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September 13, 1998

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Paul Molitor Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .279
OBP .400 .333
At Bats 4 459
Hits 2 128
• Singles 1 94
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 2 63

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 9 30
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 13, 1998
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Billy Taylor
A.J. Hinch
Jason Giambi
Bip Roberts
Mike Blowers
Miguel Tejada
Rickey Henderson
Ryan Christenson
Ben Grieve
Paul Molitor
Count: 2-0, 1 Out
Count: 2-0, 2 Outs

Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Billy Taylor now pitching. Lawton hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Blowers hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Grieve hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 12 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Giambi moves to third.
Top 12 Giambi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 12 Christenson strikes out.
Bottom 11 Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Walker hits a popup towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Mark Holzemer now pitching. Latham strikes out.
Top 11 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Roberts hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Tejada takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Rick Aguilera now pitching. Brent Gates now playing third base. Blowers strikes out.
Bottom 10 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Brent Gates pinch hits for Corey Koskie. Gates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Meares hits a line drive into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hinch strikes out.
Top 10 Grieve takes first base on ball four.
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.