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September 7, 1997

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Angels 4 6 2
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Angels 4 6 2
Tigers 4 11 1

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .233
OBP .000 .316
At Bats 0 344
Hits 0 80
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 38
RBI’s 0 62

Troy Percival Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 23
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Tiger Stadium - September 7, 1997
Troy Percival
Chad Kreuter
Darin Erstad
Tony Phillips
Craig Grebeck
Gary Disarcina
Garret Anderson
Jim Edmonds
Tim Salmon
Melvin Nieves
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Craig Grebeck now playing third base. Melvin Nieves pinch hits for Kimera Bartee. Nieves strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Kreuter strikes out.
Top 11 Anderson strikes out.
Top 11 Hollins strikes out.
Bottom 10 Nevin strikes out.
Bottom 10 Troy Percival now pitching. Clark strikes out.
Bottom 10 Higginson strikes out.
Top 10 Edmonds hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Salmon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sager fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Erstad bunts towards the mound. Sager fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 10 A.J. Sager now pitching. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Mike Holtz now pitching. Holtz fires to first and has Easley trapped. There's the throw to Disarcina who tags Easley for the out.
Bottom 9 Easley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There goes Hunter. The throw from Kreuter and he is out, Phillips applying the tag.
Bottom 9 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. James fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Chad Kreuter now catching. Cruz strikes out. Kreuter drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Cruz out.
Top 9 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Disarcina hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Todd Jones now pitching. Phil Nevin now playing third base. Luis Alicea pinch hits for Angelo Encarnacion. Alicea strikes out.
Bottom 8 Casanova strikes out.
Bottom 8 There go the runners. The throw from Encarnacion to Phillips covering second. The throw back to home, and Bartee is out at the plate. Encarnacion moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kimera Bartee pinch runs for Bob Hamelin. Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bartee moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hamelin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mike James now pitching. Fryman strikes out.
Top 8 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hollins hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Salmon tags and scores.
Top 8 Edmonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Salmon moves to third.
Top 8 Eddie Gaillard now pitching. Salmon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Erstad strikes out.
Bottom 7 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greg Cadaret now pitching. Higginson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Angelo Encarnacion now catching. Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hollins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mike Myers now pitching. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Henderson strikes out.
Top 7 Orlando Palmeiro pinch runs for Chris Turner. Disarcina bunts towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Disarcina for the out. Palmeiro moves to second.
Top 7 Dan Miceli now pitching. Damion Easley now playing second base. Turner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Salmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips misplays the ball. That's an error on Phillips.
Bottom 6 Encarnacion strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hamelin hits a line drive towards first. Erstad reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fryman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hollins strikes out.
Top 6 Roberto Duran now pitching. Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Catalanotto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Catalanotto hits a line drive into right field. Salmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Hunter reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Salmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Erstad strikes out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a fly ball to left field. That will be extra bases. Higginson chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Cruz. Cruz fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Cruz. Henderson goes all the way around to score. Phillips moves to third.
Top 5 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Disarcina hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Disarcina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. Erstad scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Casanova for the out. Fryman moves to third. Encarnacion moves to second.
Bottom 4 Encarnacion is hit by the pitch. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hamelin hits a line drive into right field. Salmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hollins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Keagle covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Higginson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Catalanotto hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Edmonds hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Salmon hits a fly ball into right field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hollins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Disarcina settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Casanova hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Edmonds. Casanova reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Disarcina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Henderson strikes out.
Top 2 Disarcina hits a line drive into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Anderson. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Anderson steals second.
Top 2 Turner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Catalanotto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hamelin hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Salmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hunter scores. There goes Catalanotto trying to get to third. Salmon throws the ball in to Hollins, who tags Catalanotto for the out.
Bottom 1 Catalanotto takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards second. Phillips picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Phillips. Hunter moves to second.
Top 1 Hollins hits a line drive into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Edmonds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Salmon scores.
Top 1 Salmon hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Salmon reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores.
Top 1 Erstad strikes out.
Top 1 Phillips strikes out. There goes Henderson. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Henderson is hit by the pitch.