Yankees @ Royals
May 4, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 13 19 1
Royals 5 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 13 19 1
Royals 5 8 0

Tim Spehr Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .133
OBP .250 .188
At Bats 4 15
Hits 1 2
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 1

Jim Mecir Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Kauffman Stadium - May 4, 1997
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Out
Jim Mecir
Jorge Posada
Tino Martinez
Pat Kelly
Charlie Hayes
Derek Jeter
Tim Raines
Bernie Williams
Mark Whiten
Tim Spehr

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 13 19 1 12
Kansas City Royals 5 8 0 12
Winning Pitcher Brian Boehringer
Losing Pitcher Glendon Rusch
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bernie Williams
Attendance 30,034
Time of Game 3 hours 39 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Spehr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Dye hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 9 Vitiello hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Jim Mecir now pitching. Scott Cooper pinch hits for Chili Davis. Cooper strikes out.
Top 9 Hayes strikes out.
Top 9 Whiten hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Top 9 Fielder hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Johnny Damon now playing center field. Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Pichardo, and towards Bell, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 King hits a fly ball into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to second.
Bottom 8 Offerman hits a line drive into right field. Whiten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Tom Goodwin. Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Graeme Lloyd now pitching. Spehr hits a line drive into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jeter strikes out.
Top 8 Raines hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Posada scores. Kelly moves to third. Raines moves to second.
Top 8 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Posada moves to second.
Top 8 Posada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hayes moves to third.
Top 8 Hayes takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Whiten strikes out.
Top 8 Fielder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martinez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 7 Paquette takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to third. Vitiello moves to second.
Bottom 7 Vitiello takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeff Nelson now pitching. Bell strikes out.
Top 7 Jeter 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 7 Raines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Posada hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Goodwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dye moves to third. Spehr moves to second.
Bottom 6 Spehr hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Dye moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dye hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 6 Vitiello strikes out.
Top 6 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Whiten takes first base on ball four. Martinez moves to second.
Top 6 Fielder strikes out.
Top 6 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 5 King strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bell strikes out. There goes Offerman. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 Offerman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jeter hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Raines takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kelly strikes out.
Top 5 Posada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vitiello. Posada reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spehr strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dye hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Whiten strikes out.
Top 4 Jim Converse now pitching. Fielder hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Raines scores.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Raines moves to third.
Top 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Raines moves to second.
Top 4 Raines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third.
Top 4 Kelly bunts towards first. King fields the ball and throws to Rusch covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Brian Boehringer now pitching. Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 3 Vitiello takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it and throws to second for the out. Offerman scores. Bell moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 King takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dye scores. Goodwin scores. Offerman moves to third.
Bottom 3 Offerman takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to second.
Bottom 3 There goes Dye. The throw from Posada and he is safe. Dye steals third.
Bottom 3 Goodwin takes first base on ball four. Dye moves to second.
Bottom 3 Spehr hits a fly ball into right field. Whiten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes.
Top 3 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whiten moves to third.
Top 3 Whiten hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Fielder takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Martinez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Jeter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Jeter reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Raines hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paquette hits a line drive towards short. Jeter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vitiello hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kelly strikes out.
Top 2 Posada hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hayes strikes out.
Top 2 Whiten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fielder moves to second.
Top 2 Fielder takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Offerman for the out.
Top 1 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Vitiello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Raines tags and scores.
Top 1 Jeter bunts in front of the plate. Spehr fields it and throws to first for the out. Raines moves to third.
Top 1 Raines hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Raines reaches second base with a double.