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SEPTEMBER
1997

Monday, September 1st

IN THE NEWS: The Reds lose to the Royals, 7-4, as Pete Rose Jr., son of the all-time hit leader, makes his major league debut. After striking out in his 1st time up, Rose singles in his next at bat and finishes with one hit in three trips to the plate. The debut prompts walkup sales of 15,000.

Before 50,869 at the Vet, the Phillies defeat the Yankees, 5-1, behind Curt Schilling, who fans 16 batters in eight innings of action, and does not walk a man. The Phils will win the next to sweep the series with the defending World champs.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 1, 1997
Detroit Tigers 4, Atlanta Braves 2 at Turner Field (att. 38,950)
W: Brian Moehler L: Greg Maddux S: Todd Jones
Minnesota Twins 7, Chicago Cubs 6 at Wrigley Field (att. 34,117)
W: Mike Trombley L: Dave Stevens S: Rick Aguilera
Kansas City Royals 7, Cincinnati Reds 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,920)
W: Kevin Appier L: Mike Remlinger S: Hipolito Pichardo
Florida Marlins 10, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 42,446)
W: Felix Heredia L: Shawn Boskie
Milwaukee Brewers 3, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome (att. 35,685)
W: Joel Adamson L: Chris Holt S: Doug Jones
Montreal Expos 4, Boston Red Sox 2 (10 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 29,024)
W: Ugueth Urbina L: Joe Hudson
New York Mets 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 19,196)
W: Jason Isringhausen L: Pat Hentgen S: John Franco
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Yankees 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 50,869)
W: Curt Schilling L: Hideki Irabu
Cleveland Indians 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 45,298)
W: Chad Ogea L: Steve Cooke S: Jose Mesa
Chicago White Sox 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,464)
W: Tony Castillo L: Tony Fossas S: Matt Karchner
Colorado Rockies 4, Anaheim Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 19,614)
W: John Thomson L: Allen Watson S: Jerry Dipoto
San Francisco Giants 8, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 50,792)
W: Kirk Rueter L: Andrew Lorraine
Seattle Mariners 9, San Diego Padres 6 at Kingdome (att. 31,882)
W: Jeff Fassero L: Joey Hamilton
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, September 2nd

IN THE NEWS: Trailing 12-7, the Rangers score six runs in the bottom of the 9th to pull out a 13-12 victory over the Dodgers. Juan Gonzalez and Lee Stevens each poke four hits for Texas.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
Atlanta Braves 5, Detroit Tigers 0 at Turner Field (att. 32,308)
W: Denny Neagle L: Greg Keagle
Chicago Cubs 9, Minnesota Twins 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 21,487)
W: Mark Clark L: Bob Tewksbury
Cincinnati Reds 4, Kansas City Royals 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,288)
W: Dave Burba L: Jose Rosado S: Jeff Shaw
Florida Marlins 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 (10 inn.) at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 35,708)
W: Ed Vosberg L: Terry Mathews
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome (att. 18,258)
W: Ron Villone L: Darryl Kile S: Doug Jones
Montreal Expos 6, Boston Red Sox 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 12,538)
W: Rick DeHart L: Mark Brandenburg S: Ugueth Urbina
New York Mets 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Shea Stadium (att. 17,635)
W: Juan Acevedo L: Roger Clemens S: Turk Wendell
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Yankees 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 37,258)
W: Mike Grace L: Kenny Rogers
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cleveland Indians 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 43,380)
W: Jose Silva L: Jaret Wright S: Rich Loiselle
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago White Sox 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,192)
W: Andy Benes L: Jaime Navarro
Colorado Rockies 7, Anaheim Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 18,266)
W: Pedro Astacio L: Jason Dickson S: Mike Munoz
Texas Rangers 13, Los Angeles Dodgers 12 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 31,506)
W: Wilson Heredia L: Todd Worrell
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, September 3rd

IN THE NEWS: 2B Mike Lansing's 3rd-inning home run is Montreal's only hit, but it's enough to give the Expos a 1-0 win over the Red Sox. Aaron Sele and Tom Gordon baffle the Expos the rest of the way, but Carlos Perez allows only two hits himself in blanking Boston.

A's blue chip rookie Ben Grieve debuts with a club-record-tying three doubles for five RBIs in a 12–3 win over the Giants. Grieve had 136 ribbies in 127 minor league games. Brad Rigby wins his first ML game, while the loss leaves SF one 1/2 games behind the Giants.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 3, 1997
Detroit Tigers 12, Atlanta Braves 4 at Turner Field (att. 36,556)
W: Willie Blair L: John Smoltz
Chicago Cubs 10, Minnesota Twins 6 at Wrigley Field (att. 22,919)
W: Jeremi Gonzalez L: Frank Rodriguez
Cincinnati Reds 6, Kansas City Royals 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 16,285)
W: Brett Tomko L: Ricky Bones S: Jeff Shaw
Florida Marlins 7, Baltimore Orioles 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 35,988)
W: Jay Powell L: Shawn Boskie
Houston Astros 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Astrodome (att. 13,580)
W: Ramon Garcia L: Scott Karl
Montreal Expos 1, Boston Red Sox 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 11,509)
W: Carlos Perez L: Aaron Sele
New York Mets 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 14,513)
W: Dave Mlicki L: Paul Quantrill S: John Franco
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Yankees 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 38,352)
W: Jerry Spradlin L: Mike Stanton
Cleveland Indians 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 37,513)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Esteban Loaiza
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago White Sox 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 29,088)
W: Manuel Aybar L: Scott Eyre S: Dennis Eckersley
Oakland Athletics 12, San Francisco Giants 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 32,408)
W: Brad Rigby L: Danny Darwin S: Aaron Small
San Diego Padres 6, Seattle Mariners 5 at Kingdome (att. 27,713)
W: Dario Veras L: Mike Timlin S: Trevor Hoffman
Texas Rangers 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 33,116)
W: Danny Patterson L: Darren Dreifort S: John Wetteland
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, September 4th

IN THE NEWS: Rookie C Bobby Estalella cracks three home runs and drives home four as he leads the Phillies to a 6-4 win over Montreal.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 4, 1997
Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,136)
W: Mike Morgan L: Jon Lieber S: Jeff Shaw
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 9,447)
W: Matt Beech L: Pedro Martinez S: Ricky Bottalico
Atlanta Braves 8, San Diego Padres 7 (11 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 12,804)
W: Mark Wohlers L: Tim Worrell
Houston Astros 14, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 8,565)
W: Mike Hampton L: Mark Gardner
Detroit Tigers 5, Anaheim Angels 4 (11 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,445)
W: Todd Jones L: Pep Harris
Kansas City Royals 7, Oakland Athletics 6 (12 inn.) at Royals Stadium (att. 13,891)
W: Gregg Olson L: Don Wengert
Seattle Mariners 9, Minnesota Twins 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 10,234)
W: Ken Cloude L: La Troy Hawkins S: Heathcliff Slocumb
Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 39,770)
W: Rick Krivda L: David Wells S: Randy Myers
Texas Rangers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Skydome (att. 26,178)
W: Rick Helling L: Chris Carpenter
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, September 5th

IN THE NEWS: OF Deion Sanders leaves the Reds to join the Dallas Cowboys for the remainder of the season. Sanders is leading the National League is stolen bases with 56, but will be overtaken by Pittsburgh's Tony Womack.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 21,176)
W: Kevin Tapani L: Brian Bohanon
Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 21,492)
W: Scott Sullivan L: Marc Wilkins S: Jeff Shaw
Colorado Rockies 11, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Coors Field (att. 48,051)
W: Frank Castillo L: Donovan Osborne
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Florida Marlins 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 39,242)
W: Ramon Martinez L: Alex Fernandez S: Todd Worrell
Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 11,193)
W: Mike Johnson L: Mark Leiter
San Diego Padres 6, Atlanta Braves 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 21,492)
W: Andy Ashby L: Tom Glavine
San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 11,934)
W: Roberto Hernandez L: Shane Reynolds S: Rod Beck
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Boston Red Sox 1 at Fenway Park (att. 27,522)
W: Cal Eldred L: Jeff Suppan
Cleveland Indians 11, Chicago White Sox 1 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,093)
W: Charles Nagy L: Jason Bere
Detroit Tigers 6, Anaheim Angels 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,016)
W: Justin Thompson L: Dennis Springer
Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 6 at Royals Stadium (att. 13,299)
W: Mike Oquist L: Hector Carrasco S: Billy Taylor
Seattle Mariners 10, Minnesota Twins 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 20,152)
W: Jamie Moyer L: Brad Radke
Baltimore Orioles 13, New York Yankees 9 at Yankee Stadium (att. 46,568)
W: Jimmy Key L: Hideki Irabu
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 1 at Skydome (att. 27,121)
W: Woody Williams L: Roger Pavlik
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, September 6th

