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Florida Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-09-28 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 26509 · 70°F, overcast, drizzle, dry · Wind 15 mph from RF · 2:29

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Florida Marlins 8–7. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 3rd. Wayne Gomes earned the win and Ricky Bottalico picked up the save. Gary Sheffield went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
FLO	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	9
PHI	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	0		8	10

W: Wayne Gomes L: Felix Heredia SV: Ricky Bottalico

Umpires — HP: Tom Hallion · 1B: Ed Montague · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: CB Bucknor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kurt Abbott	4	1	1	0	0	1
Edgar Renteria	3	2	2	0	0	0
Gary Sheffield	3	1	2	5	1	0
Bobby Bonilla	4	0	0	0	0	1
Moises Alou	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Conine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Charles Johnson	3	1	2	1	0	1
Devon White	3	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Saunders	2	1	1	0	0	1
Cliff Floyd	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Arias	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Eisenreich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Zaun	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Cangelosi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Daulton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rex Hudler	4	2	3	1	0	0
Mickey Morandini	2	1	1	2	0	0
Kevin Jordan	4	1	1	2	0	1
Scott Rolen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Lieberthal	3	0	0	0	0	1
Billy McMillon	2	3	1	1	2	0
Tony Barron	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Stocker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Beech	2	1	1	0	0	1
Desi Relaford	3	0	1	2	0	0
Mike Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Sefcik	1	0	1	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Saunders	6.0	8	2	8
Felix Heredia	1.0	1	0	1
Robb Nen	1.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Beech	5.0	8	1	2
Ron Blazier	1.0	0	0	2
Wayne Gomes	1.0	1	0	0
Darrin Winston	1.0	0	0	1
Ricky Bottalico	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kurt Abbott: K
Edgar Renteria: S6/G56D/R3
Gary Sheffield: D8/L78D/R6U4.1-H
Bobby Bonilla: 3/P3F
Moises Alou: WP.2-3
Moises Alou: 6/L6

Bot 1

Rex Hudler: S6/G6M
Mickey Morandini: D9/L9D.1-H
Kevin Jordan: K
Scott Rolen: CS3(25)
Scott Rolen: K

Top 2

Jeff Conine: 8/L8RXD
Charles Johnson: S7/G56/R4
Devon White: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 2

Mike Lieberthal: K
Billy McMillon: HR/L78XD
Tony Barron: K
Kevin Stocker: K

Top 3

Tony Saunders: S8/L8LM/R4
Kurt Abbott: S7/G56/R6.1-2
Edgar Renteria: S8/L6MD/R6.2-3;1-2
Gary Sheffield: HR/L78XD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bobby Bonilla: 8/F8RD
Moises Alou: 8/L8LM
Jeff Conine: 9/F9LD

Bot 3

Matt Beech: S8/L78M/R6
Rex Hudler: S8/L89S/R4.1-3
Mickey Morandini: 46(1)/FO/G4/R3.3-H
Kevin Jordan: HR/L7D.1-H
Scott Rolen: 7/L7M
Mike Lieberthal: 8/L8LD

Top 4

Charles Johnson: HR/F7D
Devon White: 8/L8RD
Tony Saunders: K
Kurt Abbott: 63/G6

Bot 4

Billy McMillon: W
Tony Barron: S7/L7LS/R6.1-3
Desi Relaford: 4(1)/FO/G4.3-H
Matt Beech: K
Rex Hudler: SB2
Rex Hudler: 9/L9D

Top 5

Edgar Renteria: 53/G5
Gary Sheffield: W
Bobby Bonilla: 8/L8LXD/R6
Moises Alou: POCS2(1363)

Bot 5

Mike Robertson: K
Kevin Jordan: 9/L89XD
Scott Rolen: 3/F9LSF

Top 6

Moises Alou: 3/P3F
Jeff Conine: K
Charles Johnson: K

Bot 6

Mike Lieberthal: 5/P15
Billy McMillon: W
Tony Barron: WP.1-2
Tony Barron: 9/F89M/R6
Desi Relaford: S7/L78S/R2.2-H;B-2
Bobby Estalella: K

Top 7

Devon White: S18/G4M/R6
Cliff Floyd: E4/TH/G4/R6U7.1-H(UR)(NR);B-2
Kurt Abbott: 8/L89XD.2-3
Alex Arias: 43/L4MS
Gary Sheffield: 63/G56S

Bot 7

Rex Hudler: HR/L7D
Mike Robertson: 7/L7M
Kevin Jordan: 6/P6M
Scott Rolen: K

Top 8

Bobby Bonilla: K
Jim Eisenreich: 5/L5
Jeff Conine: 63/G6

Bot 8

Kevin Sefcik: S6/G56/R3U4.B-2(E6/TH)
Billy McMillon: 3/G3.2-3
Tony Barron: FC5/G5.3XH(52)
Desi Relaford: 43/G4

Top 9

Gregg Zaun: K
John Cangelosi: 43/G4
Darren Daulton: 4/P4M