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CINCINNATI REDS @ CLEVELAND SPIDERS
09/23/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Pitching: RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: LHB Fernando Vina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Rolen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bernie Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Pitching: RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: LHB Darryl Strawberry 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Kevin Mitchell to second
Kevin Mitchell to third
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 0 - Cleveland 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: LHB Bobby Higginson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Matt Lawton 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 63.8 MPH)
Bobby Higginson to second
Batting: SHB Scott Spiezio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Nilsson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: SHB Tomas Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 61.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Ball
Marquis Grissom steals 2nd base
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 0 - Cleveland 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: SHB Omar Vizquel 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dwayne Hosey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Fernando Vina 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Dwayne Hosey to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Scott Rolen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Fernando Vina to second
Batting: SHB Bernie Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Higginson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 101.3 MPH)
Fernando Vina scores
Scott Rolen to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Matt Lawton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bobby Higginson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: SHB Scott Spiezio 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 4 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: LHB Darryl Strawberry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Darryl Strawberry to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 105.0 MPH)
Darryl Strawberry scores
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 75.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 4 - Cleveland 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: LHB Dave Nilsson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Omar Vizquel 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dwayne Hosey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 4 - Cleveland 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: SHB Tomas Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-4
Tomas Perez to second
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Tomas Perez to third
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.9 MPH), Distance : 356 ft
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darryl Strawberry 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 4 - Cleveland 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: LHB Fernando Vina 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Scott Rolen 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 88.8 MPH), Distance : 375 ft
Batting: SHB Bernie Williams 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Higginson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Matt Lawton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 5 - Cleveland 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 5 - Cleveland 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Batting: SHB Scott Spiezio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Nilsson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD, EV 51.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Omar Vizquel 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 99.4 MPH), Distance : 377 ft
Batting: SHB Dwayne Hosey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 6 - Cleveland 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: SHB Tomas Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.1 MPH)
George E Williams to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
Marquis Grissom steals 2nd base (no throw)
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Darryl Strawberry 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 6 - Cleveland 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : RHP Bret Saberhagen
Pitching: LHP Steve Cooke
Batting: LHB Fernando Vina 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Rolen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bernie Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Higginson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 99.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 6 - Cleveland 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 392 ft
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: SHB Tomas Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 6 - Cleveland 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Steve Cooke
Batting: LHB Matt Lawton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Scott Spiezio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Nilsson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
Matt Lawton is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 108.1 MPH), Distance : 343 ft
Batting: SHB Omar Vizquel 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dwayne Hosey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Cincinnati 7 - Cleveland 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Jose Rijo
Batting: SHB George E Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marquis Grissom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 374 ft
Pitching: RHP Doug Henry
Batting: RHB Billy Ripken 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Darryl Strawberry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 7 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Cincinnati Reds batting - Pitching for Cleveland Spiders : LHP Steve Cooke
Batting: LHB Fernando Vina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Rolen 0-0: Intentional Walk
Pitching: RHP Willie Banks
Batting: SHB Bernie Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Bobby Higginson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Matt Lawton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 7 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Cleveland Spiders batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Reds : RHP Doug Henry
Batting: RHB Bernard Gilkey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Mitchell 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 108.8 MPH), Distance : 393 ft
Batting: LHB Raul Ibanez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Howard Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 7 - Cleveland 6
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