Baltimore Orioles vs Florida Marlins
September 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Florida Marlins 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hammonds cf 3 0 1 1
Ledesma 2b 4 1 2 0
Berroa rf 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 2 1 3
Surhoff lf 4 1 1 0
Webster c 4 1 1 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 2
Kamieniecki p 2 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Boskie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 3 1 2 1
Renteria ss 5 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 2 3 1
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Daulton 1b 3 0 2 1
  Floyd pr,1b 0 1 0 0
  Conine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
Counsell 2b 3 2 2 2
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 1 1
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 7
Baltimore 000 330 000690
Florida 200 103 0017130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki   5.0 8 3 3 2 3
  Williams   1.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Orosco   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Benitez   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Boskie  L (6-6) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
13
7
7
4
5
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   5.0 8 6 6 3 4
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Heredia   2.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Powell  W (5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  3B–Florida Counsell (2,off Williams).  HR–Baltimore Ripken (16,5th inning off Leiter 2 on, 1 out), Florida Sheffield (17,9th inning off Boskie 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Counsell (1,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Webster); Sheffield (10,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Webster).  CS–White (5,2nd base by Kamieniecki/Webster).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:29.  A–35,988.
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