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Mike Benjamin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .333 .294
At Bats 3 80
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 4

Kerry Ligtenberg Season Stats

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Fenway Park - August 29, 1997
Kerry Ligtenberg
Javy Lopez
Eddie Perez
Tony Graffanino
Chipper Jones
Rafael Belliard
Danny Bautista
Kenny Lofton
Andruw Jones
Mike Benjamin
Troy O'Leary
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Benjamin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bautista. Benjamin reaches second base with a double. O'Leary moves to third.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hatteberg hits a line drive into left field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 O'Leary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Cordero hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rafael Belliard now playing shortstop. Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Jefferson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Colbrunn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frye reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jim Corsi now pitching. Bautista hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Frye strikes out.
Bottom 8 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Brad Clontz now pitching. Tony Graffanino now playing second base. Eddie Perez now playing first base. Bragg strikes out.
Top 8 McGriff hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frye reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to second for the out. Lofton scores.
Top 8 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn fields the ball and throws to Brandenburg covering. Safe. Blauser scores. Lofton moves to third.
Top 8 Lofton hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Blauser moves to third.
Top 8 Blauser hits a line drive beyond first. Vaughn can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Colbrunn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Benjamin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hatteberg hits a fly ball into left field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Leary hits a popup into left field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Danny Bautista now playing left field. Cordero hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mark Brandenburg now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Danny Bautista pinch hits for Ryan Klesko. Bautista hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockhart scores. McGriff moves to third.
Top 7 McGriff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockhart moves to second.
Top 7 Jones strikes out.
Top 7 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ron Mahay now pitching. Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops it up and throws to first, with Mahay covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Vaughn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Vaughn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Frye strikes out.
Bottom 6 Garciaparra strikes out.
Top 6 Blauser hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Blauser reaches second base with a double. There goes Colbrunn trying to get to home. Bragg throws the ball in to Garciaparra who relays the ball to Hatteberg, who tags Colbrunn, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 6 Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Klesko scores. Jones scores.
Top 6 There goes Jones. The throw from Hatteberg and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 6 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Hudson now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGriff scores. Klesko moves to third.
Top 6 Klesko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordero. Klesko reaches second base with a double. Lockhart scores. McGriff moves to third.
Top 6 McGriff hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lockhart moves to third.
Top 6 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lockhart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bragg hits a line drive into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Benjamin hits a line drive towards short. Blauser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hatteberg strikes out.
Top 5 Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Blauser takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Leary hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cordero hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jefferson hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benjamin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Klesko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Klesko reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Frye hits a line drive into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hatteberg moves to third. Benjamin moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bragg strikes out.
Bottom 3 Benjamin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hatteberg moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hatteberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Lofton. The throw from Hatteberg and he is out, Benjamin applying the tag.
Top 3 Lockhart takes first base on ball four. Lofton moves to second.
Top 3 Lofton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Leary strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cordero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Jones strikes out.
Top 2 Klesko strikes out.
Top 2 McGriff hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Frye strikes out.
Bottom 1 Garciaparra hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops it up and throws to first, with Sele covering, for the out.
Top 1 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockhart for the out.
Top 1 Lofton strikes out.