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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

Thursday, October 9, 1997
Start Time: 8:13 p.m. Local
Attendance: 49,131
Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Game Duration: 3:53
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Indians 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 3
Baltimore Orioles 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 1
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0) • LP: Armando Benitez (0-1) • SV: Jose Mesa (2)

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Bip Roberts LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.250 0.300 0.250 0.550 0.000 0.000
   Brian Giles LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.000 0.000
Omar Vizquel SS 3 1 0 0 1 2 5 0.360 0.448 0.360 0.808 0.200 0.550
Manny Ramirez RF 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 0.143 0.172 0.286 0.458 0.200 1.300
Matt Williams 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0.240 0.345 0.400 0.745 0.000 0.050
David Justice DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.292 0.370 0.500 0.870 0.000 0.050
   Jeff Branson PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Sandy Alomar C 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.240 0.269 0.520 0.789 0.200 0.500
Tony Fernandez 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.154 0.250 0.231 0.481 0.000 0.050
Kevin Seitzer 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.000
   Jim Thome PH-1B 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.167 0.211 0.167 0.377 0.200 0.500
Marquis Grissom CF 4 1 3 3 0 0 4 0.333 0.360 0.542 0.902 0.200 2.000
Charles Nagy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Alvin Morman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jeff Juden P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Paul Assenmacher P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Michael Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jose Mesa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 5 6 5 6 10 41 0.188 0.366 0.375 0.741 1.000 5.000

Baltimore Orioles

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Brady Anderson CF 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.320 0.370 0.640 1.010 0.000 0.000
Roberto Alomar 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.222 0.300 0.500 0.800 0.000 0.000
Eric Davis RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.214 0.267 0.214 0.481 0.000 0.000
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 0.250 0.250 0.400 0.650 0.000 0.950
B.J. Surhoff LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.294 0.368 0.353 0.721 0.000 0.000
Cal Ripken Jr. 3B 4 2 2 2 0 1 4 0.435 0.500 0.696 1.196 0.000 1.950
Harold Baines DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.333 0.385 0.583 0.968 0.000 0.117
   Geronimo Berroa PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.294 0.368 0.706 1.074 0.000 0.000
Chris Hoiles C 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.100 0.308 0.400 0.708 0.000 0.117
Mike Bordick SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.313 0.450 0.375 0.825 0.000 0.867
   Jeffrey Hammonds PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.100 0.308 0.200 0.508 0.000 0.000
Jimmy Key P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Scott Kamieniecki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Armando Benitez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Alan Mills P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 35 4 8 4 4 5 39 0.229 0.308 0.343 0.651 0.000 4.000

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
Charles Nagy 5.2 8 4 4 2 1 1 7.71 27 10 7 0 7 36 -0.183 1.46 -2.95% 38.53 -1.4
Alvin Morman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.047 0.81 0.70% 21.30 0.9
Jeff Juden 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.009 0.34 0.13% 9.00 0.2
Paul Assenmacher, W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 2.20 0.00% 58.30 0.1
Michael Jackson, H (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.152 2.91 2.59% 76.86 0.6
Jose Mesa, S (2) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.08 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.213 4.34 3.62% 114.77 0.5
Team Totals 9 8 4 4 4 5 1 4.00 39 13 10 0 7 36 3 0 0.239 1.82 4.09% 48.20 0.8

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
Jimmy Key 4 5 2 2 2 4 1 4.15 21 5 2 0 5 46 0.016 1.21 0.00% 32.12 0.2
Scott Kamieniecki 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.220 1.14 3.24% 30.19 1.6
Armando Benitez, BS (1), L (0-1) 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 9.00 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.540 1.50 -8.37% 39.60 -2.5
Alan Mills 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.042 0.72 0.72% 18.98 0.5
Team Totals 9 6 5 5 6 10 2 5.00 41 9 7 0 6 46 0 0 -0.262 1.19 -4.41% 31.49 -0.2

