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May 8, 1997

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Al Martin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .313
OBP .750 .398
At Bats 3 99
Hits 2 31
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 1 14

Bruce Ruffin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 6
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Coors Field - May 8, 1997
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Strikeout
Bruce Ruffin
Jeff Reed
Andres Galarraga
Eric Young
Vinny Castilla
Walt Weiss
Dante Bichette
Larry Walker
John Vander Wal
Al Martin
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Martin strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jason Bates pinch hits for Mike Munoz. Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Bates strikes out.
Bottom 7 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first, with Wainhouse covering, for the out. Reed moves to third.
Bottom 7 Reed hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Allensworth. Reed reaches second base with a double. Galarraga scores. Castilla goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Castilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Galarraga moves to second.
Bottom 7 Galarraga takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cummings hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Allensworth for the out.
Top 7 Mike Munoz now pitching. Randa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Wainhouse now pitching. Walker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bichette takes first base on ball four. Reed scores. Young moves to third. Vander Wal moves to second.
Bottom 6 Chris Peters now pitching. Jermaine Allensworth now playing center field. Vander Wal takes first base on ball four. Reed moves to third. Young moves to second.
Bottom 6 Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 6 Darnell Coles pinch hits for Mike DeJean. Coles hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Weiss hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Weiss fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Elster hits a line drive towards short. Weiss reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Galarraga hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Guillen. Galarraga reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cummings hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Vander Wal fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Vander Wal. Loaiza goes all the way around to score. Cummings moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Womack hits a line drive into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Loaiza hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Randa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Vander Wal strikes out.
Bottom 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DeJean bunts towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. Weiss moves to second.
Bottom 4 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mike DeJean now pitching. Kendall hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Bichette. Kendall reaches second base with a double. Martin scores. Johnson scores. Elster goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Elster is hit by the pitch. Cummings scores. Martin moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Womack scores. Cummings moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 4 Martin takes first base on ball four. Cummings moves to second.
Top 4 Cummings hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Womack moves to third.
Top 4 Womack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Randa scores.
Top 4 Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randa moves to third.
Top 4 Randa hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Bichette. Randa reaches second base with a double. Kendall scores.
Top 4 Guillen strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Kendall moves to second.
Top 4 Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Elster hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Galarraga trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 3 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vander Wal scores. Bichette scores. Walker moves to third. Galarraga moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walker is hit by the pitch. Vander Wal moves to third. Bichette moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bichette hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Young scores. Vander Wal moves to second.
Bottom 3 Vander Wal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Young moves to third.
Bottom 3 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Vander Wal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cummings hits a fly ball into right field. Vander Wal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Womack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Womack for the out.
Bottom 2 Wright strikes out.
Bottom 2 Weiss hits a popup into right field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reed for the out.
Top 2 Loaiza strikes out.
Top 2 Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Guillen takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Wright fires to first and picks off Kendall.
Top 2 Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Castilla hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Galarraga takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Vander Wal hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Womack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Young. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Elster applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Elster strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a popup towards the mound. Wright can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Top 1 Martin hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Cummings hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cummings for the out.
Top 1 Womack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Womack for the out.