Boxscore: DIN @ IMG

Date: 1997-07-19

BOXSCORE: 1997 Denver Dingers At 1997 Iowa MoonlightGraham          7/19/1997

  Dingers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     MoonlightGraham    AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Young 2B          4  1  1  0 .235     G.Anderson LF       5  1  2  0 .366  
  G.Sheffield RF      3  0  0  0 .221   E-W.McGee CF          0  0  0  0 .230  
  M.McGwire 1B        4  1  1  2 .290     C.Biggio 2B         4  2  2  3 .263  
  E.Burks LF          3  1  0  0 .264     T.O'Leary RF        3  1  1  0 .293  
  B.Giles CF          3  1  1  2 .240   A-P.Sorrento 1B       1  0  1  0 .217  
F-A.Jones PH          1  0  0  0 .252   C-K.Young PH,1B       1  0  1  0 .259  
  C.Johnson C         3  0  0  0 .216     J.Bell SS           5  2  3  0 .276  
G-J.Burkett PH        1  0  0  0 .065     L.Stevens 1B,RF     4  1  1  1 .305  
  K.Orie 3B           3  0  0  0 .249   D-T.Barrom PH,RF      1  0  0  0 .314  
H-J.Lieber PH         1  0  1  0 .143     V.Castilla 3B       4  1  2  4 .269  
  E.Renteria SS       4  0  1  0 .270     C.Curtis CF,LF      4  0  0  0 .294  
  M.Morgan P          2  0  0  0 .103     B.Ausmus C          4  0  1  0 .209  
  M.Dejean P          0  0  0  0 .125     J.Smoltz P          4  1  3  0 .226  
B-G.Vaughn PH         1  0  1  0 .247     A.Embree P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Christiansen P    0  0  0  0 .000                                          
I-M.Macfarlane PH     0  0  0  0 .207                                          
J-J.Hardtke PH        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  6  4                 Totals      40  9 17  8

A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For O'Leary In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dejean In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sorrento In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Stevens In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Anderson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Giles In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Orie In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Christiansen In 9th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Macfarlane In 9th Inning

Dingers......... 0 0 0  2 0 2  0 0 0  -  4  6  0
MoonlightGraham. 4 0 1  4 0 0  0 0    -  9 17  1

Dingers (50-38)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Morgan LOSS(6-6)        5      13   9   9   0   3   2 120   4.60  A1 D2
M.Dejean                  2       3   0   0   0   0   0  24   6.32  D3 E1
J.Christians              1       1   0   0   0   2   0  18   0.00  E2
Totals                    8      17   9   9   0   5   2

MoonlightGraham (55-41)  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Smoltz WIN(10-1)        8 2/3   6   4   4   2  14   2 127   2.28  A1 D8
A.Embree                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.70  D9
Totals                    9       6   4   4   2  15   2

ATTENDANCE- 45,230 DATE- Saturday, July 19th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Dingers: 5  MoonlightGraham: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dingers: 1  MoonlightGraham: 0
ERRORS- C.Curtis
DOUBLES- E.Young(12th), G.Anderson(8th), T.O'Leary(18th), K.Young(8th),
         J.Bell(14th), V.Castilla(13th)
HOME RUNS- M.McGwire(41st), B.Giles(11th), C.Biggio(8th), V.Castilla(15th)
RBIs- M.McGwire-2(78th), B.Giles-2(31st), C.Biggio-3(44th), L.Stevens(28th),
      V.Castilla-4(49th)
WALKS- G.Sheffield, E.Burks
HIT BY PITCH- C.Biggio
STRIKE OUTS- E.Young-3, G.Sheffield, B.Giles, C.Johnson-2, J.Burkett, K.Orie-3,
             E.Renteria, M.Morgan-2, J.Hardtke, C.Biggio, L.Stevens, T.Barrom,
             C.Curtis, B.Ausmus
GIDP- L.Stevens
WILD PITCHES- M.Morgan
2-out RBI- L.Stevens, V.Castilla-4, B.Giles-2
RLISP 2-out- T.O'Leary, C.Curtis-2, C.Biggio, G.Anderson, E.Burks-2, T.Barrom,
             J.Hardtke
TEAM RISP- Dingers: 1 for 5  MoonlightGraham: 5 for 13
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Craig Biggio robbed Ellis Burks of a base hit.

Vinny Castilla hit a homerun and had 4 RBI and John Smoltz retired 14 batters
on strikeouts as the Iowa MoonlightGraham topped the Denver Dingers by a
score of 9 to 4 at Jacob's Field.

Castilla enjoyed a big evening at the plate.  He clubbed a three-run home run
in the 1st inning and doubled knocking in a run in the 4th inning.  Denver
was out-hit by Iowa, 17 hits to 6.  

Smoltz(10-1) got the win allowing 4 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings. Mike
Morgan(6-6) was charged with the loss.  Iowa scored big getting 9 runs off
him in 5 innings.  

The Iowa fans were thrilled by the performance put forth by Smoltz, but it was
clearly his strikeouts that they enjoyed most. 'When he reached 10 strikeouts
the fans showed him their appreciation with a loud cheer.' Craig White said
following the game.

SCORESHEET: 1997 Denver Dingers at 1997 Iowa MoonlightGraham
E.Young-A1   A1:K       B1:K       *6*:Do     D1:K
                                              
                                              
G.Sheffi-A1  A2:K       *4*:G/53   C2:G/63    D2:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
M.McGwir-A1  A3:E/8     B3:L/5     C3:HR>2#   D3:G/43>2
                                   b#         3 12
                                              
E.Burks-A1   A4:F/7     B4:W>b1    C4:FO/2    D4:G/43
                                              
                                              
B.Giles-A1   *2*:P/5    B5:HR>1#   C5:K       *9*:L/6
A.Jones-D5              b#                    
                                              
C.Johnso-A1  A6:G/53    B6:K       *7*:K      D6:K
J.Burket-D6                                   
                                              
K.Orie-A1    A7:K       *5*:K      C7:K       D7:Si
J.Lieber-D7                                   
                                              
E.Renter-A1  *3*:G/53   B8:FO/2    C8:K       D8:Si>12
                                              
                                              
M.Morgan-A1  A9:K       B9:K       *8*:Si     D9:K
M.Dejean-C6                                   
G.Vaughn-C9+                                  

G.Anders-A1  A1:G/53    B1:F/7     C1:Si>12   D1:Do      E1:F/7
W.McGee-E6                                               
                                                         
C.Biggio-A1  A2:Si      B2:HBP>12  C2:HR>2#   D2:G/63    *8*:K
                                   1# b#                 
                                                         
T.O'Lear-A1  A3:F/8     B3:G/43    C3:Do      *6*:Si     E3:Do
P.Sorren-C8                                              
K.Young-E3                                               
J.Bell-A1    A4:Si>12   *3*:Do     C4:Si>23   D4:F/8     E4:G/43>2
                                                         3
                                                         
L.Steven-A1  A5:Si>2#   B5:G/3>23  C5:K       D5:G-DP/1  E5:K
T.Barrom-E5  12                               63>1o      
                                                         
V.Castil-A1  A6:HR>2#   B6:WP>3#   C6:Do>3#   *7*:G/43
             1# b#      G/43       13         
                                              
C.Curtis-A1  A7:K       B7:FO/2    C7:G/53    D7:F/7
                                              
                                              
B.Ausmus-A1  *2*:G/63   *4*:K      *5*:F/8    D8:Si
                                              
                                              
J.Smoltz-A1  A9:Si      B9:Si      C9:F/8     D9:Si>13
A.Embree-E6