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Blue Jays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 9, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on April 9, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Juan Guzman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brad Radke |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 9,075 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Al Clark 2B: Jim Joyce 3B: Terry Craft |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Shannon Stewart | Left Fielder |
| Tony Fernandez | Second Baseman |
| Shawn Green | Right Fielder |
| Jose Canseco | DH |
| Mike Stanley | First Baseman |
| Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
| Darrin Fletcher | Catcher |
| Craig Grebeck | Third Baseman |
| Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
| Tim Johnson | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Matt Lawton | Left Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| David Ortiz | First Baseman |
| Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
| Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 9, 1998
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Radke
Stewart hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Radke
Fernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. Stewart moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Green vs. Radke
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz fields it, tags Green out, and throws to home to double up Stewart, who tagged and tried to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Canseco vs. Radke
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Guzman
Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Guzman
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Guzman
Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Radke
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Radke
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Radke
Fletcher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Guzman
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley juggles the ball. That's an error on Stanley. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Guzman
Coomer takes first base on ball four. Ortiz moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Merced vs. Guzman
Merced hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Guzman
Steinbach strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Guzman
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Guzman
Meares hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grebeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Guzman
There goes Walker. The throw from Fletcher and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grebeck vs. Radke
Grebeck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Radke
Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out. Grebeck moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Radke
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grebeck moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Fernandez vs. Radke
Fernandez hits a line drive towards the mound. Radke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Guzman
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Guzman
Lawton takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Molitor vs. Guzman
Molitor hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Nixon moves to third. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Ortiz vs. Guzman
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Nixon scores. Lawton scores. Molitor moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coomer vs. Guzman
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Molitor scores. Ortiz moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Merced vs. Guzman
Merced hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. Coomer moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Steinbach vs. Guzman
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Coomer moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Walker vs. Guzman
Walker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Green vs. Radke
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Radke
Canseco hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Radke
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Radke
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Radke
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Fletcher reaches second base with a double. Stanley scores. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Grebeck vs. Radke
Grebeck strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Guzman
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Guzman
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grebeck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Guzman
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lawton for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Radke
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Radke
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Radke
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Guzman
Molitor hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Guzman
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Guzman
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gonzalez. Ortiz moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Merced vs. Guzman
Merced hits a popup into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Steinbach vs. Guzman
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Radke
Green hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Radke
Canseco hits a popup towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Radke
Stanley hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Radke
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Guzman
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Guzman
Meares takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Guzman
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Lawton vs. Guzman
Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walker moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Molitor vs. Guzman
Molitor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Radke
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grebeck vs. Radke
Grebeck hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Radke
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Guzman
Ortiz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Ortiz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Coomer vs. Guzman
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Guzman covering, for the out. Ortiz moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Merced vs. Guzman
Merced hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Guzman
Denny Hocking pinch runs for Orlando Merced.
Steinbach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. Hocking goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Escobar
Kelvim Escobar now pitching.
Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Meares vs. Escobar
Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Nixon vs. Escobar
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Steinbach scores. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lawton vs. Escobar
Lawton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Escobar
Molitor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Escobar
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Coomer vs. Escobar
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Trombley
Mike Trombley now pitching. Javier Valentin now catching. Brent Gates now playing second base. Denny Hocking now playing left field. Matt Lawton
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Crespo vs. Trombley
Felipe Crespo pinch hits for Tony Fernandez.
Crespo strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Trombley
Green strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Canseco vs. Trombley
Canseco strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Escobar
Felipe Crespo now playing second base. Mark Dalesandro now catching. Juan Samuel now playing first base.
Hocking hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Escobar
Valentin strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Escobar
Gates takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Escobar
Meares takes first base on ball four. Gates moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ochoa vs. Escobar
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Escobar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Samuel vs. Trombley
Samuel hits a popup towards first. Ortiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Trombley
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dalesandro vs. Trombley
Dalesandro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/1998 -- Toronto at Minnesota (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Stewart S, lf 4 0 2 0 Nixon O, cf 5 2 2 1
Fernandez T, 2b 3 0 1 0 Ochoa A, rf 1 0 0 0
Crespo F, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Lawton M, lf-cf 4 2 1 3
Green S, rf 4 1 1 1 Molitor P, dh 5 1 2 0
Canseco J, dh 4 0 0 0 Ortiz D, 1b 3 3 2 2
Stanley M, 1b 2 1 0 0 Coomer R, 3b 4 1 1 1
Samuel J, 1b 1 0 0 0 Merced O, rf 4 1 3 5
Cruz J, cf 4 0 1 0 Hocking D, pr-lf 1 1 0 0
Fletcher D, c 3 0 1 1 Steinbach T, c 4 1 1 1
Dalesandro M, c 1 0 0 0 Valentin J, c 1 0 0 0
Grebeck C, 3b 3 0 1 0 Walker T, 2b 2 1 1 0
Gonzalez A, ss 2 0 0 0 Gates B, 2b 0 0 0 0
Meares P, ss 3 0 0 0
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32 2 7 2 37 13 13 13
Toronto 000 101 000 -- 2
Minnesota 034 000 60x -- 13
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman J (L) 6.1 9 10 9 6 3
Escobar K 1.2 4 3 3 3 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Radke B (W) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
Trombley M 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
E -- Stanley M, Gonzalez A
DP -- Toronto 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Toronto 5, Minnesota 9
2B -- Fernandez T, Fletcher D, Ortiz D, Steinbach T
HR -- Merced O, Green S, Lawton M
CS -- Walker T
SH -- Gonzalez A
T -- 2:54
A -- 9075
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