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April 16, 1989

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Top 5 R H E
Twins 4 7 1
Yankees 1 3 0
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Twins 4 7 1
Yankees 1 3 0

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .308
OBP 1.000 .357
At Bats 2 39
Hits 2 12
• Singles 2 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 5

Tommy John Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - April 16, 1989
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Out
Tommy John
Don Slaught
Don Mattingly
Steve Sax
Tom Brookens
Alvaro Espinoza
Rickey Henderson
Roberto Kelly
Bob Brower
Wally Backman
Dan Gladden
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Backman bunts towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out. Gladden moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Gladden takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Slaught hits a line drive into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Balboni hits a popup towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mattingly hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gagne hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Henderson. The throw from Harper and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Kelly scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brower strikes out.
Top 3 Larkin hits a line drive into right field. Brower settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hrbek strikes out.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Puckett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Backman moves to third.
Top 3 Backman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gagne scores.
Top 3 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. Gagne moves to second.
Top 3 Gagne hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Slaught strikes out.
Bottom 2 Balboni hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Castillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hrbek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Anderson fires to first and has Sax trapped. There's the throw to Gagne who tags Sax for the out.
Bottom 1 Mattingly hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sax hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Puckett takes first base on ball four. Backman moves to second.
Top 1 Backman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.