IN THE NEWS: The Rockies split a day-night doubleheader with the Cardinals, losing the 1st game, 10-7, before winning the nitecap, 7-6. In the 1st contest, OF Larry Walker's home run makes his the most prolific Canadian home run hitter of all time with 195 career dingers. In the second game, Colorado's streak of sellouts ends at 203, as an announced crowd of 44,288 views the contest.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 38,849)
W: Marc Pisciotta L: John Franco S: Terry Adams
Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Cincinnati Reds 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 20,383)
W: Francisco Cordova L: Mike Remlinger
St. Louis Cardinals 10, Colorado Rockies 7 (13 inn.) at Coors Field (att. 48,017)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Jeff McCurry S: Mark Petkovsek
Colorado Rockies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Coors Field (att. 44,288)
W: Darren Holmes L: Curtis King
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Florida Marlins 5 at Dodger Stadium (att. 45,814)
W: Darren Hall L: Kurt Miller
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Montreal Expos 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 16,623)
W: Curt Schilling L: Marc Valdes
Atlanta Braves 9, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 32,099)
W: Greg Maddux L: Sterling Hitchcock
San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 17,636)
W: Julian Tavarez L: Billy Wagner S: Roberto Hernandez
Boston Red Sox 10, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Fenway Park (att. 28,686)
W: Tim Wakefield L: Pete Harnisch
Cleveland Indians 9, Chicago White Sox 7 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,055)
W: Bartolo Colon L: James Baldwin S: Jose Mesa
Detroit Tigers 7, Anaheim Angels 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,294)
W: Brian Moehler L: Allen Watson S: Todd Jones
Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 18,853)
W: Andrew Lorraine L: Kevin Appier S: Don Wengert
Seattle Mariners 9, Minnesota Twins 0 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 20,064)
W: Jeff Fassero L: Rich Robertson
Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 52,535)
W: Scott Erickson L: Ramiro Mendoza
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Texas Rangers 1 at Skydome (att. 31,232)
W: Pat Hentgen L: John Burkett S: Kelvim Escobar
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, September 7th

IN THE NEWS: Atlanta's Denny Neagle wins his 20th game, shutting out the Padres, 4–0. He's the first to win 20 in the National League.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 7, 1997
New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 25,523)
W: Bobby Jones L: Steve Trachsel
Cincinnati Reds 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 19,682)
W: Dave Burba L: Jose Silva S: Jeff Shaw
Colorado Rockies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Coors Field (att. 48,011)
W: Pedro Astacio L: Mark Petkovsek
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Florida Marlins 5 at Dodger Stadium (att. 36,757)
W: Tom Candiotti L: Tony Saunders
Philadelphia Phillies 2, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 18,058)
W: Ryan Karp L: Anthony Telford S: Ricky Bottalico
Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 21,052)
W: Denny Neagle L: Joey Hamilton
San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,861)
W: Kirk Rueter L: Darryl Kile
Boston Red Sox 11, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Fenway Park (att. 27,731)
W: Butch Henry L: Jeff D'Amico
Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,051)
W: Jaret Wright L: Doug Drabek S: Jose Mesa
Anaheim Angels 5, Detroit Tigers 4 (15 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 25,602)
W: Shigetoshi Hasegawa L: Glenn Dishman
Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 14,123)
W: Eric Ludwick L: Jose Rosado
Minnesota Twins 9, Seattle Mariners 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 12,291)
W: Bob Tewksbury L: Felipe Lira
New York Yankees 10, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 47,945)
W: Kenny Rogers L: Mike Mussina
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 0 at Skydome (att. 30,212)
W: Roger Clemens L: Darren Oliver
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, September 8th

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 8, 1997
Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,337)
W: Mark Clark L: Brett Tomko
Florida Marlins 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 45,195)
W: Kevin Brown L: Hideo Nomo
Philadelphia Phillies 13, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 13,321)
W: Mike Grace L: Jason Isringhausen
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Chicago White Sox 5 (10 inn.) at Comiskey Park II (att. 18,552)
W: Bob Wickman L: Matt Karchner S: Doug Jones
Cleveland Indians 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,009)
W: Paul Assenmacher L: Alan Mills S: Jose Mesa
Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 15,765)
W: Willie Blair L: Bobby Witt
Kansas City Royals 9, Seattle Mariners 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 14,278)
W: Jim Pittsley L: Omar Olivares
Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 9,363)
W: Dan Serafini L: Dave Telgheder
Toronto Blue Jays 12, Anaheim Angels 10 at Skydome (att. 25,775)
W: Dan Plesac L: Mike James S: Kelvim Escobar
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, September 9th

IN THE NEWS: Boston loses to the Yankees, 8-6, despite two RBIs for Nomar Garciaparra. The ribbies give Garciaparra' 87 on the year, for a new major league record for leadoff men. Harvey Kuenn held the old mark with 85 in 1956 for Detroit.

