Blue Jays @ Rangers
July 16, 1997

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Top 8 R H E
Blue Jays 0 7 2
Rangers 6 10 0
Top 8 R H E
Blue Jays 0 7 2
Rangers 6 10 0

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .333 .355
At Bats 3 336
Hits 1 95
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 38

Darren Oliver Season Stats

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5 9 0
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The Ballpark in Arlington - July 16, 1997
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Strikeout
Darren Oliver
Ivan Rodriguez
Will Clark
Mark McLemore
Dean Palmer
Billy Ripken
Warren Newson
Damon Buford
Juan Gonzalez
Orlando Merced
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Merced strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Garcia hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McLemore strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mike Timlin now pitching. Buford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brito scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Newson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Palmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stevens moves to second.
Bottom 6 Stevens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. Delgado moves to third.
Top 6 Sprague hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Delgado hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Delgado reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Clark reaches second base with a double. Ripken scores. Rodriguez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McLemore strikes out.
Bottom 5 Buford bunts towards first. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out. Ripken moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ripken hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Nixon. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Nixon steals second.
Top 5 Merced hits a popup towards short. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nixon bunts in front of the plate. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Garcia hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Newson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Palmer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brito strikes out.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a popup into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brito fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hentgen. McLemore scores. Rodriguez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field. Carter picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Carter. McLemore moves to third.
Bottom 3 McLemore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Buford strikes out. There goes Ripken. The throw from O'Brien to Brito, and Ripken is out.
Bottom 3 Ripken hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sprague hits a popup, foul, towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merced moves to third.
Top 3 Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merced moves to second.
Top 3 Merced hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Newson hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Brito strikes out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sprague moves to third. Green moves to second.
Top 2 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sprague moves to second.
Top 2 Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carter. Clark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McLemore hits a popup into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Newson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Merced hits a popup, foul, towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.