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Jimmy Key 3 (3; Omar Vizquel, David Justice, Tony Fernandez).
IBB: None.
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’ Jimmy Key facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — O CLE Bip Roberts Jimmy Key -2% 48% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — CLE Omar Vizquel Jimmy Key 2% 50% Hit By Pitch 0.55
t1 0-0 1 1– RR CLE Manny Ramirez Jimmy Key 16% 66% Home Run (Deep CF); Vizquel Scores 1.3
t1 2-0 1 — CLE Matt Williams Jimmy Key 2% 68% Single to LF 0.05
t1 2-0 1 1– CLE David Justice Jimmy Key 1% 69% Williams Steals 2B 0.05
t1 2-0 1 -2- CLE David Justice Jimmy Key 1% 71% Hit By Pitch 0
t1 2-0 1 12- O CLE Sandy Alomar Jimmy Key -2% 69% Groundout: 2B-1B; Williams to 3B; Justice to 2B -0.0
t1 2-0 2 -23 CLE Tony Fernandez Jimmy Key 1% 70% Hit By Pitch 0.05
t1 2-0 2 123 O CLE Kevin Seitzer Jimmy Key -6% 64% Strikeout -0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 1-2-3
b1 0-2 0 — O BAL Brady Anderson Charles Nagy 2% 67% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b1 0-2 1 — O BAL Roberto Alomar Charles Nagy 2% 68% Flyball: LF 0.0
b1 0-2 2 — O BAL Eric Davis Charles Nagy 1% 69% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 0.
Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 2-0, Orioles’ Jimmy Key facing 9-1-2
t2 2-0 0 — CLE Marquis Grissom Jimmy Key 3% 72% Single to RF 0.0
t2 2-0 0 1– O CLE Bip Roberts Jimmy Key -1% 71% Groundout: SS-1B; Grissom to 2B 0.0
t2 2-0 1 -2- O CLE Omar Vizquel Jimmy Key -3% 68% Flyball: LF 0.0
t2 2-0 2 -2- O CLE Manny Ramirez Jimmy Key -3% 65% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 4-5-6
b2 0-2 0 — BAL Rafael Palmeiro Charles Nagy -6% 59% Double to RF 0.5
b2 0-2 0 -2- O BAL B.J. Surhoff Charles Nagy 2% 61% Flyball: CF; Palmeiro to 3B 0.0
b2 0-2 1 –3 RR BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Charles Nagy -14% 47% Home Run; Palmeiro Scores 1.5
b2 2-2 1 — O BAL Harold Baines Charles Nagy 2% 49% Groundout: P-1B -0.0
b2 2-2 2 — O BAL Chris Hoiles Charles Nagy 1% 50% Flyball: RF 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Orioles’ Jimmy Key facing 4-5-6
t3 2-2 0 — O CLE Matt Williams Jimmy Key -3% 47% Strikeout 0.0
t3 2-2 1 — CLE David Justice Jimmy Key 3% 50% Single to 3B 0.0
t3 2-2 1 1– O CLE Sandy Alomar Jimmy Key -2% 48% Groundout: 2B-1B; Justice to 2B 0.0
t3 2-2 2 -2- CLE Tony Fernandez Jimmy Key 1% 49% Walk 0.0
t3 2-2 2 12- O CLE Kevin Seitzer Jimmy Key -5% 44% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Tied 2-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 9-1-2
b3 2-2 0 — O BAL Mike Bordick Charles Nagy 3% 47% Flyball: LF 0.0
b3 2-2 1 — BAL Brady Anderson Charles Nagy -3% 44% Walk 0.0
b3 2-2 1 1– O BAL Roberto Alomar Charles Nagy 3% 47% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b3 2-2 2 1– BAL Eric Davis Charles Nagy -4% 43% Single to LF; Alomar to 3B; Davis to 2B/Adv on E7 (throw) 0.0
b3 2-2 2 -23 O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Charles Nagy 7% 50% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Orioles’ Jimmy Key facing 9-1-2
