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Dean Palmer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .333 .308
At Bats 3 533
Hits 1 136
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 29
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 84

Nelson Cruz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 0
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Comiskey Park - September 26, 1997
Nelson Cruz
Jorge Fabregas
Dave Martinez
Ray Durham
Robin Ventura
Norberto Martin
Lyle Mouton
Mike Cameron
Magglio Ordonez
Dean Palmer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 2 7 1 3
Chicago White Sox 7 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Mike Sirotka
Losing Pitcher Kevin Appier
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ron Karkovice
Attendance 17,167
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Palmer strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Larry Sutton pinch hits for Jeff King. Sutton hits a fly ball into right field. Ordonez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lyle Mouton now playing left field. Scott Cooper pinch hits for Jay Bell. Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 8 Belle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Macfarlane for a passed ball. Cameron moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jeff Abbott pinch hits for Frank Thomas. Abbott strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cameron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Halter. Cameron reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Durham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carrasco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durham scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nelson Cruz now pitching. Jorge Fabregas now catching. Macfarlane hits a popup towards third. Ventura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Karkovice hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Benitez hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sweeney strikes out.
Top 7 Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ordonez hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ventura takes first base on ball four. Cameron moves to second.
Bottom 6 Belle hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Halter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cameron strikes out.
Bottom 6 Roland DeLaMaza now pitching. Durham hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Palmer hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durham scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Karkovice hits a fly ball into center field. Halter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ordonez tags and scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Ordonez moves to third. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Martinez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Ordonez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benitez. Ordonez reaches second base with a double. Belle scores. Ventura goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Ventura hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Belle moves to second.
Bottom 5 Belle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Offerman strikes out.
Top 5 Macfarlane strikes out.
Top 5 Benitez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ventura. Sweeney moves to third. Benitez moves to second.
Top 5 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Cameron strikes out.
Bottom 4 Durham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Palmer is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 4 King hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Halter hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Karkovice strikes out.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Benitez hits a fly ball into right field. Ordonez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ventura hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Belle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Durham scores. Thomas moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Thomas takes first base on ball four. Durham moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cameron strikes out.
Bottom 2 Durham hits a popup towards left. Benitez settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Benitez.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Karkovice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Karkovice fires to first and picks off Dye.
Top 2 Dye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Palmer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ordonez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ventura takes first base on ball four. Cameron moves to third. Belle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Belle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cameron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cameron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Durham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 King hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bell. The throw from Karkovice and he is safe. Bell steals second.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Top 1 Halter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Offerman moves to second.
Top 1 Offerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.