Boxscore: BRI @ MNL

Date: 1997-09-12

BOXSCORE: 1997 Bristol Blasters At 1997 Minnesota Loons             9/12/1997

  Blasters           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Loons              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Hunter CF         3  0  0  0 .254     J.Offerman 2B       2  0  1  1 .277  
I-J.Thome PH          1  0  0  0 .335   D-D.Easley PH,2B      0  1  0  0 .238  
  D.Bragg RF          5  0  1  1 .315     D.Hollins 3B        1  0  0  0 .297  
  M.Vaughn 1B         2  1  2  1 .329   E-W.Boggs PH,3B       2  0  0  0 .274  
  J.Giambi LF         4  0  1  0 .269     E.Davis RF          3  1  0  0 .276  
  D.Springer P        0  0  0  0 .154   F-R.Mondesi PH,RF     1  1  1  1 .328  
  J.Lima P            0  0  0  0 ----     T.Martinez 1B       1  0  0  0 .305  
  P.Reese 2B          4  0  0  0 .214   A-J.Conine PH,1B      3  1  2  3 .286  
  K.Caminiti 3B       4  0  0  0 .290     J.Cruz Jr. LF       4  0  0  0 .249  
  C.Ripken SS         4  2  2  1 .236     D.Martinez CF       4  0  0  0 .232  
  M.Matheny C         4  0  1  0 .175     T.Steinbach C       3  0  0  0 .236  
  S.Hitchcock P       2  0  1  1 .185     L.Sojo SS           3  1  1  0 .249  
B-M.Cummings PH,LF    2  1  1  0 .320   G-O.Vizquel SS        1  0  1  0 .244  
                                          J.Mercedes P        2  0  1  0 .115  
                                          S.Hasegawa P        0  0  0  0 .083  
                                        C-S.Green PH          1  0  0  0 .289  
                                          D.Burba P           0  0  0  0 .194  
                                        H-R.Myers PH          0  0  0  0 .200  
                                          A.Benitez P         0  0  0  01.000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4  9  4                 Totals      31  5  7  5

A-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hitchcock In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hasegawa In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Offerman In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hollins In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Davis In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Sojo In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Burba In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 9th Inning

Blasters........ 0 1 1  1 0 0  1 0 0  -  4  9  1
Loons........... 0 0 0  0 1 1  3 0    -  5  7  0

Blasters (63-95)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Hitchcock               6       4   2   1   3   5   0 105   6.37  A1 C8
D.Springer L(3-5) BS(5th) 1 2/3   3   3   3   3   1   1  45   4.33  C9 E1
J.Lima                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.43  E2
Totals                    8       7   5   4   6   6   1

Loons (83-74)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Mercedes                6       7   4   4   1   1   2 111   4.28  A1 C9
S.Hasegawa WIN(8-3)       1       2   0   0   0   0   0  12   4.08  D1 D5
D.Burba HOLD(4th)         1       0   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.25  D6 D8
A.Benitez SAVE(24th)      1       0   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.94  D9
Totals                    9       9   4   4   1   4   2

ATTENDANCE- 27,166 DATE- Friday, September 12th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Blasters: 7  Loons: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blasters: 0  Loons: 0
ERRORS- J.Giambi
DOUBLES- M.Vaughn(12th), R.Mondesi(48th)
HOME RUNS- M.Vaughn(14th), C.Ripken(8th), J.Conine(1st)
RBIs- D.Bragg(10th), M.Vaughn(35th), C.Ripken(64th), S.Hitchcock,
      J.Offerman(10th), R.Mondesi(118st), J.Conine-3(9th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Hollins(4th), L.Sojo(1st), O.Vizquel(20th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hunter
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Offerman
WALKS- M.Vaughn, D.Easley-2, D.Hollins-2, T.Steinbach, R.Myers
HIT BY PITCH- M.Vaughn
STRIKE OUTS- J.Thome, D.Bragg, K.Caminiti, M.Matheny, E.Davis, J.Cruz Jr.-2,
             D.Martinez-2, J.Mercedes
2-out RBI- S.Hitchcock, R.Mondesi, J.Conine-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Cruz Jr., B.Hunter, E.Davis, L.Sojo, P.Reese-2, W.Boggs-2
TEAM RISP- Blasters: 2 for 5  Loons: 4 for 10

Jeff Conine lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 3 RBI and Armando
Benitez shut Bristol down at County Stadium as the Minnesota Loons beat the
Bristol Blasters by the count of 5 to 4.

Minnesota brought 3 runs across the plate in the 7th inning.  The crucial
at-bat was provided by Conine who came through for the home fans when he
blasted a two-run home run.  Minnesota managed 7 hits in their victory.

The winning pitcher was Shigetoshi Hasegawa(8-3) who allowed no runs in 1
inning. Benitez got the save, his 24th.  Dennis Springer(3-5) was the loser
in relief.  


SCORESHEET: 1997 Bristol Blasters at 1997 Minnesota Loons
B.Hunter-A1  A1:P/6     B1:G/63    C1:L/6     D1:Sac/34  E1:K
J.Thome-E1                                    >12        
                                                         
D.Bragg-A1   A2:G/13    *3*:G/31   *5*:F/8    D2:Si>2#   E2:K
                                                         
                                                         
M.Vaughn-A1  A3:W>b1    B3:HR>b#   C3:HBP     D3:Do>13
                                              
                                              
J.Giambi-A1  A4:G/63    B4:Si      C4:F/8     D4:G/31
D.Spring-D6                                   
J.Lima-D9                                     
P.Reese-A1   *2*:P/6    B5:L/5     C5:F/8     D5:FO/2
                                              
                                              
K.Camini-A1  A6:F/7     B6:G/43    *6*:F/8    *8*:K
                                              
                                              
C.Ripken-A1  A7:Si      *4*:HR>b#  C7:G/53    D7:F/9
                                              
                                              
M.Mathen-A1  A8:Si>13   B8:G/43    C8:K       D8:G/43
                                              
                                              
S.Hitchc-A1  A9:Si>3#   B9:P/6     *7*:Si     *9*:F/9
M.Cummin-C9  13                               
                                              

J.Offerm-A1  A1:Si      B1:L/6     C1:SF/8>3  D1:W>b1    E1:W>23 1
D.Easley-D1                        #                     2 b1
                                                         
D.Hollin-A1  A2:W>12 b  B2:W>b1    C2:F/8     D2:G/63>1  E2:P/4
W.Boggs-D2   1                                2          
                                                         
E.Davis-A1   A3:F/9     B3:SB>12   *6*:E/7>b  D3:Do>2#
R.Mondes-D3             K          2          
                                              
T.Martin-A1  A4:P/3     *4*:G/23   C4:Si>2#   D4:HR>2#
J.Conine-B4                                   b#
                                              
J.Cruz J-A1  A5:G/43    B5:K       C5:F/8     D5:K
                                              
                                              
D.Martin-A1  *2*:K      B6:K       C6:Force/  *8*:P/2
                                   36>1o b1   
                                              
T.Steinb-A1  A7:F/9     *5*:F/7    C7:W>12 b  D7:P/6
                                   1          
                                              
L.Sojo-A1    A8:F/8     B8:Si      C8:F/8     D8:Si
O.Vizque-D6                                   
                                              
J.Merced-A1  *3*:K      B9:SB>12   *7*:G/31   D9:SB>12
S.Hasega-C9             Si>23                 W>b1
S.Green-C9+