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April 5, 1998

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Royals 1 7 2
Twins 6 12 0
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Royals 1 7 2
Twins 6 12 0

Matt Lawton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .091
OBP .750 .333
At Bats 2 11
Hits 1 1
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 4
RBI’s 0 0

Matt Whisenant Season Stats

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - April 5, 1998
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Walk
Matt Whisenant
Mike Macfarlane
Jeff King
Jose Offerman
Dean Palmer
Shane Halter
Hal Morris
Johnny Damon
Ernie Young
Matt Lawton
Pat Meares
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs

Lawton takes first base on ball four. Meares moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Meares hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hocking scores. Steinbach scores.
Bottom 8 Steinbach hits a line drive to right field. Young throws towards Offerman. Offerman fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Offerman. Coomer scores. Hocking moves to third. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hocking takes first base on ball four. Coomer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Coomer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merced scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morris for the out.
Top 8 Terry Pendleton pinch hits for Joe Vitiello. Denny Hocking now playing second base. Pendleton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Matt Whisenant now pitching. Merced hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. Lawton scores. There goes Molitor trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Cordova moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cordova takes first base on ball four. Lawton moves to third. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 7 Molitor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ochoa hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Scott Service now pitching. Meares strikes out.
Top 7 Mike Trombley now pitching. Palmer strikes out.
Top 7 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Offerman strikes out.
Top 7 Damon hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Greg Swindell now pitching. Halter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Morris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cordova tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Coomer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cordova moves to third.
Bottom 6 Merced hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Palmer.
Top 6 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vitiello moves to second.
Top 6 Morris hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Vitiello takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Palmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ochoa strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a fly ball into left field. Morris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meares hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 5 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 King hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Offerman hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Damon strikes out.
Top 5 Halter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Belcher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Merced. The throw from Macfarlane and he is out, Offerman applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Molitor scores. Cordova moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cordova takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Macfarlane hits a popup towards first. Merced settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merced scoops it up and throws to first, with Milton covering, for the out.
Top 4 Vitiello hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Lawton takes first base on ball four. Meares moves to second.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 King hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Offerman moves to second.
Top 3 Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Damon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Halter hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Coomer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merced takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Morris hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lawton moves to third.
Bottom 1 Ochoa hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Damon. Lawton reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Vitiello hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Palmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 King hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Damon moves to second.
Top 1 Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.