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June 8, 1997

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Athletics 7 10 1
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Athletics 7 10 1
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Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .252
OBP .250 .320
At Bats 4 218
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 24

Buddy Groom Season Stats

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1 1 0
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SkyDome - June 8, 1997
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Single
Buddy Groom
George Williams
Mark McGwire
Rafael Bournigal
Dave Magadan
Scott Brosius
Pat Lennon
Jason McDonald
Matt Stairs
Orlando Merced
Otis Nixon
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Matt Stairs now playing right field. Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dan Plesac now pitching. Lennon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Lennon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 O'Brien hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of McDonald. O'Brien reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Pat Lennon now playing left field. Jacob Brumfield pinch hits for Shawn Green. Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McDonald is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bournigal hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Delgado hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sprague hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Sprague reaches second base with a double. Nixon scores. Merced moves to third.
Bottom 7 Carlos Reyes now pitching. Carter hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Mohler now pitching. Merced hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Paul Spoljaric now pitching. Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Delgado moves to third. Green moves to second.
Bottom 6 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sprague scores. Delgado moves to second.
Bottom 6 Aaron Small now pitching. Delgado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sprague moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nixon tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merced for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Nixon. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Nixon steals second.
Bottom 6 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Giambi 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 5 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal fields it and throws to second for the out. Green moves to third.
Bottom 5 O'Brien takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second.
Bottom 5 Shawn Green pinch hits for Ruben Sierra. Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Delgado hits a popup, foul, towards third. Magadan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McDonald 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 5 Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first, with Timlin covering, for the out.
Top 5 Mike Timlin now pitching. Brosius is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carter hits a popup towards short. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Wengert covering, for the out.
Top 4 Magadan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Canseco hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Canseco reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 McGwire strikes out.
Top 4 Berroa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Giambi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bournigal scores. McDonald moves to second.
Top 4 McDonald takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bournigal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Bournigal reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Williams is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Williams moves to second.
Top 4 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brosius scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 3 Magadan is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Canseco takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Berroa hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McDonald hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wengert juggles the ball. That's an error on Wengert.
Bottom 2 Delgado strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sprague is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bournigal is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Williams strikes out.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Magadan moves to second.
Top 2 Magadan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Canseco hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brosius scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon is called out on strikes.
Top 1 McGwire hits a popup, foul, towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berroa strikes out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.