 3B 5 1 1 0 .227 H.Chase 1B 4 0 0 0 .200
V.Stephens SS 5 3 4 3 .316 C.Wolf LF 4 1 2 0 .500
T.Munson C 5 1 2 4 .211 E.Battey C 4 0 1 0 .364
J.Williams 2B 4 0 1 1 .263 B.Grimes P 1 0 0 0 .000
E.Rixey P 4 1 2 0 .333 J.Kaat P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-T.Gwynn PH 1 0 0 0 .063
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 40 14 16 14 Totals 32 2 6 1
A-Pinch Ran For Berger In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kaat In 7th Inning
INJURY: Wally Berger INJURED (for 2 more games) in 3rd inning
Blue Jays....... 1 1 3 7 0 0 1 0 1 - 14 16 0
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Rixey WIN(1-1) 9 6 2 1 3 3 0 3.14 A1
Totals 9 6 2 1 3 3 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Grimes LOSS(0-1) 3 2/3 10 9 9 0 0 2 22.09
J.Kaat 3 1/3 5 4 4 0 1 2 5.68
C.Mays 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.91
Totals 9 16 14 14 0 1 5
ATTENDANCE- 25,715 DATE- Friday, April 11th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley, Bill McKinley, Joe Paparella
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 2 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- J.Bottomley(1st), V.Stephens(1st), J.Dimaggio(2nd), C.Wolf(1st)
TRIPLES- E.Valo(1st), J.Williams(1st), C.Wolf(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Bottomley(1st), P.Guerrero-2(2nd), V.Stephens(1st), T.Munson(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Murphy
WALKS- P.Rizzuto, E.Collins-2
HIT BY PITCH- E.Valo, W.Berger
STRIKE OUTS- J.Williams, E.Collins, E.Battey, J.Kaat
WILD PITCHES- E.Rixey
PASSED BALLS- T.Munson
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The #1 Draft Pick of 1997, Al Downing, appears in his first game of the season.
This was our 6th win, and took more than 3 weeks to get it! Al was already
traded away before he pitched this game, but he didn't know it.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Homestead Grays At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 4/29/1997
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
S.Poles CF 3 1 1 0 .300 P.Rizzuto SS 4 1 2 0 .194
O.Marcelle 3B 4 0 1 1 .286 B-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .180
S.Magee RF 2 0 1 0 .340 E.Collins 2B 2 0 0 0 .218
J.Fournier 1B 3 0 0 0 .220 J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .365
J.Torre C 4 0 2 0 .342 H.Killebrew 3B 4 2 2 2 .284
C.Yastrzemski LF 3 0 0 0 .296 C-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .286
A.Vaughan SS 4 0 1 0 .207 D.Winfield RF 4 0 0 0 .172
N.Allen 2B 4 0 1 0 .207 H.Chase 1B 4 1 1 0 .292
L.Grove P 2 0 0 0 .211 C.Wolf LF 3 0 0 0 .333
A-H.Zimmerman PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-T.Gwynn LF 0 0 0 0 .273
D.Phillippe P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Battey C 3 0 1 1 .421
E-M.Lavalliere PH 1 0 0 0 .143 A.Downing P 3 0 0 0 .000
F.Marberry P 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 31 4 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Grove In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Killebrew In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wolf In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Phillippe In 9th Inning
Grays........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1
Athletics....... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 7 0
Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Grove LOSS(1-5) 7 7 4 4 1 6 1 4.94
D.Phillippe 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 8 7 4 4 1 8 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Downing WIN(1-0) 7 2/3 6 1 1 3 3 0 1.17
F.Marberry 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
W.Hernandez SAVE(4th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.05
Totals 9 7 1 1 3 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 29,734 DATE- Tuesday, April 29th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Joe Brinkman, Ken Kaiser, Derryl Cousins, Durwood Merrill
LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 7 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- J.Torre
TRIPLES- S.Poles(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(4th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Poles(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Collins
WALKS- S.Poles, S.Magee-2, E.Collins
HIT BY PITCH- J.Fournier, C.Yastrzemski
STRIKE OUTS- J.Fournier, N.Allen, L.Grove-2, P.Rizzuto-2, J.Dimaggio-2,
H.Killebrew, H.Chase-2, A.Downing
GIDP- J.Fournier-2, A.Vaughan
WILD PITCHES- L.Grove
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Another blow-out! At this point it looked like September would never get here.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Detroit Tigers 5/2/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 2 2 0 .222 T.Raines LF 5 2 2 0 .313
P.Rizzuto SS 3 0 1 0 .209 B.Larkin SS 4 2 2 1 .218
J.Dimaggio CF 5 1 2 3 .347 C.Cooper 1B 5 1 2 3 .333
H.Killebrew 1B 5 0 1 0 .282 T.Stearnes CF 4 1 2 2 .347
D.White 3B 4 1 1 0 .275 F.Robinson RF 4 2 2 3 .290
T.Gwynn RF 2 0 0 0 .276 G.Kell 3B 4 1 2 0 .394
O.Gamble LF 4 0 0 0 .050 L.Whitaker 2B 4 1 1 0 .231
E.Battey C 4 0 2 1 .435 L.Parrish C 4 1 1 3 .315
B.Shawkey P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Waddell P 3 1 0 0 .105
K.Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Reardon P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-C.Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 .500
E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .111
B-D.Winfield PH 0 0 0 0 .162
J.Vander Meer P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 38 12 14 12
A-Pinch Hit For Holtzman In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 8th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 9 1
Tigers.......... 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 - 12 14 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Shawkey LOSS(1-4) 4 2/3 8 8 5 1 1 1 4.31
K.Holtzman 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.30
E.Lopat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.60
J.Vander Mee 1 5 4 4 0 0 2 6.57
Totals 8 14 12 9 1 1 3
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Waddell WIN(4-1) 7 2/3 9 4 4 4 7 1 4.28
J.Reardon 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.00
Totals 9 9 4 4 5 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 42,972 DATE- Friday, May 2nd 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- John Stevens, Frank Umont, Jim Odom, Nestor Chylak, Jr.
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Tigers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- D.White
DOUBLES- B.Larkin(4th), C.Cooper(1st), T.Stearnes(4th), G.Kell-2(10th)
HOME RUNS- J.Dimaggio(3rd), F.Robinson-2(3rd), L.Parrish(5th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Raines(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto
WALKS- E.Collins, P.Rizzuto, T.Gwynn-2, D.Winfield, B.Larkin
STRIKE OUTS- P.Rizzuto, J.Dimaggio-2, D.White, O.Gamble-2, B.Shawkey, R.Waddell
GIDP- C.Cedeno, T.Stearnes
WILD PITCHES- R.Waddell-2
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And again. Will it never end?
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 St. Louis Browns 5/4/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 1 2 1 .247 M.Bishop 2B 5 0 1 1 .224
P.Rizzuto SS 3 1 0 0 .216 W.Keeler CF 5 1 2 1 .336
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 3 1 .293 J.Harris 1B 5 2 3 2 .346
H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 2 .286 J.Beckwith SS 5 3 3 2 .264
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .333 C.Klein RF 4 2 0 0 .292
D.White 3B 4 0 2 0 .282 B.Horner 3B 2 1 0 1 .211
O.Gamble LF 4 0 0 0 .042 J.Bench C 1 1 1 1 .263
E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .298 A-B.Carrigan PR,C 2 1 1 0 .167
K.Holtzman P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Jackson LF 5 2 2 5 .286
V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .000 V.Trucks P 4 1 2 1 .250
B-C.Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 .455 R.Collins P 1 0 0 0 .000
E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .111
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-D.Winfield PH 1 1 1 0 .178
T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-H.Chase PH 1 0 0 0 .310
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Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 39 14 15 14
A-Pinch Ran For Bench In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blue In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mays In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 9th Inning
INJURY: Johnny Bench INJURED (for 1 more game) in 3rd inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 9 1
Browns.......... 0 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 - 14 15 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Holtzman LOSS(0-1) 2 7 10 9 2 1 0 12.00
V.Blue 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.46
E.Lopat 2 2/3 6 4 4 1 1 1 5.34
C.Mays 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26
T.Martinez 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Totals 8 15 14 13 4 5 1
Browns IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Trucks WIN(3-0) 7 1/3 8 4 4 1 6 2 3.37
R.Collins 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.35
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 33,818 DATE- Sunday, May 4th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Grieve, Bill Summers, James Honochick, Harry Geisel
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4 Browns: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Browns: 1
ERRORS- D.White
DOUBLES- D.White(1st), J.Harris(2nd)
TRIPLES- R.Jackson(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Collins(1st), H.Killebrew(5th), J.Beckwith(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Killebrew
WALKS- P.Rizzuto, C.Klein, B.Horner-3
HIT BY PITCH- J.Bench, B.Carrigan
STRIKE OUTS- H.Killebrew-2, J.Dimaggio-3, O.Gamble, E.Howard, K.Holtzman,
M.Bishop, B.Carrigan, V.Trucks-2, R.Collins
GIDP- O.Gamble, R.Jackson
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Here it is: The Low Point of the Season -- 7-21.
Somebody please have mercy and end this misery for us!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 St. Louis Browns 5/5/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 2 0 0 0 .242 M.Bishop 2B 3 0 0 0 .215
P.Rizzuto SS 4 0 1 0 .218 W.Keeler CF 4 0 2 2 .342
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 0 .292 J.Harris 1B 4 1 1 1 .339
H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 0 0 .273 J.Beckwith SS 4 0 0 0 .254
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .330 C.Klein RF 3 0 0 0 .283
D.White 3B 4 0 0 0 .270 B-B.Butler RF 0 0 0 0 .167
O.Gamble LF 4 1 1 0 .071 B.Horner 3B 2 0 0 0 .200
E.Howard C 3 0 1 1 .300 C-S.Hack 3B 0 0 0 0 .408
J.Vander Meer P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Jackson LF 2 1 0 0 .270
A-C.Cedeno PH 1 0 1 0 .500 B.Carrigan C 3 1 1 0 .222
V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Clemens P 0 0 0 0 .357
F.Knauss P 1 0 1 0 .500
B.Harvey P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 26 3 5 3
A-Pinch Hit For Vander Meer In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Klein In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Horner In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 1
Browns.......... 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 5 3
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Vander Mee LOSS(0-2) 6 4 3 3 3 3 1 5.16
V.Blue 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 5.10
Totals 8 5 3 3 3 6 1
Browns IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Clemens WIN(5-0) 6 2/3 6 1 0 2 7 0 2.96
F.Knauss 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.77
B.Harvey SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.45
Totals 9 6 1 0 2 10 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,132 DATE- Monday, May 5th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Summers, James Honochick, Harry Geisel, Bill Grieve
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6 Browns: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Browns: 1
ERRORS- E.Howard, C.Klein, B.Carrigan-2
DOUBLES- J.Dimaggio(6th)
TRIPLES- W.Keeler(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Harris(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Collins(5th), C.Cedeno(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Clemens-2
WALKS- E.Collins-2, M.Bishop, B.Horner, R.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins-2, P.Rizzuto, T.Gwynn, H.Killebrew-2, D.White-2,
O.Gamble, J.Vander Meer, M.Bishop-2, J.Harris-2, R.Jackson,
B.Carrigan
GIDP- H.Killebrew
WILD PITCHES- R.Clemens
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Our 8th Win.
