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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 19, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on July 19, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 19, 1998 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 19, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dan Serafini |
Home Starting Pitcher | Kenny Rogers |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 15,117 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Hirschbeck 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Tim McClelland |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
Paul Molitor | DH |
Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
David Ortiz | First Baseman |
Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
Pat Meares | Shortstop |
Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
Brent Gates | Third Baseman |
Tom Kelly | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bip Roberts | Second Baseman |
Ryan Christenson | Center Fielder |
Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
Kevin Mitchell | Left Fielder |
Matt Stairs | DH |
Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
Mike Blowers | Third Baseman |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
A.J. Hinch | Catcher |
Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 19, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Rogers
Nixon bunts towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Rogers
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Rogers
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Serafini
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Christenson vs. Serafini
Christenson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Serafini
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Mitchell vs. Serafini
Mitchell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Rogers
Cordova hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Rogers
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Rogers
Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Ortiz moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Rogers
Meares bunts in front of the plate. Hinch scoops up the ball and tags Meares for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Rogers
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Serafini
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Serafini
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Serafini
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates juggles the ball. That's an error on Gates. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Serafini
Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Rogers
Gates hits a line drive beyond first. Giambi can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Rogers
Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Rogers
Lawton is hit by the pitch. Gates moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Molitor vs. Rogers
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Giambi, and towards Roberts, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. Gates moves to third. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cordova vs. Rogers
Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hinch vs. Serafini
Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Serafini
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Christenson vs. Serafini
Christenson hits a line drive into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Serafini
Grieve strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Rogers
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Rogers
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Rogers
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Serafini
Mitchell hits a popup into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Serafini
Stairs hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Serafini
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Serafini
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Rogers
Walker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Walker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gates vs. Rogers
Gates hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Blowers, and into shallow left field. Gates reaches second base with a double. Walker scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Rogers
Nixon bunts towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out. Gates moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Lawton vs. Rogers
Lawton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Molitor vs. Rogers
Molitor hits a popup towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Cordova vs. Rogers
There goes Lawton. The throw from Hinch and he is safe. Lawton steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Cordova vs. Rogers
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Serafini
Tejada takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hinch vs. Serafini
Hinch bunts towards the mound. Serafini fields it and throws to first for the out. Tejada moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Serafini
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tejada moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Christenson vs. Serafini
Christenson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Grieve vs. Serafini
Grieve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tejada scores. Roberts moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Mitchell vs. Serafini
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Rogers
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ortiz for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Rogers
Steinbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Rogers
Meares hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Rogers
Walker hits a popup into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gates vs. Rogers
Gates strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Serafini
Stairs hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Serafini
Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Serafini
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Serafini
Tejada strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Rogers
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers juggles the ball. That's an error on Blowers. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Rogers
Rogers fires to first and picks off Nixon. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Rogers
Lawton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Christenson. Lawton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Molitor vs. Rogers
Molitor hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cordova vs. Rogers
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tejada. Lawton scores. Cordova moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ortiz vs. Rogers
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hinch vs. Serafini
Hinch hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Hinch reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Serafini
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hinch moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Christenson vs. Carrasco
Hector Carrasco now pitching.
Christenson hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hinch tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Carrasco
Grieve strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Rogers
Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Rogers
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Rogers
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Carrasco
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Carrasco
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Carrasco covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Carrasco
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Blowers vs. Carrasco
Jack Voigt pinch runs for Jason Giambi.
Blowers takes first base on ball four. Voigt moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tejada vs. Carrasco
Tejada hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Voigt scores. Blowers moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Hinch vs. Carrasco
Hinch strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Rogers
Jack Voigt now playing first base. Brian Lesher now playing left field.
Gates hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Rogers
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Rogers
Lawton strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/19/1998 -- Minnesota at Oakland (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Nixon O, cf 4 0 0 0 Roberts B, 2b 2 0 1 0 Lawton M, rf 3 1 1 0 Christenson R, cf 3 0 0 1 Molitor P, dh 4 0 0 0 Grieve B, rf 4 0 1 1 Cordova M, lf 4 0 0 0 Mitchell K, lf 4 0 0 0 Ortiz D, 1b 2 0 0 0 Lesher B, lf 0 0 0 0 Steinbach T, c 3 0 1 0 Stairs M, dh 4 2 2 2 Meares P, ss 4 0 1 0 Giambi J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Walker T, 2b 4 1 1 0 Voigt J, pr-1b 0 1 0 0 Gates B, 3b 4 0 3 1 Blowers M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Tejada M, ss 3 1 1 1 Hinch A, c 3 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 7 1 30 5 7 5 Minnesota 000 010 100 -- 2 Oakland 000 111 11x -- 5 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Serafini D (L) 6.1 5 4 4 3 5 Carrasco H 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Rogers K (W) 9.0 7 2 1 4 3 E -- Gates B, Blowers M, Tejada M DP -- Oakland 2 LOB -- Minnesota 9, Oakland 7 2B -- Walker T, Gates B, Lawton M, Hinch A HR -- Stairs M 2 SB -- Lawton M SH -- Nixon O, Hinch A SF -- Christenson R HBP -- by Rogers K (Lawton M) T -- 2:56 A -- 15117
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