Tigers @ Royals
May 15, 1997

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Tigers 9 7 1
Royals 7 12 1
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Tigers 9 7 1
Royals 7 12 1

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .290
OBP .750 .377
At Bats 4 100
Hits 3 29
• Singles 2 17
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 3 20

Jamie Walker Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Kauffman Stadium - May 15, 1997
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Strikeout
Jamie Walker
Mike Sweeney
Jeff King
Jose Offerman
Craig Paquette
Jay Bell
Bip Roberts
Tom Goodwin
Jermaine Dye
Melvin Nieves
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Nieves strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Fryman hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bell scores.
Bottom 8 Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Todd Jones now pitching. Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Jamie Walker now pitching. Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higginson for the out.
Top 8 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Hunter. The throw from Sweeney and he is safe. Hunter steals second.
Top 8 Hunter takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mike Sweeney now catching. Jim Converse now pitching. Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Converse covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miceli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Goodwin. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Goodwin steals second.
Bottom 7 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 David Howard pinch hits for Tim Spehr. Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dye strikes out.
Top 7 Hamelin hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nieves hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Higginson strikes out.
Top 7 Reed takes first base on ball four. Hunter moves to second.
Top 7 Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 King hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Offerman scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dan Miceli now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Goodwin scores. Offerman moves to third.
Bottom 6 Offerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodwin moves to second.
Bottom 6 John Cummings now pitching. Goodwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Allen McDill now pitching. Hamelin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Spehr hits a line drive towards third. Fryman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olivares fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nieves strikes out. Spehr drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nieves out.
Top 5 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell throws to second for one, and Offerman throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Higginson scores. Fryman moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Clark takes first base on ball four. Higginson moves to second.
Top 5 Higginson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Reed hits a popup towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman juggles the ball. That's an error on Fryman. Goodwin scores. Bell moves to third. Roberts moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Roberts takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Goodwin. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Goodwin steals second.
Bottom 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Spehr hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hunter strikes out. Spehr drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hunter out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Casanova hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fryman scores. Hamelin moves to second.
Top 4 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it and throws to second for the out. Clark scores. Fryman moves to third.
Top 4 Nieves hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to third. Fryman moves to second.
Top 4 Fryman is hit by the pitch. Clark moves to second.
Top 4 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Dye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 King hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higginson for the out.
Top 3 Reed strikes out.
Top 3 Hunter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Bell reaches second base with a double. Spehr scores. Offerman moves to third.
Bottom 2 Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paquette scores. Spehr moves to second.
Bottom 2 Goodwin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spehr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis scores. Paquette moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paquette takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Casanova for the out.
Top 2 Hamelin strikes out.
Top 2 Nieves hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 2 Fryman takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Top 2 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 King hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Offerman takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Higginson strikes out.
Top 1 Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.