Rangers @ Blue Jays
September 2, 1988

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 7 2
Blue Jays 6 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 7 2
Blue Jays 7 10 0

George Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .250 .301
At Bats 3 501
Hits 1 132
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 19
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 3 78

Cecilio Guante Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 11
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Exhibition Stadium - September 2, 1988
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Single
Cecilio Guante
Jim Sundberg
Pete O'Brien
Curt Wilkerson
Steve Buechele
Scott Fletcher
Cecil Espy
Oddibe McDowell
Ruben Sierra
George Bell
Kelly Gruber
Tony Fernandez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 6 7 2 6
Toronto Blue Jays 7 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Tom Henke
Losing Pitcher Ed Vande Berg
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Bell
Attendance 30,181
Time of Game 3 hours 18 minutes
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Count: 2-1, 1 Out
Count: 2-1, 1 Out

End of Game

Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fernandez scores. Gruber moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Rance Mulliniks. Cecilio Guante now pitching. Liriano strikes out.
Bottom 9 Gruber bunts towards the mound. Vande Berg fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Vande Berg. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 9 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Ducey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McDowell strikes out.
Top 9 Tom Henke now pitching. Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ducey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Vande Berg now pitching. McGriff strikes out.
Top 8 Wilkerson hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Buechele strikes out.
Top 8 Espy strikes out.
Top 8 Bob Brower pinch runs for Geno Petralli. There goes Brower. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Brower steals second.
Top 8 Petralli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Whitt hits a line drive into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. McMurtry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mulliniks for the out.
Top 7 Sierra hits a popup towards third. Gruber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Duane Ward now pitching. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gruber strikes out.
Bottom 6 Craig McMurtry now pitching. Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ducey scores. Lee moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lee hits a line drive beyond short. Fletcher can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Ducey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ducey hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Barfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilkerson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McGriff strikes out.
Top 6 McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wilkerson hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Whitt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive towards left. Espy chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Espy. Mulliniks moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mulliniks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gruber hits a line drive into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Espy hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Petralli hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sierra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a popup towards third. Gruber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Guy Hoffman now pitching. Ducey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilkerson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Barfield hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McGriff hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 McDowell strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wilkerson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cerutti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Buechele hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Buechele reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Whitt hits a line drive into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Sundberg for a passed ball. Mulliniks moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mulliniks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gruber strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Espy hits a fly ball into center field. Ducey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Petralli hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sierra hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lee hits a line drive into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ducey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. Buechele scores. Wilkerson scores. Sundberg goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 McDowell hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Espy scores. Buechele moves to third. Wilkerson moves to second.
Top 2 John Cerutti now pitching. Wilkerson takes first base on ball four. Petralli scores. Espy moves to third. Buechele moves to second.
Top 2 Buechele takes first base on ball four. Petralli moves to third. Espy moves to second.
Top 2 Espy takes first base on ball four. Petralli moves to second.
Top 2 Petralli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McGriff hits a fly ball into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gruber tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Mulliniks hits a fly ball into left field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fernandez tags and scores. Gruber tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Gruber. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Gruber steals second.
Bottom 1 Gruber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to third.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Fernandez reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Sierra hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 1 There goes McDowell. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. McDowell steals second.
Top 1 McDowell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.