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August 4, 2000

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Ruben Rivera Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .236
OBP .500 .314
At Bats 4 275
Hits 2 65
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 3 47

Todd Van Poppel Season Stats

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2 3 2
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Qualcomm Stadium - August 4, 2000
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Strikeout
Todd Van Poppel
Joe Girardi
Mark Grace
Eric Young
Willie Greene
Ricky Gutierrez
Gary Matthews
Damon Buford
Sammy Sosa
Ruben Rivera
Ryan Klesko
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Rivera strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 There goes Klesko. The throw from Girardi and he is safe. Klesko steals second.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nevin hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Todd Van Poppel now pitching. Klesko takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Heathcliff Slocumb now pitching. Young hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Darr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Darr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Heredia covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Owens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. Jackson scores. Vitiello moves to second.
Bottom 7 John Mabry pinch hits for Carlos Almanzar. Felix Heredia now pitching. Joe Vitiello pinch hits for John Mabry. Vitiello takes first base on ball four. Boone scores. Davis moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to third. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Steve Rain now pitching. Nevin hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jeff Huson pinch hits for Kyle Farnsworth. Huson hits a fly ball into left field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Girardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darr. Girardi reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Matthews strikes out.
Top 7 Carlos Almanzar now pitching. Buford strikes out.
Bottom 6 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Darr is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Kyle Farnsworth now pitching. Owens hits a line drive towards the mound. Farnsworth reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greene strikes out.
Top 6 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Sosa. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Sosa steals second.
Top 6 Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Girardi scores. Young scores.
Top 6 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Young. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Young steals second.
Top 6 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Girardi moves to third.
Top 6 Brant Brown pinch hits for Jon Lieber. Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Todd Erdos now pitching. Girardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dave Magadan pinch hits for Jay Witasick. Magadan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Rivera. The throw from Girardi and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nevin strikes out.
Top 5 Matthews hits a fly ball into left field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greene is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Darr hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Owens hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to second.
Top 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klesko picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Klesko. Girardi scores.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lieber bunts towards the mound. Witasick fields it and throws to first for the out. Girardi moves to second.
Top 4 Girardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford scores. Matthews scores.
Top 4 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to third. Matthews moves to second.
Top 4 Buford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Witasick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Lieber covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Buford. Davis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nevin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Nevin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Klesko hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Darr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Darr reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Owens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Greene hits a fly ball into left field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gutierrez scores. Sosa moves to second.
Top 3 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Gutierrez moves to third.
Top 3 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young moves to third.
Top 3 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lieber hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Girardi hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Matthews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Witasick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Buford strikes out. Davis drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buford out.
Top 2 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klesko scoops it up and throws to first, with Witasick covering, for the out.
Top 2 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out. Darr scores.
Bottom 1 Klesko is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Darr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa who is chasing the ball. Darr reaches third base with a triple. Owens goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Owens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sosa hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.