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Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 12, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 12, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 12, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 12, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Greg Keagle |
Home Starting Pitcher | Eric Ludwick |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 11,775 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Tim Welke 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Bob Hamelin | DH |
Juan Encarnacion | Right Fielder |
Raul Casanova | Catcher |
Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
Buddy Bell | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jason McDonald | Center Fielder |
Dave Magadan | DH |
Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
Matt Stairs | Left Fielder |
Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
Brent Mayne | Catcher |
Mark Bellhorn | Third Baseman |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 12, 1997
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Ludwick
Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Ludwick
Easley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Ludwick
Higginson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bellhorn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Ludwick
Clark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Clark reaches second base with a double. Easley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Fryman vs. Ludwick
Fryman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Ludwick
Hamelin hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Keagle
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Keagle covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Keagle
Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Keagle
Grieve strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Ludwick
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn juggles the ball. That's an error on Bellhorn. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Casanova vs. Ludwick
Casanova hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Ludwick
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Encarnacion moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hunter vs. Ludwick
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Ludwick
Easley hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Keagle
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Keagle
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Keagle
Spiezio strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Ludwick
Higginson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Ludwick
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ludwick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Ludwick
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Ludwick covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Keagle
Mayne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bellhorn vs. Keagle
There's a wild pitch. Mayne moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bellhorn vs. Keagle
Bellhorn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Keagle
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Keagle
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Ludwick
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Ludwick
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Casanova vs. Ludwick
There goes Encarnacion. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Encarnacion steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Casanova vs. Ludwick
Casanova strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Ludwick
Cruz hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Keagle
Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Keagle
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Keagle
Stairs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Encarnacion. Stairs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Giambi vs. Keagle
Giambi strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Ludwick
Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Ludwick
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Ludwick
Higginson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Keagle
Spiezio hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Keagle
Mayne hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bellhorn vs. Keagle
Bellhorn strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Keagle
Tejada strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Ludwick
Clark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Ludwick
Fryman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hamelin vs. Ludwick
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ludwick fields it and throws to second for the out. Clark moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Encarnacion vs. Ludwick
Encarnacion hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Casanova vs. Ludwick
Casanova hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Hamelin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Ludwick
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Keagle
McDonald bunts towards first. Clark fields the ball and throws to Keagle covering. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Magadan vs. Keagle
Magadan takes first base on ball four. McDonald moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Keagle
Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Stairs vs. Keagle
Stairs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Giambi vs. Keagle
Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Ludwick
Hunter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Small
Aaron Small now pitching.
There goes Hunter. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Hunter steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Easley vs. Small
Small spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Small. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Easley vs. Small
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Higginson vs. Small
Higginson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hunter scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Small
There goes Higginson. The throw from Mayne and he is out, Tejada applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Small
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Keagle
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Keagle
Mayne hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Encarnacion. Mayne reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bellhorn vs. Keagle
Bellhorn strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Keagle
Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Small
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Small
Hamelin hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Small
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fryman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Casanova vs. Small
Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fryman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Cruz vs. Small
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fryman scores. Encarnacion moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Hunter vs. Small
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Myers
Mike Myers now pitching.
McDonald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Magadan vs. Myers
Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McDonald moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Myers
Grieve takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stairs vs. Myers
There goes McDonald. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. McDonald steals third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Myers
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Giambi vs. Myers
Giambi hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McDonald scores. Grieve moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Spiezio vs. Miceli
Dan Miceli now pitching.
Spiezio strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Mohler
Mike Mohler now pitching.
Easley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Mohler
There's a wild pitch. Easley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Higginson vs. Mohler
Higginson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Easley scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Mohler
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Mohler
Fryman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hurst vs. Mohler
Jimmy Hurst pinch hits for Bob Hamelin.
Hurst takes first base on ball four. Higginson moves to third. Fryman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Encarnacion vs. Mohler
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Casanova vs. Mohler
Casanova strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Miceli
Mayne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bellhorn vs. Miceli
Bellhorn hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Miceli
Orlando Miller now playing shortstop.
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/12/1997 -- Detroit at Oakland (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Hunter B, cf 5 1 1 0 McDonald J, cf 4 1 2 0 Easley D, 2b 4 2 1 0 Magadan D, dh 3 0 0 0 Higginson B, lf 5 0 3 2 Grieve B, rf 3 0 0 0 Clark T, 1b 5 2 2 1 Stairs M, lf 4 0 1 0 Fryman T, 3b 5 2 4 2 Giambi J, 1b 4 0 1 1 Hamelin B, dh 4 0 0 0 Spiezio S, 2b 4 1 1 1 Hurst J, ph 0 0 0 0 Mayne B, c 4 0 3 0 Encarnacion J, rf 5 0 2 0 Bellhorn M, 3b 4 0 0 0 Casanova R, c 5 0 1 1 Tejada M, ss 4 0 0 0 Cruz D, ss 4 0 2 1 Miller O, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 42 7 16 7 34 2 8 2 Detroit 300 001 111 -- 7 Oakland 000 010 010 -- 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Keagle G (W) 7.0 5 1 1 1 9 Myers M 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 Miceli D (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Ludwick E (L)* 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 Small A 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 Mohler M 1.0 3 1 1 1 2 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Bellhorn M, Small A DP -- Detroit 1, Oakland 1 LOB -- Detroit 10, Oakland 7 2B -- Clark T, Stairs M, Mayne B HR -- Fryman T, Spiezio S SB -- Encarnacion J, Hunter B, McDonald J CS -- Higginson B WP -- Keagle G, Mohler M T -- 2:58 A -- 11775
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