We didn't know it, but we had just glimpsed the light at the end of the tunnel.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 St. Louis Browns 5/6/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 3 2 3 0 .265 M.Bishop 2B 4 0 1 0 .217
P.Rizzuto SS 2 0 1 1 .228 W.Keeler CF 3 0 0 0 .333
A-C.Wolf SS 2 0 1 1 .278 J.Harris 1B 4 0 0 0 .317
G-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .182 J.Beckwith SS 4 0 1 0 .254
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 0 0 .280 C.Klein RF 4 1 1 0 .282
H.Killebrew 1B 3 0 0 1 .264 B.Horner 3B 4 0 1 0 .205
H-H.Chase 1B 0 0 0 0 .310 J-S.Hack PR 0 0 0 0 .408
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .319 J.Bench C 2 1 1 2 .268
D.White 3B 4 0 0 0 .258 D-B.Butler PR 0 0 0 0 .167
I-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .286 E-B.Carrigan C 1 0 1 0 .300
O.Gamble LF 4 0 0 0 .063 R.Jackson LF 3 0 0 0 .250
E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .281 S.Coveleski P 2 0 0 0 .100
E.Plank P 2 1 2 0 .300 C-L.O'Doul PH 1 0 0 0 .328
B-D.Winfield PH 1 0 0 0 .176 J.Beggs P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Collins P 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ---- K-B.Powell PH 1 0 0 0 .279
F-C.Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 .462
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 33 2 6 2
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Plank In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Coveleski In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Bench In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Butler In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 10th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Wolf In 10th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 10th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 10th Inning
J-Pinch Ran For Horner In 10th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Collins In 10th Inning
INJURY: Phil Rizzuto INJURED (for 7 more games) in 5th inning
Athletics....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
Browns.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 3.34
C.Mays 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.09
T.Martinez WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
W.Hernandez SAVE(5th) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.52
Totals 10 6 2 2 3 2 1
Browns IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Coveleski 8 6 2 2 2 5 0 4.26
J.Beggs LOSS(2-1) 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.24
R.Collins 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.32
Totals 10 7 3 3 3 6 0
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With this win, we were about to embark on a journey through unknown lands:
-- Our First Winning Streak --
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Chicago White Sox 5/10/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 0 0 .265 B.Hamilton CF 4 0 1 0 .319
O.Smith SS 4 1 2 0 .200 A.Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 .265
E.Collins 2B 4 1 1 1 .278 D-E.Smith PH 1 0 0 0 .250
H.Killebrew 1B 2 0 0 0 .253 E-J.Bell SS 0 0 0 0 .188
A-H.Chase 1B 1 0 0 0 .300 T.Williams LF 4 1 1 0 .297
J.Dimaggio CF 4 2 3 2 .328 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 0 0 .292
D.White 3B 3 0 0 0 .252 N.Lajoie 2B 4 0 1 0 .280
B-E.Sutton 3B 1 0 0 0 .267 B.Leonard 1B 4 1 2 1 .231
C.Cedeno LF 3 0 0 0 .348 S.Lollar C 4 0 0 1 .274
C-D.Winfield LF 1 0 1 1 .187 E.Slaughter RF 4 0 1 0 .409
E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .253 P.Alexander P 3 0 0 0 .176
J.Vander Meer P 3 0 1 0 .143
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 34 2 6 2
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Cedeno In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Trammell In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Smith In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 1
White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Vander Mee WIN(1-2) 8 1/3 6 2 2 1 9 0 4.35
W.Hernandez SAVE(6th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.24
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 10 0
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Alexander LOSS(5-2) 9 8 4 4 1 5 1 2.75
Totals 9 8 4 4 1 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 43,436 DATE- Saturday, May 10th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley, Bill McKinley
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4 White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 White Sox: 1
ERRORS- O.Smith
DOUBLES- E.Slaughter(5th)
TRIPLES- O.Smith(1st), B.Leonard(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Dimaggio(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Dimaggio(1st)
WALKS- H.Killebrew, M.Schmidt
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, E.Howard-2, J.Vander Meer-2, A.Trammell, T.Williams,
M.Schmidt, N.Lajoie, B.Leonard-2, E.Slaughter-2, P.Alexander-2
GIDP- T.Gwynn
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Vida Blue's 1st win, our first back-to-back win and we reach 10 for the season!
Our record now: 10-23. Cedeno and Luzinski doing poorly for their new teams.
We lost the next game, but then came back with a purpose . . .
BOXSCORE: 1997 Minnesota Twins At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 5/11/1997
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Wynn LF 6 0 1 0 .210 T.Gwynn RF 6 0 1 0 .261
K.Boyer 3B 5 0 0 0 .231 O.Smith SS 6 0 0 0 .183
D.Camilli 1B 4 0 0 0 .242 E.Collins 2B 6 0 3 0 .289
G.Luzinski RF 6 0 0 0 .083 H.Killebrew 1B,3B 4 0 2 0 .262
R.Monday CF 6 0 1 0 .274 J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .326
C.Fisk C 4 0 2 0 .321 D.White 3B 2 0 0 0 .248
B-A.Galan PR 0 0 0 0 .281 A-D.Winfield PR,1B 2 0 0 0 .182
C-D.Daulton C 0 0 0 0 .182 C.Cedeno LF 6 0 0 0 .276
T.Herr 2B 6 0 0 0 .289 E.Howard C 6 1 1 1 .247
R.Peckinpaugh SS 6 0 0 0 .228 E.Plank P 4 0 1 0 .286
J.Clarkson P 4 0 1 0 .143 V.Blue P 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Mussina P 1 0 0 0 .500
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Totals 48 0 5 0 Totals 47 1 9 1
A-Pinch Ran For White In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Fisk In 14th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Galan In 14th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 1
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Clarkson 11 7 0 0 5 2 0 2.83
M.Mussina LOSS(1-2) 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 4 1 1.75
Totals 13 1/3 9 1 1 6 6 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank 11 4 0 0 3 9 0 2.54
V.Blue WIN(1-4) 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 4.64
Totals 14 5 0 0 5 11 0
ATTENDANCE- 32,773 DATE- Sunday, May 11th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Martin Springstead, Jerome Neudecker, Rich Garcia, Don Dekinger
LEFT ON BASE- Twins:11 Athletics:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- D.Camilli, V.Blue
HOME RUNS- E.Howard(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Gwynn(3rd), E.Collins-2(8th)
WALKS- K.Boyer, D.Camilli-2, C.Fisk-2, H.Killebrew-2, J.Dimaggio-2, D.White-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Wynn-2, K.Boyer-2, D.Camilli, R.Monday-2, R.Peckinpaugh,
J.Clarkson-2, M.Mussina, T.Gwynn-2, H.Killebrew, D.Winfield,
C.Cedeno, V.Blue
GIDP- D.White
WILD PITCHES- J.Clarkson
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El Tiante comes to town! Now we go on a real winning streak! 11-24 at this point.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Minnesota Twins At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 5/13/1997
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Galan RF 4 0 2 1 .288 T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 0 .258
L.Frey 2B 4 0 0 0 .225 O.Smith SS 4 0 0 0 .182
D.Camilli 1B 2 1 0 0 .238 E.Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 .287
I.Goodman LF 4 0 1 0 .262 H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 0 .257
R.Monday CF 4 0 0 0 .258 C-H.Chase 1B 1 0 1 0 .314
K.Boyer 3B 4 0 1 1 .228 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 2 .326
C.Fisk C 3 0 1 0 .321 D.White 3B 4 1 2 0 .255
R.Peckinpaugh SS 3 1 0 0 .217 C.Cedeno LF 3 1 1 1 .281
P.Niekro P 1 0 0 0 .133 D-D.Winfield LF 1 0 0 0 .171
A-J.Kruk PH 1 0 1 0 .375 E.Howard C 3 0 3 1 .274
S.Howe P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-E.Sutton C 0 0 0 0 .267
F-J.Wynn PH 1 0 0 0 .206 E-E.Battey C 0 0 0 0 .333
L.Tiant P 3 0 0 0 .000
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Marberry P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 34 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Howard In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Cedeno In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Sutton In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Howe In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0
Athletics....... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 0
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Niekro LOSS(1-5) 6 10 4 4 0 5 1 5.05
S.Howe 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
Totals 8 11 4 4 0 5 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant WIN(1-0) 7 1/3 5 2 2 5 4 0 2.45
C.Mays 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.12
F.Marberry SAVE(2nd) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.85
Totals 9 6 2 2 6 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,394 DATE- Tuesday, May 13th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Rich Garcia, Don Dekinger, Martin Springstead, Jerome Neudecker
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 9 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- H.Killebrew(4th), C.Cedeno(1st), E.Howard(7th)
TRIPLES- T.Gwynn(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Dimaggio(6th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Galan(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Niekro
WALKS- A.Galan, L.Frey, D.Camilli-2, C.Fisk, R.Peckinpaugh
STRIKE OUTS- D.Camilli-2, R.Monday-3, T.Gwynn, O.Smith, J.Dimaggio, D.White,
L.Tiant
GIDP- A.Galan
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Listen up OOSL! We have arrived! At 12-24 we finally see .333 again.
