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September 15, 1998

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Alex Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .600 .356
At Bats 4 637
Hits 2 195
• Singles 2 120
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 39
Walks 1 42
RBI’s 1 117

Benj Sampson Season Stats

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 15, 1998
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Single
Benj Sampson
Javier Valentin
Ron Coomer
Denny Hocking
Brent Gates
Pat Meares
Marty Cordova
Chris Latham
Matt Lawton
Alex Rodriguez
Count: 2-0, 2 Outs
Count: 2-0, 2 Outs

Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Radmanovich hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Latham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Latham for the out.
Bottom 8 Gates hits a popup beyond short. Rodriguez can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 8 Meares strikes out.
Bottom 8 Valentin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Cordova strikes out.
Top 8 Marzano strikes out.
Top 8 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brent Gates now playing third base. Denny Hocking now playing second base. Gipson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Coomer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hocking scores. Lawton moves to third.
Bottom 7 Heathcliff Slocumb now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Hocking moves to third. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Hocking moves to second.
Bottom 7 Denny Hocking pinch hits for Todd Walker. Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Latham hits a fly ball into right field. Radmanovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Charles Gipson now playing left field. Ryan Radmanovich now playing right field. Brent Gates pinch hits for Corey Koskie. Gates hits a line drive beyond short. Rodriguez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Benj Sampson now pitching. Martinez strikes out.
Top 7 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell scores. Guillen moves to third.
Top 7 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to third.
Top 7 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Dan Wilson pinch hits for Shane Monahan. Wilson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Davis tags and scores.
Top 7 Marzano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 7 Bell hits a popup beyond third. Koskie can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Gipson scores. Davis moves to second.
Top 7 Charles Gipson pinch runs for Raul Ibanez. Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gipson moves to third.
Top 7 Javier Valentin now catching. Ibanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Andrew Lorraine now pitching. Alex Ochoa pinch hits for A.J. Pierzynski. Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Cordova takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Martinez 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 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a line drive beyond second. Walker can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 6 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Monahan bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Walker strikes out.
Top 5 Marzano hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Latham strikes out.
Bottom 4 Koskie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen fields it and throws to second for the out. Cordova scores.
Bottom 4 Pierzynski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cordova moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Travis Miller now pitching. Ibanez strikes out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rodriguez scores. Griffey moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Monahan scores. Guillen scores. Rodriguez moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Koskie juggles the ball. That's an error on Koskie. Monahan moves to third. Guillen moves to second.
Top 4 Guillen takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Monahan moves to second.
Top 4 Monahan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coomer fields it and throws to second for the out. Davis scores.
Top 4 Marzano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis moves to third.
Top 4 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Monahan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Coomer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Koskie scores. Walker scores. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abbott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Koskie moves to third. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Koskie moves to second.
Bottom 3 Latham strikes out.
Bottom 3 Koskie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a fly ball into left field. Monahan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ibanez hits a line drive towards the mound. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martinez strikes out.
Top 3 Griffey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abbott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cordova strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ortiz hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coomer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 2 Monahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 2 Marzano bunts towards first. Coomer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marzano for the out. Bell moves to second.
Top 2 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lawton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Latham strikes out.
Top 1 Davis hits a line drive into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ibanez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rodriguez tags and scores. Griffey tags and moves to third.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 1 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.