Most Valuable Player: Baseball Players, Sports

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Florida, 4-3

Date	Winner	Home Field
Oct. 18	Marlins, 7-4	at Florida
Oct. 19	Indians, 6-1	at Florida
Oct. 21	Marlins, 14-11	at Cleveland
Oct. 22	Indians, 10-3	at Cleveland
Oct. 23	Marlins, 8-7	at Cleveland
Oct. 25	Indians, 4-1	at Florida
Oct. 26	Marlins, 3-2 (11 inn.)	at Florida

Game 1

Saturday, Oct. 18, 1997, at Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	—4	11	0
Florida	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	x	—7	7	1

Win: Hernandez, Fla. (1-0). Loss: Hershiser, Cle. (0-1). Save: Nen, Fla. (1).

2B: Cleveland— Roberts 2, Grissom, Giles; Florida— Counsell. HR: Cleveland— Ramirez (1), Thome (1); Florida— Alou (1), Johnson (1). RBI: Cleveland— Justice (1), Ramirez (1), Thome (1), Giles (1). Florida— Renteria (1), Alou 3 (3), Johnson (1), Conine (1).

S: Cleveland— Vizquel; Florida— Hernandez.

Attendance: 67,245. Time: 3:19.

Game 2

Sunday, Oct. 19, at Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	—6	14	0
Florida	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—1	8	0

Win: Ogea, Cle. (1-0). Loss: Brown, Fla. (0-1).

2B: Cleveland— Vizquel, Fernandez; Florida— Renteria, Alou 2, White. HR: Cleveland— Alomar (1). RBI: Cleveland— Justice (2), Grissom (1), Roberts 2 (2), Alomar 2 (2). S: Cleveland— Ogea. CS: Cleveland— Justice.

Attendance: 67,025. Time: 2:48.

Game 3

Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Cleveland

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	7	—14	16	3
Cleveland	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	4	—11	10	3

Win: Cook, Fla.. (1-0). Loss: Plunk, Cle. (0-1).

2B: Florida— Sheffield; Cleveland— Roberts. HR: Florida— Sheffield (1), Daulton (1), Eisenreich (1); Cleveland— Thome (2). RBI: Florida— Sheffield 5 (5), Daulton (1), Eisenreich 2 (2), Renteria (2), Counsell (1), Bonilla 2 (2); Cleveland— Williams (1), Alomar (3), Vizquel (1), Ramirez (2), Thome 2 (3), Fernandez (1), Grissom (2), Robert 2 (4). S: Cleveland— Roberts. SF: Cleveland— Fernandez.

Attendance: 44,880. Time: 4:12.

Game 4

Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Cleveland

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	—3	6	2
Cleveland	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	x	—10	15	0

Win: Wright, Cle. (1-0). Loss: Saunders, Fla. (0-1). Save: Anderson, Cle. (1)

2B: Florida— Daulton; Cleveland— Alomar. HR: Florida— Alou (2); Cleveland— Ramirez (2), Williams (1). RBI: Florida— Eisenreich (3), Alou 2 (5); Cleveland— Ramirez 2 (4), Alomar 3 (6), Fernandez (2), Giles (2), Williams 2 (3). SB: Florida— Counsell (1); Cleveland— Vizquel (1). CS: Cleveland— Giles.

Attendance: 44,877. Time: 3:15.

Game 5

Thursday, Oct. 23, at Cleveland

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	—8	15	2
Cleveland	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	—7	9	0

Win: Hernandez, Fla. (2-0). Loss: Hershiser, Cle. (0-2). Save: Nen, Fla. (2).

2B: Florida— Daulton, White 2, Bonilla. 3B: Cleveland— Thome. HR: Florida— Alou (3); Cleveland— Alomar (2). RBI: Florida— Johnson 2 (3), White 2 (2), Alou 4 (9); Cleveland— Alomar 4 (10), Justice 2 (4), Thome (4). S: Cleveland— Vizquel. SB: Florida— Alou, Daulton.

Attendance: 44,888. Time: 3:39.

Game 6

Saturday, Oct. 25, at Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	—4	7	0
Florida	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	—1	8	0

Win: Ogea, Cle. (2-0). Loss: Brown, Fla. (0-2). Save: Mesa, Cle. (1).

2B: Cleveland— Vizquel, Ogea, Williams. 3B: Florida— White. RBI: Cleveland— Ogea 2 (2), Ramirez 2 (6); Florida— Daulton (2). SF: Cleveland— Ramirez 2; Florida— Daulton. SB: Cleveland— Vizquel 2 (3); Florida— White (1). CS: Cleveland— Roberts (1).

Attendance: 67,498. Time: 3:15.

Game 7

Sunday, Oct. 26, at Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—2	6	2
Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	—3	8	0

Win: Powell, Fla. (1-0). Loss: Nagy, Cle. (0-1).

2B: Florida— Renteria. HR: Florida— Bonilla. RBI: Cleveland— Fernandez 2 (4); Florida— Bonilla (3), Counsell (2), Renteria (3). S: Cleveland— Wright. SF: Florida— Counsell. SB: Cleveland— Vizquel 2 (5).

Attendance: 67,204. Time: 4:10.