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August 19, 1997

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Orioles 12 15 0
Royals 9 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 12 15 0
Royals 9 12 1

Jeff King Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .235
OBP .500 .340
At Bats 3 426
Hits 1 100
• Singles 1 57
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 1 69
RBI’s 1 74

Armando Benitez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 8
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Kauffman Stadium - August 19, 1997
Armando Benitez
Lenny Webster
Rafael Palmeiro
Aaron Ledesma
Cal Ripken
Jeff Reboulet
B.J. Surhoff
Brady Anderson
Tony Tarasco
Jeff King
Dean Palmer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 12 15 0 5
Kansas City Royals 9 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Terry Mathews
Losing Pitcher Tim Belcher
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Geronimo Berroa
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

King strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Palmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Webster hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ripken for the out.
Top 9 Matt Whisenant now pitching. Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whisenant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Damon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 8 Armando Benitez now pitching. Hansen hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Anderson who is chasing the ball. Hansen reaches third base with a triple. Dye scores. Sweeney goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Sweeney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dye moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Tony Tarasco now playing right field. King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ripken fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Surhoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Carrasco, and towards Hansen, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Ledesma strikes out.
Bottom 7 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ripken fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Anderson strikes out.
Top 7 Reboulet hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Webster strikes out.
Top 7 Baines hits a line drive into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Damon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ledesma settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ripken fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hansen hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ripken hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berroa moves to third.
Top 6 Berroa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Surhoff scores.
Top 6 Surhoff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Surhoff reaches second base with a double. Ledesma goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Ledesma hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Webster scores.
Top 6 Jamie Walker now pitching. Anderson hits a line drive into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reboulet hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Belcher covering, for the out. Webster moves to third.
Top 6 Webster hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Damon. Webster reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dye strikes out. There goes King. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 King takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Palmer strikes out.
Top 5 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baines for the out.
Top 5 Ripken strikes out.
Top 5 Palmeiro hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Berroa hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Damon. The throw from Webster and he is safe. Damon steals second.
Bottom 4 Terry Mathews now pitching. Damon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores.
Bottom 4 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Berroa who is chasing the ball. Roberts reaches third base with a triple. Sweeney scores.
Bottom 4 Hansen bunts towards third. Ripken fields it and throws to first for the out. Sweeney moves to third.
Bottom 4 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Surhoff. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. Dye scores.
Bottom 4 Dye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Berroa. Dye reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Surhoff hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ledesma hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ripken fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Palmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Palmeiro, and towards Ledesma, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roberts scores.
Bottom 3 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Roberts. The throw from Webster and he is safe. Roberts steals second.
Bottom 3 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Reboulet strikes out.
Top 3 Webster hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 3 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer juggles the ball. That's an error on Palmer. Palmeiro scores. Ripken moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Ripken hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Surhoff scores. Palmeiro moves to second.
Top 3 Palmeiro hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Surhoff moves to third.
Top 3 Berroa hits a line drive into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson tags and scores.
Top 3 Surhoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Top 3 Ledesma hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Anderson moves to second.
Top 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kamieniecki fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Webster. The throw from Sweeney and he is out, Palmer applying the tag.
Top 2 Reboulet hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Baines scores. Webster moves to second.
Top 2 Webster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palmeiro scores. Baines moves to second.
Top 2 Baines takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Palmeiro moves to second.
Top 2 Ripken hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Palmeiro takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Belcher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores. There goes Davis trying to get to home. Surhoff throws the ball in to Webster, who tags Davis for the out.
Bottom 1 Palmer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmeiro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Damon scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell takes first base on ball four. Damon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Damon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reboulet scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Surhoff hits a line drive into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ledesma strikes out. Sweeney drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Ledesma out.
Top 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Belcher covering, for the out.