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September 7, 1996

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Mike Sweeney Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .276
OBP .000 .361
At Bats 3 127
Hits 0 35
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 15

Mark Acre Season Stats

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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 7, 1996
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Home Run
Mark Acre
Terry Steinbach
Scott Brosius
Rafael Bournigal
Tony Batista
Mike Bordick
Ernie Young
Kerwin Moore
Jose Herrera
Mike Sweeney
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs

Sweeney hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Nunnally hits a popup towards short. Bordick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mark Acre now pitching. Rafael Bournigal now playing second base. Kerwin Moore now playing center field. Tony Batista now playing third base. ErnPaquette hits a popup towards first. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berroa hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. McGwire hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Brosius hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Young scores. Herrera moves to second.
Bottom 7 Herrera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Batista hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Steinbach tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Bordick bunts towards the mound. Huisman fields it and throws to first for the out. Steinbach moves to third. Young moves to second.
Bottom 7 Young takes first base on ball four. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rick Huisman now pitching. Steinbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Roberts strikes out.
Top 7 Goodwin hits a line drive into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Offerman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mike Magnante now pitching. Giambi strikes out.
Bottom 6 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Lockhart fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Brosius moves to third.
Bottom 6 McGwire is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Brosius hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Brosius reaches second base with a double. Batista scores.
Bottom 6 Herrera bunts towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. Batista moves to second.
Bottom 6 Batista hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Randa hits a line drive into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lockhart takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Macfarlane hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bordick hits a line drive into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Young hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Nunnally who is chasing the ball. Young reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Doug Linton now pitching. Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Berroa scores.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGwire scores. Berroa moves to third.
Bottom 5 Berroa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nunnally. Berroa reaches second base with a double. Brosius scores. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brosius moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brosius is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Nunnally strikes out.
Top 5 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Roberts 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 4 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Batista hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bordick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Steinbach scores.
Bottom 4 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi tags and scores. Steinbach tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. Berroa scores. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 4 Giambi takes first base on ball four. Berroa moves to second.
Bottom 4 Berroa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Goodwin 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 4 There goes Randa. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Randa steals second.
Top 4 Offerman hits a fly ball into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Randa hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lockhart moves to third.
Top 4 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Macfarlane hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brosius hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Herrera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Batista moves to second.
Bottom 3 Batista hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bordick hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nunnally hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Nunnally reaches second base with a double. Paquette goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Batista fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Randa scores. Goodwin scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Roberts is walked intentionally.
Top 3 There goes Goodwin. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Goodwin steals second.
Top 3 Goodwin bunts towards first. McGwire fields the ball and throws to Prieto covering. Safe. Randa moves to third.
Top 3 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randa moves to second.
Top 3 Randa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Young strikes out.
Bottom 2 Steinbach takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berroa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prieto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Macfarlane hits a popup beyond first. McGwire can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Macfarlane is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 2 Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brosius hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Herrera strikes out.
Bottom 1 Batista hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nunnally 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 1 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Goodwin moves to third.
Top 1 Roberts hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Offerman scores. Goodwin moves to second.
Top 1 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Offerman moves to third.
Top 1 Offerman takes first base on ball four.