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September 4, 1988

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 7 11 1
Blue Jays 5 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 7 11 1
Blue Jays 9 11 0

George Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .266
OBP .250 .303
At Bats 4 511
Hits 1 136
• Singles 0 89
• Doubles 1 23
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 79

Mitch Williams Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 18
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Exhibition Stadium - September 4, 1988
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Home Run
Mitch Williams
Jim Sundberg
Pete O'Brien
Jeff Kunkel
Steve Buechele
Scott Fletcher
Cecil Espy
Oddibe McDowell
Ruben Sierra
George Bell
Lloyd Moseby
Tony Fernandez
Manuel Lee

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 7 11 1 7
Toronto Blue Jays 9 11 0 6
Winning Pitcher John Cerutti
Losing Pitcher Mitch Williams
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Bell
Attendance 34,400
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

End of Game

Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Pat Borders pinch hits for Rance Mulliniks. Borders strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mitch Williams now pitching. Moseby bunts towards third. Buechele fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lee moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lee moves to second.
Bottom 9 Oddibe McDowell now playing center field. Cecil Espy now playing left field. Pete O'Brien now playing first base. Lee strikes out.
Top 9 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Sierra is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Garbey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Garbey reaches second base with a double. Fletcher goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Oddibe McDowell pinch hits for Bob Brower. John Cerutti now pitching. McDowell hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gruber strikes out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. McGriff scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garbey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leach for the out. Whitt scores. McGriff moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 McGriff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Espy. McGriff reaches second base with a double. Whitt moves to third.
Bottom 8 Whitt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mulliniks scores.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garbey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Mulliniks moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mulliniks hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Fernandez scores. Moseby scores.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Fernandez moves to third. Moseby moves to second.
Bottom 8 Moseby takes first base on ball four. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kunkel misplays the ball. That's an error on Kunkel.
Top 8 Doug Bair now pitching. Kunkel strikes out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Petralli scores.
Top 8 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Petralli moves to second.
Top 8 Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Petralli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Gruber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Leach hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kunkel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eichhorn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Garbey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brower moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Brower. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Brower steals second.
Top 7 Brower takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Espy. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Mulliniks hits a fly ball into left field. Brower settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first, with Witt covering, for the out.
Top 6 Kunkel strikes out. There goes Sundberg. The throw from Whitt to second, and Sundberg is out.
Top 6 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Espy hits a line drive towards first. McGriff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gruber strikes out.
Top 5 Buechele hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mark Eichhorn now pitching. Geno Petralli pinch hits for Mike Stanley. Petralli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Sierra moves to third.
Top 5 Sierra is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Garbey hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fletcher moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Fletcher steals second.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wills fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 There goes Brower. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Brower steals second.
Top 5 Brower hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGriff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Whitt hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kunkel strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Bell is chasing the ball. Sundberg rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 4 Espy strikes out.
Top 4 Buechele hits a line drive towards third. Gruber reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mulliniks strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garbey scoops it up and throws to first, with Witt covering, for the out. Lee moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Lee moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sierra strikes out.
Top 3 Garbey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Leach hits a fly ball into left field. Brower settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McGriff strikes out.
Bottom 2 Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brower hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Sundberg scores.
Top 2 Kunkel hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sundberg moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Sundberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mulliniks strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moseby strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Frank Wills now pitching. Buechele strikes out.
Top 1 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garbey scores. Sierra moves to third.
Top 1 Sierra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Sierra reaches second base with a double. Garbey moves to third.
Top 1 Garbey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher scores.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Brower hits a fly ball into right field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.