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September 8, 1996

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Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 7 13 0
Athletics 7 12 1
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Royals 7 13 0
Athletics 8 13 1

Tony Batista Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .287
OBP .400 .328
At Bats 4 164
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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Home Run
Hipolito Pichardo
Mike Macfarlane
Kevin Young
Keith Lockhart
Craig Paquette
Jose Offerman
Bip Roberts
Johnny Damon
Jon Nunnally
Tony Batista

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 13 0 8
Oakland Athletics 8 13 1 10
Winning Pitcher Jim Corsi
Losing Pitcher Hipolito Pichardo
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Batista
Attendance 17,208
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Lockhart is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Macfarlane for the out. Norman moves to third. Nunnally moves to second.
Top 10 Nunnally is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Les Norman pinch runs for Joe Vitiello. Paquette bunts towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paquette for the out. Norman moves to second.
Top 10 Jim Corsi now pitching. Vitiello takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bordick 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 9 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Johnny Damon now playing center field. Moore strikes out.
Top 9 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Tom Goodwin. Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Offerman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore. Offerman reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Mike Mohler now pitching. Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Berroa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McGwire is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Herrera moves to second.
Bottom 8 Herrera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Batista strikes out.
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.