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Royals
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 6, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 6, 1997 at Jacobs Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 6, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 6, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Belcher |
Home Starting Pitcher | Orel Hershiser |
Ballpark | Jacobs Field |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 42,863 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Durwood Merrill 1B: Dale Scott 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Rocky Roe |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
Jeff King | First Baseman |
Chili Davis | DH |
Johnny Damon | Left Fielder |
Jay Bell | Shortstop |
Jon Nunnally | Right Fielder |
Scott Cooper | Third Baseman |
Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
Bob Boone | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Marquis Grissom | Center Fielder |
Kevin Seitzer | DH |
Jim Thome | First Baseman |
Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
Sandy Alomar | Catcher |
Matt Williams | Third Baseman |
Brian Giles | Left Fielder |
Tony Fernandez | Second Baseman |
Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Mike Hargrove | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 6, 1997
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Hershiser
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hershiser fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Hershiser
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Hershiser
King hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Belcher
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Belcher
Seitzer hits a line drive into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hershiser
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Hershiser
Damon hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Hershiser
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Belcher
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Belcher
Giles hits a line drive towards first. King reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Hershiser
Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Hershiser
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Hershiser
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Belcher
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Grissom vs. Belcher
Grissom hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vizquel moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Seitzer vs. Belcher
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome takes first base on ball four. Vizquel moves to third. Seitzer moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Hershiser
Offerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Hershiser
Goodwin bunts towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
King vs. Hershiser
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Hershiser
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Offerman moves to third. King moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Damon vs. Hershiser
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Offerman scores. King moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Hershiser
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. King scores. Davis moves to third. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Nunnally vs. Hershiser
Nunnally hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. Damon moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Cooper vs. Hershiser
Cooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Damon scores. Bell scores. Nunnally goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Macfarlane vs. Hershiser
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Hershiser
Offerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giles. Offerman reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodwin vs. Mesa
Jose Mesa now pitching.
Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Belcher
Williams hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Belcher
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Belcher covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Belcher
Fernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Grissom vs. Belcher
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields it and throws to second for the out. Fernandez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Seitzer vs. Belcher
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Damon. Seitzer reaches second base with a double. Fernandez scores. Grissom goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Mesa
King hits a line drive towards third. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Mesa
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Mesa
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Belcher
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Belcher
Giles hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Mesa
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Mesa
Nunnally strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Mesa
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Belcher
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel bunts towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Offerman covering, for the out. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Grissom vs. Belcher
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Seitzer vs. Belcher
Seitzer strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Mesa
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Mesa
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Mesa
Goodwin hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a line drive into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Belcher
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Mesa
King strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Mesa
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Assenmacher
Paul Assenmacher now pitching.
Damon hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Jackson
Michael Jackson now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Vizquel fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Casian
Larry Casian now pitching.
Giles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Macfarlane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Casian
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Casian
Vizquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grissom vs. Olson
Gregg Olson now pitching.
There goes Vizquel. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Vizquel steals second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Grissom vs. Olson
Grissom hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vizquel scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. Olson
There goes Grissom. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Grissom steals second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Seitzer vs. Olson
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Nunnally vs. Jackson
Nunnally hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Jackson
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Jackson
Shane Halter pinch runs for Scott Cooper.
Macfarlane hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Jackson
Offerman strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/6/1997 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Offerman J, 2b 5 1 2 1 Grissom M, cf 5 1 1 1 Goodwin T, cf 3 0 0 0 Seitzer K, dh 4 1 1 2 King J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Thome J, 1b 1 1 0 0 Davis C, dh 4 1 2 0 Ramirez M, rf 4 1 1 4 Damon J, lf 4 1 1 1 Alomar Jr. S, c 4 0 1 0 Bell J, ss 4 1 1 1 Williams M, 3b 4 1 1 1 Nunnally J, rf 4 1 1 1 Giles B, lf 4 0 0 0 Cooper S, 3b 3 1 2 3 Fernandez T, 2b 4 1 2 0 Halter S, pr 0 0 0 0 Vizquel O, ss 3 2 3 0 Macfarlane M, c 4 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 7 9 7 33 8 10 8 Kansas City 000 700 000 -- 7 Cleveland 004 300 01x -- 8 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Belcher T 7.0 8 7 7 4 4 Casian L (L) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 Olson G 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Hershiser O 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 Mesa J 3.2 1 0 0 0 4 Assenmacher P 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson M (W) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Kansas City 3, Cleveland 6 2B -- Cooper S, Offerman J, Seitzer K HR -- Ramirez M, Williams M SB -- Vizquel O, Grissom M SH -- Goodwin T, Vizquel O T -- 2:41 A -- 42863
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