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August 24, 1996

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Bottom 8 R H E
Rangers 3 6 0
Twins 6 10 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Rangers 3 6 0
Twins 6 10 1

Matt Lawton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .273
OBP .667 .350
At Bats 3 198
Hits 2 54
• Singles 1 44
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 2 35

Jeff Russell Season Stats

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3 2 2
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - August 24, 1996
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Walk
Jeff Russell
Ivan Rodriguez
Will Clark
Mark McLemore
Dean Palmer
Kevin Elster
Rusty Greer
Darryl Hamilton
Warren Newson
Matt Lawton
Count: 3-1, 1 Out
Count: 3-1, 1 Out

Lawton takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Jeff Russell now pitching. Hollins is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Clark is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stahoviak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Greer hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Myers hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cordova is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Stahoviak hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hamilton hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Elster hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Newson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Stanton now pitching. Becker hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Newson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lawton hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 McLemore hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Newson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hollins fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hollins. Greer scores. Palmer moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Palmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greer moves to third.
Top 6 Clark strikes out.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hollins strikes out.
Bottom 5 Myers hits a line drive towards short. Elster reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cordova hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Stahoviak strikes out.
Top 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 Hamilton 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 5 Elster hits a fly ball into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Becker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McLemore for the out.
Top 4 Newson strikes out.
Top 4 Palmer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stahoviak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Myers scores.
Bottom 3 Hollins strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Myers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Greer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rodriguez 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 3 Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stahoviak hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Molitor hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores. Becker moves to second.
Bottom 2 Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meares scores. Knoblauch moves to third.
Bottom 2 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Meares hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hamilton who is chasing the ball. Meares reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Hollins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Elster is called out on strikes.
Top 2 McLemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Newson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Palmer hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Clark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Newson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cordova hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McLemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stahoviak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 1 Molitor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Knoblauch moves to third.
Bottom 1 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Knoblauch reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out.
Top 1 Greer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.