Detroit P Scott Sanders hurls a 1-hit, 4-0 shutout over the Rangers. 2B Domingo Cedeno's single is the only Texas safety.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 9, 1997
Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,349)
W: Mike Morgan L: Jeremi Gonzalez S: Jeff Shaw
Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 4 at Coors Field (att. 48,039)
W: Mike Hampton L: Jamey Wright S: Russ Springer
Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 37,270)
W: John Smoltz L: Ismael Valdes S: Mark Wohlers
Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (10 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 8,782)
W: Ugueth Urbina L: Rich Loiselle
Philadelphia Phillies 1, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 13,871)
W: Tyler Green L: Dave Mlicki S: Ricky Bottalico
San Diego Padres 7, Florida Marlins 6 (13 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 13,302)
W: Tim Worrell L: Kirt Ojala
St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 13,098)
W: Manuel Aybar L: Terry Mulholland S: Dennis Eckersley
New York Yankees 8, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park (att. 32,355)
W: Willie Banks L: Derek Lowe S: Mariano Rivera
Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Comiskey Park II (att. 16,515)
W: Scott Eyre L: Jose Mercedes S: Tony Castillo
Baltimore Orioles 9, Cleveland Indians 3 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,045)
W: Rick Krivda L: Chad Ogea
Detroit Tigers 4, Texas Rangers 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,139)
W: Scott Sanders L: Rick Helling
Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 14,913)
W: Mike Timlin L: Hipolito Pichardo S: Heathcliff Slocumb
Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 9,705)
W: Jimmy Haynes L: La Troy Hawkins
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Anaheim Angels 0 at Skydome (att. 25,674)
W: Chris Carpenter L: Ken Hill
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, September 10th

IN THE NEWS: The Rangers overcome a 5-run deficit in the 9th inning to defeat the Dodgers, 13–12. Rusty Greer drives in the winner with a 2-out single, the 4th time this year he's done it in the Rangers' final at-bat.

The American Association's plays its final game Wednesday night in Des Moines, Iowa with the Buffalo Bisons defeating the Iowa Cubs for the final American Association title. The Association's existing teams will merge with the International League and the perhaps "to-be-newly named" Pacific Coast League in 1998.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 10, 1997
Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 16,200)
W: Kevin Tapani L: Kent Mercker S: Terry Adams
Colorado Rockies 9, Houston Astros 7 at Coors Field (att. 42,321)
W: Curt Leskanic L: Mike Magnante S: Jerry Dipoto
Atlanta Braves 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 41,564)
W: Tom Glavine L: Ramon Martinez
Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 10,139)
W: Pedro Martinez L: Jon Lieber S: Ugueth Urbina
New York Mets 10, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 13,257)
W: Brian Bohanon L: Matt Beech
San Diego Padres 4, Florida Marlins 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 10,893)
W: Jim Bruske L: Ed Vosberg
San Francisco Giants 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6 (10 inn.) at Candlestick Park (att. 12,623)
W: Rod Beck L: Lance Painter
Boston Red Sox 5, New York Yankees 2 at Fenway Park (att. 31,011)
W: Aaron Sele L: David Wells S: Tom Gordon
Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Comiskey Park II (att. 16,616)
W: Jason Bere L: Cal Eldred S: Chuck McElroy
Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 4,764)
W: T. J. Mathews L: Dan Plesac
Seattle Mariners 10, Detroit Tigers 0 at Kingdome (att. 22,967)
W: Jamie Moyer L: Justin Thompson
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, September 11th

IN THE NEWS: John Olerud cycles, going 4-for-5 with five ribbies, to lead the Mets to a 9-5 win over the Expos. Olerud hits a bases loaded stand-up triple in the 8th, his first triple in three years, to complete the cycle. The drive bounces off the wall, striking center fielder Vladimir Guerrero.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 11, 1997
New York Mets 9, Montreal Expos 5 at Shea Stadium (att. 13,271)
W: Rick Reed L: Mike Johnson S: John Franco
San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 18,165)
W: Roberto Hernandez L: Jerry Spradlin S: Rod Beck
Kansas City Royals 4, Anaheim Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 14,790)
W: Kevin Appier L: Dennis Springer S: Jeff Montgomery
New York Yankees 14, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,066)
W: Andy Pettitte L: Jimmy Key
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 5 at Comiskey Park II (att. 22,620)
W: Keith Foulke L: Charles Nagy S: Matt Karchner
Oakland Athletics 8, Toronto Blue Jays 7 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 6,135)
W: T. J. Mathews L: Kelvim Escobar
Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 25,141)
W: Brian Moehler L: Jeff Fassero S: Todd Jones
Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 0 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 33,996)
W: Roger Pavlik L: Brad Radke
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, September 12th

IN THE NEWS: Florida C Charles Johnson sets a major league record by playing his 160th straight game without committing an error. The previous mark was set by Rick Cerone. The Marlins lose the game, however, 1-0 to the Giants.

