Cleveland Indians (7) Oakland Athletics (4)

| 1997

Date of Game: Saturday, August 23, 1997
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Cleveland Indians (AL)	Oakland Athletics (AL)
Record: 67-59	Record: 51-79
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Attendance: 17,066 Time of Game: 2:52

Game Notes:

Tony Batista - 4 hits

Dave Justice - 4 hits

Jim Thome - 2 home runs

Best at-bats

Sandy Alomar 1B in 2nd inning (8.34)

Dave Justice HR in 2nd inning (7.91)

Jim Thome HR in 7th inning (7.8)
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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	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	17	0
Oakland Athletics	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8	1

Cleveland Indians Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Brian Giles	lf	26.215	4	0	1	1	0	0	.271	103	160	16	47	10
Omar Vizquel	ss	30.121	5	0	1	0	0	0	.288	122	1138	2	35	35
Manny Ramirez	rf	25.085	4	1	1	0	1	2	.330	118	520	22	72	2
Jim Thome	1b	26.361	5	2	3	3	0	0	.290	117	616	36	91	1
Dave Justice	dh	31.131	5	1	4	1	0	0	.339	106	922	27	81	2
Matt Williams	3b	31.268	5	1	1	0	0	1	.248	120	1240	27	78	11
Sandy Alomar	c	31.066	5	2	3	1	0	0	.329	101	717	16	60	0
Jeff Branson	2b	30.209	5	0	2	0	0	1	.188	79	585	3	10	1
Marquis Grissom	cf	30.128	3	0	1	0	0	0	.253	111	1106	7	49	18
Paul Assenmacher	p	36.256	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	60	744	0	0	0
Mike Jackson	p	32.244	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	56	679	0	0	0
Jose Mesa	p	31.093	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	51	237	0	0	0
Totals:			41	7	17	6	1	4	.415	1144	8664

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mark Bellhorn	3b	23.000	4	1	1	0	1	1	.258	48	48	5	17	6
Scott Spiezio	2b	24.336	5	0	1	2	0	2	.228	115	124	10	47	7
Matt Stairs	rf	29.178	5	0	0	0	0	1	.335	103	222	21	60	1
Jose Canseco	dh	33.052	1	0	0	0	0	1	.237	105	1445	23	74	8
Dave Magadan	ph	34.327	2	0	0	0	1	1	.294	103	1220	3	19	0
Jason Giambi	1b	26.227	3	0	0	0	1	0	.277	110	304	16	61	0
Brent Mayne	c	29.126	3	0	0	0	1	1	.254	60	529	3	11	0
Brian Lesher	lf	26.171	3	0	0	0	0	1	.173	20	46	3	6	1
Jason McDonald	ph	25.156	1	1	1	0	0	0	.223	46	46	4	9	5
Ernie Young	cf	28.046	2	1	0	0	0	0	.194	49	227	4	11	1
George Williams	ph	28.123	1	1	1	0	0	0	.279	70	155	3	19	0
Tony Batista	ss	23.257	4	0	4	1	0	0	.209	63	137	4	17	2
Buddy Groom	p	32.044	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	62	227	0	0	0
Aaron Small	p	25.274	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	57	74	0	0	0
T.J. Mathews	p	27.216	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	49	139	0	0	0
Totals:			34	4	8	3	4	8	.235	1060	4943

Game Stats

2B: Tony Batista (8), Scott Spiezio (21), Matt Williams (23)
HR: Dave Justice (27), Jim Thome 2 (36)
RBIs: Sandy Alomar (60), Tony Batista (17), Brian Giles (47), Dave Justice (81), Scott Spiezio 2 (47), Jim Thome 3 (91)
SB: Brian Giles (10)
SH: Marquis Grissom (4)
SF: Brian Giles (5)
GDP: Jason Giambi (9), Jim Thome (9)

Cleveland Indians Pitching Stats

Cleveland Indians	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Orel Hershiser (W 12-5)	38.341	6.1	5	2	2	3	6	0	4.70	1.37	95	58	37	26	428
Paul Assenmacher	36.256	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.08	1.13	23	17	6	60	745
Mike Jackson	32.244	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.14	1.13	10	10	0	56	679
Jose Mesa (Sv 9)	31.093	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	1.45	12	5	7	51	331
Pitching Totals:		9	8	4	4	4	8	0			140	90	50	193	2183

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Brad Rigby (L 0-5)	24.101	6.2	11	4	4	1	2	2	3.72	1.40	93	60	33	10	10
Buddy Groom	32.044	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	1.35	8	5	3	62	242
Aaron Small	25.274	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	4.21	1.58	15	12	3	57	77
T.J. Mathews	27.216	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	2.64	1.31	26	19	7	49	139
Pitching Totals:		9	17	7	6	1	4	3			142	96	46	178	468

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Paul Assenmacher;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Orel Hershiser 95-58-37; Paul Assenmacher 23-17-6; Mike Jackson 10-10-0; Jose Mesa 12-5-7; Brad Rigby 93-60-33; Buddy Groom 8-5-3; Aaron Small 15-12-3; T.J. Mathews 26-19-7;
Batters Faced: Orel Hershiser 27; Paul Assenmacher 6; Mike Jackson 3; Jose Mesa 3; Brad Rigby 31; Buddy Groom 1; Aaron Small 5; T.J. Mathews 7;
Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 17,066
Umpires: Home: Bill Miller 1B Jim Joyce 2B Al Clark 3B John Hirschbeck

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