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August 30, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 2 8 0
Tigers 0 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 2 8 0
Tigers 0 8 0

Bobby Higginson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .300
OBP .500 .384
At Bats 4 440
Hits 2 132
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 1 25
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 0 78

Ricky Bottalico Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 25
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Tiger Stadium - August 30, 1997
Out
Ricky Bottalico
Mike Lieberthal
Rico Brogna
Mickey Morandini
Scott Rolen
Kevin Stocker
Billy McMillon
Midre Cummings
Tony Barron
Bobby Higginson
Damion Easley
Matt Walbeck

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 2 8 0 8
Detroit Tigers 0 8 0 12
Winning Pitcher Matt Beech
Losing Pitcher Scott Sanders
Save Ricky Bottalico
Game Winning RBI Mike Lieberthal
Attendance 22,537
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bottalico fields it and throws to second for the out. Walbeck moves to third.
Bottom 9 Hunter takes first base on ball four. Walbeck moves to second.
Bottom 9 Raul Casanova pinch hits for Deivi Cruz. Casanova strikes out.
Bottom 9 Walbeck hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cummings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Stocker 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 9 Melvin Nieves now playing right field. Bobby Higginson now playing left field. Todd Jones now pitching. McMillon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bob Hamelin pinch hits for Phil Nevin. Hamelin hits a fly ball into left field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Melvin Nieves pinch hits for Bubba Trammell. Nieves takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to third. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ricky Bottalico now pitching. Fryman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Higginson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Easley hits a line drive into right field. Barron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Barron hits a line drive towards third. Fryman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doug Brocail now pitching. Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lieberthal hits a popup in front of the plate. Walbeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brogna takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hunter strikes out. Lieberthal drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hunter out.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brogna fields the ball and throws to Beech covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Walbeck hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brogna scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walbeck for the out.
Bottom 7 Nevin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brogna settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dan Miceli now pitching. Rolen strikes out.
Top 7 Morandini hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cummings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Barron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 6 Higginson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barron. Higginson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 McMillon hits a fly ball into left field. Trammell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mike Myers now pitching. There goes Robertson. The throw from Walbeck and he is safe. Robertson steals second.
Top 6 Barron hits a fly ball into left field. Trammell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lieberthal tags and scores.
Top 6 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lieberthal moves to third.
Top 6 Lieberthal takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brogna strikes out. Walbeck drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Brogna out.
Bottom 5 Easley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hunter hits a popup towards first. Brogna settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Walbeck hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rolen strikes out.
Top 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cummings 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 4 Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Trammell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higginson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 4 Higginson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 McMillon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Barron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brogna scoops it up and throws to first, with Beech covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanders fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lieberthal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Morandini scores. Rolen moves to third.
Top 3 Brogna hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morandini moves to third.
Top 3 Rolen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Morandini moves to second.
Top 3 Morandini takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cummings hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walbeck hits a fly ball into right field. Barron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stocker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Trammell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Stocker strikes out.
Top 2 McMillon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Higginson. McMillon reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Barron strikes out.
Top 2 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanders covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Fryman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hunter moves to third.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Easley hits a fly ball into center field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hunter takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Lieberthal hits a fly ball into left field. Trammell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Rolen moves to second.
Top 1 Brogna strikes out.
Top 1 Rolen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morandini moves to third.
Top 1 Morandini hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Higginson. Morandini reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Cummings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.