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April 15, 1997

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Royals 7 10 3
Blue Jays 5 8 1
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Royals 7 10 3
Blue Jays 5 9 1

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .189
OBP .500 .244
At Bats 4 37
Hits 2 7
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 5

Hipolito Pichardo Season Stats

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SkyDome - April 15, 1997
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Single
Hipolito Pichardo
Mike Macfarlane
Jeff King
David Howard
Craig Paquette
Jay Bell
Bip Roberts
Tom Goodwin
Johnny Damon
Orlando Merced
Count: 0-0, 1 Out
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Merced hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Garcia hits a line drive into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roberts scores. There goes Bell trying to get to home. Stewart throws the ball in to O'Brien who tags Bell, who's trying to score from second, for the out. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Bell advances to second in unknown way. Bell moves to second.
Top 9 Bell is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Goodwin bunts in front of the plate. O'Brien fields it and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to third.
Top 9 The ball gets by O'Brien for a passed ball. Roberts moves to second.
Top 9 Roberts hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Shannon Stewart now playing left field. Mike Timlin now pitching. Damon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. O'Brien hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Shannon Stewart pinch hits for Shawn Green. Stewart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Felipe Crespo pinch hits for Juan Samuel. Jamie Walker now pitching. Crespo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sprague settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Macfarlane hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Shane Halter pinch runs for Chili Davis. Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Halter moves to second.
Top 8 Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Merced moves to third.
Bottom 7 There goes Merced. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Merced steals second.
Bottom 7 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a line drive towards third. Paquette reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Goodwin. The throw from O'Brien and he is out, Garcia applying the tag.
Top 7 Shawn Green now playing left field. Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Randy Veres now pitching. Shawn Green pinch hits for Robert Perez. Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Roberts is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There goes Damon. The throw from O'Brien and he is out, Garcia applying the tag.
Top 6 Damon takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Paul Quantrill now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Samuel hits a line drive into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Carter reaches second base with a double. Merced scores.
Bottom 5 Merced hits a popup off the glove of Bell, and into shallow left field. Merced reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nixon strikes out.
Top 5 Macfarlane hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts scores. Goodwin moves to third.
Top 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 5 Goodwin takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second.
Top 5 Roberts hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sprague hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davis scores. Paquette moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Macfarlane strikes out.
Top 4 The ball gets by O'Brien for a passed ball. Davis moves to third. Paquette moves to second.
Top 4 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gonzalez. Davis moves to second.
Top 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. King scores.
Top 4 King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Perez. King reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Merced hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garcia moves to third.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Gonzalez steals second.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bell.
Top 3 Bell strikes out.
Top 3 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Roberts 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 2 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on King.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Samuel hits a line drive into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard misplays the ball. That's an error on Howard.
Top 2 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis scores. Paquette moves to third.
Top 2 Macfarlane strikes out.
Top 2 Paquette takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Top 2 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 1 Garcia takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bell 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 1 Goodwin hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Roberts is called out on strikes.