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August 20, 1997

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Red Sox 7 11 0
Athletics 5 9 0
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Red Sox 7 11 0
Athletics 5 10 0

Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .338
OBP .667 .426
At Bats 3 234
Hits 2 79
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 58

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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - August 20, 1997
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Mark Brandenburg
Bill Haselman
Mo Vaughn
Jeff Frye
John Valentin
Nomar Garciaparra
Wil Cordero
Darren Bragg
Troy O'Leary
Matt Stairs
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs

Stairs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Bellhorn hits a fly ball into right field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McDonald 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 7 O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Leary for the out.
Top 7 Cordero hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jefferson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bournigal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frye settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mark Brandenburg now pitching. Lesher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frye settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ron Mahay now pitching. Mayne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Buddy Groom now pitching. Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Lesher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Valentin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Garciaparra moves to second.
Top 6 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Frye hits a fly ball towards center. McDonald catches it and throws to third to double up Bragg.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Reyes Bragg moves to second.
Top 6 Bragg hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Canseco hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Stairs hits a popup towards first. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bellhorn strikes out.
Bottom 5 McDonald hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bournigal moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bournigal is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Carlos Reyes now pitching. Haselman hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Leary hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Vaughn scores. Jefferson moves to third.
Top 5 Cordero hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Valentin tags and scores.
Top 5 Jefferson is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Vaughn hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Frye scores. Garciaparra scores. Valentin moves to third.
Top 5 Valentin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dane Johnson now pitching. There goes Garciaparra. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Garciaparra steals second.
Top 5 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Haselman scores. Frye moves to third.
Top 5 Frye hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Lesher. Frye reaches second base with a double. Haselman moves to third.
Top 5 Bragg hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Leary tags and scores.
Top 5 Haselman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cordero scores. O'Leary moves to third.
Top 5 O'Leary takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cordero hits a popup off the glove of Spiezio, and into shallow right field. Cordero reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lesher hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wakefield spins and fires to second, and Spiezio is picked off.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Spiezio reaches second base with a double. Mayne goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wakefield fields it and has Giambi trapped. There's the throw to Frye and over to Valentin, who tags Giambi for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Giambi reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Jefferson hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughn for the out.
Top 4 Valentin hits a line drive towards third. Bellhorn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Canseco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Haselman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cordero. Stairs reaches second base with a double. Bellhorn moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bellhorn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes McDonald. The throw from Haselman and he is out, Garciaparra applying the tag.
Bottom 3 McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bournigal hits a line drive towards third. Valentin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Frye hits a line drive towards short. Bournigal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rafael Bournigal now playing shortstop. Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haynes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lesher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mayne strikes out.
Top 2 Haselman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 O'Leary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cordero moves to second.
Top 2 Cordero hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jefferson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Giambi strikes out.
Bottom 1 Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bellhorn tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bellhorn moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Bellhorn. The throw from Haselman and he is safe. Bellhorn steals second.
Bottom 1 Bellhorn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McDonald strikes out.
Top 1 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 1 Valentin hits a popup into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Garciaparra. The throw from Mayne and he is out, Spiezio applying the tag.
Top 1 Garciaparra takes first base on ball four.