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May 3, 1997

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Twins 5 10 0
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Ed Sprague Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .280
OBP .750 .351
At Bats 2 100
Hits 1 28
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 2 10
RBI’s 0 17

Gregg Olson Season Stats

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SkyDome - May 3, 1997
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Walk
Gregg Olson
Greg Myers
Brent Brede
Chuck Knoblauch
Denny Hocking
Pat Meares
Matt Lawton
Rich Becker
Roberto Kelly
Ed Sprague
Joe Carter
Otis Nixon
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Gregg Olson now pitching. Sprague takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to third. Carter moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carter is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hocking fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Greg Swindell now pitching. Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Swindell fields it and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Pat Meares now playing shortstop. Denny Hocking now playing third base. Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Becker hits a fly ball into left field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pat Meares pinch runs for Ron Coomer. Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. Brede scores.
Top 9 Coomer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Brede moves to third.
Top 9 Hocking bunts towards the mound. Quantrill fields it and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third. Brede moves to second.
Top 9 Brede hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second.
Top 9 Paul Quantrill now pitching. Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hocking scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Delgado moves to third.
Bottom 8 Santiago hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brede settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Carlos Delgado pinch hits for Juan Samuel. Delgado hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Kelly. Delgado reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lawton hits a fly ball into left field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sprague strikes out.
Bottom 7 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gonzalez tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garcia scores. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dan Naulty now pitching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Brumfield scores. Garcia moves to second.
Bottom 7 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santiago tags and scores. Brumfield tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Garcia takes first base on ball four. Santiago moves to third. Brumfield moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mike Trombley now pitching. Brumfield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Santiago moves to second.
Bottom 7 Santiago hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Becker strikes out.
Top 7 Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coomer moves to second.
Top 7 Mike Timlin now pitching. Coomer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores.
Top 7 Hocking hits a line drive towards third. Sprague reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Kelly. The throw from Santiago and he is safe. Kelly steals second.
Top 7 Brede hits a line drive towards third. Sprague reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Samuel strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hocking fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Molitor hits a line drive towards first. Carter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nixon bunts towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ron Coomer now playing third base. Garcia strikes out.
Top 5 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Knoblauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brede scores.
Top 5 Ron Coomer pinch hits for Todd Walker. Coomer strikes out.
Top 5 Hocking strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Brede. The throw from Santiago and he is safe. Brede steals second.
Top 5 Paul Spoljaric now pitching. Brede hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Santiago hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Samuel hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kelly strikes out.
Top 4 Lawton hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Lawton reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Molitor strikes out.
Bottom 3 Robertson fires to first and has Carter trapped. There's the throw to Hocking who tags Carter for the out.
Bottom 3 Carter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Knoblauch hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hocking scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Santiago moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brumfield hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Santiago hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Sprague scores.
Bottom 2 Samuel hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sprague moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sprague hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lawton. Sprague reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Hocking strikes out.
Top 2 Brede hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carter hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brede scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Knoblauch scores.
Top 1 Molitor strikes out.
Top 1 Becker strikes out. There goes Knoblauch. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Santiago and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Top 1 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.