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1997 AL Championship Series (4-2): Cleveland Indians (86-75) over Baltimore Orioles (98-64)

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WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1997 at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 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

    PITCHERS: CLE - Ogea, Anderson (7)
              BAL - Erickson, Myers (9)

               WP - Scott Erickson
	       LP - Chad Ogea
             SAVE - Randy Myers

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BAL - Alomar, Anderson

  ATTENDANCE: 49,029

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1997 at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 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

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Morman (6), Juden (7), Assenmacher (7), Jackson (8), Mesa (9)
              BAL - Key, Kamieniecki (5), Benitez (8), Mills (9)

               WP - Paul Assenmacher
	       LP - Armando Benitez
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Grissom, Ramirez
              BAL - Ripken

  ATTENDANCE: 49,131

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  8  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Mussina, Benitez (8), Orosco (9), Mills (9), Rhodes (10), Myers (11)
              CLE - Hershiser, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8), Mesa (9), Juden (11), Morman (11), Plunk (12)

               WP - Eric Plunk
	       LP - Randy Myers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,057

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  4    0  0  0    1  0  1     7 12  2
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  0    1  4  0    0  0  1     8 13  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Erickson, Rhodes (5), Mills (7), Orosco (9), Benitez (9)
              CLE - Wright, Anderson (4), Juden (7), Assenmacher (7), Jackson (7), Mesa (8)

               WP - Jose Mesa
	       LP - Alan Mills
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Anderson, Baines, Palmeiro
              CLE - Alomar, Ramirez

  ATTENDANCE: 45,081

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  2     4 10  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  8  1

    PITCHERS: BAL - Kamieniecki, Key (6), Myers (9)
              CLE - Ogea, Assenmacher (9), Jackson (9)

               WP - Scott Kamieniecki
	       LP - Chad Ogea
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Davis
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,068

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1997 at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     1  3  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     0 10  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8), Anderson (10), Mesa (11)
              BAL - Mussina, Myers (9), Benitez (11)

               WP - Brian Anderson
	       LP - Armando Benitez
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Fernandez
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,075

Series MVP - Marquis Grissom

Series Batting Stats

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Cleveland Indians

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sandy Alomar        6  24  3  3  0  0  1   4  1  3  .125  .160  .250  0 | 451 146 21  .324  .899   0
#Brian Anderson      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Paul Assenmacher    5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jeff Branson        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+170  34  3  .200  .568   1
#Tony Fernandez      5  14  1  5  1  0  1   2  1  2  .357  .438  .643  0 | 409 117 11  .286  .746   6
*Brian Giles         6  16  1  3  3  0  0   0  2  6  .188  .278  .375  0 | 377 101 17  .268  .827  13
 Marquis Grissom     6  23  2  6  0  0  1   4  1  9  .261  .292  .391  3 | 558 146 12  .262  .713  22
 Orel Hershiser      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .250   0
 Mike Jackson        5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jeff Juden          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 43   6  0  .140  .364   0
*David Justice       6  21  3  7  1  0  0   0  2  4  .333  .417  .381  0 | 495 163 33  .329 1.014   3
 Jose Mesa           4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Alvin Morman        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Charles Nagy        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Chad Ogea           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Eric Plunk          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Manny Ramirez       6  21  3  6  1  0  2   3  5  5  .286  .444  .619  0 | 561 184 26  .328  .953   2
#Bip Roberts         5  20  0  3  1  0  0   0  0  8  .150  .150  .200  1 |+431 130  4  .302  .730  18
 Kevin Seitzer       4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .200  .000  0 | 198  53  2  .268  .695   0
*Jim Thome           6  14  3  1  0  0  0   0  5  4  .071  .316  .071  0 | 496 142 40  .286 1.002   1
#Omar Vizquel        6  25  1  1  0  0  0   0  2 10  .040  .143  .040  0 | 565 158  5  .280  .715  43
 Matt Williams       6  23  1  5  1  0  0   2  3  7  .217  .308  .261  1 | 596 157 32  .263  .795  12
 Jaret Wright        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 207 18 40  8  0  5  15 23 62  .193  .286  .304  5 |        220  .286  .824 118

