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Orioles
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles, played on September 8, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 8, 1998 |
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Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 8, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doug Johns |
Home Starting Pitcher | Gil Heredia |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 7,924 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 11 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Craft 1B: Al Clark 2B: Jim Joyce 3B: Jim McKean |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
Name | Position |
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Roberto Alomar | Second Baseman |
Brady Anderson | Center Fielder |
Harold Baines | DH |
Eric Davis | Right Fielder |
Rafael Palmeiro | First Baseman |
Cal Ripken | Third Baseman |
B.J. Surhoff | Left Fielder |
Chris Hoiles | Catcher |
Mike Bordick | Shortstop |
Ray Miller | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Ryan Christenson | Center Fielder |
Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
Matt Stairs | DH |
Mike Blowers | Third Baseman |
Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
A.J. Hinch | Catcher |
Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Orioles
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1998
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Heredia
Alomar hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Heredia
Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Heredia
Baines hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Heredia
Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palmeiro vs. Heredia
Palmeiro strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johns
Henderson hits a line drive towards third. Ripken reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Johns
Christenson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Johns
Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Surhoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Johns
Stairs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Christenson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blowers vs. Johns
Blowers takes first base on ball four. Christenson moves to third. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grieve vs. Johns
Grieve strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Heredia
Ripken strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Surhoff vs. Heredia
Surhoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoiles vs. Heredia
Hoiles strikes out. There goes Surhoff. The throw from Hinch to second, and Surhoff is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Johns
Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Johns
Tejada takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hinch vs. Johns
Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordick vs. Heredia
Bordick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Heredia
Alomar hits a line drive into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Heredia
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johns
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Christenson vs. Johns
Christenson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Johns
Giambi hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Johns
There goes Henderson. The throw from Hoiles and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stairs vs. Johns
Stairs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blowers vs. Johns
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Heredia
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Heredia covering, for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Heredia
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Heredia
Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripken vs. Heredia
Ripken hits a line drive into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Johns
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Johns
Spiezio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Johns
Tejada hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinch vs. Johns
Hinch hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Johns
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Surhoff vs. Heredia
Surhoff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoiles vs. Heredia
Hoiles bunts towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. Surhoff moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bordick vs. Heredia
Bordick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Bordick reaches second base with a double. Surhoff scores. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Heredia
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bordick moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Anderson vs. Heredia
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spiezio picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Spiezio. Bordick scores. Anderson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Heredia
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baines for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Johns
Christenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Johns
Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Christenson moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stairs vs. Johns
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro fields it and throws to home to get Christenson. Giambi moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blowers vs. Johns
Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out. Giambi moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grieve vs. Rhodes
Arthur Rhodes now pitching.
There go the runners. The throw from Hoiles to Ripken. The throw back to home, and Giambi is out at the plate. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Heredia
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Heredia
Palmeiro hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Heredia
Ripken hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Surhoff vs. Groom
Buddy Groom now pitching.
Surhoff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ripken moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoiles vs. Worrell
Tim Worrell now pitching.
Hoiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Rhodes
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Rhodes
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Rhodes
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hinch vs. Rhodes
Hinch takes first base on ball four. Spiezio moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Rhodes
Henderson strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordick vs. Worrell
Bordick hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Worrell
Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Holzemer
Mark Holzemer now pitching.
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Rhodes
Christenson strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Rhodes
Giambi hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Rhodes
Stairs hits a popup towards third. Ripken settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Holzemer
Baines is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Holzemer
Gene Kingsale pinch runs for Harold Baines.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. Holzemer
Palmeiro hits a line drive towards first. Giambi reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Mills
Alan Mills now pitching. Eric Chavez pinch hits for Mike Blowers.
Chavez strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Mills
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Mills
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Mills
Jason McDonald pinch runs for Scott Spiezio. Bip Roberts pinch hits for Miguel Tejada.
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripken vs. Mathews
T.J. Mathews now pitching. Eric Chavez now playing third base. Bip Roberts now playing second base. Rafael Bournigal now playing shortstop.
Ripken hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Surhoff vs. Mathews
Surhoff strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoiles vs. Mathews
Hoiles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Christenson. Hoiles reaches second base with a double. Ripken goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bordick vs. Mathews
Danny Clyburn pinch runs for Chris Hoiles.
The ball gets by Hinch for a passed ball. Clyburn moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bordick vs. Mathews
Bordick hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clyburn tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Mathews
Alomar hits a line drive towards third. Chavez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Benitez
Armando Benitez now pitching. Charlie Greene now catching. Ed Sprague pinch hits for A.J. Hinch.
Sprague strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Benitez
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christenson vs. Benitez
Christenson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/8/1998 -- Baltimore at Oakland (N) Baltimore AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Alomar R, 2b 5 0 0 0 Henderson R, lf 4 0 0 0 Anderson B, cf 4 0 1 1 Christenson R, cf 5 0 2 0 Baines H, dh 3 1 1 1 Giambi J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Kingsale G, pr 0 0 0 0 Stairs M, dh 3 0 1 0 Davis E, rf 4 0 1 0 Blowers M, 3b 2 0 0 0 Palmeiro R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Chavez E, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Ripken C, 3b 4 1 2 0 Grieve B, rf 4 0 0 0 Surhoff B, lf 4 1 3 0 Spiezio S, 2b 3 0 1 0 Hoiles C, c 3 0 1 1 McDonald J, pr 0 0 0 0 Clyburn D, pr 0 1 0 0 Bournigal R, ss 0 0 0 0 Greene C, c 0 0 0 0 Tejada M, ss 2 1 1 1 Bordick M, ss 3 1 1 2 Roberts B, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Hinch A, c 2 1 1 1 Sprague E, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 5 11 5 32 2 7 2 Baltimore 100 020 002 -- 5 Oakland 000 200 000 -- 2 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO Johns D 4.2 6 2 2 4 1 Rhodes A (W) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 Mills A 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Benitez A (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Heredia G (L) 5.2 8 3 3 0 4 Groom B* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Worrell T 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Holzemer M 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 Mathews T 1.0 2 2 1 0 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 6th E -- Hoiles C, Spiezio S DP -- Baltimore 1, Oakland 2 LOB -- Baltimore 5, Oakland 9 2B -- Bordick M, Hoiles C HR -- Baines H, Tejada M, Hinch A SB -- Henderson R CS -- Surhoff B, Giambi J SH -- Hoiles C SF -- Bordick M HBP -- by Holzemer M (Baines H) PB -- Hinch A T -- 3:11 A -- 7924
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