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ST. LOUIS CARDINALS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
04/27/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Pitching: LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 110.6 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 : LHP Chris Hammond
Pitching: LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.0 MPH)
Darin Erstad to third
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Darin Erstad scores
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Brent Gates to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 4D, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Bunt for hit to P - play at first, batter safe!
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Steve Finley is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Frank Thomas to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 8-5
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.9 MPH)
Larry Walker to second
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brian S Giles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
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 Eddie Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-4
Dickie Thon to second
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: 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: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 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: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
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: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Brian S Giles to second
Pinch Runner at 2nd Mike Benjamin:
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Mike Benjamin to third
Ivan Calderon to second
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 101.9 MPH)
Mike Benjamin scores
Ivan Calderon to third
Dickie Thon to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Damian Miller 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Now at 1B: Royce Clayton
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Valentin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : LHP Chris Hammond
Pitching: RHP Terry Mathews
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 112.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Eddie Perez to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Darin Erstad to second
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 80.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: RHB Royce Clayton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ivan Calderon 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Royce Clayton to second
Pitching: RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: LHB Karim Garcia 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dickie Thon 0-0: Called Strike
Royce Clayton steals 3rd base
Ivan Calderon to second
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Steve Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 63.8 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for St. Louis Cardinals : RHP Terry Mathews
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Koji Akiyama steals 2nd base
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Cardinals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Rob Dibble
Pinch Hitting: LHB Troy Neel 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Stan Javier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Minnesota 3
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