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September 4, 1997

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Athletics 6 10 0
Royals 6 8 1
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Athletics 6 10 0
Royals 6 8 1

Ben Grieve Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .556
OBP .400 .600
At Bats 5 9
Hits 2 5
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 1 6

Gregg Olson Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Kauffman Stadium - September 4, 1997
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Strikeout
Gregg Olson
Mike Macfarlane
Larry Sutton
Jed Hansen
Jay Bell
Felix Martinez
Yamil Benitez
Rod Myers
Jermaine Dye
Ben Grieve
Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs

Grieve strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 12 Gregg Olson now pitching. Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Hansen strikes out. Mayne drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hansen out.
Bottom 11 Benitez hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Dean Palmer pinch hits for Ricky Bones. Palmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Mark Bellhorn now playing third base. Scott Brosius now playing shortstop. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 McDonald strikes out.
Top 11 Mark Bellhorn pinch hits for Miguel Tejada. Bellhorn hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Brosius hits a line drive into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Myers hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out. Sutton moves to third. Macfarlane moves to second.
Bottom 10 Macfarlane takes first base on ball four. Sutton moves to second.
Bottom 10 Sutton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Brian Lesher now playing left field. Matt Stairs now playing first base. Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Brian Lesher pinch runs for Jason Giambi. Mayne hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Jay Bell now playing third base. Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stairs for the out.
Bottom 9 Hansen strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ricky Bones pinch runs for Chili Davis. Jay Witasick now pitching. Benitez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Buddy Groom now pitching. Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Myers scores.
Bottom 9 Jay Bell pinch hits for Shane Halter. Bell strikes out.
Bottom 9 Myers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Myers reaches second base with a double. Martinez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Magadan is walked intentionally.
Top 9 McDonald hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye who is chasing the ball. McDonald reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Jed Hansen now playing second base. Shane Halter now playing third base. Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Macfarlane hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sutton hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hansen moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jed Hansen pinch runs for Scott Cooper. T.J. Mathews now pitching. Dye takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cooper is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Benitez strikes out.
Top 8 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Brosius strikes out.
Top 8 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mayne strikes out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a line drive towards third. Brosius reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Macfarlane scores.
Bottom 7 Mike Mohler now pitching. Myers strikes out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Sutton scores. Macfarlane moves to third.
Bottom 7 Billy Taylor now pitching. Macfarlane hits a line drive towards the mound. Taylor can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Sutton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sutton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dye scores.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Haynes Dye moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dye takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Giambi strikes out.
Top 7 Stairs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Stairs reaches second base with a double. Magadan moves to third.
Top 7 Grieve hits a line drive into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Jamie Walker now pitching. McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Benitez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Belcher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayne moves to third.
Top 6 Mayne hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Mayne reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Martinez strikes out. Mayne drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Martinez out.
Bottom 5 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Sutton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Halter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sutton fields the ball and throws to Belcher covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Benitez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out.
Bottom 4 Halter hits a line drive into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes McDonald. The throw from Macfarlane, and Martinez drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 McDonald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brosius hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Haynes covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mayne strikes out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Stairs takes first base on ball four. Magadan moves to second.
Top 3 Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Benitez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sutton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McDonald hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tejada strikes out.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brosius for the out. Spiezio moves to second.
Top 2 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Benitez strikes out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Halter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Halter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haynes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mayne strikes out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Giambi for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Grieve scores.
Top 1 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Grieve moves to third.
Top 1 Grieve hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Myers. Grieve reaches second base with a double. Magadan scores.
Top 1 Magadan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Magadan reaches second base with a double. McDonald goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 McDonald takes first base on ball four.