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KANSAS CITY ROYALS @ CLEVELAND SPIDERS
09/12/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Pitching: LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 7S, EV 86.9 MPH) - OUT at second base trying to stretch hit.
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Pitching: LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 111.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 79.4 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: LHB Garret Anderson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tomas Perez 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Raul Ibanez to second
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Raul Ibanez scores
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 103.1 MPH)
George E Williams scores
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 70.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.3 MPH)
Now at SS: Rudy Pemberton
Batting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 113.1 MPH)
Jeromy Burnitz to third
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RXD, EV 112.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Garret Anderson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 0 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Tony Eusebio to second
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 93.1 MPH)
Tony Eusebio to third
Andruw Jones to second
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Tony Eusebio scores
Andruw Jones to third
Reggie L. Sanders to second
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Andruw Jones scores
Reggie L. Sanders to third
Barry Larkin to second
Batting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rudy Pemberton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 106.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LMF, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Billy Ripken to second
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Single, Error in OF, E7, batter to second base (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Garret Anderson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 102.5 MPH), Distance : 346 ft
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rudy Pemberton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 105.6 MPH), Distance : 412 ft
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Sterling Hitchcock
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 101.9 MPH) (infield hit)
Pitching: RHP Willie Banks
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 104.4 MPH)
Kazuhiro Kiyohara to third
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 89.4 MPH)
Kazuhiro Kiyohara scores
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 77.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Willie Banks
Now at 1B: Roberto Petagine
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Barry Larkin steals 2nd base
Batter strikes out.
Batting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Denny Neagle
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 87.5 MPH)
Now at 3B: Hensley Meulens
Batting: LHB Garret Anderson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Flyball, 56D, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 61.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Willie Banks
Pitching: RHP Steve Karsay
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Kazuhiro Kiyohara to third
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Cleveland 5
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