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July 28, 1997

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	3	6	1
Yankees	3	6	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	3	6	1
Yankees	4	7	0

Mark Whiten Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.243
OBP	.000	.341
At Bats	1	202
Hits	0	49
• Singles	0	33
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	29
RBI’s	0	23

Aaron Small Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	4	3

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Yankee Stadium - July 28, 1997

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Single

Aaron Small

Brent Mayne

Mark McGwire

Scott Spiezio

Dave Magadan

Tony Batista

Jason Giambi

Ernie Young

Scott Brosius

Mark Whiten

Luis Sojo

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Oakland Athletics	3	6	1	4
New York Yankees	4	7	0	9
Winning Pitcher	Mariano Rivera
Losing Pitcher	Aaron Small
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Mark Whiten
Attendance	25,570
Time of Game	3 hours 13 minutes

View Box Score

Count: 0-0, 1 Out

End of Game

Whiten hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sojo scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Jeter bunts in front of the plate. Mayne fields it and throws to first for the out. Sojo moves to second.

Bottom 9 Aaron Small now pitching. Sojo takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Brosius hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Mariano Rivera now pitching. Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first, with Rivera covering, for the out.

Bottom 8 Girardi strikes out.

Bottom 8 Curtis takes first base on ball four. Martinez moves to third. Boggs moves to second.

Bottom 8 Boggs is walked intentionally.

Bottom 8 Billy Taylor now pitching. Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neill scores. Martinez moves to second.

Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Neill moves to third.

Bottom 8 O'Neill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Whiten hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Magadan moves to third.

Top 8 Magadan takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Mark Whiten now playing left field. Luis Sojo now playing second base. Spiezio hits a popup into left field. Whiten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Luis Sojo pinch hits for Scott Pose. Sojo hits a popup towards short. Batista settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Girardi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Curtis moves to second.

Bottom 7 Curtis is hit by the pitch. Boggs moves to second.

Bottom 7 Boggs takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Young hits a fly ball towards left. Pose catches it and throws to first to double up Mayne.

Top 7 Mayne hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Dane Johnson now pitching. Hayes hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mike Mohler now pitching. O'Neill strikes out.

Top 6 Brosius strikes out.

Top 6 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Giambi for the out.

Top 6 McGwire strikes out.

Bottom 5 Rigby fires to first and picks off Jeter.

Bottom 5 Kelly strikes out.

Bottom 5 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 Pose hits a line drive into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Pose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spiezio for the out.

Bottom 4 Girardi hits a line drive into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Curtis takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to third.

Bottom 4 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Martinez moves to second.

Bottom 4 Martinez takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Batista for the out.

Top 4 Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 4 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayne for the out. Brosius moves to third.

Top 4 Brosius hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Curtis. Brosius reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Pose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Kelly strikes out.

Bottom 3 Jeter hits a fly ball into right field. Brosius settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Pose hits a fly ball towards left. Giambi settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Giambi. Pose moves to third.

Top 3 McGwire strikes out.

Top 3 Stairs takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young scores. Spiezio moves to second.

Top 3 Spiezio takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to third.

Top 3 Young hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Young reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Curtis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Curtis reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Hayes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first, with Cone covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Kelly strikes out.

Bottom 1 Jeter hits a line drive towards short. Batista reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Stairs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Magadan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Spiezio strikes out.

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