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July 16, 1989

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Athletics 5 7 2
Blue Jays 2 8 0
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Athletics 6 8 2
Blue Jays 2 8 0

Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .245
OBP .667 .329
At Bats 3 273
Hits 2 67
• Singles 2 39
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 61

Xavier Hernandez Season Stats

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1 0 0
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SkyDome - July 16, 1989
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Home Run
Xavier Hernandez
Pat Borders
Fred McGriff
Nelson Liriano
Rance Mulliniks
Kelly Gruber
George Bell
Lloyd Moseby
Junior Felix
Mark McGwire
Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

McGwire 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 Pat Borders now catching. Rance Mulliniks now playing third base. Kelly Gruber now playing shortstop. Xavier Hernandez now pitching. Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tom Lawless pinch hits for Tony Fernandez. Todd Burns now pitching. Rance Mulliniks pinch hits for Tom Lawless. Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Felix hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Liriano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moseby scores. Borders moves to third.
Bottom 7 Pat Borders pinch hits for Greg Myers. Borders hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Moseby moves to third.
Bottom 7 Moseby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Manuel Lee pinch hits for Ernie Whitt. Lee strikes out.
Top 7 Lansford strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Hubbard scores. Gallego moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 7 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Hubbard moves to third. Gallego moves to second.
Top 7 Gallego takes first base on ball four. Hubbard moves to second.
Top 7 Blankenship hits a fly ball into right field. Felix settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Steinbach hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff fields it and throws to home to get Lansford. Canseco moves to third. McGwire moves to second.
Top 7 Duane Ward now pitching. McGwire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lansford moves to third. Canseco moves to second.
Top 7 Canseco takes first base on ball four. Lansford moves to second.
Top 7 Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McGriff strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Steinbachdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Fernandez. The throw to Moore covering the plate. The slide. Fernandez is out.
Bottom 6 Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Felix scores. Fernandez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Moore. Felix moves to third.
Bottom 6 Felix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gallego hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blankenship hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Liriano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Liriano strikes out. There goes Myers. The throw from Steinbach to second, and Myers is out.
Bottom 5 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. McGwire picks up the ball and throws it to Steinbach who tags the runner out.
Bottom 5 Moseby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hubbard hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitt hits a fly ball into left field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gruber hits a line drive into left field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Canseco strikes out.
Top 4 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Moore covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Felix hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Liriano for the double play.
Bottom 3 Liriano takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Gallego hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blankenship moves to second.
Top 3 Blankenship hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Myers strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McGriff moves to third.
Bottom 2 Whitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGriff moves to second.
Bottom 2 McGriff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Henderson hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McGwire hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gruber hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Canseco. Fernandez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Felix hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Canseco hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez catches it and throws to first to double up Lansford.
Top 1 Lansford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Henderson strikes out.