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Athletics 6 9 1

Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .351
OBP .667 .369
At Bats 3 615
Hits 2 216
• Singles 2 152
• Doubles 0 37
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 110

Gene Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 3
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 21, 1988
Out
Gene Nelson
Ron Hassey
Carney Lansford
Mike Gallego
Tony Phillips
Walt Weiss
Luis Polonia
Dave Henderson
Stan Javier
Kirby Puckett
John Christensen
Tom Herr
John Moses
Count: 1-0, 0 Outs
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

Gene Nelson now pitching. Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 John Christensen pinch hits for Randy Bush. Christensen takes first base on ball four. Herr moves to second.
Top 8 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss misplays the ball. That's an error on Weiss. Moses moves to third.
Top 8 Greg Cadaret now pitching. The ball gets by Hassey for a passed ball. Moses moves to second.
Top 8 Stan Javier now playing right field. Dave Henderson now playing center field. Moses hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jennings hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lance Blankenship pinch runs for Don Baylor. Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Baylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nieto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Carney Lansford now playing first base. Newman hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Parker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Straker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Larkin hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a line drive towards third. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Puckett strikes out.
Bottom 5 Les Straker now pitching. Gallego strikes out.
Bottom 5 Weiss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Weiss reaches second base with a double. Phillips scores.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett who is chasing the ball. Phillips reaches third base with a triple. Parker scores. Hassey goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Jennings strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hassey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Baylor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nieto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bush strikes out.
Top 5 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moses hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Javier hits a line drive towards third. Newman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Polonia hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Herr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gallego hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baker strikes out.
Top 4 Nieto strikes out. Hassey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nieto out.
Top 4 Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Hassey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jennings strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hassey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Javier scores. Parker moves to third.
Bottom 3 Baylor hits a popup towards first. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Gallego scores. Polonia scores. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 3 Javier is hit by the pitch. Gallego moves to third. Polonia moves to second.
Bottom 3 Polonia takes first base on ball four. Gallego moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gallego hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Larkin strikes out.
Top 3 Dwyer takes first base on ball four. Bush moves to third. Puckett moves to second.
Top 3 Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moses scores. Bush moves to second.
Top 3 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego fields it and throws to second for the out. Moses moves to third.
Top 3 Herr takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jennings. Moses reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Baker hits a line drive towards short. Weiss reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jennings strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hassey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nieto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nieto for the out.
Top 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puckett scores.
Top 2 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops it up and throws to first, with Welch covering, for the out. Puckett moves to third. Dwyer moves to second.
Top 2 Dwyer takes first base on ball four. Puckett moves to second.
Top 2 Puckett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Baylor strikes out.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Parker for the out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Javier reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bush. The throw from Hassey and he is out, Gallego applying the tag.
Top 1 Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops it up and throws to first, with Welch covering, for the out.