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May 2, 2000

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Olmedo Saenz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .356
OBP .500 .424
At Bats 3 59
Hits 1 21
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 1 7

Ricky Bottalico Season Stats

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3 1 3
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Kauffman Stadium - May 2, 2000
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Strikeout
Ricky Bottalico
Brian Johnson
Mike Sweeney
Carlos Febles
Joe Randa
Rey Sanchez
Johnny Damon
Carlos Beltran
Jermaine Dye
Olmedo Saenz
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

Saenz strikes out. Johnson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Saenz out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Giambi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Ricky Bottalico now pitching. Tejada hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sweeney takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Febles hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fasano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Jeff Tam now pitching. Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out.
Top 9 Menechino strikes out.
Top 9 Fasano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Quinn bunts towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. Randa moves to second.
Bottom 8 Randa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 There goes Saenz. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Saenz steals second.
Top 8 Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stairs hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Saenz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Beltran hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sweeney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sal Fasano now catching. T.J. Mathews now pitching. Febles hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Christenson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Menechino moves to second.
Top 7 Ryan Christenson pinch runs for Ramon Hernandez. Long hits a line drive into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Spradlin now pitching. Menechino bunts towards first. Sweeney fields the ball and throws to Spradlin covering. Safe. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 7 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Quinn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chavez for the out.
Top 6 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops it up and throws to first, with Suzuki covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Beltran takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Dye is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Sweeney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Saenz hits a line drive towards short. Sanchez catches it and throws to first to double up Giambi.
Top 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Tejada takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Febles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and has Sanchez trapped. There's the throw to Chavez and over to Menechino, who tags Sanchez for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 There goes Sanchez. The throw from Hernandez and he is safe. Sanchez steals second.
Bottom 4 Luis Vizcaino now pitching. Damon hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Quinn tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Sanchez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randa scores. Quinn moves to third.
Bottom 4 Johnson bunts towards the mound. Mahay fields it and throws to first for the out. Randa moves to third. Quinn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Quinn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beltran scores. Randa moves to second.
Bottom 4 Randa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Beltran hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Beltran reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Dye hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menechino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hernandez is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Chavez hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sweeney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Febles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Damon hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanchez hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanchez hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Hernandez settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hernandez.
Top 3 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops it up and throws to first, with Suzuki covering, for the out.
Top 3 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stairs for the out.
Top 3 Mac Suzuki now pitching. Saenz hits a line drive into center field. Beltran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Quinn hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Randa takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tejada hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Tejada reaches second base with a double. Hernandez scores. Menechino scores.
Top 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops it up and throws to first, with Batista covering, for the out. Hernandez moves to third. Menechino moves to second.
Top 2 Menechino takes first base on ball four. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Chavez hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grieve tags and scores.
Top 2 Grieve hits a line drive into center field. Beltran picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Beltran. Stairs goes all the way around to score. Grieve moves to third.
Top 2 Stairs takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Saenz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Beltran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Dye hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Febles hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Damon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Febles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.