The Mets tie the game in the 8th and use 23 players before losing to the Expos, 3–2 in 15 innings. The loss goes to Joe Crawford, the second time this season he has lost by allowing a run in the 15th.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
Colorado Rockies 3, Atlanta Braves 1 at Turner Field (att. 47,772)
W: Mike Munoz L: Mark Wohlers S: Jerry Dipoto
San Francisco Giants 1, Florida Marlins 0 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 30,964)
W: Kirk Rueter L: Livan Hernandez S: Rod Beck
Houston Astros 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Astrodome (att. 36,817)
W: Shane Reynolds L: Chan Ho Park
Montreal Expos 3, New York Mets 2 (15 inn.) at Shea Stadium (att. 17,450)
W: Jose Paniagua L: Joe Crawford S: Ugueth Urbina
Cincinnati Reds 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium
W: Mike Remlinger L: Garrett Stephenson S: Jeff Shaw
Philadelphia Phillies 9, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 17,546)
W: Mark Leiter L: Pete Schourek
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 13,833)
W: Jason Schmidt L: Miguel Batista S: Rich Loiselle
St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Diego Padres 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 30,156)
W: Matt Morris L: Andy Ashby S: Dennis Eckersley
Anaheim Angels 8, Kansas City Royals 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 25,259)
W: Pep Harris L: Ricky Bones S: Troy Percival
New York Yankees 13, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,511)
W: Ramiro Mendoza L: Scott Erickson
Cleveland Indians 9, Chicago White Sox 0 at Comiskey Park II (att. 31,249)
W: Jaret Wright L: Doug Drabek
Boston Red Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium (att. 22,079)
W: Jeff Suppan L: Jeff D'Amico S: Tom Gordon
Detroit Tigers 7, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 11,775)
W: Greg Keagle L: Eric Ludwick S: Dan Miceli
Seattle Mariners 7, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Kingdome (att. 37,044)
W: Bobby Ayala L: Roger Clemens
Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 5 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 29,461)
W: Julio Santana L: Greg Swindell S: John Wetteland
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, September 13th

IN THE NEWS: The Mets, down 6–0 with one strike to go in the bottom of the 9th rally to tie the Expos. Carl Everett ties the game with a grand slam. Two innings later, Bernard Gilkey hits a three-run homer to end it, 9–6. Facing Dustin Hermanson, the Mets manage just one hit through the first eight innings, and that is a blooper by Carlos Mendoza, his first ML hit. Two singles and two relievers later the Mets tie it. John Franco is the winner over Steve Kline.

The Dodgers drop a 5-1 decision to the Astros as Tom Candiotti's knuckleball does all sorts of tricks in the 1st inning. Candiotti hit three Houston batters in the frame, and another to lead off the 2nd, to tie a major league mark. C Mike Piazza also records two passed balls in the inning as the Astros score four of their five runs.

In St. Louis, Tony Gwynn reaches 200 hits for the fifth time in his career in the Padres 8–3 win over the Cardinals. Greg Vaughn has a three-run double to lead the attack.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
Colorado Rockies 10, Atlanta Braves 6 at Turner Field (att. 49,097)
W: Darren Holmes L: Mike Cather S: Mike DeJean
Florida Marlins 8, San Francisco Giants 1 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 30,311)
W: Kevin Brown L: Mark Gardner
Houston Astros 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Astrodome (att. 33,130)
W: Darryl Kile L: Tom Candiotti
New York Mets 9, Montreal Expos 6 (11 inn.) at Shea Stadium (att. 24,208)
W: John Franco L: Steve Kline
Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 15,524)
W: Dave Burba L: Mike Grace S: Jeff Shaw
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 21,505)
W: Steve Trachsel L: Francisco Cordova S: Terry Adams
San Diego Padres 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 32,982)
W: Todd Erdos L: Sean Lowe
Kansas City Royals 3, Anaheim Angels 1 (13 inn.) at Anaheim Stadium (att. 16,552)
W: Gregg Olson L: Rich DeLucia S: Brian Bevil
Baltimore Orioles 6, New York Yankees 1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,696)
W: Mike Mussina L: Kenny Rogers
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 6 at Comiskey Park II (att. 32,306)
W: Mike Sirotka L: Orel Hershiser S: Matt Karchner
Boston Red Sox 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 22,288)
W: Tim Wakefield L: Scott Karl S: Tom Gordon
Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 20,482)
W: Dave Telgheder L: Willie Blair S: T. J. Mathews
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 51,631)
W: Kelvim Escobar L: Bobby Ayala
Texas Rangers 9, Minnesota Twins 3 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 34,760)
W: Darren Oliver L: Bob Tewksbury
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Sunday, September 14th

