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September 18, 1995

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Matt Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .269
OBP .250 .323
At Bats 3 182
Hits 1 49
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 25

Rusty Meacham Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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Kauffman Stadium - September 18, 1995
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Walk
Rusty Meacham
Mike Sweeney
Edgar Caceres
David Howard
Joe Randa
Greg Gagne
Brent Cookson
Les Norman
Jon Nunnally
Matt Merullo
Rich Becker
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Merullo takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Becker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sweeney picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Sweeney. Becker moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Sweeney now catching. Chip Hale pinch hits for Pedro Munoz. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cookson hits a popup towards third. Leius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Henry Mercedes. Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dunn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Caceres scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dunn for the out.
Top 8 The ball gets by Mercedes for a passed ball. Lawton moves to third.
Top 8 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 8 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Les Norman now playing center field. Brent Cookson now playing left field. Edgar Caceres now playing first base. Hocking hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott Watkins now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball for a double play. Randa tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Nunnally takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Randa moves to third. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gagne hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Joyner scores. Randa moves to second.
Bottom 7 Michael Tucker pinch hits for Juan Samuel. Tucker strikes out.
Bottom 7 Randa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodwin scores. Joyner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joyner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Damon scores. Goodwin moves to third.
Bottom 7 Goodwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Damon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Steve Dunn now playing first base. Rich Becker now playing left field. Dan Masteller now playing right field. Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Masteller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Leius hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cordova moves to third.
Top 7 Merullo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Howard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joe Randa now playing third base. Cordova hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mercedes hits a fly ball into right field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howard takes first base on ball four. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gagne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schullstrom, and towards Knoblauch, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Munoz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Puckett strikes out.
Top 6 Rusty Meacham now pitching. Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Joyner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lawton for the out.
Bottom 5 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Joyner hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Erik Schullstrom now pitching. Goodwin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Knoblauch strikes out.
Top 5 Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards first. Joyner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hocking for the out. Masteller moves to second.
Top 5 Masteller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Greg Gagne now playing shortstop. David Howard now playing second base. Leius strikes out.
Bottom 4 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Knoblauch fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Mercedes hits a fly ball into right field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nunnally tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Scott Klingenbeck now pitching. Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nunnally moves to third.
Bottom 4 Nunnally hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gagne scores.
Bottom 4 Greg Gagne pinch hits for Keith Lockhart. Gagne hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lawton. Gagne reaches second base with a double. Goodwin scores. Joyner scores. Samuel goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Samuel is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Juan Samuel pinch hits for Bob Hamelin. There's a wild pitch. Goodwin moves to third. Joyner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a popup into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Joyner hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Goodwin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Joyner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merullo for the out.
Top 4 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart fields it and throws to second for the out. Knoblauch scores. Lawton moves to third.
Top 4 Munoz takes first base on ball four. Knoblauch moves to third. Lawton moves to second.
Top 4 Puckett strikes out.
Top 4 Lawton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hocking scores. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 4 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hocking moves to second.
Top 4 Hocking hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Damon strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mercedes hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Nunnally moves to third.
Bottom 3 Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Lockhart scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Lockhart. The throw from Merullo and he is safe. Lockhart steals second.
Bottom 3 Lockhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hocking scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Masteller hits a popup towards short. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Leius strikes out.
Top 3 Merullo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Joyner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Goodwin. The throw from Merullo and he is safe. Goodwin steals second.
Bottom 2 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Knoblauch fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Mercedes moves to third.
Bottom 2 Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockhart scores. Howard scores. Mercedes moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mercedes takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Leius fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockhart moves to third.
Bottom 2 Nunnally hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockhart moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lockhart hits a line drive towards the mound. Parra can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 2 Munoz hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Puckett takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hocking moves to third.
Top 2 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hocking moves to second.
Top 2 Hocking takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hamelin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Leius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 1 Joyner hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Goodwin hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Puckett fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Puckett. Goodwin moves all the way to home.
Bottom 1 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Masteller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Leius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cordova moves to third.
Top 1 Merullo hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puckett tags and scores. Cordova tags and moves to second.
Top 1 Cordova takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Munoz hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puckett moves to third.
Top 1 Puckett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Puckett reaches second base with a double. Knoblauch scores. Lawton goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Lawton is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Knoblauch reaches second base with a double.