Athletics @ Rangers
July 6, 1997

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Athletics 9 9 0
Rangers 8 11 1
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Athletics 9 9 0
Rangers 8 11 1

Mike Simms Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .243
OBP .000 .287
At Bats 1 74
Hits 0 18
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 13

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 15
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The Ballpark in Arlington - July 6, 1997
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Strikeout
Billy Taylor
George Williams
Mark McGwire
Scott Spiezio
Scott Brosius
Tony Batista
Damon Mashore
Jason McDonald
Matt Stairs
Mike Simms
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

Simms strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Canseco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McGwire strikes out.
Top 9 John Wetteland now pitching. Stairs hits a popup towards third. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clark 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 8 Billy Taylor now pitching. Gonzalez 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 8 Greer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista fields it and throws to second for the out. Mercedes scores.
Bottom 8 McLemore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mercedes moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mercedes takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Spiezio strikes out.
Top 8 McDonald hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Batista strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gil hits a line drive into left field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buford strikes out.
Bottom 7 Damon Mashore now playing left field. Aaron Small now pitching. Mike Simms pinch hits for Warren Newson. Simms strikes out.
Top 7 Williams strikes out.
Top 7 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cedeno fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Buddy Groom now pitching. Clark strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive towards first. McGwire reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Scott Spiezio now playing second base. McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McLemore for the out.
Top 6 Canseco hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Danny Patterson now pitching. McGwire hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. McGwire reaches second base with a double. McDonald scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDonald moves to second.
Top 6 Eric Gunderson now pitching. Bellhorn hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McDonald takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Batista hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Williams bunts towards the mound. Whiteside juggles the ball. That's an error on Whiteside. Brosius moves to second.
Top 6 Brosius hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mercedes strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dane Johnson now pitching. Gil strikes out.
Bottom 5 Buford hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Buford reaches second base with a double. Clark scores. Newson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Newson takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Canseco strikes out.
Top 5 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Greer hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McLemore moves to third.
Bottom 4 McLemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mercedes strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gil bunts towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Matt Whiteside now pitching. Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bellhorn takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams scores.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Buford strikes out.
Bottom 3 Newson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bellhorn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gonzalez scores.
Bottom 3 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cedeno fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a line drive into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Canseco hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cedeno fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bellhorn scores. Stairs moves to second.
Top 3 Stairs takes first base on ball four. Bellhorn moves to second.
Top 3 Bellhorn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McDonald hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Greer hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 2 McLemore takes first base on ball four. Mercedes moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mercedes hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Buford scores.
Bottom 2 Gil bunts towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Bellhorn covering, for the out. Buford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Santana fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Giambi moves to second.
Top 2 Brosius hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Canseco hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Newson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Prieto Cedeno scores.
Bottom 1 Greer hits a fly ball into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. McLemore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 McLemore takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McGwire strikes out.
Top 1 Stairs hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bellhorn strikes out. Mercedes drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bellhorn out.
Top 1 There goes McDonald. The throw from Mercedes and he is safe. McDonald steals second.
Top 1 McDonald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.