IN THE NEWS: Sandy Alomar hits a bases-loaded single to key a bizarre seven-run 8th, and Cleveland defeats Chicago, 8–3. Jim Thome nails his 40th homer for the Indians. Chicago ties a major league record by using nine pitchers in the nine-inning game, including five in the 8th. The 4th in that inning, Keith Foulke, is called in without a warmup by manager Terry Bevington to intentionally walk a batter. The Tribe increases its American League Central lead to seven 1/2 games over Chicago and Milwaukee. Before the game the Sox retire Carlton Fisk's #72. Bitter over his 1993 release and not being allowed into locker room during the playoffs that year, Fisk requests that Jerry Reinsdorf and GM Ron Schueler not be there for the ceremony.

Mark McGwire notches his 51st homer, and St. Louis Cardinals score seven runs in the eighth to win, 10–4. McGwire, the first player with consecutive 50-homer seasons since Babe Ruth in 1927-28, connects off Joey Hamilton (11-6) in the sixth. He has 17 homers in 37 games since St. Louis acquired him from Oakland on July 31 and has 14 games remaining to chase Roger Maris' season record of 61.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 14, 1997
Colorado Rockies 4, Atlanta Braves 0 at Turner Field (att. 46,245)
W: Pedro Astacio L: John Smoltz
Florida Marlins 5, San Francisco Giants 4 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 28,610)
W: Jay Powell L: Roberto Hernandez S: Robb Nen
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 3 (10 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 32,666)
W: Scott Radinsky L: Billy Wagner S: Todd Worrell
New York Mets 1, Montreal Expos 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 43,575)
W: Dave Mlicki L: Carlos Perez S: Greg McMichael
Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 20,518)
W: Brett Tomko L: Tyler Green S: Jeff Shaw
Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 20,120)
W: Mark Clark L: Ricardo Rincon S: Terry Adams
St. Louis Cardinals 10, San Diego Padres 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 34,064)
W: Tony Fossas L: Marc Kroon
Anaheim Angels 3, Kansas City Royals 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 15,955)
W: Mike James L: Scott Service S: Troy Percival
New York Yankees 8, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,264)
W: Dwight Gooden L: Scott Kamieniecki
Cleveland Indians 8, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park II (att. 32,485)
W: Paul Shuey L: Jeff Darwin
Boston Red Sox 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 28,633)
W: Butch Henry L: Jose Mercedes S: Tom Gordon
Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 16,440)
W: Scott Sanders L: Jimmy Haynes S: Todd Jones
Seattle Mariners 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Kingdome (att. 45,477)
W: Mike Timlin L: Bill Risley S: Heathcliff Slocumb
Minnesota Twins 11, Texas Rangers 1 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 25,923)
W: Dan Serafini L: Bobby Witt
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Monday, September 15th

IN THE NEWS: Baltimore OF Eric Davis returns to action in the Orioles' 6-5 win over Cleveland only two months after having a cancerous tumor removed from his colon. Davis goes hitless in the contest, but rips a long fly out to deep right-center in his first at bat.

Ken Griffey, Jr. powers homers #51 and #52 in Seattle's 7–3 win over the Blue Jays. Junior has now hit 100 homers in a 2-year span, just the 6th major leaguer to do so.

The Mets, 1–0 winners yesterday on a home run by diminutive Luis Lopez, use the long ball today to tie the Phils. New York collects four home runs in the 7th and 8th to tie at six apiece, the stitch six straight singles in the 10th to score five and win, 10–5. In the nitecap, the Mets lose, 2–1 to Darrin Winston, a 31-year-old rookie released by the Mets in the spring.

The Braves beat the Giants, 5–4 on Fred McGriff's 2-out, 2-run homer off Rod Beck in the 9th inning. The homer caps a 4-run rally for the 1st place Braves.

