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June 8, 1998

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Matt Mieske Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .345
OBP .500 .418
At Bats 4 58
Hits 2 20
• Singles 2 14
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 7

Dan Serafini Season Stats

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2 0 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - June 8, 1998
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Strikeout
Dan Serafini
Terry Steinbach
Orlando Merced
Todd Walker
Brent Gates
Pat Meares
Marty Cordova
Otis Nixon
Matt Lawton
Matt Mieske
Jeff Blauser
Mark Grace
Sammy Sosa
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Mieske strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Blauser takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 9 Derrick White pinch hits for Henry Rodriguez. White hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dan Serafini now pitching. Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sosa moves to second.
Top 9 Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morandini scores.
Top 9 Morandini hits a line drive off the glove of Merced, and into shallow right field. Morandini reaches second base with a double. Brown scores.
Top 9 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Merced hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cordova hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Gates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Martinez hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mieske strikes out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a popup towards third. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach hits a line drive off the glove of Grace, and into shallow right field. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dan Naulty now pitching. Blauser hits a line drive into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 7 Grace strikes out.
Top 7 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Morandini moves to second.
Top 7 Morandini hits a line drive beyond third. Gates can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cordova strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Gates hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brown strikes out.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Steinbach fires to first and picks off Martinez.
Top 6 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Martinez bunts towards the mound. Guardado fields it and throws to third for the out. Mieske moves to second.
Top 6 Mieske hits a line drive beyond short. Meares can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Blauser moves to second.
Top 6 Blauser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meares hits a line drive off the glove of Hernandez, and into shallow left field. Meares reaches second base with a double. Lawton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Mieske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gates takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez 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 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a line drive beyond short. Blauser can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 3 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martinez hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Mieske moves to third.
Top 3 Mieske hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blauser scores. Mieske moves to second.
Top 3 Blauser hits a line drive off the glove of Gates, and into shallow left field. Blauser reaches second base with a double. Grace scores.
Top 3 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Coomer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown strikes out.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a line drive off the glove of Merced, and into shallow right field. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Blauser scores.
Top 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to third.
Top 2 Mieske hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to second.
Top 2 Blauser hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gates for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 1 Grace takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brown takes first base on ball four.