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September 26, 1997

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Braves 7 12 1
Mets 6 7 2
Bottom 11 R H E
Braves 7 12 1
Mets 6 7 2

Carlos Mendoza Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .200
OBP .400 .429
At Bats 3 10
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 2
RBI’s 0 1

Kerry Ligtenberg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Shea Stadium - September 26, 1997
Out
Kerry Ligtenberg
Tim Spehr
Greg Colbrunn
Tony Graffanino
Ed Giovanola
Rafael Belliard
Tommy Gregg
Andruw Jones
Danny Bautista
Carlos Mendoza

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 7 12 1 8
New York Mets 6 7 2 7
Winning Pitcher John LeRoy
Losing Pitcher Mel Rojas
Save Kerry Ligtenberg
Game Winning RBI Danny Bautista
Attendance 21,864
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Giovanola fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Todd Pratt pinch hits for Mel Rojas. Pratt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Edgardo Alfonzo pinch hits for Alberto Castillo. Alfonzo strikes out.
Top 11 Michael Tucker pinch hits for John LeRoy. Tucker strikes out.
Top 11 Belliard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert fields it and throws to home to get Giovanola. Bautista moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 11 Bautista hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Spehr scores. Giovanola moves to third. Bautista moves to second.
Top 11 Giovanola is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Graffanino strikes out. There goes Spehr. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 11 Spehr hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belliard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Petagine moves to third. Hardtke moves to second.
Bottom 10 Hardtke is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Petagine moves to second.
Bottom 10 Petagine takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Franco hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gregg strikes out.
Top 10 Jones strikes out.
Top 10 Mel Rojas now pitching. Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mendoza strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bernard Gilkey pinch hits for Greg McMichael. Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Castillo strikes out.
Bottom 9 John LeRoy now pitching. Ed Giovanola now playing third base. Lopez strikes out.
Top 9 Mordecai hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hardtke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Belliard bunts towards first. Franco fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Bautista hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mendoza. Bautista reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 There goes Ochoa. The throw from Spehr and he is out, Graffanino applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belliard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Hardtke hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alan Embree now pitching. Gilbert strikes out.
Top 8 Keith Lockhart pinch hits for Chad Fox. Lockhart strikes out.
Top 8 Graffanino strikes out.
Top 8 Greg McMichael now pitching. Spehr strikes out.
Top 8 Gregg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ochoa. Gregg reaches second base with a double. Jones moves to third.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Petagine strikes out.
Bottom 7 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbrunn fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Chad Fox now pitching. Mendoza takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Colbrunn hits a fly ball into center field. Mendoza settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mordecai hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Belliard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Bautista hits a fly ball into left field. Petagine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Javy Lopez pinch hits for Chris Brock. Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Shawn Gilbert now playing third base. Roberto Petagine now playing left field. Matt Franco now playing first base. Graffanino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bohanon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Castillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Petagine scores. Hardtke scores. Lopez moves to third. Castillo moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbrunn juggles the ball. That's an error on Colbrunn. Petagine moves to third. Hardtke moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ochoa hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hardtke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Petagine moves to second.
Bottom 6 Huskey hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Petagine takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Spehr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hardtke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gregg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Franco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roberto Petagine now playing first base. Jones strikes out.
Bottom 5 Franco hits a fly ball into left field. Gregg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mendoza bunts towards third. Mordecai fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bohanon strikes out.
Top 5 Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hardtke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Mordecai hits a ball on the ground towards third. Franco fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Belliard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Franco fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Franco.
Top 5 Carlos Mendoza now playing center field. Jason Hardtke now playing second base. Alex Ochoa now playing right field. Butch Huskey now playing left Bautista hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belliard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Lopez. The throw from Spehr and he is out, Belliard applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Tommy Gregg now playing left field. Tim Spehr now catching. McRae strikes out.
Top 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Graffanino hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Perez strikes out.
Top 4 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Huskey hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mike Mordecai now playing third base. Greg Colbrunn now playing first base. Olerud hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McGriff hits a line drive towards third. Franco reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Franco hits a fly ball into right field. Bautista settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Danny Bautista now playing right field. Rafael Belliard now playing shortstop. Andruw Jones now playing center field. Bohanon hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Franco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lofton bunts towards third. Franco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Graffanino scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bohanon fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez scores. Graffanino moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mendoza. Graffanino reaches second base with a double. Perez moves to third.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez misplays the ball. That's an error on Lopez.
Top 2 Klesko strikes out.
Bottom 1 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Huskey scores. McRae scores.
Bottom 1 There goes McRae. The throw from Perez and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Huskey moves to third.
Bottom 1 Baerga takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Perez for a passed ball. Huskey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Huskey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Olerud scores.
Bottom 1 Olerud hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Olerud reaches second base with a double. Mendoza scores.
Bottom 1 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brock fields it and throws to first for the out. Mendoza moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mendoza takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGriff for the out. Lofton scores. Blauser moves to third.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 Blauser hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mendoza. Blauser reaches second base with a double. Lofton moves to third.
Top 1 Lofton takes first base on ball four.