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May 18, 1989

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Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .331
OBP .250 .370
At Bats 4 151
Hits 1 50
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 19

Jeff Russell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 5
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Arlington Stadium - May 18, 1989
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Intentional Walk
Jeff Russell
Geno Petralli
Rafael Palmeiro
Julio Franco
Steve Buechele
Scott Fletcher
Pete Incaviglia
Cecil Espy
Ruben Sierra
Kirby Puckett
Randy Bush
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

Puckett is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Jeff Russell now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Bush moves to second.
Top 10 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fletcher.
Top 10 Gladden strikes out.
Top 10 Kenny Rogers now pitching. Newman bunts towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Leach strikes out.
Bottom 9 Incaviglia strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jeff Reardon now pitching. Franco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gagne hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Franco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Laudner strikes out.
Top 9 Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Geno Petralli now catching. Cecil Espy now playing center field. Gaetti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Sierra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Palmeiro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Espy scores.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Espy moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cecil Espy pinch runs for Jim Sundberg. Kunkel hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Wayne now pitching. Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Moses. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Franco applying the tag.
Top 8 Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Puckett strikes out.
Top 8 Bush strikes out.
Bottom 7 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shields fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rick Leach pinch hits for Buddy Bell. Leach strikes out.
Bottom 7 Incaviglia strikes out.
Top 7 Gladden strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Newman. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Newman steals second.
Top 7 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gagne strikes out.
Top 7 Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shields fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Randy Bush now playing first base. John Moses now playing right field. Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops it up and throws to first, with Ryan covering, for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Larkin strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kunkel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Buechele moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bush strikes out.
Top 5 Gladden hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shields fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Steve Shields now pitching. Franco hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Sierra moves to third.
Bottom 4 Sierra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kunkel hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 There goes Newman. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Franco applying the tag.
Top 4 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ryan fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Gagne hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Dwyer scores. Gagne moves to second.
Top 4 Laudner bunts towards first. Palmeiro scoops it up and throws to first, with Franco covering, for the out. Dwyer moves to second.
Top 4 Dwyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Incaviglia hits a line drive into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Franco hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Palmeiro scores. Sierra moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Palmeiro moves to second.
Bottom 3 Palmeiro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Larkin strikes out.
Top 3 Puckett hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kunkel hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Newman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Laudner for a passed ball. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rawley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bush hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gladden hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Gladden reaches second base with a double. Newman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Palmeiro. Newman moves to second.
Top 2 Gagne hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Laudner hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Incaviglia takes first base on ball four. Palmeiro moves to third. Sierra moves to second.
Bottom 1 Franco hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Palmeiro moves to second.
Bottom 1 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kunkel hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Dwyer strikes out.
Top 1 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bush scores. Puckett moves to third.
Top 1 Larkin bunts towards first. Palmeiro scoops it up and throws to first, with Franco covering, for the out. Bush moves to third. Puckett moves to second.
Top 1 Puckett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gladden scores. Bush moves to second.
Top 1 Bush takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Gladden. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Gladden steals second.
Top 1 Gladden hits a popup towards the mound. Ryan can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.