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CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
08/28/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Pitching: RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
Carl Everett is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Pitching: LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Bunt missed!
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 109.4 MPH), Distance : 376 ft
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Carreon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB John Wehner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Neifi Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Jason Giambi to third
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 80.0 MPH)
Lined into DP, 9-5 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Frank Thomas to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Frank Thomas to third
Brook Fordyce to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB John Wehner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Brook Fordyce to third
Brent Gates to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Brent Gates to third
John Wehner to second
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Charlotte 0 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Carreon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MS, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: SHB Neifi Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Bunt for hit to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 60.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Batting: RHB John Wehner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 81.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Mark Carreon 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: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: RHB Todd Zeile 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Neifi Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Knoblauch 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Charlotte Knights : LHP Tony Saunders
Pitching: RHP Chad Fox
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3, EV 95.0 MPH)
Frank Thomas to second
Throwing error, E9
Frank Thomas scores
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Charlotte 1 - Minnesota 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Charlotte Knights batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: LHB Jason Giambi 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carl Everett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Nomar Garciaparra 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 105.6 MPH)
Jason Giambi to third
Batting: RHB Shane Mack 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Jason Giambi scores
Nomar Garciaparra to third
Pitching: RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: RHB Mark Carreon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Charlotte 2 - Minnesota 5
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