DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ORLANDO DEVIL RAYS AT NEW YORK YANKEES
09/20/1997
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ORLANDO DEVIL RAYS AT NEW YORK YANKEES
GAME ID: 3607 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Orlando Devil Rays (80-75) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 7 0
New York Yankees (54-100) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 8 2
Devil Rays Edge Yankees, 5-4
Orlando and New York duked it out at Yankee Stadium and the Devil Rays came out victorious.

The Devil Rays faced a stiff challenge from New York pitcher Mark Langston, but persevered to claim a win at Yankee Stadium. The final score was 5-4. Langston went 5 innings and allowed 1 earned run. Orlando reliever Don Schulze picked up the win, upping his record to 1-0. Lee Smith was saddled with the loss. Frank DiPino earned his 22nd save in 27 chances.

Orlando needed the clutch hitting of Craig Biggio to notch the win. The second baseman hammered a 3-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to put the Devil Rays on top, 5-4. For the game, Biggio had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

In postgame comments to the Orlando Today, Biggio said, "If the effort is there, the wins will come."

The Devil Rays bumped their record to 80-75 with this latest triumph.
ORLANDO BATTING LINESCORE NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Biggio 2B 5 1 2 3 0 0 3 .267 16 53
J. Bagwell 1B 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 .230 27 83
R. Gant LF 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 .232 34 85
T. Salmon RF 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .236 33 102
I. Rodriguez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .270 24 76
B. Jordan CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .241 18 66
J. Valentin SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .196 30 77
P. O'Neill DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .225 28 75
   b-L. Dykstra DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 4 15
J. Reed 3B 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 .167 2 18
   a-J. Kruk PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .232 3 12
   c-A. Sheets 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .098 0 2
Totals 33 5 7 4 6 10 19      
a - J. Kruk pinch hit for J. Reed in the 9th
b - L. Dykstra substituted for P. O'Neill in the 9th
c - A. Sheets substituted for J. Kruk in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: C. Biggio (16, 9th Inning off L. Smith, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: P. O'Neill , I. Rodriguez , C. Biggio 5 , J. Reed , R. Gant 2
2-out RBI: J. Reed
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Bagwell , I. Rodriguez , C. Biggio
GIDP: B. Jordan
Hit by Pitch: J. Reed
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Reed-Biggio-Bagwell)
OF assists: 1 (Gant (Grotewold at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Abreu RF 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 .232 21 58
O. Cabrera SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .255 10 64
D. Lee 1B 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 .217 8 21
P. Clark DH 4 0 0 1 0 2 3 .232 16 60
B. Trammell LF 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .218 7 17
K. Orie 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .197 6 15
M. Gallego 2B 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .192 6 26
J. Grotewold C 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 .152 6 25
D. Lewis CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 .190 2 30
Totals 32 4 8 4 6 12 15      
BATTING
Doubles: M. Gallego (13, 6th Inning off A. Benes, 0 on, 1 out) O. Cabrera (30, 7th Inning off A. Embree, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Abreu (21, 1st Inning off A. Benes, 0 on, 0 outs) J. Grotewold (6, 5th Inning off A. Benes, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Gallego 3 , B. Trammell , O. Cabrera 2 , B. Abreu 5 , J. Grotewold 4 , D. Lewis
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Trammell , K. Orie , O. Cabrera , P. Clark , D. Lewis 2
GIDP: K. Orie
Sac Bunt: D. Lewis
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Trammell (1) , B. Abreu (21)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Mesa (3) , K. Orie (5)
Double Plays: 2 (Mesa-Lee, Cabrera-Gallego-Lee)
ORLANDO PITCHING LINESCORE NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
A. Benes 5.1 7 4 4 4 5 2 95 58 7.15   
A. Embree 2.1 1 0 0 2 5 0 51 31 3.76   
D. Schulze W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4.70   
F. DiPino SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 10 3.06   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Benes 39
Batters Faced: A. Benes 25, A. Embree 10, D. Schulze 1, F. DiPino 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Benes 7-2, A. Embree 1-1, D. Schulze 0-1, F. DiPino 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Benes 95-58, A. Embree 51-31, D. Schulze 4-2, F. DiPino 16-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Embree 1-0 , D. Schulze 2-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
M. Langston 5.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 111 66 3.29   
J. Mesa H (8) 2.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 24 16 4.29   
M. Henneman H (4) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 27 13 3.42   
L. Smith L (1-5), BS (3) 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 14 5 3.91   
B. Eversgerd 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 3.52   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Langston 58
Batters Faced: M. Langston 23, J. Mesa 7, M. Henneman 5, L. Smith 3, B. Eversgerd 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Langston 2-5, J. Mesa 1-2, M. Henneman 2-1, L. Smith 0-0, B. Eversgerd 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Langston 111-66, J. Mesa 24-16, M. Henneman 27-13, L. Smith 14-5, B. Eversgerd 10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Mesa 1-0 , L. Smith 1-1 , B. Eversgerd 1-0
Hit Batsmen: J. Mesa
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mark Langston
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 33127
Special Notes: RP Frank DiPino was injured while pitching.
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