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April 9, 1998

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Bottom 8 R H E
Blue Jays 2 7 2
Twins 13 13 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Blue Jays 2 7 2
Twins 13 13 0

Javier Valentin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .333
At Bats 0 8
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 0

Kelvim Escobar Season Stats

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - April 9, 1998
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Strikeout
Kelvim Escobar
Mark Dalesandro
Juan Samuel
Felipe Crespo
Craig Grebeck
Alex Gonzalez
Shannon Stewart
Jose Cruz
Shawn Green
Javier Valentin
Count: 1-2, 1 Out
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Valentin strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Felipe Crespo now playing second base. Mark Dalesandro now catching. Juan Samuel now playing first base. Hocking hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Canseco strikes out.
Top 8 Green strikes out.
Top 8 Felipe Crespo pinch hits for Tony Fernandez. Crespo strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Trombley now pitching. Javier Valentin now catching. Brent Gates now playing second base. Denny Hocking now playing left field. Matt Lawton Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ortiz takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 7 Molitor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lawton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Steinbach scores. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kelvim Escobar now pitching. Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to third.
Bottom 7 Denny Hocking pinch runs for Orlando Merced. Steinbach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. Hocking goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Merced hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Ortiz scores.
Bottom 7 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Guzman covering, for the out. Ortiz moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ortiz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Ortiz reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grebeck hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Molitor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walker moves to third.
Bottom 6 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Meares takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cruz strikes out.
Top 6 Stanley hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Canseco hits a popup towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Green hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Merced hits a popup into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gonzalez. Ortiz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ortiz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Molitor hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lawton for the out.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grebeck fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Meares strikes out.
Top 4 Grebeck strikes out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Fletcher reaches second base with a double. Stanley scores. Cruz moves to third.
Top 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Top 4 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Canseco hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Coomer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Merced hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. Coomer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Coomer hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Molitor scores. Ortiz moves to third.
Bottom 3 Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Nixon scores. Lawton scores. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 3 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Nixon moves to third. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lawton takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a line drive towards the mound. Radke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grebeck moves to third.
Top 3 Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out. Grebeck moves to second.
Top 3 Grebeck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Walker. The throw from Fletcher and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Meares hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grebeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merced hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 2 Coomer takes first base on ball four. Ortiz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley juggles the ball. That's an error on Stanley.
Top 2 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 2 Cruz strikes out.
Top 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lawton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz fields it, tags Green out, and throws to home to double up Stewart, who tagged and tried to score.
Top 1 Fernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. Stewart moves to third.
Top 1 Stewart hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.