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August 30, 1996

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John Valentin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .303
OBP .333 .386
At Bats 3 452
Hits 1 137
• Singles 1 98
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 0 52

Buddy Groom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 0 2
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - August 30, 1996
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Out
Buddy Groom
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Tony Batista
Scott Brosius
Mike Bordick
Brian Lesher
Kerwin Moore
Ernie Young
John Valentin
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Valentin hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Buddy Groom now pitching. O'Leary strikes out.
Bottom 8 Moore strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valentin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Pat Mahomes now pitching. Steinbach takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jefferson strikes out.
Top 8 Vaughn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Manto moves to second.
Top 8 Manto takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ernie Young now playing right field. Frye strikes out.
Bottom 7 Berroa strikes out.
Bottom 7 McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Brosius strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stairs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Stairs reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Reggie Harris now pitching. Jeff Manto now playing third base. Batista hits a ball on the ground towards third. Manto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Greenwell hits a popup into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bordick hits a popup towards third. Naehring settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moore takes first base on ball four. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lesher hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Berroa tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Mark Brandenburg now pitching. Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGwire scores. Berroa moves to third.
Bottom 6 Berroa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 6 McGwire hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Brosius scores.
Bottom 6 There goes Brosius. The throw from Stanley and he is safe. Brosius steals second.
Bottom 6 Brosius hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valentin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 O'Leary hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Batista hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bordick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Bordick reaches second base with a double. Steinbach scores. Moore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Lesher strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Steinbach moves to third.
Bottom 5 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Naehring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Frye takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bragg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Berroa. Bragg reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brosius hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Stairs hits a popup in front of the plate. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Batista hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 O'Leary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second.
Top 4 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first, with Telgheder covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Bordick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Naehring fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Naehring hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Telgheder fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Frye hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Telgheder covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Maddux, and towards Frye, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berroa strikes out.
Bottom 2 McGwire strikes out.
Top 2 Greenwell strikes out.
Top 2 Valentin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Top 2 O'Leary hits a line drive into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brosius hits a line drive into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valentin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 1 Naehring strikes out.
Top 1 Frye hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Frye reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Telgheder fields it and throws to first for the out.