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Series Summary

1997 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 8
CLE 0 Final
BAL 3
Game 2, October 9
CLE 5 Final
BAL 4
Game 3, October 11
BAL 1 Final
CLE 2 (12)
Game 4, October 12
BAL 7 Final
CLE 8
Game 5, October 13
BAL 4 Final
CLE 2
Game 6, October 15
CLE 1 Final
BAL 0 (11)

Series Summary

Game Summary

Wednesday, October 8, 1997
Start Time: 8:05 p.m. Local
Attendance: 49,029
Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Game Duration: 2:33
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Baltimore Orioles 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 1
WP: Scott Erickson (2-0) • LP: Chad Ogea (0-1) • SV: Randy Myers (2)

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Bip Roberts 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.304 0.360 0.304 0.664 0.000 0.000
Omar Vizquel SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.409 0.458 0.409 0.867 0.000 0.000
Manny Ramirez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.125 0.125 0.167 0.292 0.000 0.000
Jim Thome 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.000 0.000
David Justice DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.273 0.333 0.500 0.833 0.000 0.000
Matt Williams 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.250 0.375 0.450 0.825 0.000 0.000
Sandy Alomar C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.273 0.273 0.591 0.864 0.000 0.000
Brian Giles LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.000 0.000
Marquis Grissom CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.250 0.286 0.350 0.636 0.000 0.000
Chad Ogea P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Brian Anderson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 0 4 0 0 5 29 0.138 0.138 0.138 0.276 0.000 0.000

Baltimore Orioles

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Brady Anderson CF 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 0.381 0.409 0.762 1.171 0.500 1.500
Roberto Alomar 2B 3 1 1 2 1 0 4 0.308 0.400 0.692 1.092 0.500 1.500
Geronimo Berroa RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.313 0.389 0.750 1.139 0.000 0.000
   Eric Davis RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.222 0.300 0.222 0.522 0.000 0.000
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.188 0.188 0.313 0.500 0.000 0.000
B.J. Surhoff LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.286 0.333 0.357 0.690 0.000 0.000
Cal Ripken Jr. 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.421 0.500 0.579 1.079 0.000 0.000
Harold Baines DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.333 0.400 0.667 1.067 0.000 0.000
Lenny Webster C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.000 0.000
Mike Bordick SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.308 0.471 0.385 0.855 0.000 0.000
Scott Erickson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Randy Myers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 3 6 3 4 4 34 0.200 0.294 0.467 0.761 1.000 3.000

Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Chad Ogea, L (0-1) 6 6 3 3 3 3 2 3.18 26 103 63 40 3 20 9 11 7 0 48 -0.079 0.57 -1.13% 14.98 0.2
Brian Anderson 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 8 30 17 11 1 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.022 0.24 0.31% 6.40 1.1
Team Totals 8 6 3 3 4 4 2 3.38 34 133 80 51 4 25 14 12 7 0 48 0 0 -0.057 0.50 -0.82% 12.96 1.3

Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Scott Erickson, W (2-0) 8 4 0 0 0 3 0 1.84 26 91 61 40 6 15 13 10 4 0 77 0.407 0.81 5.94% 21.19 4.3
Randy Myers, S (2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 3 15 11 3 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.036 0.46 0.53% 12.10 0.5
Team Totals 9 4 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 29 106 72 43 9 20 13 11 4 0 77 0 0 0.443 0.78 6.47% 20.28 4.8

