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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 25, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 25, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | September 25, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 25, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Jackson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Les Straker |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 52,704 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Steve Palermo 3B: Dan Morrison |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Kevin Seitzer | Third Baseman |
| George Brett | First Baseman |
| Danny Tartabull | Right Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Jim Eisenreich | DH |
| Lonnie Smith | Left Fielder |
| Jamie Quirk | Catcher |
| Bill Pecota | Shortstop |
| John Wathan | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dan Gladden | Left Fielder |
| Greg Gagne | Shortstop |
| Kirby Puckett | Center Fielder |
| Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
| Tom Brunansky | Right Fielder |
| Don Baylor | DH |
| Gene Larkin | First Baseman |
| Steve Lombardozzi | Second Baseman |
| Tom Nieto | Catcher |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 25, 1987
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Straker
Wilson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Straker
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Straker
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Tartabull vs. Straker
Tartabull hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Jackson
Gladden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagne vs. Jackson
Gagne bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Gladden moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Puckett vs. Jackson
Puckett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gladden scores. Puckett moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Gaetti vs. Jackson
Gaetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Brunansky vs. Jackson
Brunansky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Puckett scores. Gaetti moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Baylor vs. Jackson
Baylor takes first base on ball four. Brunansky moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Larkin vs. Jackson
Larkin hits a popup towards first. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Lombardozzi vs. Jackson
Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Straker
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Straker
Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Straker
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nieto vs. Jackson
Nieto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Jackson
Gladden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagne vs. Jackson
Jackson fires to first and picks off Gladden. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagne vs. Jackson
Gagne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Puckett vs. Jackson
Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gagne moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Gaetti vs. Jackson
Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Straker
Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pecota vs. Straker
Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Straker
Wilson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Jackson
Brunansky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Jackson
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Jackson
Larkin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lombardozzi vs. Jackson
Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Straker
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti juggles the ball. That's an error on Gaetti. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Straker
Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Brett reaches second base with a double. Seitzer goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Tartabull vs. Straker
Tartabull takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Straker
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Brett trying to get to third. Gladden throws the ball in to Gaetti who tags Brett for the out. Tartabull moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Eisenreich vs. Straker
Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi fields it and throws to second for the out. Tartabull moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Straker
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Nieto vs. Jackson
Nieto hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Jackson
Gladden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Gagne vs. Jackson
There goes Gladden. The throw from Quirk and he is safe. Gladden steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gagne vs. Jackson
Gagne hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Gladden moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Puckett vs. Jackson
Puckett hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gladden tags and scores. Gagne tags and moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gaetti vs. Jackson
Gaetti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gagne scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Brunansky vs. Jackson
Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Straker
Quirk hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pecota vs. Straker
Pecota hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Straker
There goes Pecota. The throw from Nieto and he is safe. Pecota steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Straker
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Seitzer vs. Straker
Seitzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pecota scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Schatzeder
Dan Schatzeder now pitching.
Brett hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Schatzeder
Tartabull hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Smithson
Mike Smithson now pitching.
White hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Smithson
Eisenreich hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Farr
Steve Farr now pitching.
Baylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Farr
Larkin hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lombardozzi vs. Farr
Lombardozzi strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smithson
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Smithson
Quirk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pecota vs. Smithson
Pecota hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nieto vs. Farr
Nieto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Farr
Gladden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gagne vs. Farr
Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota misplays the ball. That's an error on Pecota. Gladden moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Puckett vs. Farr
Puckett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gaetti vs. Farr
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer juggles the ball. That's an error on Seitzer. Gladden moves to third. Gagne moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Brunansky vs. Farr
Brunansky hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Smithson
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. Smithson
There goes Wilson. The throw from Nieto and he is safe. Wilson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Seitzer vs. Smithson
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Smithson
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Tartabull vs. Smithson
Tartabull hits a line drive into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
White vs. Smithson
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Farr
Baylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Farr
Larkin hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hrbek vs. Farr
Chris Pittaro pinch runs for Gene Larkin. Kent Hrbek pinch hits for Steve Lombardozzi.
Hrbek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Farr
Randy Bush pinch hits for Tom Nieto.
Bush hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Smithson
Chris Pittaro now playing second base. Kent Hrbek now playing first base. Tim Laudner now catching.
Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smithson
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Smithson
Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Quirk for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Farr
Gladden hits a popup towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagne vs. Farr
Gagne hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Farr
Puckett strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pecota vs. Smithson
Pecota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Smithson
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pecota moves to third. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Seitzer vs. Atherton
Keith Atherton now pitching.
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Brett vs. Atherton
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Tartabull vs. Atherton
Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pittaro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Farr
Gary Thurman now playing left field. Angel Salazar now playing shortstop.
Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Farr
Brunansky hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Garber
Gene Garber now pitching.
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/25/1987 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Wilson W, cf 5 0 2 0 Gladden D, lf 3 2 2 0
Seitzer K, 3b 5 2 1 1 Gagne G, ss 4 1 2 0
Brett G, 1b 2 1 2 3 Puckett K, cf 4 1 2 2
Tartabull D, rf 4 1 1 1 Gaetti G, 3b 4 0 1 1
White F, 2b 4 0 1 0 Brunansky T, rf 4 0 2 1
Eisenreich J, dh 4 0 0 0 Baylor D, dh 4 0 0 0
Smith L, lf 4 0 0 0 Larkin G, 1b 4 0 2 0
Thurman G, lf 0 0 0 0 Pittaro C, pr-2b 0 0 0 0
Quirk J, c 4 1 1 1 Lombardozzi S, 2b 3 0 0 0
Pecota B, ss 4 1 2 0 Hrbek K, ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Salazar A, ss 0 0 0 0 Nieto T, c 3 0 0 0
Bush R, ph 1 0 0 0
Laudner T, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 10 6 35 4 11 4
Kansas City 000 150 000 -- 6
Minnesota 200 200 000 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson D 4.0 9 4 4 4 1
Farr S (W) 4.1 2 0 0 1 4
Garber G (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Straker L 4.1 5 4 3 2 3
Schatzeder D (L)* 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Smithson M+ 3.2 3 0 0 1 2
Atherton K 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Gaetti G, Pecota B, Seitzer K
DP -- Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Minnesota 11
2B -- Brett G
HR -- Quirk J, Brett G, Tartabull D
SB -- Gladden D, Pecota B, Wilson W
SH -- Gagne G
SF -- Puckett K
T -- 3:07
A -- 52704
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