At least it's not the Duck Pond. Anaheim Stadium, the Big A, gets a new name—Edison International Field of Anaheim. Edison, a utility giant, will pay $50 million over 20 years for a package that includes the name of the stadium, home to the Angels.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 15, 1997
Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 4 at Turner Field (att. 38,641)
W: Kerry Ligtenberg L: Rod Beck
Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 20,352)
W: Mike Morgan L: Jeremi Gonzalez S: Jeff Shaw
Colorado Rockies 7, Florida Marlins 1 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 19,148)
W: Jamey Wright L: Alex Fernandez
San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 22,566)
W: Pete Smith L: Mike Hampton S: Trevor Hoffman
New York Mets 10, Philadelphia Phillies 5 (10 inn.) at Veteran's Stadium
W: Cory Lidle L: Ryan Karp
Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 14,416)
W: Darrin Winston L: Joe Crawford S: Ricky Bottalico
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Montreal Expos 4 (10 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 7,736)
W: Marc Wilkins L: Anthony Telford
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6 (15 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 23,311)
W: Mike Harkey L: Brady Raggio S: Darren Dreifort
Anaheim Angels 8, Minnesota Twins 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 13,696)
W: Pep Harris L: Mike Trombley
Baltimore Orioles 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 41,602)
W: Armando Benitez L: Eric Plunk S: Randy Myers
Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,110)
W: Chad Ogea L: Rick Krivda S: Jose Mesa
Milwaukee Brewers 11, Chicago White Sox 10 at County Stadium (att. 11,013)
W: Cal Eldred L: Scott Eyre S: Doug Jones
New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 6 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,873)
W: Mariano Rivera L: Jim Corsi
Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 4,651)
W: Justin Thompson L: Mike Oquist S: Todd Jones
Seattle Mariners 7, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Kingdome (att. 41,684)
W: Ken Cloude L: Woody Williams S: Heathcliff Slocumb
Kansas City Royals 11, Texas Rangers 9 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 25,377)
W: Hipolito Pichardo L: Danny Patterson S: Jeff Montgomery
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Tuesday, September 16th

IN THE NEWS: In Philadelphia, Curt Schilling retires the first 22 Mets batters to lead the Phils to a 3–2 win. He also passes the 300-strikeout mark when he strikes out Edgardo Alfonzo in the 4th inning, just the 13th pitcher to reach it and the first in the National League since Mike Scott in 1986. Pinch-hitter Luis Lopez breaks up Schilling's bid for a no hitter with a one-out, single to center in the eighth.

At Wrigley Field, Kevin Tapani pitches a 1-hitter for his first NL shutout and Sammy Sosa breaks a scoreless tie with a two-run, 6th-inning homer as Chicago beats Cincinnati, 5–0. Bret Boone's leadoff single in the sixth is the only Reds hit.

Mark McGwire hits his 52nd home run hours after signing a three-year contract with the Cards for $28.5 million. But Cardinals' closer Dennis Eckersley collapses in the 9th and the Dodgers come back to win, 7–6. McGwire's 517-foot first-inning blast, the longest ever measured at Busch Stadium, ties him for the ML lead with Ken Griffey Jr.

Jimmy Key, 0–7 in his last nine starts at Camden Yards, beats the Cleveland Indians 7-2 to give the Orioles a split in a day-night doubleheader. Roberto Alomar has three hits and three RBIs and Brady Anderson and Rafael Palmeiro homer in the win. In the opener, Charles Nagy pitches five-hit ball into the seventh inning and Matt Williams drives home two runs to lead the Indians to a 4-2 victory.

In Miami, Florida's Bobby Bonilla fouls off six two-strike pitches before blasting a grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Marlins a dramatic 9–6 win. For Bonilla, it is his 8th career slam. Larry Walker, Andres Galarraga, and Vinny Castilla homer for Colorado, which sets an NL record with 223 homers this year.

For the 2nd straight day, the Giants lose on a home run, as the Braves win, 6–4. Eddie Perez's grand slam in the 6th gives the Braves a ML record-tying 11 slams for the year.

The Yankees sweep the Red Sox, winning 2–0 and 4–3. Andy Pettitte pitches eight innings in the opener, striking out career-high 12. Willie Banks is the winner in the nitecap with six 2/3 innings.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 16, 1997
Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 4 at Turner Field (att. 37,661)
W: Kevin Millwood L: Wilson Alvarez
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 22,190)
W: Kevin Tapani L: Kent Mercker
Florida Marlins 9, Colorado Rockies 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 21,990)
W: Jay Powell L: Jerry Dipoto
Houston Astros 15, San Diego Padres 3 at Astrodome (att. 15,156)
W: Ramon Garcia L: Sterling Hitchcock
Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 16,585)
W: Curt Schilling L: Rick Reed
Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Montreal Expos 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,010)
W: Jon Lieber L: Mike Johnson
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,157)
W: Rick Gorecki L: Dennis Eckersley S: Scott Radinsky
Minnesota Twins 9, Anaheim Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 14,075)
W: Brad Radke L: Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 38,022)
W: Charles Nagy L: Nerio Rodriguez S: Jose Mesa
Baltimore Orioles 7, Cleveland Indians 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 46,185)
W: Jimmy Key L: Dave Weathers
New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 0 at Yankee Stadium
W: Andy Pettitte L: John Wasdin S: Mariano Rivera
New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 29,145)
W: Willie Banks L: Robinson Checo S: Mariano Rivera
Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 22,714)
W: Matt Whiteside L: Gregg Olson S: John Wetteland
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Wednesday, September 17th