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: Brian Anderson (1; Eric Davis).
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O CLE Bip Roberts Scott Erickson 2% 52% Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B) 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 8,(3-2) BCFBFBFS O CLE Omar Vizquel Scott Erickson 2% 54% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 4,(1-2) BFFX O CLE Manny Ramirez Scott Erickson 1% 55% Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X R BAL Brady Anderson Chad Ogea 9% 64% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Anderson Scores 1.0
b1 1-0 0 — 5,(1-2) CBCFX O BAL Roberto Alomar Chad Ogea -2% 62% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b1 1-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O BAL Geronimo Berroa Chad Ogea -1% 61% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b1 1-0 2 — 4,(2-1) FBBX O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Chad Ogea -1% 60% Groundout: 1B unassisted -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.
Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 4-5-6
t2 0-1 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Jim Thome Scott Erickson 2% 63% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
t2 0-1 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX CLE David Justice Scott Erickson -3% 60% Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B) 0.0
t2 0-1 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O CLE Matt Williams Scott Erickson 3% 63% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t2 0-1 2 1– 3,(0-2) CCX O CLE Sandy Alomar Scott Erickson 2% 65% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.
Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 5-6-7
b2 1-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BFX O BAL B.J. Surhoff Chad Ogea -2% 63% Popfly: SS (Deep SS) 0.0
b2 1-0 1 — 5,(2-2) BFBFX O BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Chad Ogea -1% 62% Lineout: 2B (Deep 2B) 0.0
b2 1-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX BAL Harold Baines Chad Ogea 1% 63% Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B) 0.0
b2 1-0 2 1– 5,(3-1) CBBBX O BAL Lenny Webster Chad Ogea -2% 61% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.
Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 8-9-1
t3 0-1 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Brian Giles Scott Erickson 3% 64% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
t3 0-1 1 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O CLE Marquis Grissom Scott Erickson 2% 65% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t3 0-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX CLE Bip Roberts Scott Erickson -1% 64% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t3 0-1 2 1– 4,(1-2) 11PF>F1>B CLE Omar Vizquel Scott Erickson -1% 63% Roberts Steals 2B; Roberts to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw) 0.0
t3 0-1 2 –3 5,(2-2) 11PF>F1>B.X O CLE Omar Vizquel Scott Erickson 4% 67% Groundout: P-1B (P’s Left) 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 9-1-2
b3 1-0 0 — 6,(3-2) FBBBCX O BAL Mike Bordick Chad Ogea -2% 65% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b3 1-0 1 — 5,(2-2) CBSBX BAL Brady Anderson Chad Ogea 4% 68% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.5
b3 1-0 1 -2- 5,(3-1) BBCBX RR BAL Roberto Alomar Chad Ogea 14% 82% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Anderson Scores; Alomar Scores 1.5
b3 3-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O BAL Geronimo Berroa Chad Ogea -1% 81% Flyball: CF 0.0
b3 3-0 2 — 3,(1-1) FBX O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Chad Ogea -1% 81% Lineout: 1B 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 3-4-5
t4 0-3 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O CLE Manny Ramirez Scott Erickson 2% 83% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 0-3 1 — 4,(1-2) BFCC O CLE Jim Thome Scott Erickson 2% 85% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t4 0-3 2 — 6,(2-2) BCBFFX O CLE David Justice Scott Erickson 1% 86% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 3-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 5-6-7
b4 3-0 0 — 6,(3-2) BFBBCB BAL B.J. Surhoff Chad Ogea 2% 87% Walk 0.0
b4 3-0 0 1– 4,(2-1) BBCX BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Chad Ogea 5% 92% Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Surhoff to 3B 0.0
b4 3-0 0 -23 3,(0-2) FSX O BAL Harold Baines Chad Ogea -2% 90% Popfly: CF (Deep SS-2B) 0.0
