Cleveland Indians (6) Kansas City Royals (2)

| 1997

Date of Game: Friday, September 19, 1997
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland Indians (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 83-69	Record: 62-90
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Attendance: 16,973 Time of Game: 3:06

Game Notes:

Jed Hansen - 1st career stolen base

Manny Ramirez - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Pat Borders 1B in 4th inning (20.72)

Brian Giles 2B in 4th inning (16.48)

Johnny Damon 1B in 9th inning (7.58)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	6	16	0
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	0

Top Inning 1

Bip Roberts vs Ricky Bones M S6/G6MD

2-2 (5 pitches)

Singled

Tony Fernandez vs Ricky Bones M 6(B)3(1)/L6/LDP

3-2 (6 pitches)

Lined out to

Manny Ramirez vs Ricky Bones M S9/L4D

1-2 (5 pitches)

Singled

Jim Thome vs Ricky Bones M 53/G5

3-2 (9 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Bottom Inning 1

Shane Halter vs Brian Anderson M 63/G6M

1-2 (6 pitches)

Jed Hansen vs Brian Anderson M S8/L4MD

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled

Jed Hansen stole second base

Jay Bell vs Brian Anderson M K+SB3

3-2 (7 pitches)

Struck out looking

Unknown event OA.3X3(5) (12)

Unknown. advancement unknown

Game tied 0-0

Top Inning 2

Dave Justice vs Ricky Bones M 63/G6

3-1 (5 pitches)

Matt Williams vs Ricky Bones M HP

0-1 (2 pitches)

Hit by Pitch

Brian Giles vs Ricky Bones M 7/F7M

1-0 (2 pitches)

Matt Williams caught stealing 2b

Game tied 0-0

Bottom Inning 2

Jeff King vs Brian Anderson M 7/F7D

2-2 (8 pitches)

Dean Palmer vs Brian Anderson M 63/G6

0-0 (1 pitches)

Jermaine Dye vs Brian Anderson M 9/F89S

1-2 (4 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Top Inning 3

Pat Borders vs Ricky Bones M K

2-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Marquis Grissom vs Ricky Bones M D9/L9LS

2-2 (5 pitches)

Doubled

Bip Roberts vs Ricky Bones M K

1-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Tony Fernandez vs Ricky Bones M 7/F7D

1-0 (2 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Bottom Inning 3

Yamil Benitez vs Brian Anderson M 63/G6M

1-2 (4 pitches)

Andy Stewart vs Brian Anderson M 13/G13

2-2 (5 pitches)

Mike Sweeney vs Brian Anderson M 8/F8LM

1-2 (8 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Top Inning 4

Manny Ramirez vs Ricky Bones M S7/L5D

1-1 (3 pitches)

Singled

Jim Thome vs Ricky Bones M S9/G34.1-2

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled . Manny Ramirez advanced to 2b

Dave Justice vs Ricky Bones M 8/F78S

0-0 (1 pitches)

Matt Williams vs Ricky Bones M K

3-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Brian Giles vs Ricky Bones M D9/G3L.2-H;1-3

1-0 (2 pitches)

Doubled . Manny Ramirez scored, Jim Thome advanced to 3b

Pat Borders vs Ricky Bones M S7/G56.3-H;2-H

1-0 (2 pitches)

Singled . Jim Thome scored, Brian Giles scored

Marquis Grissom vs Ricky Bones M S9/L9S.1-2

1-0 (2 pitches)

Singled . Pat Borders advanced to 2b

Bip Roberts vs Ricky Bones M 43/G4

1-2 (4 pitches)

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 3-0

Bottom Inning 4

Shane Halter vs Brian Anderson M 63/G6MD

1-0 (2 pitches)

Jed Hansen vs Brian Anderson M S8/L8LS

1-2 (4 pitches)

Singled

Jay Bell vs Brian Anderson M 13/G13S.1-2

1-0 (2 pitches)

. Jed Hansen advanced to 2b

Jeff King vs Brian Anderson M 43/G4

2-2 (5 pitches)

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 3-0

Top Inning 5

Tony Fernandez vs Ricky Bones M 7/F7M

2-1 (4 pitches)

Manny Ramirez vs Ricky Bones M 9/F9D

3-2 (6 pitches)

Jim Thome vs Ricky Bones M D7/L5D

1-2 (4 pitches)

Doubled

Dave Justice vs Ricky Bones M I

3-0 (4 pitches)

Intentional Walk

Matt Williams vs Ricky Bones M S8/L6MD.2-H;1-3

3-0 (4 pitches)

