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World series game 7
Top 1
Rickey leads off with a walk. Stottlemyer is well below average at holding runners, so Rickey has a green light.
Piazza flies out to right
Valentin takes strike 1. Rickey goes, pitch out-out.
Valentin singles up the middle
Snyder K's
Bottom 1
Nixon grounds to SS. And Valentin's throw gets him by a step
Franco walks on 4 pitches.
Olerud singles to right, Franco races to third.
McGriff hits a ground ball right at Fletcher, who goes to Valentin for one. Valentin has trouble with the transfer and McGriff beats it out. Franco scores on the play
Caminiti walks
Slaught grounds out to Gaetti
1-0 Blue Jays
Top 2
Devo a deep fly to right. That's Good!. Home run
Fletcher grounds out to Caminiti
Bean flies out to right
Gaetti strikes out
Bottom 2
Mercker stays in to face Whiten who struggles a bit vs lefties and gets him to fly to right.
Hershiser relieves Mercker
Gagne grounds to Valentin whose throw is low and Snyder can't handle it.
Cora strikes out
Nixon grounds to Fletcher who doesn't risk a throw and takes it to second himself.
SCORE: 1-1
Top 3
Fletcher singles to right.
Rickey hammers a ball down the line that lands just foul. Then strikes out.
Fletcher goes on a 1-0 pitch. Piazza singles up the middle, and Fletcher continues to third.
Valentin pops up on the first pitch.
Snyder flies out to center
Bottom 3
Franco lines out to Henderson
Olerud grounds to Snyder who kicks it.
McGriff lines a ball into deep right center. Bean races over...leaps...makes the grab
Caminiti strikes out
SCORE: 1-1
Top 4
Devo strikes out
As does Darren Fletcher
Bean lines a shot past Caminiti at third
Gaetti flies out to center field
Bottom 4
Slaught grounds out to short stop
Whitten flies out to center
Gagne pops up on the infield, Fletcher races in to make the grab before the ball finds the ground
SCORE: 1-1
Top 5
Fletcher grounds out to short
Rickey grounds out to short
Piazza lines a base hit into right
Valentin nubs a ball to the right side. Cora races in, but can't make the play
Snyder hammers a ball down the right field line. Whitten over, leaps, makes the catch
Bottom 5
Cora grounds to Fletcher
As does Nixon
Nixon rips a ball over Bean's head. He has some trouble getting it, and Franco is on third.
Tony Fossas relieves Hershiser.
Olerud grounds to Snyder
SCORE: 1-1
Top 6
Devo hits a Human Rocket back up the middle for a single
On a 1-1 pitch, White goes. Fletcher swings though, and White is safe.
Fletcher flies to right, but not deep enough to advance White.
Bean gets plunked
Gaetti flies to left center, but Franco is there.
Fletcher gets up in the count 2-0, grounds a ball hard up the middle, but Gagne is there.
Bottom 6
McGriff grounds to third
Jim Gott in to face Caminiti who flies to center
Slaught strikes out
SCORE: 1-1
Top 7
Rickey flies out to center
Piazza singles to left
Valentin pops up behind first
Snyder flies out to right on a 3-1 pitch
Bottom 7
Whitten drills a ball to right for a leadoff double
Gagne singles and Whitten scores
Cora lines to center, but White makes an outstanding catch
Nixon grounds up the middle, Fletcher over, flips to Valentin, who doesn't have a throw.
Rod Beck in to face Franco
Strikes him out
2-1 Blue Jays
Top 8
That's it for Stottlemyre. Xavier Hernandez on. He threw 35 pitches in game 5, so we'll try to work the count against him.
Devo rips a ball down the left field line, but it's just foul. He works the count full and singles to left.
Fletcher drills a ball to the right center field gap. Nixon races, dives, makes the catch. White tags up and goes to second.
Bean strikes out
Chris Donnels pinch hits for Gaetti...grounds to second.
Bottom 8
Donnels stays in at third
Beck walks Olerud
Then falls behind McGriff 2-0, but gets him to fly out to left.
Caminiti strikes out
Slaught doubles past Donnels, but Olerud stays at third.
Beck falls behind Whitten, but gets him to fly to Rickey
2-1 Blue Jays
Top 9
Fletcher pops up to first
Rickey works a full count and draws a walk
Hernandez is out after 28 pitches.
Left-hander Jesse Orosco in
Piazza lines hard to center, but Nixon is there.
After a pitch out and a few throws to first, Rickey swipes second. Valentin ahead in the count 2-1
Drives a ball down the right field line...just foul. 2-2
Valentin fouls off another
Then strikes out.
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