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September 13, 1998

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Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .302
OBP .333 .381
At Bats 2 470
Hits 0 142
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 24
Walks 1 57
RBI’s 0 99

Benj Sampson Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 13, 1998
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Out
Benj Sampson
Javier Valentin
David Ortiz
Todd Walker
Corey Koskie
Pat Meares
Denny Hocking
Chris Latham
Matt Lawton
Matt Stairs
Jason Giambi
Ryan Christenson
Mike Macfarlane
Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 0 Outs

Stairs hits a line drive towards first. Ortiz catches it and steps on first to double up Giambi.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Benj Sampson now pitching. Giambi takes first base on ball four. Macfarlane moves to third. Christenson moves to second.
Top 7 Christenson takes first base on ball four. Macfarlane moves to second.
Top 7 Henderson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Macfarlane hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Valentin hits a line drive into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Koskie hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Meares hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mike Blowers now playing third base. Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mike Blowers pinch hits for Eric Chavez. Blowers hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Travis Baptist now pitching. Grieve takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oquist fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stairs hits a line drive towards third. Koskie reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Giambi hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Christenson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tejada moves to third.
Top 5 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tejada moves to second.
Top 5 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Walker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Latham strikes out.
Bottom 4 Valentin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Koskie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada misplays the ball. That's an error on Tejada. Ortiz moves to third. Meares moves to second.
Bottom 4 Meares takes first base on ball four. Ortiz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Molitor scores.
Bottom 4 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grieve who is chasing the ball. Molitor reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Chavez strikes out.
Top 4 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Stairs scores.
Top 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stairs moves to third.
Top 4 Stairs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lawton 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 3 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. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Latham strikes out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Christenson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Henderson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tejada strikes out.
Bottom 2 Valentin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Koskie strikes out.
Bottom 2 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chavez strikes out.
Top 2 Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ortiz 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 There goes Lawton. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Lawton steals second.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hocking tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Lawton hits a line drive beyond second. Spiezio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hocking moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hocking hits a line drive beyond short. Tejada can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stairs strikes out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a line drive into left field. Hocking picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hocking. Giambi moves to second.
Top 1 Christenson strikes out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.