I believe that with this post I have exhausted my supply of horrible
1997 Excel scoresheets (don’t worry, I have plenty of even worse 1997 Word
scoresheets from the playoffs still sitting around).
The Indians jumped to a 4-0 lead on back-to-back first inning homers from
David Justice and Manny Ramirez, but Baltimore chipped away
and it was tied at five entering the seventh. The Orioles then jumped on Jose
Mesa with a leadoff homer from Cal Ripken followed by a BJ Surhoff single and a
Jeffrey Hammonds longball. The Indians got the tying run to the plate in the
eighth against Jesse Orosco, but Armando Benitez fanned Manny Ramirez and
retired Tony Fenandez to end the threat. In the ninth, with Randy Myers on to
close it, consecutive errors by Cal Ripken opened the door. After Julio Franco
struck out, Sandy Alomar pinch-hit for Jim Thome (it’s easy to forget how
petrified Mike Hargrove was of Thome facing lefties at this point in his
career). His single loaded the bases, but Myers fanned Matt Williams to end it.
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