t4 2-2 0 — CLE Marquis Grissom Jimmy Key 4% 54% Single to LF 0.0
t4 2-2 0 1– CLE Bip Roberts Jimmy Key 3% 57% Grissom Steals 2B 0.0
t4 2-2 0 -2- O CLE Bip Roberts Jimmy Key -2% 55% Flyball: CF; Grissom to 3B 0
t4 2-2 1 –3 CLE Omar Vizquel Jimmy Key 2% 58% Walk 0.0
t4 2-2 1 1-3 OO CLE Manny Ramirez Jimmy Key -14% 44% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Tied 2-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 5-6-7
b4 2-2 0 — BAL B.J. Surhoff Charles Nagy -4% 40% Single (CF-RF) 0.0
b4 2-2 0 1– O BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Charles Nagy 4% 44% Flyball: CF 0.0
b4 2-2 1 1– BAL Harold Baines Charles Nagy -4% 40% Single to LF; Surhoff to 2B 0.0
b4 2-2 1 12- OO BAL Chris Hoiles Charles Nagy 10% 50% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Orioles’ Scott Kamieniecki facing 4-5-6
  Scott Kamieniecki replaces Jimmy Key pitching
t5 2-2 0 — O CLE Matt Williams Scott Kamieniecki -3% 47% Popfly: 1B 0.0
t5 2-2 1 — O CLE David Justice Scott Kamieniecki -2% 45% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t5 2-2 2 — O CLE Sandy Alomar Scott Kamieniecki -2% 43% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Tied 2-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 9-1-2
b5 2-2 0 — O BAL Mike Bordick Charles Nagy 3% 46% Flyball: LF 0.0
b5 2-2 1 — BAL Brady Anderson Charles Nagy -3% 43% Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball); Anderson to 1B 0.0
b5 2-2 1 1– O BAL Roberto Alomar Charles Nagy 2% 45% Groundout: 2B-1B; Anderson to 2B 0.0
b5 2-2 2 -2- O BAL Eric Davis Charles Nagy 5% 50% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Orioles’ Scott Kamieniecki facing 7-8-9
t6 2-2 0 — O CLE Tony Fernandez Scott Kamieniecki -3% 47% Flyball: RF 0.0
t6 2-2 1 — CLE Kevin Seitzer Scott Kamieniecki 4% 50% Walk 0.0
t6 2-2 1 1– O CLE Marquis Grissom Scott Kamieniecki -3% 47% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Grissom to 2B/Adv on E4 (throw) 0.0
t6 2-2 2 -2- O CLE Bip Roberts Scott Kamieniecki -5% 42% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Tied 2-2, Indians’ Charles Nagy facing 4-5-6
b6 2-2 0 — BAL Rafael Palmeiro Charles Nagy -5% 37% Single to RF 0.45
b6 2-2 0 1– O BAL B.J. Surhoff Charles Nagy 5% 42% Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b6 2-2 1 1– BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Charles Nagy -5% 37% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Surhoff to 2B 0.45
b6 2-2 1 12- O BAL Harold Baines Charles Nagy 4% 41% Groundout: 2B-1B; Surhoff to 3B; Ripken to 2B 0.1167
b6 2-2 2 -23 BAL Chris Hoiles Charles Nagy -2% 40% Walk 0.1167
b6 2-2 2 123 RR BAL Mike Bordick Charles Nagy -24% 15% Single to RF; Surhoff Scores; Ripken Scores; Hoiles to 3B/Adv on E9; Bordick to 2B 0.8666
  Alvin Morman replaces Charles Nagy pitching
b6 4-2 2 -23 O BAL Brady Anderson Alvin Morman 4% 19% Popfly: SS 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 4.
Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-4, Orioles’ Scott Kamieniecki facing 2-3-4