IN THE NEWS: Mo Vaughn responds to the boos of the crowd with a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lead Boston past Toronto, 4–3. Vaughn, who makes it 4-2 with the homer off Dan Plesac, is booed during introductions and during his first three at-bats in response to his comments Monday that he does not want to return to the Red Sox next season.

The Giants beat the Dodgers, 2–1, to move a game behind LA in the National League West.

Ryan Klesko has four hits including a grand slam off Bobby Jones, to pace the Braves to a 10–2 win over the Mets. Jones faces eight batters, walking four and retiring 0. Maddux easily wins his 19th. Klesko's slam gives the Braves 12 for the year, a new ML record. The Braves set another record as they become the first team to clinch six straight post-season appearances.

Mark McGwire blasts his 53rd homer, the most since 1961, to pace the Cards to a 12–9 win over the Cubs. RHP Rod Myers serves up the gopher.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Atlanta Braves 10, New York Mets 2 at Turner Field (att. 40,974)
W: Greg Maddux L: Bobby Jones
St. Louis Cardinals 12, Chicago Cubs 9 at Wrigley Field (att. 27,284)
W: Matt Morris L: Miguel Batista
Montreal Expos 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,757)
W: Jim Bullinger L: Stan Belinda S: Ugueth Urbina
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Florida Marlins 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium
W: Garrett Stephenson L: Livan Hernandez S: Ricky Bottalico
Florida Marlins 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 26,305)
W: Tony Saunders L: Mark Leiter S: Robb Nen
Houston Astros 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 27,422)
W: Shane Reynolds L: Jason Schmidt
San Diego Padres 5, Colorado Rockies 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,768)
W: Andy Ashby L: John Thomson S: Trevor Hoffman
San Francisco Giants 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 56,625)
W: Kirk Rueter L: Chan Ho Park S: Roberto Hernandez
Anaheim Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 4 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 16,800)
W: Allen Watson L: Eric Ludwick
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 45,616)
W: Jeff D'Amico L: Scott Erickson
Boston Red Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Fenway Park (att. 23,648)
W: Ron Mahay L: Paul Quantrill S: Tom Gordon
Chicago White Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 11,806)
W: James Baldwin L: Scott Service S: Keith Foulke
Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 9,512)
W: Jaret Wright L: Travis Miller S: Jose Mesa
New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 19,331)
W: Ramiro Mendoza L: Brian Moehler
Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 4 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 30,467)
W: Danny Patterson L: Heathcliff Slocumb
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Thursday, September 18th

IN THE NEWS: At San Francisco, Brian Johnson homers in the 12th inning to give the Giants a 6–5 win over the Dodgers and a tie for the lead in the National League West. Rod Beck gives up three singles in the 10th, but K's Todd Zeile and gets Eddie Murray on a DP.

SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Atlanta Braves 11, New York Mets 4 at Turner Field (att. 41,373)
W: Paul Byrd L: Jason Isringhausen
Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 29,913)
W: Steve Trachsel L: Sean Lowe
Cincinnati Reds 6, Montreal Expos 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,099)
W: Scott Sullivan L: Dustin Hermanson S: Jeff Shaw
Florida Marlins 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 16,677)
W: Kevin Brown L: Mike Grace
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Houston Astros 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,852)
W: Francisco Cordova L: Darryl Kile
San Diego Padres 7, Colorado Rockies 6 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,067)
W: Paul Menhart L: Roger Bailey S: Trevor Hoffman
San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 (12 inn.) at Candlestick Park (att. 52,188)
W: Rod Beck L: Mark Guthrie
Oakland Athletics 7, Anaheim Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,689)
W: Dave Telgheder L: Jason Dickson
Baltimore Orioles 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 45,368)
W: Mike Mussina L: Scott Karl S: Randy Myers
Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Fenway Park (att. 27,990)
W: Jim Corsi L: Kelvim Escobar
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 12,698)
W: Doug Drabek L: Jim Pittsley
Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 9,564)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Bob Tewksbury S: Mike Jackson