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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 20, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 20, 1998 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Benj Sampson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Seth Greisinger |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 19,092 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ted Hendry 1B: Larry Young 2B: Drew Coble 3B: Dale Ford |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Brent Gates | Third Baseman |
| Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | First Baseman |
| A.J. Pierzynski | Catcher |
| Chris Latham | Left Fielder |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Juan Encarnacion | Left Fielder |
| Tony Clark | DH |
| Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
| Gabe Kapler | Right Fielder |
| Jason Wood | First Baseman |
| Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
| Joe Siddall | Catcher |
| Larry Parrish | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 20, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Greisinger
Nixon hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Greisinger
Gates hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Greisinger
Lawton strikes out. There goes Gates. The throw from Siddall to Cruz, and Gates is out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Sampson
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Sampson
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Sampson
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Greisinger
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Greisinger
Walker hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Encarnacion throws the ball in to Easley who tags Walker, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Greisinger
Meares strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Sampson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Sampson
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kapler vs. Sampson
Kapler hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Sampson
Wood takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Sampson
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sampson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Greisinger
Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Greisinger
Pierzynski strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Greisinger
Latham hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Siddall vs. Sampson
Siddall strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Sampson
Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Sampson
Randa strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Greisinger
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greisinger picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Greisinger. Nixon moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Gates vs. Greisinger
Gates hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nixon tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Greisinger
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Greisinger
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Sampson
Encarnacion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Sampson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Sampson
Easley strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Greisinger
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Greisinger
Meares hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Siddall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Greisinger
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wood scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mientkiewicz for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Sampson
Kapler hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Sampson
There goes Kapler. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Kapler steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Sampson
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Sampson
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Siddall vs. Sampson
Siddall strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Greisinger
Pierzynski hits a fly ball into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Greisinger
Latham bunts towards the mound. Greisinger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Greisinger
Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Sampson
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Sampson
Randa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Sampson
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Sampson
There goes Randa. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Randa steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Sampson
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Sampson
Easley takes first base on ball four. Randa moves to third. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Kapler vs. Sampson
Kapler hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Greisinger
Gates strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Greisinger
Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Greisinger
Molitor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Greisinger
Walker hits a line drive into center field. Hunter picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hunter. Molitor moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Meares vs. Greisinger
There's a wild pitch. Molitor scores. Walker moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Meares vs. Greisinger
Meares is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mientkiewicz vs. Greisinger
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Baptist
Travis Baptist now pitching. Denny Hocking now playing second base.
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Baptist
Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pierzynski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Baptist
Geronimo Berroa pinch hits for Joe Siddall.
Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hocking scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Anderson
Matt Anderson now pitching. Paul Bako now catching.
Pierzynski strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Latham vs. Anderson
Latham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Anderson
There goes Latham. The throw from Bako and he is out, Easley applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Anderson
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gates vs. Anderson
Gates hits a line drive into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Baptist
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Baptist
Randa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Baptist
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops it up and throws to first, with Baptist covering, for the out. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Guardado
Eddie Guardado now pitching.
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Jones
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Jones
Hocking hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Jones
Meares hits a line drive into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching.
Easley hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Aguilera
Kapler hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fick vs. Aguilera
Robert Fick pinch hits for Jason Wood.
Fick strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Catalanotto vs. Aguilera
Frank Catalanotto pinch hits for Deivi Cruz.
Catalanotto strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1998 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Nixon O, cf 4 1 2 0 Hunter B, cf 4 0 0 0
Gates B, 3b 3 0 1 1 Randa J, 3b 4 0 2 0
Lawton M, rf 4 0 0 0 Encarnacion J, lf 3 0 0 0
Molitor P, dh 3 1 0 0 Clark T, dh 3 0 1 0
Walker T, 2b 3 0 2 0 Easley D, 2b 3 0 0 0
Hocking D, 2b 1 1 1 1 Kapler G, rf 4 0 1 0
Meares P, ss 3 0 0 0 Wood J, 1b 2 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Fick R, ph 1 0 0 0
Pierzynski A, c 3 0 0 0 Cruz D, ss 3 0 0 0
Latham C, lf 2 0 0 0 Catalanotto F, ph 1 0 0 0
Siddall J, c 2 0 0 0
Berroa G, ph 1 0 0 0
Bako P, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 3 6 2 31 0 4 0
Minnesota 000 100 101 -- 3
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Sampson B (W) 6.0 3 0 0 4 9
Baptist T 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Guardado E 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Aguilera R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger S (L) 7.0 4 2 0 2 5
Anderson M 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Jones T 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
E -- Greisinger S, Hunter B
DP -- Minnesota 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- Minnesota 3, Detroit 8
HR -- Hocking D
SB -- Kapler G, Randa J
CS -- Gates B, Latham C
SF -- Gates B
WP -- Greisinger S, Aguilera R
T -- 2:45
A -- 19092
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