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Blue Jays
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
July 17, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on July 17, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | July 17, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 17, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roger Clemens |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Burkett |
| Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 46,239 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mark Johnson 1B: Gary Cederstrom 2B: Fieldin Culbreth 3B: Drew Coble |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
| Joe Carter | Left Fielder |
| Carlos Delgado | First Baseman |
| Ed Sprague | Third Baseman |
| Shawn Green | DH |
| Charlie O'Brien | Catcher |
| Carlos Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
| Cito Gaston | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark McLemore | Second Baseman |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Rusty Greer | Left Fielder |
| Juan Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
| Will Clark | First Baseman |
| Dean Palmer | Third Baseman |
| Warren Newson | DH |
| Billy Ripken | Shortstop |
| Damon Buford | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Oates | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
July 17, 1997
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burkett
Nixon strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Burkett
Merced hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Burkett
Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Burkett
Delgado hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Burkett
Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Clemens
McLemore hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Clemens
Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Clemens
Greer hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Green vs. Burkett
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Burkett
O'Brien strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Burkett
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken misplays the ball. That's an error on Ripken. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Burkett
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Clemens
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Clemens
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Clemens
Palmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Newson vs. Clemens
Newson takes first base on ball four. Palmer moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Ripken vs. Clemens
Ripken strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burkett
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Burkett
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark fields the ball and throws to Burkett covering. Safe. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carter vs. Burkett
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burkett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nixon scores. Merced moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Delgado vs. Burkett
Delgado strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Sprague vs. Burkett
Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer has Merced trapped. There's the throw to Rodriguez and back to Palmer, who tags Merced for the out. Carter moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Burkett
Green strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Clemens
Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Clemens
There goes Buford. The throw from O'Brien and he is out, Garcia applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Clemens
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Clemens
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Burkett
O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Burkett
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Burkett
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Clemens
Greer hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Clemens
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Clemens
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burkett
Nixon bunts towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nixon for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Burkett
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Burkett
Carter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Delgado vs. Burkett
Delgado hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Delgado reaches second base with a double. Buford throws the ball in to Rodriguez who tags Delgado trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Carter goes all the way around to score. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Clemens
Palmer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Newson vs. Clemens
Newson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripken vs. Clemens
Ripken hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Newson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Buford vs. Clemens
Buford hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
McLemore vs. Clemens
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Clemens
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and has Newson trapped. There's the throw to Garcia who tags Newson for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Burkett
Sprague strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Green vs. Burkett
Green hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Burkett
O'Brien hits a popup into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Burkett
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Clemens
Greer strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Clemens
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Clemens
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Clemens
Palmer strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Burkett
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Vosberg
Ed Vosberg now pitching.
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Palmer. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merced vs. Vosberg
Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Carter vs. Hernandez
Xavier Hernandez now pitching.
Carter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Nixon moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Delgado vs. Hernandez
Delgado hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Hernandez
Sprague hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Hernandez
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sprague moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Sturtze
Tanyon Sturtze now pitching.
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Newson vs. Clemens
Jacob Brumfield now playing right field. Robert Perez now playing left field.
Newson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ripken vs. Clemens
Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Clemens
Buford strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Sturtze
Domingo Cedeno now playing second base. Mike Simms now playing right field. Lee Stevens now playing first base. Benji Gil now playing shortstop.
Garcia hits a popup into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Sturtze
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Sturtze
Nixon hits a popup towards short. Gil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Clemens
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simms vs. Clemens
Simms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Clemens
Greer hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brumfield vs. Sturtze
Brumfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Sturtze
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brumfield moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Delgado vs. Sturtze
Delgado hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brumfield moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Brito vs. Sturtze
Tilson Brito pinch hits for Ed Sprague.
Brito hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brumfield tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Sturtze
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Sturtze
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ripken fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Clemens
Tilson Brito now playing third base.
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gil vs. Clemens
Gil strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mercedes vs. Clemens
Mercedes strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/17/1997 -- Toronto at Texas (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Nixon O, cf 5 2 1 0 McLemore M, 2b 3 0 0 0
Merced O, rf 4 1 2 1 Cedeno D, 2b 1 0 0 0
Brumfield J, rf 0 1 0 0 Rodriguez I, c 3 0 0 0
Carter J, lf 4 2 3 2 Simms M, rf 1 0 0 0
Perez R, lf 1 0 1 0 Greer R, lf 4 0 0 0
Delgado C, 1b 5 2 3 5 Gonzalez J, rf 3 0 1 0
Sprague E, 3b 4 0 1 0 Stevens L, 1b 1 0 0 0
Brito T, ph-3b 0 0 0 1 Clark W, 1b 3 0 0 0
Green S, dh 5 0 3 0 Gil B, ss 1 0 0 0
O'Brien C, c 5 0 0 0 Palmer D, 3b 3 1 2 1
Garcia C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Mercedes H, c 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez A, ss 4 1 1 0 Newson W, dh 0 0 0 0
Ripken B, ss-3b 3 0 1 0
Buford D, cf 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 9 15 9 30 1 5 1
Toronto 201 010 401 -- 9
Texas 000 010 000 -- 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens R (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 10
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett J (L)* 6.0 9 5 5 0 5
Vosberg E 0.1 0 1 0 0 0
Hernandez X+ 0.0 4 2 2 0 0
Sturtze T 2.2 2 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Ripken B, Palmer D
DP -- Toronto 1, Texas 1
LOB -- Toronto 7, Texas 5
2B -- Delgado C, Gonzalez A
HR -- Merced O, Delgado C 2, Palmer D
CS -- Buford D
SF -- Brito T
T -- 2:55
A -- 46239
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