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September 7, 1997

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 9 13 0
Royals 3 9 2
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Athletics 9 13 0
Royals 3 9 2

Mike Sweeney Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .249
OBP .667 .317
At Bats 3 197
Hits 2 49
• Singles 2 35
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 26

Jay Witasick Season Stats

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Kauffman Stadium - September 7, 1997
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Walk
Jay Witasick
Izzy Molina
Jason Giambi
Scott Spiezio
Scott Brosius
Miguel Tejada
Jason McDonald
Ernie Young
Ben Grieve
Mike Sweeney
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

Sweeney takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jason McDonald now playing left field. Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grieve hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spiezio strikes out.
Top 8 Brosius strikes out.
Top 8 Molina hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Benitez. Molina reaches second base with a double. Tejada scores. Young scores.
Top 8 Young bunts towards the mound. Olson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Olson. Tejada moves to third. Young moves to second.
Top 8 Gregg Olson now pitching. Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Sutton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Benitez hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jay Witasick now pitching. Halter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bellhorn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lesher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grieve takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hansen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sweeney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dye hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Buddy Groom now pitching. Sutton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Benitez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ludwick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brosius hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Molina hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Halter takes first base on ball four. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 5 Myers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Cooper scores.
Bottom 5 Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Tejada hits a popup towards first. Sutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bellhorn strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Sutton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Benitez hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a line drive into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Giambi strikes out.
Top 4 Lesher hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spiezio tags and scores.
Top 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Brosius scores. Spiezio moves to third.
Top 4 Spiezio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores. Brosius moves to third.
Top 4 Brosius takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second.
Top 4 Scott Service now pitching. Molina strikes out.
Top 4 Young hits a line drive into left field. Benitez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Benitez. Bellhorn scores. Tejada scores.
Top 4 Tejada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benitez. Tejada reaches second base with a double. Giambi scores. Bellhorn moves to third.
Top 4 Bellhorn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Giambi moves to second.
Top 4 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hansen bunts, foul, towards the mound. Ludwick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sweeney hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cooper is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Lesher hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grieve hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to third.
Top 3 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Young scores.
Top 3 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Young moves to third.
Top 3 Molina hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Young bunts towards the mound. Rosado fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sutton hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Benitez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tejada strikes out.
Top 2 Bellhorn bunts towards the mound. Rosado fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lesher hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Halter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Myers bunts towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brosius hits a line drive into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.