Singled . Jim Thome scored, Dave Justice advanced to 3b

Brian Giles vs Ricky Bones M 7/F7D

0-0 (1 pitches)

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 4-0

Bottom Inning 5

Dean Palmer vs Brian Anderson M 9/F89S

1-0 (2 pitches)

Jermaine Dye vs Brian Anderson M 53/G56

2-1 (4 pitches)

Yamil Benitez vs Brian Anderson M S9/L4D

1-1 (3 pitches)

Singled

Andy Stewart vs Brian Anderson M 8/F78D

2-0 (3 pitches)

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 4-0

Top Inning 6

Pat Borders vs Hector Carrasco M 9/F9LS

0-2 (5 pitches)

Marquis Grissom vs Hector Carrasco M S9/L9S

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled

Bip Roberts vs Hector Carrasco M 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3L

0-1 (2 pitches)

Grounded into double-play to

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 4-0

Bottom Inning 6

Mike Sweeney vs Brian Anderson M S4/L3D

1-1 (3 pitches)

Singled

Shane Halter vs Brian Anderson M 8/F89D

2-1 (4 pitches)

Jed Hansen vs Brian Anderson M S7/L7S.1-2

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled . Mike Sweeney advanced to 2b

Jay Bell vs Brian Anderson M 8/F8RD.2-3

0-2 (3 pitches)

. Mike Sweeney advanced to 3b

Jeff King vs Eric Plunk M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 4-0

Top Inning 7

Tony Fernandez vs Hector Carrasco M 3/G3L

3-1 (5 pitches)

Manny Ramirez vs Hector Carrasco M S8/G6M

1-2 (4 pitches)

Singled

Jim Thome vs Matt Whisenant M S7/G56.1-2

2-1 (4 pitches)

Singled . Manny Ramirez advanced to 2b

Dave Justice vs Matt Whisenant M S7/G56.2-H;1-2

1-0 (2 pitches)

Singled . Manny Ramirez scored, Jim Thome advanced to 2b

Matt Williams vs Matt Whisenant M 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3

2-2 (5 pitches)

Flied out to . Jim Thome advanced to 3b

Brian Giles vs Matt Whisenant M K

3-2 (7 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 5-0

Bottom Inning 7

Dean Palmer vs Eric Plunk M K

3-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Johnny Damon vs Eric Plunk M K

2-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Rod Myers vs Eric Plunk M K

2-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 5-0

Top Inning 8

Pat Borders vs Scott Service M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Marquis Grissom vs Scott Service M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Bip Roberts vs Scott Service M HR/L9LD

0-1 (2 pitches)

Homered

Tony Fernandez vs Scott Service M 43/G34D

1-0 (2 pitches)

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 6-0

Bottom Inning 8

Scott Cooper vs Paul Shuey M W

3-2 (10 pitches)

Walked

Mike Sweeney vs Paul Shuey M 2/P23F

2-1 (4 pitches)

Larry Sutton vs Paul Shuey M 8/F8RS

2-2 (5 pitches)

Jed Hansen vs Paul Shuey M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 6-0

Top Inning 9

Manny Ramirez vs Jeff Montgomery M S7/G56

2-0 (3 pitches)

Singled

Jim Thome vs Jeff Montgomery M K

1-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out looking

Dave Justice vs Jeff Montgomery M 46(1)3/GDP/G34

0-2 (4 pitches)

Grounded into double-play to

Cleveland Indians lead Kansas City Royals 6-0

Bottom Inning 9

Jay Bell vs Paul Shuey M T8/F89XD

2-2 (5 pitches)

Tripled

Jeff King vs Paul Shuey M S7/L7S.3-H

0-0 (1 pitches)

Singled . Jay Bell scored

Dean Palmer vs Paul Shuey M W.1-2

3-2 (8 pitches)

Walked. Jeff King advanced to 2b

Johnny Damon vs Paul Shuey M S7/G56.2-3;1-2

2-2 (5 pitches)

Singled . Jeff King advanced to 3b, Dean Palmer advanced to 2b

Jose Offerman vs Paul Assenmacher M 64(1)/FO/G56D.3-H;2-3

2-0 (3 pitches)

Flied out to . Jeff King scored, Dean Palmer advanced to 3b

Chili Davis vs Paul Assenmacher M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Unknown event DI.1-2 (5)

Unknown. Jose Offerman advanced to 2b

Mike Sweeney vs Paul Assenmacher M 9/F9LM

1-0 (2 pitches)

Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 6-2

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