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September 5, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 16 0
Royals 6 15 0
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Athletics 9 16 0
Royals 6 15 0

Yamil Benitez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .278
OBP .500 .307
At Bats 4 144
Hits 2 40
• Singles 2 26
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 18

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 21
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Kauffman Stadium - September 5, 1997
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Out
Billy Taylor
Izzy Molina
Jason Giambi
Scott Spiezio
Scott Brosius
Miguel Tejada
Jason McDonald
Ernie Young
Ben Grieve
Yamil Benitez
Jermaine Dye
Scott Cooper
Chili Davis

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 9 16 0 11
Kansas City Royals 6 15 0 11
Winning Pitcher Mike Oquist
Losing Pitcher Hector Carrasco
Save Billy Taylor
Game Winning RBI Brian Lesher
Attendance 13,299
Time of Game 3 hours 17 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Benitez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davis moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields the ball and throws to Taylor covering. Safe. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 9 King hits a fly ball into left field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Billy Taylor now pitching. Jason McDonald now playing left field. Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Molina hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Jed Hansen now playing second base. Young strikes out.
Bottom 8 Larry Sutton pinch hits for Shane Halter. Tim Kubinski now pitching. Mike Macfarlane pinch hits for Larry Sutton. Macfarlane strikes out.
Bottom 8 Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Benitez scores. Sweeney moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Benitez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Benitez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Dye hits a line drive into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brian Bevil now pitching. Brosius strikes out.
Top 8 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lesher scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Spiezio scores. Lesher moves to second.
Top 8 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Halter fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Spiezio moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to second.
Top 8 Grieve strikes out.
Top 8 Matt Whisenant now pitching. Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Aaron Small now pitching. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Myers scores.
Bottom 7 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 7 Myers takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Tejada strikes out.
Top 7 Molina strikes out.
Top 7 Scott Service now pitching. Young hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sweeney hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Benitez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brosius hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Giambi hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stairs tags and scores.
Top 6 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carrasco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spiezio scores. Stairs moves to third.
Top 6 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to second.
Top 6 Grieve strikes out.
Top 6 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 King strikes out.
Bottom 5 Davis is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lesher. Bell reaches second base with a double. Halter moves to third.
Bottom 5 Halter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Myers hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Molina hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Giambi scores. Brosius moves to third. Molina moves to second.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Brosius hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lesher scores. Giambi moves to second.
Top 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lesher moves to second.
Top 5 Lesher hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Benitez hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grieve strikes out.
Top 4 Spiezio takes first base on ball four. Molina moves to second.
Top 4 Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Molina hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 King strikes out.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brosius for the out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benitez. Giambi reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Lesher hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Stairs strikes out.
Top 3 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Spiezio hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Myers hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Myers reaches second base with a double. Sweeney goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Benitez hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dye strikes out.
Top 2 Tejada hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Molina hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Halter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Halter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Myers hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lesher takes first base on ball four. Spiezio moves to third. Grieve moves to second.
Top 1 Stairs strikes out.
Top 1 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to second.
Top 1 Spiezio takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tejada hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sweeney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.