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May 23, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 11 0
Twins 4 8 2
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Athletics 8 11 0
Twins 4 9 2

Paul Molitor Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .289
OBP 1.000 .344
At Bats 4 114
Hits 4 33
• Singles 3 26
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 1 19

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 8
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - May 23, 1997
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Single
Billy Taylor
George Williams
Mark McGwire
Scott Spiezio
Scott Brosius
Rafael Bournigal
Matt Stairs
Damon Mashore
Geronimo Berroa
Paul Molitor
Rich Becker
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Becker moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Becker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Berroa. Becker reaches second base with a double. Meares scores.
Bottom 9 Knoblauch strikes out.
Bottom 9 Meares hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Meares reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Taylor covering, for the out.
Top 9 Berroa strikes out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Stairs moves to second.
Top 9 McGwire hits a line drive into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mashore tags and scores.
Top 9 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak fields it and throws to second for the out. Mashore moves to third.
Top 9 Giambi takes first base on ball four. Mashore moves to second.
Top 9 Matt Lawton now playing left field. Rich Becker now playing center field. Denny Hocking now playing right field. Mike Trombley now pitching. Mashore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Matt Lawton pinch runs for Greg Myers. Billy Taylor now pitching. Denny Hocking pinch hits for Darrin Jackson. Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Greg Myers pinch hits for Ron Coomer. Myers takes first base on ball four. Molitor scores. Stahoviak moves to third. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 8 Aaron Small now pitching. Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Becker scores. Molitor moves to third. Stahoviak moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stahoviak is hit by the pitch. Becker moves to third. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 8 Molitor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Becker moves to second.
Bottom 8 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Meares hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bournigal hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brosius hits a line drive into right field. Coomer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Coomer. Williams scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Coomer. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Spiezio hits a popup towards third. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Walker hits a popup into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Coomer strikes out.
Top 7 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mashore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stahoviak strikes out.
Bottom 6 Molitor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Becker for the out.
Top 6 Bournigal 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 6 Brosius hits a fly ball into right field. Coomer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Meares hits a line drive towards third. Brosius reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Walker strikes out.
Top 5 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Berroa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stairs moves to third.
Top 5 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi tags and scores.
Top 5 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Giambi moves to third.
Top 5 Giambi hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jackson. Giambi reaches second base with a double. Brosius scores. Mashore goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Mashore takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bournigal bunts towards the mound. The ball bounces off Radke, and towards Walker, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Brosius moves to third.
Top 5 Brosius hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jackson. Brosius reaches second base with a double. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 4 Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berroa strikes out.
Top 4 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 3 Stahoviak hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Molitor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Berroa. Molitor reaches second base with a double. Knoblauch scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Bottom 3 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 3 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bournigal tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mashore strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Bournigal. The throw from Steinbach and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 3 Bournigal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Jackson. The throw from Williams and he is out, Brosius applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Walker takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGwire scores.
Top 2 Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out. McGwire moves to second.
Top 2 McGwire hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stahoviak strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Molitor. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Molitor steals second.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stairs strikes out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Giambi for the out.
Top 1 Mashore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.