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July 26, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 9 0
Blue Jays 3 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 9 0
Blue Jays 3 4 0

Ed Sprague Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .333 .345
At Bats 3 372
Hits 1 95
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 27
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 1 73

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 10
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SkyDome - July 26, 1996
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Walk
Billy Taylor
Terry Steinbach
Jason Giambi
Tony Batista
Scott Brosius
Mike Bordick
Damon Mashore
Ernie Young
Jose Herrera
Ed Sprague
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Sprague takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Damon Mashore now playing left field. Robert Perez pinch hits for Carlos Delgado. Billy Taylor now pitching. Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Herrera takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bordick strikes out.
Top 9 Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Damon Mashore pinch hits for Matt Stairs. Mashore strikes out.
Top 9 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Buddy Groom now pitching. Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tony Batista now playing second base. Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 8 Tony Castillo now pitching. Brosius hits a popup, foul, towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Berroa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Giambi moves to third.
Top 8 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Mark McGwire pinch hits for Rafael Bournigal. McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Herrera hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Paul Quantrill now pitching. Bordick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Adams covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stairs strikes out.
Top 7 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sprague strikes out.
Bottom 6 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 6 Delgado strikes out.
Top 6 Brosius strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Berroa. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Perez applying the tag.
Top 6 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nixon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bournigal hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Herrera strikes out.
Top 5 Bordick hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Stairs moves to second.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Stairs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Adams covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Green strikes out.
Bottom 4 Olerud strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sprague hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brosius hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berroa scores. Brosius moves to second.
Top 4 Berroa hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Berroa reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bournigal strikes out.
Bottom 3 Carter bunts towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Delgado hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Nixon. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Nixon steals third.
Bottom 3 Perez bunts towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Guzman covering, for the out.
Top 3 Bordick strikes out.
Top 3 Young strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Green hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Olerud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sprague strikes out.
Top 2 Stairs strikes out.
Top 2 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 1 Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Nixon. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Nixon steals second.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Berroa hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Giambi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Bournigal hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guzman fields it and throws to first for the out.