Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'afọ 1997, Rentería gbara onye mbụ n'ime ụlọ ịgba ọsọ nke ọrụ ya iji tie egwuregwu megide Cincinnati Reds na Eprel 5, ma ọ meriri egwuregwu 4-3 na otu RBI na nke iri na otu. N'April 27, o nwere egwuregwu na-emeri egwuregwu na nke itoolu nke nyere Marlins mmeri 4-3 na Dodgers. Site na Mee 13 ruo 29, o nwere egwuregwu iri na atọ na-akụ. Site na Julaị 16 ruo Julaị 18, o nwere ọkpụ atọ n'egwuregwu atọ n'usoro. N'abalị iri na ise nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ, otu RBI ya n'agba nke itoolu nyere ndị Marlins mmeri 6-5 na Pittsburgh. Rentería mechiri oge ahụ na.277 batting nkezi, 171 hits, na 32 zuru bases na 154 egwuregwu. N'afọ ahụ, ndị Florida Marlins meriri wild card iji gaa n'egwuregwu nke mbụ na akụkọ ihe mere eme ha. Na Egwuregwu 1 nke 1997 National League Division Series (NLDS), Rentería's RBI otu na ala nke itoolu nke Roberto Hernández nyere ndị Marlins mmeri 2 <unk> 1 na San Francisco Giants. Ndị Marlins meriri ndị Giants n'asọmpi ahụ ma merie ndị Atlanta Braves n'asọmpi National League Championship Series nke afọ 1997
(NLCS) ịlụso ndị Cleveland Indians ọgụ na World Series. Na Egwuregwu 7, na akara aka na abụọ na abụọ na iri na otu, Rentería kụrụ RBI na-apụ apụ na Charles Nagy iji nweta Craig Counsell. Ọkụ ahụ meriri egwuregwu ahụ 3<unk>2 ma merie World Series mbụ na akụkọ ntolite Marlins.