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July 4, 1997

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Orioles 8 8 1
Tigers 11 9 2
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Tigers 11 9 2

Damion Easley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .272
OBP .750 .367
At Bats 2 261
Hits 1 71
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 2 33
RBI’s 1 34

Armando Benitez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 6
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Tiger Stadium - July 4, 1997
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Out
Armando Benitez
Tim Laker
Rafael Palmeiro
Roberto Alomar
Cal Ripken
Jeff Reboulet
B.J. Surhoff
Tony Tarasco
Pete Incaviglia
Damion Easley
Travis Fryman
Bobby Higginson
Count: 0-1, 2 Outs
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

Easley hits a line drive towards third. Ripken reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamelin for the out. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fryman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Higginson moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Higginson. The throw from Laker and he is safe. Higginson steals second.
Bottom 8 Armando Benitez now pitching. Higginson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ripken strikes out.
Top 8 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunter hits a line drive into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reboulet scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry Mathews now pitching. Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brocail fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brocail fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Melvin Nieves now playing right field. Bobby Higginson now playing left field. Reboulet strikes out.
Bottom 6 Melvin Nieves pinch hits for Curtis Pride. Nieves strikes out.
Bottom 6 Easley hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reboulet scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Laker strikes out.
Top 6 Tarasco takes first base on ball four. Surhoff moves to second.
Top 6 Surhoff is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Doug Brocail now pitching. Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Berroa moves to third.
Top 6 Palmeiro takes first base on ball four. Berroa moves to second.
Top 6 Berroa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jesse Orosco now pitching. Clark strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fryman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 5 Higginson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Hunter. The throw from Laker and he is safe. Hunter steals second.
Bottom 5 Hunter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Tarasco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Incaviglia strikes out.
Top 5 Reboulet hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Laker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pride hits a line drive towards first. Palmeiro catches it and steps on first to double up Easley.
Bottom 4 Easley takes first base on ball four. Fryman scores. Clark moves to third. Hamelin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hamelin takes first base on ball four. Higginson scores. Fryman moves to third. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hunter scores. Higginson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Hunter moves to third. Higginson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reboulet misplays the ball. That's an error on Reboulet. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reboulet fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Alan Mills now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tarasco hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Surhoff hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ripken hits a popup towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pride strikes out.
Bottom 3 Johnson fires to first and has Easley trapped. There's the throw to Reboulet who tags Easley for the out.
Bottom 3 Easley bunts towards third. Ripken fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hamelin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Pete Incaviglia now playing right field. Tony Tarasco now playing center field. Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Tarasco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jose Bautista now pitching. Berroa 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 3 Pete Incaviglia pinch runs for Brady Anderson. Alomar hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tarasco scores. Incaviglia moves to third.
Top 3 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Reboulet hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Surhoff scores. Tarasco moves to third.
Top 3 Laker bunts towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Easley covering, for the out. Surhoff moves to third. Tarasco moves to second.
Top 3 Tarasco takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Surhoff hits a line drive to right field. Higginson throws towards the plate. Johnson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Ripken scores. Surhoff moves to second.
Top 3 Ripken hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pride. Ripken reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Higginson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 2 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark scores. Hamelin moves to third. Easley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pride strikes out.
Bottom 2 Easley takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to third. Hamelin moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hamelin takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Palmeiro strikes out.
Top 2 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olivares fields it and throws to second for the out. Reboulet scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reboulet moves to third.
Top 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley misplays the ball. That's an error on Easley. Reboulet moves to second.
Top 2 Reboulet takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Fryman hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tarasco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Tarasco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Laker strikes out.
Top 1 Tarasco hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ripken scores.
Top 1 Surhoff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Surhoff for the out. Ripken moves to third.
Top 1 Ripken hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Pride. Ripken reaches second base with a double. Alomar scores. Palmeiro goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Palmeiro takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Berroa strikes out.
Top 1 Alomar hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Pride who is chasing the ball. Alomar reaches third base with a triple. Anderson goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Anderson is hit by the pitch.