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August 17, 1988

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Billy Ripken Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .209
OBP .667 .263
At Bats 3 402
Hits 2 84
• Singles 2 64
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 27

Eric Plunk Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 3
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Memorial Stadium - August 17, 1988
Out
Eric Plunk
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Glenn Hubbard
Tony Phillips
Walt Weiss
Luis Polonia
Stan Javier
Jose Canseco
Billy Ripken
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs
Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Polonia hits a fly ball into right field. Sheets settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Larry Sheets now playing right field. Tom Niedenfuer now pitching. Steinbach takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gonzales hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Traber strikes out.
Bottom 7 Larry Sheets pinch hits for Ken Gerhart. Sheets hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Tettleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murray moves to third.
Bottom 7 Stan Javier now playing center field. Murray hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stan Javier pinch runs for Dave Henderson. Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thurmond fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Thurmond. Phillips scores. Javier goes all the way around to score. Canseco moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Phillips hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gerhart who is chasing the ball. Phillips reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Polonia hits a fly ball into left field. Stanicek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ripken hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Ripken moves to second.
Bottom 6 Stanicek hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Eric Plunk now pitching. Ripken hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gonzales fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Steinbach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Gonzales hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Traber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tettleton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gerhart strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tettleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Murray hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Canseco hits a popup towards short. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gerhart. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Hubbard scores. Phillips moves to third.
Top 5 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mark Thurmond now pitching. Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baylor tags and scores. Hubbard tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stanicek. Hubbard reaches second base with a double. McGwire scores. Steinbach scores. Baylor moves to third.
Top 5 Baylor takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to third. Steinbach moves to second.
Top 5 Steinbach takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Top 5 McGwire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Canseco scores.
Top 5 Canseco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stanicek. Canseco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanicek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Luis Polonia now playing left field. Tony Phillips now playing third base. Ripken hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Weiss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gerhart. Weiss reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Mike Gallego. Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Traber scoops it up and throws to first, with Sisk covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Traber. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Traber steals second.
Bottom 3 Traber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ripken scores. Gerhart moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gerhart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Tettleton hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ripken moves to third.
Bottom 3 Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ripken hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Phillips. Ripken reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ripken fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Doug Sisk now pitching. Baylor takes first base on ball four. Steinbach moves to second.
Top 3 Steinbach takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gonzales fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Canseco hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Gerhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stanicek hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Gonzales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dillard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gallego takes first base on ball four. Steinbach moves to third. Baylor moves to second.
Top 2 Hubbard strikes out.
Top 2 Baylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Steinbach hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stanicek. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Traber strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gerhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McGwire. Ripken scores. Murray scores. Tettleton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tettleton takes first base on ball four. Murray moves to second.
Bottom 1 Murray hits a line drive beyond short. Weiss can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Ripken moves to third.
Bottom 1 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stanicek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Canseco. The throw from Tettleton and he is out, Ripken applying the tag.
Top 1 Canseco hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ripken scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.