DBL
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
04/01/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Pitching: RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Francisco Cordova
Pitching: RHP Francisco Cordova
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Karim Garcia scores
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Francisco Cordova
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6, EV 79.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 98.1 MPH)
Koji Akiyama to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 108.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Koji Akiyama scores
Brook Fordyce to second
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Brook Fordyce to third
Mark Grudzielanek to second
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: GRAND SLAM HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 89.4 MPH), Distance : 377 ft
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 387 ft
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Minnesota 6
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Minnesota 6
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Francisco Cordova
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Terry Mulholland
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Minnesota 6
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Brian S Giles to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-2
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
Ivan Calderon steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Ivan Calderon to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Karim Garcia to second
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 6
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Terry Mulholland
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 25F, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 79.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 6
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 78.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 6
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Terry Mulholland
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Larry Walker to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Brook Fordyce to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Brook Fordyce to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Brent Gates to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 8
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 8
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Terry Mulholland
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: TRIPLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 392 ft
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 10
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Gene Walter
Pinch Hitting: RHB Doug Glanville 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 60.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 10
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Terry Mulholland
Pitching: RHP Bryce Florie
Now at SS: Mike Benjamin
Now in RF: Doug Glanville
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Wehner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
John Wehner to second
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 95.0 MPH)
John Wehner scores
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 12
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Gene Walter
Now at 3B: John Wehner
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Troy Neel 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 103.1 MPH)
Stan Javier to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 78.8 MPH)
Stan Javier to third
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 12
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Bryce Florie
Now at 1B: Troy Neel
Now at 3B: Royce Clayton
Pinch Hitting: RHB Kevin Seitzer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 95.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jeff Stone 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 76.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 12
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Gene Walter
Now at 3B: Kevin Seitzer
Now in LF: Jeff Stone
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doug Glanville 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 12
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