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September 13, 1998

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Ben Grieve Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .284
OBP .500 .383
At Bats 3 543
Hits 1 154
• Singles 1 99
• Doubles 0 38
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 1 79
RBI’s 0 78

Eddie Guardado Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 13, 1998
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Walk
Eddie Guardado
Javier Valentin
Ron Coomer
Todd Walker
Corey Koskie
Pat Meares
Denny Hocking
Chris Latham
Matt Lawton
Ben Grieve
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Grieve takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Stairs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Giambi hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Coomer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Roberts catches it and throws to first to double up Lawton.
Bottom 9 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Christenson strikes out.
Top 9 Henderson strikes out.
Top 9 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hocking strikes out.
Bottom 8 Walker hits a fly ball towards center field. Christenson fields the ball and throws to third. Blowers drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Blowers. Latham moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Latham. The throw from Hinch and he is safe. Latham steals second.
Bottom 8 Latham bunts towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Mohler now pitching. Bip Roberts now playing second base. A.J. Hinch now catching. Valentin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trombley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mike Trombley now pitching. Jason McDonald pinch runs for Scott Spiezio. Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out. McDonald moves to second.
Top 8 Spiezio takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ron Coomer now playing first base. Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 7 Koskie 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 7 Tim Worrell now pitching. Meares hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Ron Coomer pinch hits for David Ortiz. Coomer hits a line drive off the glove of Blowers, and into shallow left field. Coomer reaches second base with a double. Lawton scores. Molitor goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hocking scores. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lawton hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Hocking moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Latham scores.
Bottom 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Latham moves to second.
Bottom 7 Latham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields the ball and throws to Mathews covering. Safe.
Top 7 Stairs hits a line drive towards first. Ortiz catches it and steps on first to double up Giambi.
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.