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September 26, 1987

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Steve Balboni Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .211
OBP .250 .273
At Bats 4 380
Hits 1 80
• Singles 0 44
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 24
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 1 60

Jeff Reardon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 7 30
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 26, 1987
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Walk
Jeff Reardon
Sal Butera
Kent Hrbek
Al Newman
Gary Gaetti
Greg Gagne
Mark Davidson
Kirby Puckett
Tom Brunansky
Steve Balboni
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Balboni takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Tartabull hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Brett reaches second base with a double. Seitzer moves to third.
Top 9 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Jeff Reardon now pitching. Sal Butera now catching. Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Davidson. The throw from Quirk and he is out, Salazar applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Billy Beane pinch runs for Tim Laudner. Davidson bunts towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jamie Quirk now catching. Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer juggles the ball. That's an error on Seitzer.
Top 8 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Larry Owen. Quirk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Salazar is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Al Newman now playing second base. Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Roy Smalley pinch hits for Steve Lombardozzi. Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brunansky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 John Davis now pitching. Lonnie Smith now playing left field. Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 White hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Keith Atherton now pitching. Tartabull hits a popup towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brett is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Seitzer hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. Wilson tags and moves to second.
Top 7 Lonnie Smith pinch runs for Thad Bosley. Wilson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 7 Thad Bosley pinch hits for Gary Thurman. Mark Davidson now playing left field. Tim Laudner now catching. Bosley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Puckett strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pittaro scores.
Bottom 6 Gagne hits a popup towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Chris Pittaro pinch runs for Tom Nieto. Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pittaro moves to second.
Bottom 6 Angel Salazar now playing shortstop. Nieto is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jim Eisenreich pinch hits for Bill Pecota. Eisenreich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Eisenreich reaches second base with a double. Tartabull scores. White scores.
Top 6 Juan Berenguer now pitching. Balboni hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. White reaches second base with a double. Tartabull moves to third.
Top 6 Tartabull hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brett hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Brunansky takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hrbek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gagne scores. Gaetti moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 5 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bush is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Gagne takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Seitzer strikes out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thurman moves to second.
Top 5 Thurman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Owen hits a line drive towards third. Gaetti catches it and throws to first to double up Pecota.
Top 5 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne misplays the ball. That's an error on Gagne.
Bottom 4 Gladden strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nieto takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hrbek moves to third.
Bottom 4 Brunansky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. Hrbek moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hrbek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Balboni hits a line drive into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Carlton, and towards Lombardozzi, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops it up and throws to first, with Carlton covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Gaetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Pecota fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Gladden moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bush takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gagne bunts between the mound and first base. Saberhagen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gagne for the out. Gladden moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thurman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nieto is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lombardozzi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Brunansky is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hrbek strikes out.
Top 2 Owen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Balboni hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 White hits a line drive towards third. Gaetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gladden scores. Gagne scores.
Bottom 1 Bush bunts towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out. Gladden moves to third. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gagne takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gladden hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Lombardozzi fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Seitzer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.