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September 8, 1996

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Royals 7 12 0
Athletics 7 11 1
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Royals 7 12 0
Athletics 7 11 1

Tony Batista Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .288
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 3 163
Hits 1 47
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 10
RBI’s 1 17

Hipolito Pichardo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 2
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 8, 1996
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Strikeout
Hipolito Pichardo
Mike Macfarlane
Kevin Young
Keith Lockhart
Craig Paquette
Jose Offerman
Bip Roberts
Tom Goodwin
Jon Nunnally
Tony Batista
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs
Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Batista strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Lockhart strikes out.
Top 8 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kerwin Moore now playing center field. Jose Herrera now playing right field. Brian Lesher now playing left field. Nunnally hits a line drive into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bordick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Bordick reaches second base with a double. McGwire scores. Berroa scores. Moore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Kerwin Moore pinch runs for Jason Giambi. Lesher hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Magnante now pitching. Giambi takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to third. Berroa moves to second.
Bottom 7 Berroa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 7 McGwire is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Brosius hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Paquette strikes out.
Top 7 Joe Vitiello pinch hits for Bob Hamelin. Vitiello strikes out.
Top 7 Terry Steinbach now catching. Brian Lesher now playing right field. Buddy Groom now pitching. Roberts bunts towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrera for the out.
Bottom 6 Batista takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Bordick. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Bordick steals second.
Bottom 6 Terry Steinbach pinch hits for Izzy Molina. Steinbach hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bordick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berroa scores. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 6 Brian Lesher pinch hits for Matt Stairs. Bob Scanlan now pitching. Lesher hits a line drive into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jason Jacome now pitching. Giambi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nunnally. Giambi reaches second base with a double. Berroa moves to third.
Bottom 6 Berroa takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Goodwin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Offerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lockhart strikes out.
Top 6 Macfarlane hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Nunnally takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 5 Brosius hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Brosius reaches second base with a double. Batista scores. Herrera goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Herrera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batista moves to second.
Bottom 5 Batista hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bordick scores.
Bottom 5 Molina hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bordick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Bordick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Stairs strikes out.
Top 5 Paquette hits a line drive into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doug Johns now pitching. Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Johns covering, for the out. Roberts moves to third.
Top 5 Roberts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Goodwin scores.
Top 5 Goodwin hits a line drive into center field. Herrera picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Herrera. Offerman scores. Goodwin moves to second.
Top 5 Offerman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Offerman reaches second base with a double. Lockhart goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Lockhart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Giambi strikes out.
Bottom 4 Berroa strikes out. There goes McGwire. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Appier covering, for the out.
Top 4 Macfarlane hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Giambi throws the ball in to Batista who tags Macfarlane, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Nunnally hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second.
Top 4 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Herrera bunts in front of the plate. Macfarlane fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Batista strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kevin Young now playing first base. Craig Paquette now playing third base. Molina strikes out.
Top 3 Goodwin hits a ball on the groundGoodwin is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 3 Kevin Young pinch runs for Joe Randa. Offerman takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Randa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lockhart hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bordick hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Appier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stairs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Giambi strikes out.
Bottom 2 Berroa hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Macfarlane hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Offerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Herrera hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Batista hits a fly ball into right field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hamelin hits a line drive towards third. Brosius reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 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. Offerman moves to third.
Top 1 Goodwin hits a line drive towards third. Brosius reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Offerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Giambi. Offerman reaches second base with a double.