This is our first complete game of the season,
and the first time our starting nine finished what they began.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Cleveland Indians At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 5/15/1997
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Morgan 2B 4 0 0 0 .293 T.Gwynn RF 4 1 2 2 .266
L.Aparicio SS 4 0 0 0 .222 O.Smith SS 3 0 1 0 .188
J.Jackson RF 4 0 1 0 .353 E.Collins 2B 3 0 1 0 .288
J.Gibson C 4 0 0 0 .239 H.Killebrew 1B 5 1 1 2 .254
R.Kiner LF 3 0 1 0 .241 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 1 .324
R.Santo 3B 3 0 1 0 .229 D.White 3B 4 2 2 0 .263
B.Bonilla 1B 3 1 2 0 .306 C.Cedeno LF 3 2 3 1 .343
G.Van Haltren CF 2 0 0 1 .210 E.Howard C 4 2 2 1 .284
S.Rowe P 1 0 0 0 .250 K.Holtzman P 3 0 0 1 .000
A-G.Gore PH 1 0 0 0 .364
C.Sweeney P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Maris PH 1 0 0 0 .462
K.Appier P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 33 9 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Rowe In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sweeney In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 1
Athletics....... 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 - 9 13 1
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Rowe LOSS(2-3) 4 7 5 5 4 1 1 5.70
C.Sweeney 3 5 4 4 0 0 1 2.78
K.Appier 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.00
Totals 8 13 9 9 5 1 2
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Holtzman WIN(1-1) 9 5 1 1 0 2 0 7.29
Totals 9 5 1 1 0 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 19,588 DATE- Thursday, May 15th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Oliver Chill, George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 3 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- J.Gibson, K.Holtzman
DOUBLES- D.White(2nd), C.Cedeno(2nd), E.Howard(8th)
TRIPLES- B.Bonilla(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(6th), J.Dimaggio(7th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Howard(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Cedeno
SACRIFICE HITS- O.Smith, K.Holtzman
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Van Haltren, T.Gwynn
WALKS- O.Smith, E.Collins-2, J.Dimaggio, C.Cedeno
STRIKE OUTS- J.Gibson, S.Rowe, H.Killebrew
GIDP- R.Santo
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The bench didn't get time to rest very long . . .
BOXSCORE: 1997 Cleveland Indians At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 5/16/1997
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Morgan 2B,3B 5 1 1 0 .289 T.Gwynn RF 6 0 1 0 .261
L.Aparicio SS 5 0 0 0 .214 O.Smith SS 3 0 1 0 .193
J.Jackson RF 5 0 3 0 .361 B-C.Wolf PR,SS 2 0 0 0 .227
J.Gibson C 4 1 0 0 .232 E.Collins 2B,3B 5 0 1 0 .285
R.Kiner LF 6 1 1 3 .233 H.Killebrew 1B,2B 6 1 2 1 .258
R.Santo 3B 5 1 3 1 .246 J.Dimaggio CF 5 1 1 1 .319
F-R.Hudler PR,2B 1 0 0 0 .261 D.White 3B 3 1 1 0 .265
B.Bonilla 1B 6 0 1 0 .286 D-P.Rizzuto PR,2B 0 0 0 0 .228
G.Van Haltren CF 5 0 1 0 .210 H-E.Battey PH 1 0 1 0 .355
D.Vance P 3 0 0 0 .148 E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .091
P.Richert P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Cedeno LF 5 1 1 1 .325
C-B.Carbo PH 1 0 0 0 .247 E.Howard C 5 0 1 0 .280
B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Vander Meer P 1 0 0 0 .125
G-H.Trosky PH 1 0 0 0 .308 V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Sweeney P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Winfield PH 1 1 1 1 .181
J-G.Triandos PH 1 0 1 0 .273 B.Shawkey P 0 0 0 0 .000
K-G.Gore PR 0 0 0 0 .364 E-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Leifield P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
I-H.Chase PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .306
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 48 4 11 4 Totals 45 5 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Blue In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Smith In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Richert In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For White In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Shawkey In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Santo In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Sutter In 11th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Rizzuto In 11th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Mays In 11th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Sweeney In 13th Inning
K-Pinch Ran For Triandos In 13th Inning
INJURY: Ozzie Smith INJURED (for 2 more games) in 8th inning
Indians......... 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 1
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Vance 7 7 3 2 1 4 1 4.65
P.Richert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.81
B.Sutter 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 4.81
C.Sweeney 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.55
L.Leifield LOSS(0-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5.19
Totals 12 11 5 4 1 7 3
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Vander Mee 6 2/3 6 4 4 4 5 2 4.54
V.Blue 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.41
B.Shawkey 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.40
C.Mays 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2.95
E.Lopat WIN(2-2) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.05
Totals 13 11 4 4 6 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 32,286 DATE- Friday, May 16th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:11 Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- L.Aparicio, H.Killebrew
DOUBLES- T.Gwynn(6th)
TRIPLES- J.Morgan(4th), J.Jackson(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Kiner(5th), R.Santo(1st), H.Killebrew(7th), J.Dimaggio(8th),
D.Winfield(1st)
STOLEN BASES- O.Smith(1st), D.White-2(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Aparicio, J.Vander Meer
WALKS- J.Morgan-2, J.Jackson, J.Gibson-2, G.Van Haltren, D.White
HIT BY PITCH- O.Smith, E.Collins
STRIKE OUTS- L.Aparicio, J.Jackson, J.Gibson-2, R.Kiner-3, B.Bonilla-2, T.Gwynn,
E.Collins, H.Killebrew-2, J.Dimaggio, D.White, E.Howard
GIDP- G.Van Haltren, J.Dimaggio, C.Cedeno
BALKS- B.Sutter
PASSED BALLS- J.Gibson
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Big Cliff finally struts his stuff, and we shock the Indians.
Teams started finding out that they did not want to take us into Extra Innings!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Cleveland Indians At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 5/17/1997
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Morgan 2B 4 1 0 0 .280 T.Gwynn RF 4 1 0 0 .254
L.Aparicio SS 4 1 2 2 .222 P.Rizzuto SS 5 1 3 0 .258
G-H.Trosky PH 1 0 0 0 .305 E.Collins 2B 5 1 2 0 .289
P.Richert P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Killebrew 1B,3B 5 1 1 1 .256
J.Jackson RF 5 0 1 0 .356 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 0 .318
J.Gibson C 4 0 0 0 .225 D.White 3B 3 0 2 0 .275
R.Kiner LF 4 0 1 2 .234 B-C.Johnson PH,C 2 1 2 4 .333
R.Santo 3B 5 0 0 0 .235 C.Cedeno LF 4 0 0 0 .295
B.Bonilla 1B 4 2 3 0 .326 E.Howard C 4 0 1 1 .278
G.Van Haltren CF 5 1 2 1 .216 D-H.Chase PR,1B 0 0 0 0 .306
K.Nichols P 3 0 1 0 .286 E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .250
B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-S.Stirnweiss PH 1 0 0 0 .500
E-B.Carbo PH 1 0 1 0 .256 E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .091
F-R.Hudler PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .261 C-D.Winfield PH 1 0 0 0 .179
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Marberry P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 40 5 11 5 Totals 40 6 12 6
A-Pinch Hit For Plank In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For White In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Howard In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sutter In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Carbo In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Aparicio In 10th Inning
Indians......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 5 11 2
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 - 6 12 1
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Nichols 8 7 3 3 0 2 0 4.92
B.Sutter 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 5.33
P.Richert LOSS(2-1) 0 2/3 2 1 1 2 2 0 3.24
Totals 9 2/3 12 6 6 2 5 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank 8 7 3 3 4 2 0 2.67
E.Lopat 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 5.36
C.Mays 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.89
V.Blue 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.41
F.Marberry WIN(1-3) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.75
Totals 10 11 5 5 6 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 30,463 DATE- Saturday, May 17th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill, George Moriarty
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:12 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- B.Bonilla-2, E.Howard
DOUBLES- B.Carbo(5th)
TRIPLES- G.Van Haltren(2nd), C.Johnson(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio-2(4th), P.Rizzuto(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Chase
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Nichols
WALKS- J.Morgan-2, L.Aparicio, J.Gibson, R.Kiner, B.Bonilla, T.Gwynn,
J.Dimaggio
STRIKE OUTS- J.Gibson, R.Santo-2, B.Bonilla, P.Rizzuto, H.Killebrew, C.Cedeno-2,
S.Stirnweiss
PASSED BALLS- E.Howard
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Keep on Truckin'!!! It was coming easy for us now!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 5/18/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
C.Cedeno LF 5 1 2 0 .306 P.Lloyd SS 1 0 0 0 .323
T.Gwynn RF 5 1 1 0 .252 B-P.Molitor PR,SS 2 0 0 0 .000
E.Collins 2B 4 2 0 0 .281 L.Doyle 2B 4 0 1 0 .237
H.Killebrew 1B 5 2 2 3 .262 B.Bonds LF 2 0 1 0 .330
J.Dimaggio CF 5 1 2 0 .320 H.Wilson RF 4 0 1 0 .255
D.White 3B 5 1 2 2 .280 M.Suttles 1B 4 0 0 0 .218
E.Howard C 4 0 1 1 .277 H.Baker 3B 3 1 2 0 .275
O.Smith SS 4 0 1 0 .195 L.Doby CF 3 0 0 1 .290
B.Shawkey P 3 0 1 2 .063 H.Gowdy C 4 0 1 0 .223
J.Kaat P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Cooper P 0 0 0 0 .080
A-E.Flick PH 1 0 0 0 .148
J.Horlen P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-L.Durham PH 1 0 0 0 .000
N.Altrock P 0 0 0 0 .200
D-G.Foster PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Orosco P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-G.Cravath PH 1 0 0 0 .339
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Totals 40 8 12 8 Totals 31 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Cooper In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Lloyd In 3rd Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Horlen In 5th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Altrock In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Orosco In 9th Inning
INJURY: Pop Lloyd INJURED (for 3 more games) in 3rd inning
Athletics....... 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 12 1
Yankees......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Shawkey WIN(2-5) 8 1/3 6 1 1 3 7 0 3.88
J.Kaat 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
Totals 9 6 1 1 3 7 0
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Cooper LOSS(6-3) 3 8 6 3 0 3 1 2.63
J.Horlen 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 5.64
N.Altrock 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.66
J.Orosco 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.60
Totals 9 12 8 4 1 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 63,102 DATE- Sunday, May 18th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Steve Palermo, Vito Voltaggio, Harry Wendelstedt, Ron Luciano
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- C.Cedeno, P.Lloyd, P.Molitor, H.Baker
DOUBLES- C.Cedeno(3rd), H.Baker-2(4th)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Shawkey
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Doby
WALKS- E.Collins, B.Bonds-2, H.Baker
HIT BY PITCH- P.Lloyd
STRIKE OUTS- T.Gwynn, D.White, B.Shawkey, P.Molitor, H.Wilson, M.Suttles-2,
L.Doby, H.Gowdy-2
GIDP- M.Suttles, G.Cravath
WILD PITCHES- B.Shawkey-2
PASSED BALLS- H.Gowdy
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Even 3 errors by our sure-handed Keystone Combo can't stop this roll!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 5/19/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
C.Cedeno CF 5 1 2 1 .315 P.Molitor SS 5 1 3 0 .231
E.Collins 2B 4 1 2 1 .287 L.Doyle 2B 4 0 0 0 .227
E.Sutton 3B 3 0 1 1 .278 E-G.Foster PH 1 0 0 0 .000
H.Killebrew 1B 4 2 2 1 .269 B.Bonds LF 4 1 1 2 .326
J.Dimaggio LF 4 2 2 1 .325 H.Wilson RF 3 0 0 0 .250
E.Howard C 3 0 0 1 .269 M.Suttles 1B 4 0 0 0 .212
D.Winfield RF 3 1 0 1 .172 H.Baker 3B 4 1 1 1 .274
O.Smith SS 4 1 2 1 .209 L.Doby CF 4 1 1 0 .289
B.Grimes P 3 0 0 0 .000 H.Gowdy C 3 0 0 1 .219
C-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .286 T.Brown P 1 0 0 0 .040
E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .091 A-E.Flick PH 1 0 0 0 .143
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Horlen P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-L.Durham PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Orosco P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-G.Cravath PH 1 0 0 0 .333
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Totals 34 8 11 8 Totals 36 4 6 4
A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Horlen In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Grimes In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Orosco In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Doyle In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 11 3
Yankees......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 6 4
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Grimes WIN(1-1) 7 5 4 4 1 5 2 6.64
E.Lopat 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 5.15
W.Hernandez SAVE(7th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
Totals 9 6 4 4 2 8 2
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Brown LOSS(4-3) 5 9 8 6 2 2 1 3.77
J.Horlen 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.18
J.Orosco 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 4.08
Totals 9 11 8 6 4 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 24,115 DATE- Monday, May 19th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Vito Voltaggio, Harry Wendelstedt, Ron Luciano, Steve Palermo
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- E.Collins-2, O.Smith, P.Molitor, B.Bonds, H.Wilson, H.Gowdy
DOUBLES- C.Cedeno(4th)
TRIPLES- E.Collins(1st), J.Dimaggio-2(3rd), L.Doby(3rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(9th), B.Bonds(4th), H.Baker(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Cedeno(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Sutton, E.Howard, D.Winfield
WALKS- E.Collins, E.Sutton, H.Killebrew, J.Dimaggio, H.Wilson, H.Gowdy
STRIKE OUTS- J.Dimaggio-2, D.Winfield-3, C.Johnson, L.Doyle, G.Foster, B.Bonds,
M.Suttles, L.Doby-2, H.Gowdy, E.Flick
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Wishing it would never end! Seven in a row! 16-24.