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Baltimore Orioles

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Roberto Alomar      6  22  2  4  0  0  1   2  7  3  .182  .379  .318  0 | 412 137 14  .333  .890   9
*Brady Anderson      6  25  5  9  2  0  2   3  4  4  .360  .448  .680  2 | 590 170 18  .288  .862  18
*Harold Baines       6  17  1  6  0  0  1   2  2  1  .353  .421  .529  0 |+452 136 16  .301  .833   0
 Armando Benitez     4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Geronimo Berroa     6  21  1  6  2  0  0   3  0  3  .286  .286  .381  0 |+561 159 26  .283  .836   4
 Mike Bordick        6  19  0  3  1  0  0   2  0  6  .158  .158  .211  0 | 509 120  7  .236  .601   0
 Eric Davis          6  13  1  2  0  0  1   1  1  3  .154  .214  .385  0 | 158  48  8  .304  .883   6
 Scott Erickson      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .333   0
 Jeffrey Hammonds    5   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .250  .000  1 | 397 105 21  .264  .809  15
 Chris Hoiles        4  14  1  2  0  0  0   0  2  5  .143  .250  .143  0 | 320  83 12  .259  .794   1
 Scott Kamieniecki   2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jimmy Key           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Alan Mills          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mike Mussina        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
*Randy Myers         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jesse Orosco        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Rafael Palmeiro     6  25  3  7  2  0  1   2  0 10  .280  .308  .480  0 | 614 156 38  .254  .814   5
 Jeff Reboulet       1   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 228  54  4  .237  .636   3
*Arthur Rhodes       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Cal Ripken          6  23  3  8  2  0  1   3  4  6  .348  .444  .565  0 | 615 166 17  .270  .733   1
*B.J. Surhoff        6  25  1  5  2  0  0   1  2  2  .200  .259  .280  0 | 528 150 18  .284  .803   1
 Jerome Walton       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  20  3  .294  .774   0
 Lenny Webster       4   9  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0 | 259  66  7  .255  .692   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 218 19 54 11  0  7  19 23 47  .248  .322  .394  3 |        196  .268  .766  63

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Cleveland Indians

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Chad Ogea           2   3.21 0-2  0  0 14.0 12  5  5  7 |  8-9  126  4.99  1.47  80   
 Charles Nagy        2   2.77 0-0  0  0 13.0 17  4  5  5 | 15-11 227  4.28  1.45 149   
 Orel Hershiser      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  7.0  4  0  1  7 | 14-6  195  4.47  1.37 107   
*Brian Anderson      3   1.42 1-0  0  0  6.3  1  1  3  7 |  4-2   48  4.69  1.38  22   
 Jose Mesa           4   3.38 1-0  2  0  5.3  5  2  3  5 |  4-4   82  2.40  1.35  69 16
 Mike Jackson        5   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  1  0  1  7 |  2-5   75  3.24  1.17  74 15
 Jaret Wright        1  15.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  6  5  2  3 |  8-3   90  4.38  1.28  63   
*Paul Assenmacher    5   9.00 1-0  0  0  2.0  5  2  1  3 |  5-0   49  2.94  1.18  53  4
*Alvin Morman        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  0  1 |  0-0   18  5.89  1.80  13  2
 Jeff Juden          3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  0  2  2 |+11-6  161  4.46  1.42 136   
 Eric Plunk          1   0.00 1-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  0 |  4-5   66  4.66  1.49  66   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.95 4-2  2  0 58.0 54 19 23 47 |            4.73 1.480   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Baltimore Orioles

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mike Mussina        2   0.60 0-0  0  0 15.0  4  1  4 25 | 15-8  225  3.20  1.12 218   
 Scott Erickson      2   4.26 1-0  0  0 12.7 15  6  1  6 | 16-7  222  3.69  1.26 131   
 Scott Kamieniecki   2   0.00 1-0  0  0  8.0  4  0  2  5 | 10-6  179  4.01  1.37 109   
*Jimmy Key           2   2.57 0-0  0  0  7.0  5  2  3  7 | 16-10 212  3.43  1.38 141   
*Randy Myers         4   5.06 0-1  1  0  5.3  6  3  3  7 |  2-3   60  1.51  1.16  56 45
 Alan Mills          3   2.70 0-1  0  0  3.3  1  1  2  3 |  2-3   39  4.89  1.91  32   
 Armando Benitez     4  12.00 0-2  0  0  3.0  3  4  4  6 |  4-5   73  2.45  1.25 106  9
*Arthur Rhodes       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  2  0  3  2 | 10-3   95  3.02  1.06 102  1
*Jesse Orosco        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  1  1 |  6-3   50  2.32  1.17  46   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.64 2-4  1  0 58.0 40 17 23 62 |            3.91 1.350   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU

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