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August 27, 1996

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Twins 6 12 0
Blue Jays 4 8 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Twins 6 12 0
Blue Jays 4 8 1

Ed Sprague Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .249
OBP .250 .342
At Bats 4 477
Hits 1 119
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 1 85

Mike Trombley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 3
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SkyDome - August 27, 1996
Out
Mike Trombley
Matt Walbeck
Scott Stahoviak
Chuck Knoblauch
Jeff Reboulet
Pat Meares
Marty Cordova
Rich Becker
Matt Lawton
Ed Sprague
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

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

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Becker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meares scores. There goes Knoblauch trying to get to third. Nixon throws the ball in to Sprague, who tags Knoblauch for the out.
Top 11 Knoblauch is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gonzalez. Reboulet goes all the way around to score. Meares moves to second.
Top 11 Walbeck hits a fly ball into left field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Reboulet takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Paul Quantrill now pitching. Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lawton for the out.
Bottom 10 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 10 Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops it up and throws to first, with Trombley covering, for the out.
Bottom 10 Mike Trombley now pitching. Brumfield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Walbeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 10 Stahoviak strikes out.
Top 10 Shawn Green now playing right field. Jacob Brumfield now playing left field. Molitor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Nixon strikes out.
Bottom 9 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gonzalez bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Walbeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Shawn Green pinch hits for Robert Perez. Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Becker strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Meares. The throw from O'Brien and he is out, Gonzalez applying the tag.
Top 9 Knoblauch strikes out.
Top 9 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sprague strikes out.
Bottom 8 Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Greg Hansell now pitching. Jeff Reboulet now playing third base. Carlos Delgado pinch hits for Juan Samuel. Delgado strikes out.
Top 8 Walbeck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brumfield hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Stahoviak strikes out.
Top 7 Scott Brow now pitching. Molitor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Meares hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sprague hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Samuel hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brumfield moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brumfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Walbeck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lawton hits a fly ball into right field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Walbeck for a passed ball. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Perez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Stahoviak takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second.
Top 4 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Becker scores.
Top 4 Becker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores. Becker moves to second.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 4 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walbeck hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Coomer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cordova strikes out.
Top 3 Stahoviak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Molitor moves to second.
Top 3 Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Becker is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Samuel hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Nixon. The throw from Walbeck and he is safe. Nixon steals third.
Bottom 2 Brumfield hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gonzalez tags and scores. Nixon tags and moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 2 Perez bunts towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Meares is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Walbeck strikes out.
Top 2 Coomer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sprague hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brumfield scores. Carter moves to third.
Bottom 1 Carter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Samuel strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brumfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Brumfield reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lawton hits a fly ball into right field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cordova takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stahoviak for the out. Knoblauch moves to third. Molitor moves to second.
Top 1 Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 1 Becker strikes out.
Top 1 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.