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MINNESOTA TWINS @ BOSTON RED SOX
08/08/1998
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Roger Salkeld
Pitching: RHP Roger Salkeld
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
Darin Erstad is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Pitching: RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Shawn Gilbert 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Daisuke Yamashita 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 101.3 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Kevin Polcovich 0-0: Called Strike
Daisuke Yamashita steals 2nd base
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: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Raul Casanova 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 25, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Daisuke Yamashita to third
Batting: RHB Miguel Mejia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Roger Salkeld
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Frank Thomas to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Masahiro Kawai 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dion James 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Morgan 0-0: Called Strike
Dion James steals 2nd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Kazuhiko Shiotani 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
Dion James steals 3rd base
Kevin Morgan to second
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 110.0 MPH)
Dion James scores
Batting: RHB Shawn Gilbert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Roger Salkeld
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Single, Error in OF, E8, batter to second base (Groundball, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 6MD, EV 89.4 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek scores
Kal Daniels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Hit by Pitch
Darin Erstad to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Darin Erstad to third
Frank Thomas to second
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Darin Erstad scores
Frank Thomas to third
Brent Gates to second
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Frank Thomas scores
Brent Gates to third
Koji Akiyama to second
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.9 MPH)
Brent Gates scores
Koji Akiyama to third
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minnesota 5 - Boston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Daisuke Yamashita 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Polcovich 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Daisuke Yamashita to second
Batting: SHB Raul Casanova 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Miguel Mejia 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Daisuke Yamashita to third
Kevin Polcovich to second
Batting: RHB Masahiro Kawai 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Dion James 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Daisuke Yamashita scores
Kevin Polcovich to third
Miguel Mejia to second
Batting: RHB Kevin Morgan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minnesota 5 - Boston 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Roger Salkeld
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: TRIPLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by CF
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Pitching: LHP Dan Serafini
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Larry Walker to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Kazuhiko Shiotani 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shawn Gilbert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Daisuke Yamashita 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 345 ft
Batting: RHB Kevin Polcovich 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Raul Casanova 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Miguel Mejia 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Raul Casanova to second
Pitching: RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Masahiro Kawai 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Dan Serafini
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: LHB Dion James 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Morgan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kazuhiko Shiotani 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Dan Serafini
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Shawn Gilbert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Daisuke Yamashita 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Polcovich 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Dan Serafini
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 379 ft
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Joe Crawford
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Brent Gates to third
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Brent Gates scores
Koji Akiyama to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 101.9 MPH)
Brook Fordyce to second
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 103.1 MPH)
Brook Fordyce scores
Kal Daniels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 11 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Pitching: RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: SHB Raul Casanova 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Miguel Mejia 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Masahiro Kawai 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 11 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Joe Crawford
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 106.3 MPH)
Brent Gates to third
Brent Gates scores
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M, EV 95.0 MPH)
Koji Akiyama to third
Brook Fordyce to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Pitching: RHP Mark Small
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 339 ft
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 16 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: LHB Dion James 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kevin Morgan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kazuhiko Shiotani 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 77.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 16 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Mark Small
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Frank Thomas to second
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 16 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: RHB Shawn Gilbert 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Daisuke Yamashita 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tim Bogar 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Joe Girardi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Tim Bogar to second
Batting: RHB Miguel Mejia 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 16 - Boston 4
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