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MINNESOTA TWINS @ ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
07/06/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Mike J Grace
Pitching: RHP Mike J Grace
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunt for hit to 25 - play at first, batter safe!
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 98.8 MPH)
Darin Erstad to second
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Darin Erstad scores
Kal Daniels scores
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.3 MPH), Distance : 376 ft
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Mariano Rivera
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 6 - St. Louis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Pitching: RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: SHB Gerald Young 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Jorge Posada to second
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 6 - St. Louis 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Mariano Rivera
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Larry Walker to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Mike Benjamin to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: SHB Gerald Young 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Stan Javier to second
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Stan Javier to third
Gerald Young to second
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 113.1 MPH)
Stan Javier scores
Gerald Young scores
Jorge Posada to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 4
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Mariano Rivera
Pitching: RHP Rusty Meacham
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
Mark Grudzielanek is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
Rey Ordonez steals 2nd base
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Rey Ordonez to third
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Ball
Royce Clayton steals 2nd base
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Rusty Meacham
Pitching: RHP Terry Mathews
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
Kal Daniels steals 2nd base
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
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: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 108.1 MPH)
Kal Daniels to third
Pitching: LHP Vince Horsman
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gerald Young 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
Gerald Young steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
Gerald Young steals 3rd base
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 7 - St. Louis 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Vince Horsman
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pitching: LHP Randy Myers
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-4
Mark Grudzielanek to second
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
Darin Erstad is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 68.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Mark Grudzielanek scores
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Kal Daniels to second
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 8 - St. Louis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 8 - St. Louis 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Randy Myers
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Steve Chitren
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Koji Akiyama to third
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 106.3 MPH)
Koji Akiyama scores
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gerald Young 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Steve Chitren
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
Kal Daniels steals 2nd, throwing error, E2
Kal Daniels to third
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Gene Walter
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Jorge Posada to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Jorge Posada scores
Brian S Giles to third
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Brian S Giles scores
Ivan Calderon to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by LF and OUT! 7-2
Karim Garcia to second
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 8RXD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Karim Garcia scores
Batting: RHB Mike Benjamin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Royce Clayton scores
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 4 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 8
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Steve Chitren
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 8
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Gerald Young 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunt missed!
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Jorge Posada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Gerald Young to second
Gerald Young to third
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 8
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Steve Chitren
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 25F, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 8
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Pitching: RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mo Vaughn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 9 - St. Louis 8
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