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September 17, 1997

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Indians 7 9 0
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Matt Lawton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .243
OBP .750 .358
At Bats 3 419
Hits 2 102
• Singles 1 65
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 10
Walks 1 67
RBI’s 2 47

Albie Lopez Season Stats

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3 5 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 17, 1997
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Home Run
Albie Lopez
Sandy Alomar
Jim Thome
Tony Fernandez
Matt Williams
Omar Vizquel
Bip Roberts
Marquis Grissom
Manny Ramirez
Matt Lawton
Chuck Knoblauch
Rich Becker
Count: 0-2, 1 Out
Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Lawton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Becker moves to third.
Bottom 9 Todd Walker pinch hits for Pat Meares. Walker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Becker hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 9 Vizquel hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ortiz hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Coomer hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Grissom hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thome tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thome moves to third.
Top 8 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Knoblauch. Justice scores. Thome moves to second.
Top 8 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Justice moves to second.
Top 8 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Justice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Stahoviak hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Albie Lopez now pitching. Lawton strikes out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rodriguez. Vizquel moves to second.
Top 7 Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Roberts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Knoblauch strikes out.
Bottom 6 Meares strikes out.
Bottom 6 Becker strikes out.
Top 6 Frankie Rodriguez now pitching. Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Thome moves to second.
Top 6 Thome hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Alomar strikes out.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Ortiz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Justice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer juggles the ball. That's an error on Coomer. Ramirez scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Ramirez reaches second base with a double. Fernandez scores. Grissom scores. There goes Roberts trying to get to home. Cordova throws the ball in to Meares who relays the ball to Miller, who tags Roberts, who came all the way from first, for the out. Ramirez moves to third.
Top 5 Vizquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to third. Grissom moves to second.
Top 5 Grissom hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thome scores. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Thome moves to second.
Top 5 Thome takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lawton takes first base on ball four. Meares moves to second.
Bottom 4 Knoblauch strikes out.
Bottom 4 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Ortiz scores. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 4 Becker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ortiz moves to third. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ortiz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ortiz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alomar hits a popup towards first. Ortiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Justice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Coomer hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stahoviak strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cordova hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Alomar and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Bottom 3 Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Vizquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grissom hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Becker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ortiz strikes out.
Top 2 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Top 2 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Top 2 Alomar strikes out.
Bottom 1 Coomer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cordova hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lawton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch moves to second.
Bottom 1 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Justice hits a popup towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Williams reaches second base with a double. Vizquel scores.
Top 1 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Vizquel moves to second.
Top 1 Vizquel takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.