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Athletics
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 28, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 28, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | September 28, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 28, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Todd Burns |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 47,620 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tim McClelland 1B: Tim Tschida 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Don Denkinger |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | Right Fielder |
| Stan Javier | Center Fielder |
| Dave Parker | Left Fielder |
| Don Baylor | DH |
| Ron Hassey | Catcher |
| Glenn Hubbard | Second Baseman |
| Doug Jennings | First Baseman |
| Tony Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dan Gladden | Left Fielder |
| Tom Herr | Second Baseman |
| Randy Bush | Right Fielder |
| Kirby Puckett | Center Fielder |
| Gene Larkin | First Baseman |
| Jim Dwyer | DH |
| Tim Laudner | Catcher |
| Steve Lombardozzi | Shortstop |
| Al Newman | Third Baseman |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 28, 1988
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Blyleven
Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blyleven
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Blyleven
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Burns
Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Burns
Herr strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Burns
Bush strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Blyleven
Baylor is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassey vs. Blyleven
Hassey is hit by the pitch. Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hubbard vs. Blyleven
Hubbard strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Jennings vs. Blyleven
Jennings hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baylor scores. Hassey moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Blyleven
Phillips is hit by the pitch. Hassey moves to third. Jennings moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Weiss vs. Blyleven
Weiss strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Polonia vs. Blyleven
Polonia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Burns
Terry Steinbach now catching.
Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Burns
Larkin strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Burns
Dwyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Laudner vs. Burns
Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blyleven
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Blyleven
Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Blyleven
Baylor hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Blyleven
Steinbach strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lombardozzi vs. Burns
Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Burns
Newman hits a popup towards first. Jennings settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gladden vs. Burns
There goes Lombardozzi. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Hubbard applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Burns
Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burns fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Herr vs. Burns
There goes Gladden. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Weiss applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Blyleven
Hubbard hits a popup towards first. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Blyleven
Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Blyleven
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Burns
Herr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Burns
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Burns
Puckett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Larkin vs. Burns
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jennings scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Larkin for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Blyleven
Weiss hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Weiss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Polonia vs. Blyleven
Polonia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Polonia reaches second base with a double. Weiss scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Blyleven
Javier bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Polonia moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Parker vs. Blyleven
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lombardozzi fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Polonia scores. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baylor vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. Javier moves to third. Parker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Baylor vs. Blyleven
Baylor hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Javier scores. Parker moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Steinbach vs. Blyleven
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hubbard vs. Blyleven
Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Parker tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Jennings vs. Blyleven
Jennings 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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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Burns
Dwyer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Laudner vs. Burns
Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lombardozzi vs. Burns
Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Blyleven
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Blyleven
Weiss hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Blyleven
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Burns
Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Burns
Gladden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Herr vs. Burns
Herr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Burns
Bush strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blyleven
Javier hits a line drive towards short. Lombardozzi reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Blyleven
Parker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Parker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Baylor vs. Blyleven
Dave Henderson pinch runs for Dave Parker.
Baylor hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Steinbach vs. Blyleven
Steinbach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hubbard vs. Blyleven
Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lombardozzi fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Burns
Luis Polonia now playing left field. Stan Javier now playing right field. Dave Henderson now playing center field.
Puckett hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Burns
Larkin hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Burns
Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Blyleven
Jennings hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Blyleven
Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Blyleven
Weiss strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Laudner vs. Burns
Carney Lansford now playing first base.
Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lombardozzi vs. Burns
Lombardozzi hits a fly ballLombardozzi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Polonia is chasing the ball. Lombardozzi rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Burns
Newman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gladden vs. Burns
Gladden hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Gladden reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Herr vs. Honeycutt
Rick Honeycutt now pitching.
Herr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Bullock vs. Nelson
Brian Harper pinch hits for Randy Bush. Gene Nelson now pitching. Eric Bullock pinch hits for Brian Harper.
Bullock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gladden scores. Herr moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Puckett vs. Nelson
Puckett strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Blyleven
Eric Bullock now playing right field.
Polonia hits a popup into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blyleven
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Blyleven
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Blyleven
Baylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley now pitching.
Larkin hits a line drive towards short. Weiss reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Eckersley
Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Eckersley
John Moses pinch hits for Tim Laudner.
Moses strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/28/1988 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Polonia L, rf-lf 5 1 1 1 Gladden D, lf 3 1 2 0
Javier S, cf-rf 5 1 1 0 Herr T, 2b 3 0 1 0
Parker D, lf 4 1 3 1 Bush R, rf 3 0 0 0
Henderson D, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Harper B, ph 0 0 0 0
Baylor D, dh 4 1 1 1 Bullock E, ph-rf 1 0 1 1
Hassey R, c 0 0 0 0 Puckett K, cf 4 0 1 0
Steinbach T, c 2 0 0 0 Larkin G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Hubbard G, 2b 3 0 0 1 Dwyer J, dh 3 0 0 0
Jennings D, 1b 4 0 1 1 Laudner T, c 3 0 0 0
Lansford C, 1b 0 0 0 0 Moses J, ph 1 0 0 0
Phillips T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lombardozzi S, ss 3 1 2 1
Weiss W, ss 4 1 1 0 Newman A, 3b 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 8 5 31 2 7 2
Oakland 010 040 000 -- 5
Minnesota 000 000 020 -- 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Burns T (W) 7.2 6 2 2 2 6
Honeycutt R* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Nelson G 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Eckersley D (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 9.0 8 5 5 2 6
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Oakland 8, Minnesota 5
2B -- Weiss W, Polonia L, Parker D, Gladden D
HR -- Lombardozzi S
CS -- Lombardozzi S, Gladden D
SF -- Hubbard G
HBP -- by Blyleven B (Baylor D), by Blyleven B (Hassey R), by Blyleven B (Phillips T)
WP -- Blyleven B
T -- 2:29
A -- 47620
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