Royals @ Tigers
May 7, 1997

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Bottom 6 R H E
Royals 3 7 1
Tigers 12 10 2
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Royals 3 7 1
Tigers 12 10 2

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .277
OBP .667 .375
At Bats 2 83
Hits 1 23
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 17

Mitch Williams Season Stats

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Tiger Stadium - May 7, 1997
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Walk
Mitch Williams
Tim Spehr
Scott Cooper
Jose Offerman
Craig Paquette
David Howard
Johnny Damon
Tom Goodwin
Jermaine Dye
Melvin Nieves
Count: 3-0, 1 Out
Count: 3-0, 1 Out

Nieves takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 David Howard now playing shortstop. Johnny Damon now playing left field. Scott Cooper now playing first base. Hamelin strikes out.
Top 6 Offerman hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Goodwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dye scores. Goodwin moves to second.
Top 6 Spehr strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Dye moves to second.
Top 6 Dye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fryman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mitch Williams now pitching. Higginson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Easley scores. Casanova moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Casanova hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieves scores. Easley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Easley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Nieves moves to third.
Bottom 5 Nieves hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Nieves reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hamelin strikes out.
Top 5 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Casanova settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Fryman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Higginson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Offerman strikes out.
Top 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Spehr strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veres fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Easley strikes out.
Top 3 Dye hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Paquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 King strikes out. There goes Bell. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Roberts. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hamelin takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to third. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Randy Veres now pitching. Clark is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hunter scores. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 2 There goes Hunter. The throw from Spehr and he is safe. Hunter steals second.
Bottom 2 Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Casanova scores. Cruz scores.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Goodwin. Nieves scores. Casanova moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Casanova hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Nieves moves to second.
Bottom 2 Easley hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nieves takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lira fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spehr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hamelin hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Roberts 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 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hunter moves to third.
Bottom 1 Higginson takes first base on ball four. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hunter takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Dye strikes out.
Top 1 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman juggles the ball. That's an error on Fryman. Bell scores. King scores. Davis moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 1 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes King. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. King steals second.
Top 1 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Roberts strikes out. Casanova drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Roberts out.
Top 1 Lira spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Lira. Bell moves to third.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Offerman hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.