b4 3-0 1 -23 5,(2-2) FBCBX O BAL Lenny Webster Chad Ogea -4% 86% Fielder’s Choice 3B; Surhoff out at Hm/3B-C; Ripken to 3B; Webster to 1B 0.0
b4 3-0 2 1-3 4,(1-2) CFBC O BAL Mike Bordick Chad Ogea -3% 83% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 6-7-8
t5 0-3 0 — 4,(1-2) BSSX O CLE Matt Williams Scott Erickson 2% 85% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t5 0-3 1 — 6,(3-2) CSBBBX O CLE Sandy Alomar Scott Erickson 2% 87% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t5 0-3 2 — 4,(1-2) CBFS O CLE Brian Giles Scott Erickson 1% 88% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 3-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
b5 3-0 0 — 3,(0-2) FFC O BAL Brady Anderson Chad Ogea -1% 87% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 3-0 1 — 7,(3-2) CBBSBFB BAL Roberto Alomar Chad Ogea 1% 88% Walk 0.0
b5 3-0 1 1– 6,(2-2) FBB1CFC O BAL Geronimo Berroa Chad Ogea -1% 87% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 3-0 2 1– 4,(1-2) CBCX O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Chad Ogea -1% 86% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 9-1-2
t6 0-3 0 — 3,(0-2) FFX CLE Marquis Grissom Scott Erickson -4% 82% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t6 0-3 0 1– 2,(1-0) B11X OO CLE Bip Roberts Scott Erickson 8% 90% Line Drive Double Play: 3B (Weak 3B); Grissom out at 1B/3B-1B 0.0
t6 0-3 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O CLE Omar Vizquel Scott Erickson 1% 91% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 3-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 5-6-7
b6 3-0 0 — 3,(0-2) FCX BAL B.J. Surhoff Chad Ogea 1% 92% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
b6 3-0 0 1– 7,(3-2) B*BBC>F1>F>B BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Chad Ogea 2% 94% Walk; Surhoff to 2B 0.0
b6 3-0 0 12- 1,(0-0) X OO BAL Harold Baines Chad Ogea -3% 90% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Surhoff to 3B 0.0
b6 3-0 2 –3 3,(1-1) FBX O BAL Lenny Webster Chad Ogea -2% 89% Flyball: LF (Deep LF) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 3-4-5
  Eric Davis replaces Geronimo Berroa playing RF batting 3rd
t7 0-3 0 — 6,(2-2) .CSBFBX O CLE Manny Ramirez Scott Erickson 3% 91% Lineout: LF 0.0
t7 0-3 1 — 5,(3-1) BBFBX O CLE Jim Thome Scott Erickson 2% 93% Flyball: LF 0.0
t7 0-3 2 — 5,(2-2) BFFBX O CLE David Justice Scott Erickson 1% 94% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 3-0, Indians’ Brian Anderson facing 9-1-2
  Brian Anderson replaces Chad Ogea pitching
b7 3-0 0 — 5,(2-2) .CCBBX BAL Mike Bordick Brian Anderson 1% 95% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Bordick to 1B 0.0
b7 3-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O BAL Brady Anderson Brian Anderson -1% 94% Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line) 0.0
b7 3-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) 1B1CX O BAL Roberto Alomar Brian Anderson 0% 93% Groundout: P-1B (P’s Left); Bordick to 2B 0.0
b7 3-0 2 -2- 5,(3-1) CBBII BAL Eric Davis Brian Anderson 0% 94% Intentional Walk 0.0
b7 3-0 2 12- 5,(1-2) FFBFS O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Brian Anderson -1% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Scott Erickson facing 6-7-8
t8 0-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X CLE Matt Williams Scott Erickson -4% 88% Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B) 0.0
t8 0-3 0 1– 1,(0-0) X OO CLE Sandy Alomar Scott Erickson 8% 96% Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P’s Left) 0.0
t8 0-3 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Brian Giles Scott Erickson 1% 97% Popfly: SS (Deep SS) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 3-0, Indians’ Brian Anderson facing 5-6-7
b8 3-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O BAL B.J. Surhoff Brian Anderson 0% 97% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
b8 3-0 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Brian Anderson 0% 97% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b8 3-0 2 — 5,(2-2) FFBBX O BAL Harold Baines Brian Anderson 0% 96% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.
Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Orioles’ Randy Myers facing 9-1-2
  Randy Myers replaces Scott Erickson pitching
t9 0-3 0 — 7,(2-2) .BCBSFFX O CLE Marquis Grissom Randy Myers 2% 98% Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
t9 0-3 1 — 4,(1-2) BCCS O CLE Bip Roberts Randy Myers 1% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t9 0-3 2 — 4,(1-2) BCSC O CLE Omar Vizquel Randy Myers 0% 100% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 3.