Blue Jays @ Athletics
September 11, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Blue Jays 7 13 1
Athletics 7 10 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Blue Jays 7 13 1
Athletics 8 11 3

Ben Grieve Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .333
OBP .250 .395
At Bats 3 39
Hits 0 13
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 0 9

Kelvim Escobar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 12
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 11, 1997
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Single
Kelvim Escobar
Benito Santiago
Carlos Delgado
Mariano Duncan
Tom Evans
Tomas Perez
Jose Cruz
Shannon Stewart
Joe Carter
Ben Grieve
Dave Magadan
Jason McDonald

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Toronto Blue Jays 7 13 1 7
Oakland Athletics 8 11 3 6
Winning Pitcher T.J. Mathews
Losing Pitcher Kelvim Escobar
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ben Grieve
Attendance 6,135
Time of Game 3 hours 3 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 1 Out
Count: 0-2, 1 Out

End of Game

Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDonald scores. Magadan moves to second. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 The ball gets by Santiago for a passed ball. Tejada scores. McDonald moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tejada moves to third. McDonald moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans juggles the ball. That's an error on Evans.
Bottom 9 Kelvim Escobar now pitching. Bellhorn strikes out.
Top 9 Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops it up and throws to first, with Mathews covering, for the out.
Top 9 Carter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stairs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ernie Young now playing center field. Jason McDonald now playing left field. Matt Stairs now playing first base. T.J. Mathews now pitching. Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quantrill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Ernie Young pinch runs for Jason Giambi. Paul Quantrill now pitching. Spiezio bunts, foul, towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Giambi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Perez hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dan Plesac now pitching. Magadan strikes out.
Top 7 Billy Taylor now pitching. Evans strikes out.
Top 7 Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Santiago hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Delgado strikes out.
Top 7 Carter hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McDonald strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tejada hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Bellhorn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Spiezio scores. Mayne moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mayne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to third.
Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Giambi hits a popup into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Duncan hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Duncan reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jay Witasick now pitching. Perez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Grieve hits a popup, foul, towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McDonald hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carter. McDonald reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Tejada strikes out.
Top 5 Evans hits a line drive towards right. Grieve catches it and throws to home to double up Santiago.
Top 5 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn juggles the ball. That's an error on Bellhorn. Santiago moves to third. Green moves to second.
Top 5 Santiago hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Delgado scores.
Top 5 Delgado hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Delgado reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bellhorn hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mayne is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first, with Hentgen covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Duncan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Duncan reaches second base with a double. Evans scores.
Top 4 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 4 Perez bunts towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Spiezio covering, for the out. Evans moves to second.
Top 4 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 3 Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Green strikes out.
Top 3 Santiago hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tejada hits a line drive towards short. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bellhorn strikes out. Santiago drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bellhorn out.
Bottom 2 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields the ball and throws to Wengert covering. Safe. Stewart moves to third.
Top 2 Don Wengert now pitching. Duncan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stewart hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Stewart reaches second base with a double. Evans scores.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Green scores. Evans moves to third.
Top 2 Evans hits a line drive into left field. Stairs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stairs. Green moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Top 2 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Delgado scores. Santiago scores.
Top 2 Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Tejada. Delgado moves to third. Santiago moves to second.
Top 2 Delgado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. The throw from Santiago to Perez covering second. The throw back to home, and Giambi is out at the plate.
Bottom 1 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grieve scores. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Magadan scores. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grieve takes first base on ball four. Magadan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Magadan hits a line drive beyond second. Duncan can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 McDonald hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Lorraine covering, for the out.
Top 1 Stewart hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.