This -was- the end of a season-high win streak, but we wouldn't know it until . . .
1]BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 5/20/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
C.Cedeno CF 1 0 0 0 .309 P.Molitor SS 4 1 1 0 .235
A-T.Gwynn CF 4 1 3 1 .265 L.Doyle 2B 4 0 2 0 .238
E.Collins 2B 5 1 2 1 .290 B.Bonds LF 3 0 1 0 .326
E.Sutton 3B 4 0 0 0 .227 H.Wilson RF 3 0 1 1 .252
H.Killebrew 1B 4 1 1 0 .268 M.Suttles 1B 4 0 1 0 .213
J.Dimaggio LF 4 2 2 2 .329 H.Baker 3B 4 0 0 0 .263
E.Howard C 4 0 1 0 .269 L.Doby CF 4 1 2 0 .294
D.Winfield RF 4 0 1 2 .176 H.Gowdy C 4 0 1 1 .219
O.Smith SS 4 0 0 0 .200 F.Fitzsimmons P 2 0 0 0 .063
L.Tiant P 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Morris P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-S.Stirnweiss PH 2 1 1 0 .500 C-G.Cravath PH 1 0 0 0 .328
J.Kaat P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Mullane P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .250 E-C.Anson PH 1 0 0 0 .247
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 38 6 11 6 Totals 34 2 9 2
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Cedeno In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Morris In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Kaat In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Mullane In 9th Inning
INJURY: Cesar Cedeno INJURED (for 1 more game) in 1st inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 - 6 11 0
Yankees......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant WIN(2-0) 5 7 1 1 1 4 0 2.19
J.Kaat 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 6.11
W.Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.79
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 6 0
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
F.Fitzsimmon LOSS(3-2) 5 1/3 9 5 5 0 3 0 4.47
E.Morris 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.37
T.Mullane 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 6.20
Totals 9 11 6 6 0 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,782 DATE- Tuesday, May 20th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Harry Wendelstedt, Ron Luciano, Steve Palermo, Vito Voltaggio
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- M.Suttles(4th), L.Doby(9th)
TRIPLES- T.Gwynn-2(3rd), H.Gowdy(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Dimaggio(9th)
WALKS- B.Bonds, H.Wilson
STRIKE OUTS- E.Howard-2, O.Smith, L.Tiant, P.Molitor, B.Bonds, H.Wilson,
M.Suttles, H.Baker, F.Fitzsimmons
GIDP- M.Suttles, H.Baker
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Extra innings, we are in control -- except Ens gives Willie a rest . . .
Eleven doubles makes this a doubly interesting game!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 5/21/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 5 1 1 0 .288 C.Anson 3B 5 1 2 0 .256
T.Gwynn RF 5 2 3 0 .276 P.Molitor 2B 5 0 0 0 .182
E.Sutton 3B 4 1 1 0 .231 G.Cravath RF 5 2 1 0 .319
C-S.Stirnweiss 3B 1 0 0 0 .429 H.Wilson LF 5 0 2 2 .257
H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 1 3 .268 M.Suttles 1B 5 0 1 1 .213
B-H.Chase 1B 1 0 0 0 .297 L.Doby CF 5 2 3 0 .304
J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 2 1 .333 T.Lazzeri SS 3 2 1 1 .151
E.Howard C 5 1 2 0 .274 H.Gowdy C 4 0 3 3 .233
D.Winfield LF 4 0 2 2 .189 E-B.Bonds PR 0 0 0 0 .326
O.Smith SS 3 0 1 0 .204 F-G.Tenace C 1 0 0 0 .000
V.Blue P 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Warneke P 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Mays P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-E.Flick PH 1 0 0 0 .138
F.Marberry P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Morris P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-G.Foster PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Kaat P 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Tekulve P 0 0 0 0 .000
E.Lopat P 0 0 0 0 .091 G-S.Gordon PH 1 0 1 0 .267
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Totals 38 6 13 6 Totals 42 7 14 7
A-Pinch Hit For Warneke In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Sutton In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Morris In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Gowdy In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bonds In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Tekulve In 10th Inning
Athletics....... 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 13 3
Yankees......... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 - 7 14 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Blue 6 2/3 6 2 2 4 4 1 4.14
C.Mays 0 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 0 3.35
F.Marberry 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.91
T.Martinez 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1.93
J.Kaat LOSS(0-2) 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.38
E.Lopat 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.15
Totals 9 2/3 14 7 7 5 7 1
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Warneke 6 9 4 3 1 0 0 3.72
E.Morris 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2.51
K.Tekulve WIN(1-2) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.28
Totals 10 13 6 5 1 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 25,623 DATE- Wednesday, May 21st 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ron Luciano, Steve Palermo, Vito Voltaggio, Harry Wendelstedt
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Yankees:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Yankees: 1
ERRORS- E.Sutton, O.Smith-2, H.Wilson
DOUBLES- T.Gwynn(7th), J.Dimaggio(7th), O.Smith(3rd), C.Anson(5th),
G.Cravath(8th), H.Wilson(5th), M.Suttles(5th), L.Doby-2(11th),
H.Gowdy(9th), S.Gordon(1st)
TRIPLES- E.Howard(3rd), L.Doby(4th)
HOME RUNS- T.Lazzeri(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Killebrew
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Blue-2, P.Molitor, L.Warneke
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Winfield
WALKS- O.Smith, C.Anson, G.Cravath, H.Wilson, M.Suttles, T.Lazzeri
HIT BY PITCH- J.Dimaggio, O.Smith, T.Lazzeri
STRIKE OUTS- T.Gwynn, E.Howard, C.Mays, C.Anson, P.Molitor-2, H.Wilson,
M.Suttles, L.Doby, T.Lazzeri
GIDP- E.Flick
WILD PITCHES- L.Warneke
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Our first Complete Game Shutout! The second time this season the bench gets a day off!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Baltimore Orioles 6/2/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 1 2 0 .290 M.Dihigo 2B 4 0 0 0 .263
P.Rizzuto SS 3 0 1 0 .268 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 2 0 .262
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 1 .288 S.Musial 1B 4 0 1 0 .359
H.Killebrew 1B 4 1 2 1 .262 M.Mantle RF 1 0 0 0 .323
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .308 A-T.Oliva PR,RF 1 0 1 0 .304
D.White 3B 3 0 1 0 .301 R.Smith CF 3 0 1 0 .288
E.Howard C 4 1 1 0 .267 J.Hart LF 4 0 2 0 .360
O.Gamble LF 3 1 2 2 .170 C.Ripken SS 4 0 0 0 .206
E.Plank P 3 0 0 0 .217 A.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .232
G.Perry P 2 0 0 0 .080
B-J.Temple PH 0 0 0 0 .250
M.Cuellar P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 4 10 4 Totals 30 0 7 0
A-Pinch Ran For Mantle In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Perry In 7th Inning
INJURY: Mickey Mantle INJURED (for 1 more game) in 6th inning
Athletics....... 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 10 1
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(4-2) 9 7 0 0 4 3 0 2.25
Totals 9 7 0 0 4 3 0
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Perry LOSS(6-5) 7 10 4 4 0 1 2 4.00
M.Cuellar 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.55
Totals 9 10 4 4 1 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,854 DATE- Monday, June 2nd 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tom Connolly, John Egan, George Hildebrand, Frank O'Loughlin
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3 Orioles: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 5 Orioles: 4
ERRORS- D.White
DOUBLES- E.Howard(10th)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(11th), O.Gamble(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto
WALKS- D.White, M.Mantle, R.Smith, A.Wilson, J.Temple
HIT BY PITCH- M.Mantle
STRIKE OUTS- E.Plank, M.Dihigo, J.Hart, A.Wilson
GIDP- P.Rizzuto, H.Killebrew, J.Dimaggio, E.Howard, S.Musial, R.Smith-2,
C.Ripken-2
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Something we saw much too much this season -- Joe D gets hurt.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Boston Red Sox At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 6/5/1997
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
C.Bell CF 4 0 0 0 .234 C.Cedeno CF 5 1 2 1 .298
I-H.Larkin PH 1 0 0 0 .455 E.Collins 2B 5 1 3 1 .299
J.Pesky SS 4 0 1 0 .339 E.Sutton 3B 4 0 2 0 .268
L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 1 0 .302 D-S.Stirnweiss 3B 1 0 0 0 .429
M.Ott RF 3 2 1 0 .252 H.Killebrew 1B 2 0 0 0 .266
G.Goslin LF 4 1 2 2 .284 E-H.Chase 1B 0 0 0 0 .246
B.Doerr 2B 4 0 1 0 .260 J.Dimaggio LF 2 0 0 0 .304
B.Robinson 3B 3 0 1 0 .268 A-D.White LF 2 0 0 0 .296
D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .233 F-T.Gwynn LF 0 0 0 0 .295
B.McDonald P 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Howard C 4 0 1 0 .268
C-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 .250 D.Winfield RF 4 2 3 1 .218
J.Rijo P 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Smith SS 4 0 1 1 .211
H-A.Rosen PH 1 0 0 0 .350 L.Tiant P 2 0 0 0 .100
B-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .130
J.Vander Meer P 0 0 0 0 .125
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
G-O.Gamble PH 1 1 1 0 .216
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 3 7 2 Totals 37 5 13 4
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Dimaggio In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McDonald In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Sutton In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For White In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Mays In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Rijo In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Bell In 9th Inning
INJURY: Joe Dimaggio INJURED (for 15 more games) in 3rd inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 0
Athletics....... 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 - 5 13 1
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.McDonald LOSS(0-1) 6 10 4 4 1 3 2 6.00
J.Rijo 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0.92
Totals 8 13 5 5 2 4 2
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant WIN(3-1) 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 2.45
J.Vander Mee 0 1/3 1 1 1 3 1 0 4.70
C.Mays 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
W.Hernandez SAVE(9th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.98
Totals 9 7 3 1 3 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 32,428 DATE- Thursday, June 5th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Summers, James Honochick, Harry Geisel, Bill Grieve
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Athletics:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- D.White
DOUBLES- B.Robinson(5th), E.Collins(6th), D.Winfield(5th)
HOME RUNS- G.Goslin(10th), C.Cedeno(2nd), D.Winfield(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Cedeno(5th), E.Sutton(1st)
WALKS- M.Ott, B.Robinson, D.Crandall, H.Killebrew-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Ott, G.Goslin-2, B.Robinson, B.McDonald, H.Killebrew, J.Dimaggio,
D.Winfield, C.Johnson
GIDP- B.Doerr
WILD PITCHES- B.McDonald
PASSED BALLS- E.Howard
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Out for more than half a month, he comes back - only to leave us again . . .