t7 2-4 0 — O CLE Omar Vizquel Scott Kamieniecki -4% 16% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t7 2-4 1 — O CLE Manny Ramirez Scott Kamieniecki -2% 13% Flyball: CF 0.0
t7 2-4 2 — O CLE Matt Williams Scott Kamieniecki -1% 12% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 4.
Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 4-2, Indians’ Alvin Morman facing 2-3-4
b7 4-2 0 — O BAL Roberto Alomar Alvin Morman 1% 13% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  Jeff Juden replaces Alvin Morman pitching
b7 4-2 1 — O BAL Eric Davis Jeff Juden 1% 14% Foul Popfly: 1B 0.0
  Paul Assenmacher replaces Jeff Juden pitching
b7 4-2 2 — O BAL Rafael Palmeiro Paul Assenmacher 1% 14% Strikeout 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Orioles 4.
Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-4, Orioles’ Armando Benitez facing 5-6-7
  Armando Benitez replaces Scott Kamieniecki pitchingJeff Branson pinch hits for David Justice (DH) batting 5th
t8 2-4 0 — O CLE Jeff Branson Armando Benitez -4% 10% Strikeout 0.0
t8 2-4 1 — CLE Sandy Alomar Armando Benitez 5% 15% Walk 0.5
t8 2-4 1 1– O CLE Tony Fernandez Armando Benitez -5% 10% Strikeout -0.0
  Jim Thome pinch hits for Kevin Seitzer (1B) batting 8th
t8 2-4 2 1– CLE Jim Thome Armando Benitez 4% 14% Walk; Alomar to 2B 0.5
t8 2-4 2 12- RRR CLE Marquis Grissom Armando Benitez 56% 70% Home Run; Alomar Scores; Thome Scores 2.0
t8 5-4 2 — O CLE Bip Roberts Armando Benitez -1% 68% Strikeout 0.0
  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Orioles 4.
Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-5, Indians’ Paul Assenmacher facing 5-6-7
  Jim Thome moves from PH to 1B Brian Giles replaces Bip Roberts playing LF batting 1st
b8 4-5 0 — BAL B.J. Surhoff Paul Assenmacher -10% 59% Walk 0.0
b8 4-5 0 1– O BAL Cal Ripken Jr. Paul Assenmacher 9% 68% Strikeout 0.0
  Michael Jackson replaces Paul Assenmacher pitchingGeronimo Berroa pinch hits for Harold Baines (DH) batting 7th
b8 4-5 1 1– O BAL Geronimo Berroa Michael Jackson 8% 76% Flyball: RF 0.0
b8 4-5 2 1– O BAL Chris Hoiles Michael Jackson 7% 83% Strikeout 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Orioles 4.
Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 5-4, Orioles’ Alan Mills facing 2-3-4
  Alan Mills replaces Armando Benitez pitching
t9 5-4 0 — O CLE Omar Vizquel Alan Mills -2% 81% Strikeout 0.0
t9 5-4 1 — CLE Manny Ramirez Alan Mills 2% 83% Walk 0.0
t9 5-4 1 1– O CLE Matt Williams Alan Mills -2% 81% Foul Popfly: C 0.0
t9 5-4 2 1– O CLE Jeff Branson Alan Mills -2% 79% Strikeout (C-1B) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Orioles 4.
Bottom of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-5, Indians’ Jose Mesa facing 9-1-2
  Jose Mesa replaces Michael Jackson pitchingJeffrey Hammonds pinch hits for Mike Bordick (SS) batting 9th
b9 4-5 0 — BAL Jeffrey Hammonds Jose Mesa -14% 65% Walk 0.0
b9 4-5 0 1– O BAL Brady Anderson Jose Mesa 13% 78% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b9 4-5 1 1– O BAL Roberto Alomar Jose Mesa 12% 90% Strikeout 0.0
b9 4-5 2 1– O BAL Eric Davis Jose Mesa 10% 100% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Orioles 4.