Devil Rays @ Twins
September 1, 1998

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Rich Butler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .201
OBP .000 .267
At Bats 1 149
Hits 0 30
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 8

Mike Trombley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 1, 1998
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Home Run
Mike Trombley
Terry Steinbach
David Ortiz
Todd Walker
Ron Coomer
Pat Meares
Marty Cordova
Otis Nixon
Matt Lawton
Rich Butler
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

Butler hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 9 Coomer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Albie Lopez now pitching. Cordova hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ledesma hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Trammell takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGriff for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Molitor hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 McCracken 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 8 Winn strikes out.
Top 8 Cairo hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flaherty moves to third.
Top 8 Flaherty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Flaherty reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rich Butler now playing right field. Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mike Trombley now pitching. Rich Butler pinch hits for Mike Kelly. Butler strikes out.
Top 7 Ledesma hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova who is chasing the ball. Ledesma reaches third base with a triple. Winn scores. McCracken scores. Smith goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Trammell strikes out.
Top 7 Eddie Guardado now pitching. McGriff strikes out.
Top 7 Smith takes first base on ball four. Winn moves to third. McCracken moves to second.
Top 7 Hector Carrasco now pitching. McCracken takes first base on ball four. Winn moves to second.
Top 7 Winn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Walker. The throw from Flaherty and he is out, Cairo applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cairo hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flaherty hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 5 Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nixon hits a line drive towards short. Ledesma reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ledesma hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGriff takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Walker scores. Coomer scores.
Bottom 4 Coomer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. Walker moves to third. Coomer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ortiz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McCracken hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Winn hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Winn reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cairo hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flaherty strikes out.
Bottom 3 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nixon tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Nixon bunts towards short. Ledesma picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ledesma. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kelly strikes out.
Top 3 Ledesma hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McGriff moves to third.
Top 3 Trammell hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McGriff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. McGriff reaches second base with a double. McCracken scores.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. McCracken moves to third.
Top 3 McCracken hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. McCracken reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coomer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Walker strikes out.
Top 2 Winn 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 2 Cairo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Ledesma. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Ledesma steals second.
Top 2 Flaherty hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kelly strikes out.
Top 2 Ledesma hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ledesma fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Ortiz takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lawton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 McGriff takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milton has Winn trapped. There's the throw to Steinbach and over to Coomer, who tags Winn for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 McCracken strikes out.
Top 1 Winn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova who is chasing the ball. Winn reaches third base with a triple.