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Baltimore Orioles 7/1/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 2 2 2 .304 M.Mantle 1B 3 1 1 0 .334
O.Smith SS 3 0 2 0 .210 M.Dihigo 2B 3 0 0 0 .222
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 1 .290 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 2 1 .267
H.Killebrew 3B 4 1 2 1 .261 R.Smith LF 4 0 0 0 .309
C-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .302 T.Oliva RF 4 0 1 0 .328
J.Dimaggio CF 1 0 0 0 .304 G-J.Rice RF 0 0 0 0 .273
A-C.Wolf CF 3 0 1 0 .190 B.Murcer CF 3 0 0 0 .294
D-C.Cedeno CF 0 0 0 0 .253 C.Ripken SS 4 0 0 0 .190
E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .252 A.Wilson C 2 0 1 0 .235
R.Maris LF 3 1 1 0 .282 G.Perry P 2 0 0 0 .122
E-D.Winfield LF 1 1 1 1 .231 B-J.Gilliam PH 1 0 0 0 .200
O.Gamble 1B 3 0 0 0 .192 T.Hall P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-H.Chase 1B 0 0 0 0 .255 I-J.Temple PH 1 0 0 0 .258
L.Tiant P 2 0 0 0 .150
H-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .196
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 33 5 10 5 Totals 31 1 5 1
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Dimaggio In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Perry In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wolf In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Maris In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gamble In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Oliva In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hall In 9th Inning
INJURY: Joe Dimaggio INJURED (for 6 more games) in 2nd inning
INJURY: Jim Gilliam INJURED (for 5 more games) in 7th inning
INJURY: Tony Oliva INJURED (for 1 more game) in 8th inning
Athletics....... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 10 0
Orioles......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant WIN(6-1) 8 5 1 1 3 5 0 1.91
W.Hernandez 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.38
Totals 9 5 1 1 4 7 0
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Perry LOSS(10-8) 7 8 3 3 0 6 2 3.53
T.Hall 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 4.67
Totals 9 10 5 5 2 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 26,193 DATE- Tuesday, July 1st 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tom Connolly, John Egan, George Hildebrand, Frank O'Loughlin
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5 Orioles: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Orioles: 1
DOUBLES- A.Wilson(11th)
TRIPLES- T.Gwynn(4th)
HOME RUNS- E.Collins(3rd), H.Killebrew(18th), D.Winfield(6th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Mathews-2(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- E.Collins
SACRIFICE HITS- O.Smith, L.Tiant, M.Dihigo
WALKS- E.Collins, H.Chase, M.Mantle, B.Murcer, A.Wilson-2
STRIKE OUTS- O.Smith, T.Gwynn-2, H.Killebrew, E.Howard, O.Gamble, M.Mantle,
M.Dihigo, E.Mathews, R.Smith, T.Oliva, C.Ripken, J.Temple
GIDP- J.Dimaggio
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Gettysburg Eddie shows those Red Sox what for!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Boston Red Sox 7/7/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
T.Gwynn RF 3 0 0 0 .295 C.Bell CF 4 0 0 0 .257
E.Collins 2B 3 1 2 1 .312 L.Boudreau SS 3 0 1 0 .259
H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 2 1 .258 L.Gehrig 1B 3 0 0 0 .290
R.Maris CF 3 0 0 0 .254 M.Ott RF 3 0 0 0 .266
C-C.Cedeno CF 0 0 0 0 .255 G.Goslin LF 3 0 0 0 .278
D.Winfield LF 4 1 1 0 .255 A.Rosen 2B 3 0 1 0 .320
E.Howard C 4 0 1 1 .265 D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .234
D.White 3B 3 1 0 0 .284 B.Robinson 3B 3 0 0 0 .267
B-E.Sutton 3B 1 0 0 0 .311 B.Lemon P 1 0 0 0 .118
O.Smith SS 4 1 1 1 .216 A-H.Larkin PH 1 0 0 0 .323
E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .211 J.Tesreau P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Rijo P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-T.Clarke PH 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 31 4 7 4 Totals 28 0 2 0
A-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Maris In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rijo In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(7-3) 9 2 0 0 0 6 0 2.56
Totals 9 2 0 0 0 6 0
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Lemon LOSS(4-4) 6 5 3 1 3 2 0 3.69
J.Tesreau 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.61
J.Rijo 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.06
Totals 9 7 4 2 3 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 25,928 DATE- Monday, July 7th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Grieve, Bill Summers, James Honochick, Harry Geisel
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4 Red Sox: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- M.Ott
DOUBLES- E.Howard(13th), O.Smith(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Plank
WALKS- T.Gwynn, E.Collins, R.Maris
STRIKE OUTS- D.Winfield, E.Sutton, E.Plank, L.Boudreau, L.Gehrig, M.Ott-2,
D.Crandall, B.Lemon
GIDP- D.Winfield, L.Gehrig
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The lazy days of summer found us riding high!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Baltimore Orioles At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 7/10/1997
Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
M.Mantle CF 3 1 2 0 .322 T.Gwynn RF 5 1 2 1 .296
R.Smith LF 5 0 0 0 .299 E.Collins 2B 4 3 2 0 .318
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 2 1 .261 H.Killebrew 1B 5 1 2 4 .259
S.Musial 1B 5 0 0 0 .333 R.Maris LF 5 1 3 1 .270
M.Dihigo 2B 4 2 2 2 .221 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 0 .305
T.Oliva RF 4 0 1 1 .309 D.White 3B 5 1 1 1 .278
C.Ripken SS 4 0 0 0 .185 E.Howard C 5 1 1 1 .266
A.Wilson C 3 0 1 0 .239 O.Smith SS 2 1 0 0 .218
C.Young P 0 0 0 0 .196 L.Tiant P 2 1 1 0 .174
A-J.Temple PH 1 0 0 0 .222 C-C.Johnson PH 1 0 1 1 .196
J.Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Holtzman P 1 0 1 1 .143
J.Pfeffer P 0 0 0 0 .400
B-J.Gilliam PH 1 0 1 0 .212
T.Hall P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Hendrix P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-J.Hart PH 1 0 0 0 .281
M.Lolich P 0 0 0 0 .200
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Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 39 11 15 10
A-Pinch Hit For Young In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Pfeffer In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hendrix In 8th Inning
Orioles......... 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 2
Athletics....... 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 - 11 15 0
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Young 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 4.04
J.Konstanty LOSS(3-1) 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.17
J.Pfeffer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.17
T.Hall 1 2/3 4 4 4 1 1 1 5.85
C.Hendrix 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.40
M.Lolich 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.49
Totals 8 15 11 9 3 2 2
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant WIN(7-1) 6 8 4 4 4 2 1 2.58
K.Holtzman SAVE(1st) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.88
Totals 9 9 4 4 4 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 32,614 DATE- Thursday, July 10th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- John Egan, George Hildebrand, Frank O'Loughlin, Tom Connolly
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 9 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- S.Musial, M.Dihigo
DOUBLES- T.Oliva(8th), J.Dimaggio(12th)
TRIPLES- C.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Dihigo(14th), H.Killebrew(20th), R.Maris(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Mantle-2(9th), A.Wilson(5th), T.Gwynn(6th), E.Collins(16th)
WALKS- M.Mantle-2, E.Mathews, C.Young, E.Collins, O.Smith-2
HIT BY PITCH- A.Wilson, J.Dimaggio
STRIKE OUTS- R.Smith, E.Mathews, H.Killebrew, E.Howard
GIDP- J.Dimaggio
PASSED BALLS- A.Wilson
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Willie is half-way there!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Washington Senators 7/17/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 3 0 1 0 .321 R.Carew 1B 3 0 0 0 .295
P.Rizzuto SS 3 0 0 0 .241 H.Groh 3B 3 0 1 1 .247
B-O.Smith SS 1 0 0 0 .217 S.Thompson LF 3 0 0 0 .282
J.Dimaggio CF 5 0 1 0 .289 C.Torriente RF 4 0 1 0 .276
H.Killebrew 3B 4 2 2 0 .260 K.Puckett CF 3 0 0 0 .212
A-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .314 D.Lundy SS 4 0 1 0 .273
C.Wolf LF 4 1 3 1 .231 N.Fox 2B 4 0 0 0 .261
C-T.Gwynn LF 0 0 0 0 .289 B.Boone C 4 1 1 0 .213
C.Cedeno 1B 4 0 0 0 .248 J.Donaldson P 1 0 0 0 .333
D-C.Johnson 1B 0 0 0 0 .169 E-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .237
E.Battey C 4 0 3 2 .316 S.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Winfield RF 3 0 0 0 .257
E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .214
F-R.Maris PH 1 0 0 0 .231
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 3 10 3 Totals 30 1 4 1
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wolf In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cedeno In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Donaldson In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Plank In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 10 1
Senators........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(8-3) 8 2 1 1 2 3 0 2.53
W.Hernandez SAVE(20th) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.78
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 5 0
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Donaldson LOSS(9-4) 8 10 3 3 2 5 0 2.53
S.Hamilton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.38
Totals 9 10 3 3 3 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 27,771 DATE- Thursday, July 17th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Senators: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Senators: 0
ERRORS- J.Dimaggio
DOUBLES- H.Killebrew(11th), C.Wolf(5th), E.Battey(5th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Groh(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto, E.Plank, R.Carew, J.Donaldson
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Groh
WALKS- E.Collins-2, D.Winfield, S.Thompson, K.Puckett
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, J.Dimaggio, H.Killebrew, C.Cedeno, E.Plank, S.Thompson,
C.Torriente, K.Puckett, N.Fox-2
GIDP- C.Torriente
WILD PITCHES- J.Donaldson
PASSED BALLS- B.Boone
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Big Cliff Johnson has the biggest RBI day of the season for any Athletics player!
