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May 9, 1998

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Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .319
OBP .667 .398
At Bats 3 94
Hits 2 30
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 4 24

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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - May 9, 1998
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Tom Fordham
Chad Kreuter
Wil Cordero
Ray Durham
Robin Ventura
Mike Caruso
Albert Belle
Jeff Abbott
Ruben Sierra
Matt Stairs
Ben Grieve
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fordham fields it and throws to first for the out. Grieve moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Chad Kreuter now catching. Jeff Abbott now playing center field. Ruben Sierra now playing right field. Grieve hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Abbott. Grieve reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Caruso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Fetters covering, for the out.
Top 7 Chad Kreuter pinch hits for Charlie O'Brien. Mike Fetters now pitching. Kreuter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Belle scores. Ventura scores. Sierra moves to second.
Top 7 Ruben Sierra pinch hits for Mike Cameron. Mike Mohler now pitching. Sierra takes first base on ball four. Belle moves to third. Ventura moves to second.
Top 7 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Cordero hits a popup into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Ventura hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Belle moves to second.
Top 7 Belle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tom Fordham now pitching. McDonald hits a line drive into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Abbott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ventura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron Small now pitching. Abbott hits a popup into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Durham hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Durham reaches second base with a double. O'Brien moves to third.
Top 6 Caruso hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cameron hits a popup towards short. Abbott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carlos Castillo now pitching. Macfarlane strikes out.
Bottom 5 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Stairs hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Cordero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ventura hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Belle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Macfarlane fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durham scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Castillo fires to first and has McDonald trapped. There's the throw to Caruso who tags McDonald for the out.
Bottom 4 McDonald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Abbott scores. Henderson scores.
Bottom 4 Tony Castillo now pitching. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Macfarlane scores. Abbott moves to second.
Bottom 4 Abbott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Macfarlane moves to third.
Bottom 4 Macfarlane hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Macfarlane reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Abbott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Durham hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Caruso hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Cameron scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cordero tags and scores. Cameron tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Cameron hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Cameron reaches second base with a double. Cordero moves to third.
Top 4 Cordero hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 O'Brien fires to first and picks off Magadan.
Bottom 3 Magadan takes first base on ball four. Giambi moves to second.
Bottom 3 Giambi hits a popup beyond short. Caruso can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. There goes Stairs trying to get to home. Caruso throws to O'Brien who tags Stairs, attempting to score, for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Grieve scores. Stairs moves to third.
Bottom 3 Stairs hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Stairs reaches second base with a double. Abbott scores. Henderson scores. Grieve moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grieve takes first base on ball four. Abbott moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 3 McDonald hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ventura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso misplays the ball. That's an error on Caruso. Abbott moves to second.
Bottom 3 Abbott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ventura hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Belle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio catches it and throws to first to double up Thomas.
Top 3 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Durham scores. Abbott moves to second.
Top 3 Abbott bunts towards short. Abbott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Durham moves to second.
Top 3 Durham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Abbott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Spiezio strikes out.
Bottom 2 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bere, and towards Ventura, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Caruso hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Cordero scores.
Top 2 Cameron hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ventura tags and scores. Cordero tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Cordero hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Cordero reaches second base with a double. Ventura moves to third.
Top 2 Ventura hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Belle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Abbott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bere fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Brien fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on O'Brien. Grieve moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to first for the out. McDonald scores. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 1 Grieve hits a line drive beyond short. Caruso can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. McDonald moves to third.
Bottom 1 McDonald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Abbott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Durham hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Grieve throws the ball in to Macfarlane who tags Durham trying to catch an extra base, for the out.