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April 23, 1997

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Royals 12 11 1
Mariners 10 18 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 12 11 1
Mariners 10 18 2

Edgar Martinez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .316
OBP .400 .411
At Bats 5 76
Hits 2 24
• Singles 2 13
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 13

Hipolito Pichardo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 3
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Kingdome - April 23, 1997
Out
Hipolito Pichardo
Mike Macfarlane
Jeff King
David Howard
Craig Paquette
Jay Bell
Bip Roberts
Tom Goodwin
Johnny Damon
Edgar Martinez
Alex Rodriguez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 12 11 1 2
Seattle Mariners 10 18 2 12
Winning Pitcher Randy Veres
Losing Pitcher Edwin Hurtado
Save Hipolito Pichardo
Game Winning RBI Joe Vitiello
Attendance 21,855
Time of Game 3 hours 16 minutes
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Griffey strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Damon is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cora settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brent Gates now playing first base. King hits a fly ball into left field. Tinsley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cora hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tinsley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Davis hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Brent Gates pinch hits for Mike Blowers. Gates hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 There goes Roberts. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Cora applying the tag.
Top 8 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howard tags and scores.
Top 8 Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 8 Goodwin hits a popup towards short. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Griffey. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Buhner hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cora hits a popup, foul, towards third. Paquette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Scott Sanders now pitching. Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Cora picks up the ball and throws it to Rodriguez who tags the runner out.
Top 7 Damon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Tinsley strikes out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Davis reaches second base with a double. Martinez scores. Buhner moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blowers is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Buhner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bell. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 6 Randy Veres now pitching. Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 King hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mike Blowers now playing first base. Greg McCarthy now pitching. Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Griffey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Cora goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Cora hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores.
Bottom 5 Tinsley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Davis reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Damon. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Buhner scores.
Bottom 5 Mike Blowers pinch hits for Paul Sorrento. Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Glendon Rusch now pitching. Johnny Damon now playing right field. Buhner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Damon. Buhner reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Tinsley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Tinsley. Macfarlane reaches second base with a double. Vitiello scores. Paquette scores.
Top 5 Paquette hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Davis scores. Vitiello moves to third.
Top 5 Vitiello hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. King scores. Davis moves to second.
Top 5 Davis is hit by the pitch. King moves to second.
Top 5 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bell is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Roberts hits a line drive into right field. Buhner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffey is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. Cora moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cora hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Cora reaches second base with a double. Davis scores.
Bottom 4 Tinsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Davis is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Goodwin hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Tinsley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Edwin Hurtado now pitching. Macfarlane hits a fly ball into left field. Tinsley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sorrento strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buhner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a popup towards third. Paquette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Paquette. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Cora applying the tag.
Top 3 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vitiello moves to third.
Top 3 Vitiello hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tinsley. Vitiello reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. Davis goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Davis takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Top 3 King is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a popup towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cora hits a fly ball into right field. Vitiello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Tinsley strikes out. There goes Davis. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buhner scores. Sorrento scores. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Buhner moves to third. Sorrento moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sorrento hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pittsley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Buhner moves to second.
Bottom 2 Buhner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sorrento scoops it up and throws to first, with Wells covering, for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a popup towards third. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Macfarlane strikes out.
Bottom 1 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Griffey takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Paquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cora settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Vitiello strikes out.
Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground to right field. Buhner throws towards the plate. Wilson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wilson. Roberts scores. King goes all the way around to score. Davis moves to second.
Top 1 King takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive towards short. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Roberts takes first base on ball four.