Indians @ Blue Jays
May 18, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 11 1
Blue Jays 6 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 11 1
Blue Jays 6 8 0

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .253
OBP .500 .326
At Bats 3 154
Hits 1 39
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 1 17

Michael Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 3
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SkyDome - May 18, 1997
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Michael Jackson
Sandy Alomar
Jim Thome
Julio Franco
Matt Williams
Omar Vizquel
David Justice
Marquis Grissom
Manny Ramirez
Orlando Merced

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 8 11 1 5
Toronto Blue Jays 6 8 0 5
Winning Pitcher Chad Ogea
Losing Pitcher Chris Carpenter
Save Michael Jackson
Game Winning RBI Sandy Alomar
Attendance 31,137
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Nixon bunts towards first. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Williams strikes out.
Top 9 Thome hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Santiago settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spoljaric fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Franco reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Green strikes out.
Bottom 8 Michael Jackson now pitching. Santiago hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Paul Assenmacher now pitching. Delgado hits a fly ball into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 8 Grissom hits a popup towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vizquel strikes out.
Top 8 Paul Spoljaric now pitching. Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Eric Plunk now pitching. Carter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Merced hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alvin Morman now pitching. There goes Nixon. The throw from Alomar and he is safe. Nixon steals second.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores.
Bottom 7 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Franco strikes out. Santiago drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Franco out.
Top 7 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tim Crabtree now pitching. Justice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Santiago hits a popup beyond first. Thome can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Ogea covering, for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thome hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Seitzer hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sprague hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Merced strikes out.
Top 5 Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Franco for the out.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 4 Justice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Williams strikes out.
Top 4 Thome strikes out.
Bottom 3 Green strikes out.
Bottom 3 Santiago hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Nixon scores. Merced moves to third. Sprague moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Delgado hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sprague is hit by the pitch. Nixon moves to third. Merced moves to second.
Bottom 3 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merced takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel misplays the ball. That's an error on Vizquel.
Top 3 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Seitzer for the out.
Top 3 Grissom strikes out.
Top 3 Paul Quantrill now pitching. Vizquel takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Alomar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Green. Alomar reaches second base with a double. Justice scores. Ramirez moves to third.
Top 3 Franco strikes out.
Top 3 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Justice moves to second.
Top 3 Justice takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Williams hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogea fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thome strikes out.
Top 2 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Vizquel scores.
Top 2 Grissom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vizquel moves to third.
Top 2 Vizquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Alomar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santiago for the out.
Bottom 1 Delgado takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sprague hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Justice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Thome hits a fly ball into left field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Grissom takes first base on ball four.