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June 21, 1996

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Ed Sprague Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .273
OBP .500 .363
At Bats 3 260
Hits 1 71
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 18
Walks 1 33
RBI’s 3 51

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 5
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - June 21, 1996
Out
Billy Taylor
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Rafael Bournigal
Jason Giambi
Tony Batista
Phil Plantier
Ernie Young
Geronimo Berroa
Ed Sprague
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs
Count: 0-1, 1 Out

Sprague hits a popup into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Plantier 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 8 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 8 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tim Crabtree now pitching. McGwire hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Carter hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Delgado is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 8 Billy Taylor now pitching. Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Giambi 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 Tony Castillo now pitching. Batista hits a popup in front of the plate. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bournigal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Young strikes out.
Top 7 Perez hits a line drive towards first. McGwire catches it and steps on first to double up O'Brien.
Top 7 Green strikes out.
Top 7 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Plantier strikes out.
Bottom 6 Steinbach strikes out. There goes Berroa. The throw from O'Brien to second, and Berroa is out.
Bottom 6 John Olerud now playing first base. Joe Carter now playing left field. Berroa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 John Olerud pinch hits for Robert Perez. Buddy Groom now pitching. Olerud hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sprague takes first base on ball four. Brumfield scores. Gonzalez moves to third. Carter moves to second.
Top 6 Carter is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Carlos Delgado pinch hits for Juan Samuel. Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brumfield moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 6 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brumfield hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Plantier. Brumfield reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Perez hits a popup towards short. Batista settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Batista hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quantrill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Shawn Green now playing right field. Bournigal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 There goes O'Brien. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Batista applying the tag.
Top 5 Carlos Reyes now pitching. Shawn Green pinch hits for Mike Huff. Green hits a fly ball into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Perez strikes out.
Top 5 Sprague hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Carter is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Plantier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quantrill fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Berroa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Huff. Berroa reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Samuel hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista fields it and throws to second for the out. Huff scores. Perez moves to third.
Top 4 Brumfield takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Plantier. Perez reaches second base with a double. Perez scores. O'Brien scores. Huff moves to third.
Top 4 Huff takes first base on ball four. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to third.
Top 4 Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Plantier. Perez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Sprague hits a popup into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Batista 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 3 Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carter hits a fly ball into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brumfield hits a line drive towards third. Giambi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Plantier strikes out.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Berroa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Huff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista fields it and throws to third for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 2 O'Brien is hit by the pitch. Perez moves to second.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sprague hits a line drive into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Batista hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bournigal hits a fly ball into center field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Samuel hits a line drive into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Giambi fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Giambi. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 1 Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out.