By the way, another -very rare- bench-resting game!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 7/20/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 0 2 0 .319 E.Valo RF 3 0 0 0 .248
P.Rizzuto SS 5 1 2 0 .252 D.Murphy CF 5 0 0 0 .167
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .281 J.Bottomley 1B 4 0 0 0 .282
H.Killebrew 3B 4 2 1 0 .261 W.Berger LF 4 0 0 0 .288
C.Wolf LF 4 2 2 0 .235 B.Madlock 3B 4 0 2 0 .249
C.Johnson 1B 4 2 2 5 .190 V.Stephens SS 4 1 2 1 .287
E.Battey C 4 0 1 1 .310 T.Munson C 4 1 2 0 .309
D.Winfield RF 4 0 1 0 .259 J.Williams 2B 4 0 1 1 .235
B.Grimes P 4 0 1 0 .091 E.Rixey P 1 0 1 0 .200
N.Garver P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-P.Guerrero PH 1 1 1 0 .250
K.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-T.Holmes PH 1 0 0 0 .242
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Totals 37 7 13 6 Totals 35 3 9 2
A-Pinch Hit For Garver In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brown In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 - 7 13 2
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 3 9 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Grimes WIN(3-4) 9 9 3 2 3 5 1 3.79
Totals 9 9 3 2 3 5 1
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Rixey LOSS(11-10) 6 2/3 11 7 3 2 3 1 4.35
N.Garver 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
K.Brown 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.98
Totals 9 13 7 3 4 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 40,338 DATE- Sunday, July 20th 1997 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley, Bill McKinley
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Blue Jays: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Blue Jays: 1
ERRORS- P.Rizzuto, D.Winfield, B.Madlock
DOUBLES- C.Wolf(6th), E.Battey(7th), B.Madlock(14th)
TRIPLES- J.Williams(7th), P.Guerrero(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Johnson(1st), V.Stephens(18th)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Rizzuto, T.Munson, J.Williams
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Johnson
WALKS- E.Collins, J.Dimaggio, H.Killebrew, C.Wolf, E.Valo-2, E.Rixey
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, E.Battey, B.Grimes, D.Murphy, J.Bottomley, W.Berger-2,
T.Holmes
GIDP- C.Johnson, V.Stephens
BALKS- N.Garver
WILD PITCHES- K.Brown
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Dolf Luque arrives! 'Nuff said.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 8/2/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
T.Gwynn RF 5 0 0 0 .283 L.Doyle 2B 4 0 0 0 .258
O.Smith SS 5 0 3 0 .220 P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .174
E.Collins 2B 3 1 2 1 .321 T.Williams LF 4 1 1 0 .279
H.Killebrew 1B 3 0 0 1 .261 W.Mays CF 4 1 1 2 .200
J.Dimaggio CF 5 1 2 2 .285 M.Suttles 1B 4 1 2 1 .251
D.White 3B 5 0 2 0 .276 L.Doby RF 4 0 2 0 .281
D-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .301 H.Baker 3B 2 0 0 0 .261
D.Winfield LF 4 1 1 0 .255 F-G.Cravath PH 1 0 0 0 .308
C.Johnson C 3 2 1 1 .186 H.Gowdy C 4 0 1 0 .231
E-E.Battey C 0 0 0 0 .310 T.Brown P 3 0 0 0 .104
L.Tiant P 2 0 0 0 .148 C.Weilman P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-C.Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 .243 G-G.Tenace PH 1 0 0 0 .143
B.Grimes P 0 0 0 0 .091
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Maris PH 1 0 0 0 .226
D.Luque P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-E.Howard PH 1 0 0 0 .260
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 38 5 11 5 Totals 35 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mays In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Luque In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Johnson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Baker In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Weilman In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 - 5 11 0
Yankees......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Tiant 5 5 3 3 0 3 2 3.26
B.Grimes 0 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.66
C.Mays 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.92
D.Luque WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
W.Hernandez SAVE(22nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.67
Totals 9 8 3 3 1 4 2
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Brown LOSS(11-7) 8 1/3 10 5 5 6 5 2 3.45
C.Weilman 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 11 5 5 7 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 63,499 DATE- Saturday, August 2nd 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ron Luciano, Steve Palermo, Vito Voltaggio, Harry Wendelstedt
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:13 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 0
HOME RUNS- J.Dimaggio(13th), C.Johnson(2nd), W.Mays(0th), M.Suttles(22nd)
STOLEN BASES- H.Gowdy(4th)
WALKS- E.Collins-2, H.Killebrew-2, D.Winfield, C.Johnson-2, H.Baker
STRIKE OUTS- H.Killebrew-2, D.White, C.Johnson, L.Tiant-2, L.Doyle-2, G.Cravath,
T.Brown
WILD PITCHES- L.Tiant
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Earl Battey and Dave Winfield tie Big Cliff with 5 RBI in one game.
Earl crashes a Grand Slam, and Dave slams a bases-loaded Triple.
Chicken Wolf picks up the leftovers.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Cleveland Indians 8/23/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 6 0 0 0 .321 J.Morgan 2B 4 1 2 0 .242
P.Rizzuto SS 6 1 4 1 .268 J.Harris 1B 4 1 1 1 .295
J.Dimaggio CF 6 2 1 0 .306 J.Jackson CF 5 1 2 3 .345
H.Killebrew 1B 4 4 2 0 .249 J.Gibson C 4 0 1 1 .263
E.Battey C 4 3 3 5 .323 G.Gore LF 4 0 0 0 .299
E.Sutton 3B 5 1 2 0 .304 B.Allison RF 4 0 0 0 .294
D.Winfield RF 5 2 2 5 .255 R.Santo 3B 4 1 1 1 .275
C.Wolf LF 5 1 3 3 .257 A.Trammell SS 4 2 2 1 .262
E.Plank P 3 0 0 0 .196 W.Cooper P 0 1 0 0 .043
C-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .163 K.Appier P 0 0 0 0 .250
K.Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 .071 A-R.Hudler PH 1 0 0 0 .265
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Wiltse P 0 0 0 0 .273
T.Candiotti P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-P.Jones PH 1 0 0 0 .368
B.Smith P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-B.Bonilla PH 1 1 1 0 .236
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Totals 45 14 17 14 Totals 36 8 10 7
A-Pinch Hit For Appier In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Candiotti In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Plank In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 4 - 14 17 1
Indians......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 - 8 10 4
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(11-4) 8 6 5 4 3 1 1 2.71
K.Holtzman 0 2/3 4 3 3 2 0 1 4.18
W.Hernandez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.39
Totals 9 10 8 7 5 1 2
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Cooper LOSS(6-13) 4 1/3 9 8 4 0 4 1 5.02
K.Appier 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.01
H.Wiltse 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 1 0 3.66
T.Candiotti 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.53
B.Smith 2 5 4 4 1 0 0 5.06
Totals 9 17 14 10 2 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 41,551 DATE- Saturday, August 23rd 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill, George Moriarty
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Indians: 0
ERRORS- E.Collins, J.Harris, A.Trammell-2, B.Smith
DOUBLES- P.Rizzuto(3rd), C.Wolf(7th), J.Morgan(20th), B.Bonilla(6th)
TRIPLES- D.Winfield(4th), J.Jackson(11th)
HOME RUNS- E.Battey(3rd), R.Santo(9th), A.Trammell(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Rizzuto
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Plank
WALKS- H.Killebrew, E.Battey, J.Morgan, J.Harris, J.Gibson, G.Gore, W.Cooper
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins-2, H.Killebrew, E.Sutton, C.Wolf, R.Hudler
GIDP- J.Jackson, G.Gore
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A six-homer game! We didn't get them all, but we pulled out the win.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Detroit Tigers 8/28/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
T.Gwynn RF 6 0 1 0 .281 T.Raines LF 6 0 1 0 .253
D.White C 0 0 0 0 .267 B.Larkin SS 5 0 0 0 .270
A-E.Battey PR,C 5 0 0 0 .308 F.Robinson RF 4 1 1 0 .236
E.Collins 2B 6 2 3 0 .319 T.Stearnes CF 5 2 2 3 .299
H.Killebrew 3B 4 1 1 1 .246 H.Greenberg 1B 5 1 1 1 .272
C-E.Sutton 3B 1 1 0 0 .298 L.Parrish C 3 0 1 0 .213
J.Dimaggio CF 5 2 2 3 .311 E-M.Dilone PR 0 0 0 0 .438
O.Gamble 1B 4 1 1 2 .222 G-W.Cooper C 2 0 0 0 .231
D-D.Winfield 1B 1 0 0 0 .253 L.Whitaker 2B 6 0 3 0 .252
R.Maris LF 5 0 1 0 .223 G.Kell 3B 4 0 0 0 .274
P.Rizzuto SS 6 0 1 1 .258 D.McNally P 2 0 0 0 .097
D.Luque P 3 0 2 0 .375 B-N.Cash PH 1 0 0 0 .282
C.Mays P 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Henneman P 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-C.Cooper PH 1 0 0 0 .459
V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .074 J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Shawkey P 0 0 0 0 .156 H-C.Fielder PH 1 0 0 0 .200
I-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .167 W.White P 0 0 0 0 .000
K.Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 .071 J-L.Dykstra PH 1 0 0 0 .233
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 48 7 12 7 Totals 46 4 9 4
A-Pinch Ran For White In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McNally In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Killebrew In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gamble In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Parrish In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Henneman In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Dilone In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 11th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Shawkey In 12th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For White In 13th Inning
INJURY: Deacon White INJURED (for 5 more games) in 1st inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 12 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Luque 6 5 2 2 2 4 2 3.16
C.Mays 2 2/3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3.93
T.Martinez 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.98
V.Blue 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.57
B.Shawkey 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.22
K.Holtzman WIN(4-2) 1 2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 3.94
W.Hernandez SAVE(27th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.31
