Los Angeles Dodgers vs Florida Marlins
July 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Florida Marlins 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf,lf,cf 4 1 2 1
Cromer ss 4 2 2 3
Mondesi rf 5 1 1 0
Karros 1b 4 1 2 3
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Ashley lf 3 0 2 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Anthony lf 1 0 1 0
Prince c 3 1 1 0
Guerrero 2b 4 1 3 0
Candiotti p 2 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth cf 1 0 0 0
  Piazza ph 1 0 0 0
  Dreifort p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 5 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 3 2
Alou rf 3 0 0 0
Conine 1b 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 1 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 2 2 0
Johnson c 3 4 3 0
Castillo 2b 5 1 2 2
Leiter p 2 0 1 1
  Arias ph 1 1 1 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Sheffield ph 1 0 1 2
  Whisenant pr 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Los Angeles 001 010 3027141
Florida 020 103 20x8141
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (5-3) 5.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Hall   2.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Dreifort   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
7
4
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (8-6) 6.0 5 2 2 3 8
  Powell   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Cook   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Nen  SV (25) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
3
10

  E–Zeile (18), Eisenreich (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Florida 2.  2B–Los Angeles Guerrero (10,off Leiter); Ashley (5,off Leiter); Karros (17,off Powell); Prince (3,off Cook), Florida Bonilla (27,off Candiotti); Castillo (7,off Candiotti); Johnson (17,off Candiotti); Renteria (14,off Hall); Eisenreich (12,off Dreifort).  HR–Los Angeles Cromer 2 (3,5th inning off Leiter 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Nen 0 on, 0 out); Karros (22,9th inning off Nen 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Butler (10,off Leiter).  SF–Cromer (1,off Powell).  HBP–Prince (2,by Leiter); Renteria (1,by Candiotti).  IBB–Bonilla (6,by Dreifort).  CS–Butler (6,2nd base by Leiter/Johnson); Karros (4,2nd base by Leiter/Johnson); Renteria (13,3rd base by Candiotti/Prince).  HBP–Candiotti (4,Renteria); Leiter (8,Prince).  IBB–Dreifort (2,Bonilla).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Mark Barron, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:19.  A–27,406.
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