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September 13, 1997

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Athletics 3 6 0

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .232
OBP .333 .316
At Bats 2 349
Hits 0 81
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 1 39
RBI’s 0 62

Billy Taylor Season Stats

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3 4 22
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 13, 1997
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Strikeout
Billy Taylor
Brent Mayne
Jason Giambi
Scott Spiezio
Tilson Brito
Miguel Tejada
Matt Stairs
Jason McDonald
Ben Grieve
Melvin Nieves
Kimera Bartee
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Nieves strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Kimera Bartee pinch runs for Bob Hamelin. There goes Bartee. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Bartee steals second.
Top 8 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Billy Taylor now pitching. Fryman strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Mohler now pitching. Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Magadan hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McDonald strikes out. There goes Tejada. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 7 Tejada strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Walbeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brito fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller scores.
Top 7 Hunter bunts towards third. Brito fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third. Walbeck moves to second.
Top 7 Walbeck takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.
Top 7 Jay Witasick now pitching. Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Mayne hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Giambi 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 6 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Hamelin takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Groom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Buddy Groom now pitching. Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out.
Bottom 5 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grieve for the out. McDonald scores.
Bottom 5 Magadan hits a line drive towards short. Miller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McDonald hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Nieves who is chasing the ball. McDonald reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Easley hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Easley reaches second base with a double. Hunter scores.
Top 5 Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Hunter reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Walbeck hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Telgheder, and towards Tejada, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Mayne strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Spiezio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nieves strikes out.
Top 4 Hamelin hits a line drive into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fryman hits a popup into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stairs for the out.
Bottom 3 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 3 Magadan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McDonald moves to third.
Bottom 3 McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Tejada strikes out.
Top 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Tejada fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Higginson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walbeck moves to third.
Top 3 Easley hits a line drive into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walbeck hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Brito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mayne strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 2 Giambi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Giambi reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Miller hits a popup towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nieves takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamelin for the out. Clark moves to second.
Top 2 Fryman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stairs hits a popup into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grieve hits a popup into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McDonald hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Higginson hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Telgheder covering, for the out.
Top 1 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.