Totals 13 9 4 4 8 6 3
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McNally 7 10 4 4 1 1 2 3.89
M.Henneman 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.56
J.Hiller 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.94
W.White LOSS(2-3) 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 6.41
Totals 13 12 7 7 4 4 3
ATTENDANCE- 40,325 DATE- Thursday, August 28th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jim Odom, Nestor Chylak, Jr., John Stevens, Frank Umont
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Tigers:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Tigers: 2
DOUBLES- J.Dimaggio(21st), L.Parrish(20th), L.Whitaker(18th)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(27th), J.Dimaggio(20th), O.Gamble(8th),
T.Stearnes-2(27th), H.Greenberg(21st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Whitaker(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Raines
WALKS- E.Sutton, J.Dimaggio, D.Winfield, R.Maris, B.Larkin, F.Robinson-2,
T.Stearnes, H.Greenberg, L.Parrish, G.Kell-2
HIT BY PITCH- D.White
STRIKE OUTS- E.Battey, H.Killebrew, D.Winfield, C.Mays, H.Greenberg, L.Whitaker,
G.Kell-2, D.McNally-2
GIDP- E.Battey, R.Maris, G.Kell
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Willie gets #30 . . . and Joe goes out . . . exactly at the wrong time!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Toronto Blue Jays At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/4/1997
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Williams 2B 4 0 0 0 .230 T.Gwynn RF 3 0 0 0 .283
E.Valo RF 4 0 1 0 .235 P.Rizzuto SS 4 1 2 0 .267
P.Guerrero 1B 4 0 1 0 .286 D-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .216
W.Berger LF 3 0 0 0 .281 E.Collins 2B 4 1 1 1 .319
B.Madlock 3B 3 0 0 0 .250 H.Killebrew 1B 4 1 1 1 .247
E.Davis CF 3 1 1 0 .295 J.Dimaggio CF 2 0 1 1 .310
V.Stephens SS 3 0 1 1 .283 A-D.Winfield CF 1 1 0 0 .254
T.Munson C 3 0 0 0 .306 D.White 3B 4 0 0 0 .264
D.Martinez P 1 0 0 0 .123 E-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .273
B-E.Stanky PH 1 0 0 0 .259 E.Howard C 3 0 2 1 .269
H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .208 O.Gamble LF 3 0 1 0 .223
C-R.Fairly PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F-C.Wolf LF 0 0 0 0 .248
J.Scott P 0 0 0 0 .167 E.Plank P 3 0 2 0 .228
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 31 4 10 4
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Dimaggio In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pennock In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 9th Inning
INJURY: Joe Dimaggio INJURED (for 5 more games) in 3rd inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 0
Athletics....... 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 10 0
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Martinez LOSS(10-13) 5 7 3 3 0 4 1 4.32
H.Pennock 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 5.96
J.Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20
Totals 8 10 4 4 1 4 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(12-5) 7 1/3 3 1 1 0 5 0 2.61
C.Mays 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.76
W.Hernandez SAVE(30th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.14
Totals 9 4 1 1 0 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 31,899 DATE- Thursday, September 4th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley, Bill McKinley
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 2 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 2 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- P.Rizzuto(4th), E.Collins(18th), E.Howard(18th)
TRIPLES- V.Stephens(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(29th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Gwynn
WALKS- D.Winfield
STRIKE OUTS- E.Valo, P.Guerrero, E.Davis-2, D.Martinez, E.Collins, H.Killebrew,
D.White, E.Plank
GIDP- P.Guerrero, T.Gwynn-2
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Dolf shows Toronto what for! Revenge for them sweeping us in the beginning!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Toronto Blue Jays At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/7/1997
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
E.Stanky 2B 4 0 1 0 .259 D.Winfield RF 5 1 3 2 .261
E.Valo RF 3 0 0 0 .234 P.Rizzuto SS 4 2 2 0 .266
J.Bottomley 1B 3 0 0 0 .272 C.Cedeno CF 5 1 1 1 .241
W.Berger LF 4 0 1 0 .285 H.Killebrew 1B 5 0 1 1 .247
P.Guerrero 3B 4 0 1 0 .290 E.Collins 2B 4 1 2 0 .318
T.Munson C 4 0 1 0 .305 E.Battey C 4 1 3 2 .319
D.Murphy CF 4 0 1 0 .173 E.Sutton 3B 4 0 1 0 .277
D.Bancroft SS 4 0 1 0 .222 E.Howard LF 3 1 1 0 .270
E.Rixey P 2 0 1 0 .217 D.Luque P 2 0 1 1 .455
A-J.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .231
N.Garver P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 36 7 15 7
A-Pinch Hit For Rixey In 7th Inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
Athletics....... 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 - 7 15 1
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Rixey LOSS(14-16) 6 14 7 5 1 1 1 4.47
N.Garver 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.66
Totals 8 15 7 5 2 2 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Luque WIN(4-1) 9 7 0 0 2 4 0 2.17
Totals 9 7 0 0 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 31,329 DATE- Sunday, September 7th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill McKinley, Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 8 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- W.Berger, C.Cedeno
DOUBLES- T.Munson(17th), C.Cedeno(13th), E.Battey(11th), E.Howard(20th)
HOME RUNS- D.Winfield(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- W.Berger
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Luque
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Luque
WALKS- E.Valo, J.Bottomley, P.Rizzuto, E.Howard
STRIKE OUTS- E.Stanky, W.Berger, D.Murphy, E.Rixey, P.Rizzuto, H.Killebrew
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Killebrew gets -his- 30th, just in time!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Toronto Blue Jays At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/8/1997
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Williams 2B 4 0 0 0 .229 T.Gwynn RF 4 1 2 0 .288
E.Valo RF 4 0 1 1 .235 P.Rizzuto SS 2 0 0 0 .263
P.Guerrero 1B 3 0 1 0 .290 C-C.Johnson PH 0 0 0 0 .170
W.Berger LF 4 0 0 0 .283 D-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .215
B.Madlock 3B 4 0 2 0 .252 E.Collins 2B 4 1 0 0 .315
E.Davis CF 4 1 2 1 .317 H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 3 .247
V.Stephens SS 3 0 0 0 .276 C.Cedeno CF 4 0 0 0 .237
B-D.Bancroft SS 1 0 0 0 .220 D.White 3B 4 0 1 0 .261
T.Munson C 4 1 3 0 .309 E-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .277
D.Martinez P 2 0 0 0 .119 E.Howard C 2 0 0 0 .269
J.Scott P 0 0 0 0 .167 O.Gamble LF 3 0 0 0 .226
F-C.Wolf LF 0 0 0 0 .248
E.Plank P 2 0 1 0 .237
A-D.Winfield PH 1 0 0 0 .260
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 33 2 9 2 Totals 29 3 5 3
A-Pinch Hit For Plank In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Stephens In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Johnson In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 9th Inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 9 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 0
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Martinez LOSS(10-14) 7 1/3 4 3 3 4 2 1 4.30
J.Scott 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.06
Totals 8 5 3 3 4 3 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank 7 5 1 1 1 3 1 2.57
C.Mays WIN(10-7) 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.86
W.Hernandez SAVE(31st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.11
Totals 9 9 2 2 1 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 31,823 DATE- Monday, September 8th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Ed Hurley, Bill McKinley
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 6 Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Athletics: 2
ERRORS- W.Berger
DOUBLES- T.Munson(18th)
TRIPLES- E.Valo(4th)
HOME RUNS- E.Davis(7th), H.Killebrew(30th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Martinez, P.Rizzuto
WALKS- P.Guerrero, C.Johnson, H.Killebrew, E.Howard-2
STRIKE OUTS- E.Valo, W.Berger, B.Madlock, P.Rizzuto, C.Cedeno-2
GIDP- W.Berger, E.Davis
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Dolf, Killer and Willie! We've got a chance . . . as we close in on the leaders . . .
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 New York Yankees 9/17/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 5 0 3 0 .312 L.Doyle 2B 2 0 0 0 .282
P.Rizzuto SS 3 0 0 0 .243 P.Reese SS 4 0 3 0 .238
B-O.Smith SS 1 0 0 0 .219 T.Williams LF 1 0 0 0 .304
T.Gwynn RF 5 0 0 0 .289 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .200
H.Killebrew 1B 3 2 2 1 .247 M.Suttles 1B 4 0 0 0 .241
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .302 L.Doby RF 4 0 0 0 .277
O.Gamble LF 4 1 1 0 .224 H.Baker 3B 4 0 0 0 .292
C-D.Winfield LF 0 0 0 0 .257 H.Gowdy C 4 0 0 0 .223
D.White 3B 3 0 0 0 .254 T.Brown P 2 0 0 0 .122
D-E.Sutton 3B 0 0 0 0 .285 A-G.Sisler PH 1 0 0 0 .438
E.Howard C 3 0 2 0 .278 K.Tekulve P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Luque P 3 0 1 2 .429
C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
E-C.Johnson PH 1 0 1 0 .180
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 30 0 3 0
A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Mays In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Luque WIN(5-1) 7 1/3 3 0 0 4 2 0 1.81
C.Mays 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.91
W.Hernandez SAVE(36th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.89
Totals 9 3 0 0 4 3 0
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Brown LOSS(17-9) 7 7 2 2 3 1 0 3.16
K.Tekulve 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 2.52
Totals 9 10 3 3 3 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 63,525 DATE- Wednesday, September 17th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Steve Palermo, Vito Voltaggio, Harry Wendelstedt, Ron Luciano
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- E.Collins(20th)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(32nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto
WALKS- H.Killebrew, D.White, E.Howard, L.Doyle-2, T.Williams-2
HIT BY PITCH- T.Williams
STRIKE OUTS- D.White, D.Luque, H.Gowdy-2, T.Brown
WILD PITCHES- T.Brown
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True Blue comes out of nowhere to keep us going strong! Can we do it?
