The Oakland Athletics couldn't keep up with the Cleveland Indians, 7 to 4, on August 23, 1997.

1997 Oakland Athletics

Final

CLE

Indians

67-59

7

OAK

Athletics

51-79

4

CLE

OAK

1

0

1

2

3

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

1

1

8

1

0

9

2

2

R

7

4

H

17

8

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

CLE

OAK

Athletics

Double by Scott Spiezio; Mark Bellhorn scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

CLE

OAK

Indians

Home run by David Justice.

1

1

Indians

Single by Sandy Alomar Jr.; Matt Williams scored.

2

1

Indians

Sacrifice fly by Brian Giles; Sandy Alomar Jr. scored.

3

1

Top 7th

CLE

OAK

Indians

Home run by Jim Thome.

4

1

Bottom 7th

CLE

OAK

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Paul Assenmacher); Ernie Young scored.

4

2

Top 8th

CLE

OAK

Indians

Single by Marquis Grissom; Error by Tony Batista; Sandy Alomar Jr. scored.

5

2

Top 9th

CLE

OAK

Indians

Home run by Jim Thome; Manny Ramirez scored.

7

2

Bottom 9th

CLE

OAK

Athletics

Double by Tony Batista; Jason McDonald scored.

7

3

Athletics

Scott Spiezio grounded out; George Williams scored.

7

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian Giles LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Omar Vizquel SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Manny Ramirez RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Jim Thome 1B 5 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 9
David Justice DH 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Matt Williams 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Sandy Alomar Jr. C 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeff Branson 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Marquis Grissom CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 41 7 17 6 3 1 4 1 0 27

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Orel Hershiser (W) 6.1 5 2 2 3 6 0
Paul Assenmacher 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Michael Jackson 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0
Jose Mesa (S) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 4 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mark Bellhorn 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Scott Spiezio 2B 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
Matt Stairs RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Canseco DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Magadan PH 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jason Giambi 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brent Mayne C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Lesher LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jason McDonald PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ernie Young CF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Williams PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Batista SS 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals 34 4 8 3 0 4 8 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brad Rigby (L) 6.2 11 4 4 1 2 2
Buddy Groom 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Small 1.0 2 1 0 0 2 0
T.J. Mathews 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 17 7 6 1 4 3

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

10

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.273

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

22

Stripling

Ross Stripling

ERA

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

23

10th

R

65

29th

SO

181

22nd

ERA

4.00

14th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
12 11 .522
Mariners Mariners
11 11 .500 0.5
Athletics Athletics
9 14 .391 3.0
Angels Angels
9 14 .391 3.0
Astros Astros
7 16 .304 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

15-8

0

Final

2

OAK Athletics

9-14

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Trout

Mike Trout

7

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI Leaders

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27

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

22

García

Adolis García

22

Perez

Salvador Perez

Batting Average Leaders

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.368

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.359

Rosario

Amed Rosario

.358

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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35

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

34

Kwan

Steven Kwan

33

Betts

Mookie Betts

Run Leaders

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24

Betts

Mookie Betts

21

Kwan

Steven Kwan

21

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.469

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Soto

Juan Soto

.439

Winker

Jesse Winker

SLG Leaders

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.687

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.676

Abrams

CJ Abrams

.663

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SB Leaders

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11

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

10

Turang

Brice Turang

10

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Berríos

José Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Houck

Tanner Houck

2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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410.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

361.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

359.5

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

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309

Betts

Mookie Betts

280

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

272

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-2
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
2-0
Sun
4/21
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
2-4
Sun
4/21
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
2-5
Sun
4/21
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
5-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Tue
4/23
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Tue
4/23
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM