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ST. LOUIS CARDINALS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
04/11/1998
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Pitching: RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Lance Blankenship 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Lance Blankenship to second
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Lance Blankenship scores
Jorge Posada to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 8-4-5
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Pitching: LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 88.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
Kal Daniels steals 2nd base
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Kal Daniels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 23, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 113.1 MPH)
Koji Akiyama scores
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 72.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Preston Wilson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Placido Polanco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 379 ft
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Lance Blankenship 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Lance Blankenship to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 13S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8LXD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Frank Thomas scores
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Preston Wilson 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Placido Polanco 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Preston Wilson to second
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunt missed!
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 62.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Lance Blankenship 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Reached on error, E9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LMF, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Pitching: LHP John Rocker
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Preston Wilson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Placido Polanco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Karim Garcia to third
John Valentin to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lance Blankenship 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 108.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LSF, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Jorge Posada to second
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 65.6 MPH)
Jorge Posada to third
Ivan Calderon to second
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 78.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Allan Anderson
Pitching: RHP Mariano Rivera
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Now at 2B: Mark Grudzielanek
Batting: RHB Preston Wilson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS, EV 97.5 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: RHB Placido Polanco 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Bunt missed!
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lance Blankenship 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Mariano Rivera
Pitching: LHP Randy Myers
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 103.8 MPH), Distance : 421 ft
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pitching: LHP Dana Allison
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, P, EV 43.8 MPH)
Koji Akiyama scores
Larry Walker to third
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Larry Walker scores
Brook Fordyce to third
Pitching: RHP Francisco Cordova
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Called Strike
Mark Grudzielanek steals 2nd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 71.3 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Rusty Meacham
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 99.4 MPH)
Brook Fordyce scores
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 6 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 10
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 23, EV 91.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Jose Vizcaino 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 75.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Minnesota 10
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