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Washington Senators 9/20/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 .310 R.Carew 1B 4 0 2 0 .301
P.Rizzuto SS 3 1 2 0 .242 H.Groh 3B 4 0 1 0 .233
B-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .219 A.Kaline CF 3 0 0 0 .250
T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 2 .289 C.Torriente RF 4 0 1 0 .277
H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 0 0 .244 K.Puckett LF 4 0 2 0 .276
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .302 D.Lundy SS 4 0 0 0 .265
O.Gamble LF 3 1 1 0 .224 N.Fox 2B 4 0 2 0 .241
C-D.Winfield LF 1 0 1 0 .260 B.Boone C 4 0 0 0 .190
D.White 3B 3 0 2 1 .255 D.Dean P 2 0 0 0 .133
D-E.Sutton 3B 1 0 0 0 .282 A-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .227
E.Howard C 4 0 1 0 .275 D.Hall P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Blue P 4 1 0 0 .056 E-S.Thompson PH 1 0 0 0 .293
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 35 0 8 0
A-Pinch Hit For Dean In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For White In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hall In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
Senators........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Blue WIN(6-9) 8 7 0 0 0 3 0 3.26
W.Hernandez SAVE(37th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.85
Totals 9 8 0 0 0 3 0
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Dean LOSS(20-15) 7 9 3 1 0 6 0 2.23
D.Hall 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.08
Totals 9 10 3 1 0 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 28,505 DATE- Saturday, September 20th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill, George Moriarty
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6 Senators: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Senators: 0
ERRORS- D.White, D.Dean
DOUBLES- T.Gwynn(15th), D.White(5th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Carew(20th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto
HIT BY PITCH- A.Kaline
STRIKE OUTS- H.Killebrew, J.Dimaggio-2, O.Gamble, E.Howard, V.Blue-2, R.Carew,
C.Torriente-2
WILD PITCHES- D.Dean
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Riding Gettysburg Eddie's arm to High Hopes . . . if only we can keep winning!
BOXSCORE: 1997 Philadelphia Athletics At 1997 Washington Senators 9/22/1997
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG
E.Collins 2B 3 0 0 0 .308 R.Carew 1B 4 0 0 0 .300
P.Rizzuto SS 4 0 1 0 .238 H.Groh 3B 3 0 0 0 .231
A-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .221 A.Kaline CF 4 0 2 0 .253
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .299 C.Torriente RF 4 0 1 0 .275
H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 1 0 .243 K.Puckett LF 4 0 1 0 .268
E.Battey C 4 1 1 0 .318 D.Lundy SS 3 0 0 0 .265
E-E.Howard C 0 0 0 0 .273 N.Fox 2B 3 0 0 0 .240
E.Sutton 3B 4 0 1 1 .281 B.Boone C 3 0 0 0 .186
D.Winfield RF 4 1 1 0 .260 J.Donaldson P 2 0 0 0 .275
C.Wolf LF 3 0 1 1 .252 C-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 1 0 .229
B-T.Gwynn LF 0 0 0 0 .287 D-L.Aparicio PR 0 0 0 0 .215
E.Plank P 3 0 1 0 .250 D.Hall P 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Cicotte P 0 0 0 0 .188
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 31 0 5 0
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wolf In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Donaldson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Hernandez In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Battey In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0
Senators........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Plank WIN(13-5) 8 4 0 0 1 5 0 2.61
W.Hernandez SAVE(38th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.81
Totals 9 5 0 0 1 5 0
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Donaldson LOSS(10-10) 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 3.01
D.Hall 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.18
E.Cicotte 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95
Totals 9 7 2 2 1 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,434 DATE- Monday, September 22nd 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Oliver Chill, George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5 Senators: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Senators: 0
DOUBLES- C.Wolf(8th), C.Torriente(36th), K.Hernandez(12th)
TRIPLES- E.Sutton(1st)
WALKS- E.Collins, H.Groh
STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, P.Rizzuto, E.Battey, E.Sutton-3, H.Groh, A.Kaline,
N.Fox, B.Boone-2
GIDP- C.Torriente
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A tough fight, and we get officially eliminated from the pennant race.
Who would have thought we would be in it until the last week?
BOXSCORE: 1997 Baltimore Orioles At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/24/1997
Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
H.Richardson 2B 3 0 0 0 .304 E.Collins 2B 4 0 0 0 .305
C-B.Murcer PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .300 P.Rizzuto SS 4 0 0 0 .231
R.Smith LF 4 1 1 0 .288 T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 0 .291
S.Musial 1B 4 0 1 1 .334 H.Killebrew 1B,3B 4 1 2 1 .246
M.Mantle CF,2B,SS 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Dimaggio CF 3 0 0 0 .295
E.Mathews 3B 3 0 0 0 .235 O.Gamble LF 3 0 0 0 .224
T.Oliva RF 4 1 0 0 .307 D.White 3B 0 0 0 0 .254
A.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .213 A-D.Winfield PR,1B 2 0 0 0 .258
C.Ripken SS 2 0 1 0 .208 E.Howard C 3 0 1 0 .271
B-L.Brock PR 0 0 0 0 .429 B.Grimes P 2 0 0 0 .088
D-J.Temple SS,2B 0 0 0 0 .196 T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Hendrix P 1 0 0 0 .250 E-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .175
F-H.Sauer PH 1 0 1 1 .237 C.Mays P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 2 4 2 Totals 30 1 4 1
A-Pinch Ran For White In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Ripken In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Richardson In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Brock In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hendrix In 9th Inning
INJURY: Deacon White INJURED (for 1 more game) in 3rd inning
INJURY: Hardy Richardson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
Orioles......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Hendrix WIN(2-0) 8 3 1 1 1 4 1 3.54
D.Smith SAVE(27th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.92
Totals 9 4 1 1 1 4 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Grimes 7 2/3 3 1 1 2 5 0 3.94
T.Martinez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.68
C.Mays LOSS(10-9) 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 3.88
Totals 9 4 2 1 4 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 14,137 DATE- Wednesday, September 24th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- John Egan, George Hildebrand, Frank O'Loughlin, Tom Connolly
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 7 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- J.Temple, J.Dimaggio
DOUBLES- R.Smith(30th)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(34th)
CAUGHT STEALING- E.Howard
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Hendrix-2
WALKS- E.Mathews, A.Wilson, C.Ripken, J.Temple, J.Dimaggio
HIT BY PITCH- H.Richardson, D.White
STRIKE OUTS- R.Smith-2, M.Mantle, T.Oliva, A.Wilson, C.Hendrix, E.Collins,
H.Killebrew, O.Gamble, E.Howard
GIDP- D.Winfield
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Willie got #40 the next day.
BOXSCORE: 1997 Baltimore Orioles At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/25/1997
Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
H.Richardson 2B 5 1 1 1 .304 E.Collins 2B 3 2 1 0 .305
R.Smith LF 4 2 2 0 .290 P.Rizzuto SS 4 2 3 1 .239
S.Musial 1B 5 1 2 0 .335 B-O.Smith SS 0 0 0 0 .220
M.Mantle CF 3 0 0 1 .302 T.Gwynn RF 3 0 1 1 .291
E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 2 .235 H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 3 .246
T.Oliva RF 3 0 1 0 .307 J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 0 0 .293
A.Wilson C 4 0 0 0 .211 O.Gamble LF 4 1 1 0 .225
C.Ripken SS 4 0 1 0 .209 C-D.Winfield LF 0 0 0 0 .258
G.Perry P 2 0 0 0 .114 E.Sutton 3B 4 0 2 0 .288
A-J.Gilliam PH 1 0 0 0 .279 E.Howard C 3 0 0 0 .269
J.Franco P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Deleon P 3 0 0 0 .125
D-J.Temple PH 0 0 0 0 .196 T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 31 6 9 5
A-Pinch Hit For Perry In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rizzuto In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gamble In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Franco In 9th Inning
Orioles......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 8 0
Athletics....... 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 9 0
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Perry LOSS(14-14) 7 9 6 6 1 3 1 3.24
J.Franco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Totals 8 9 6 6 1 3 1
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Deleon WIN(3-1) 7 2/3 5 4 4 2 5 1 4.73
T.Martinez 0 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.57
W.Hernandez SAVE(40th) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.76
Totals 9 8 4 4 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 14,246 DATE- Thursday, September 25th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- George Hildebrand, Frank O'Loughlin, Tom Connolly, John Egan
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 8 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0 Athletics: 0
DOUBLES- E.Collins(21st), P.Rizzuto(5th)
HOME RUNS- H.Richardson(1st), H.Killebrew(35th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Collins(22nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Gwynn, H.Killebrew
WALKS- R.Smith, M.Mantle, T.Oliva, J.Temple, E.Collins
STRIKE OUTS- S.Musial, M.Mantle, E.Mathews, T.Oliva, J.Gilliam, H.Killebrew,
J.Dimaggio, J.Deleon
PASSED BALLS- A.Wilson
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2nd last game of the season . . . where was -this- guy all year?
BOXSCORE: 1997 Washington Senators At 1997 Philadelphia Athletics 9/27/1997
Senators AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Carew 1B 3 0 0 0 .301 E.Collins 2B 3 0 1 1 .306
H.Groh 3B 4 0 0 0 .232 P.Rizzuto SS 2 0 1 0 .249
A.Kaline CF 3 0 0 0 .253 T.Gwynn RF 4 0 0 0 .290
C.Torriente RF 4 0 1 0 .271 H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 0 0 .246
K.Puckett LF 4 0 0 0 .239 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 0 .290
D.Lundy SS 3 0 1 0 .261 O.Gamble LF 2 1 1 0 .228
N.Fox 2B 3 0 1 0 .246 D.White 3B 4 1 2 0 .259
B.Boone C 3 0 0 0 .188 E.Howard C 3 1 2 3 .274
D.Cone P 1 0 0 0 .089 J.Kaat P 3 0 0 0 .125
D.Hall P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 1 0 .233
S.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 0 4 0 Totals 29 4 8 4
A-Pinch Hit For Hall In 8th Inning
Senators........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 8 0
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Cone LOSS(6-6) 6 7 4 4 2 4 0 3.29
D.Hall 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
S.Hamilton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.35
Totals 8 8 4 4 3 5 0
Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kaat WIN(1-4) 9 4 0 0 3 5 0 5.07
Totals 9 4 0 0 3 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 29,358 DATE- Saturday, September 27th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Clarence Owens, Oliver Chill
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 5 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- J.Dimaggio(26th), O.Gamble(6th)
TRIPLES- E.Howard(6th)
STOLEN BASES- D.White(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Kaline
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rizzuto
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Collins
WALKS- R.Carew, A.Kaline, D.Cone, P.Rizzuto, O.Gamble-2
STRIKE OUTS- H.Groh, C.Torriente-2, K.Puckett, D.Lundy, H.Killebrew, J.Dimaggio,
O.Gamble, E.Howard, J.Kaat
GIDP- R.Carew, D.White
BALKS- D.Cone
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