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June 26, 1997

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Rangers 3 10 0
Athletics 6 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 3 10 0
Athletics 6 8 1

Ivan Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .351
OBP .250 .386
At Bats 4 299
Hits 1 105
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 1 24
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 37

Billy Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 13
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - June 26, 1997
Billy Taylor
Brent Mayne
Mark McGwire
Scott Spiezio
Scott Brosius
Rafael Bournigal
Damon Mashore
Jason McDonald
Matt Stairs
Ivan Rodriguez
Domingo Cedeno

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 3 10 0 8
Oakland Athletics 6 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher Ariel Prieto
Losing Pitcher Julio Santana
Save Billy Taylor
Game Winning RBI Mark McGwire
Attendance 8,350
Time of Game 2 hours 56 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Billy Taylor now pitching. Rodriguez strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mohler fields it and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 9 Mickey Tettleton pinch hits for Warren Newson. Tettleton strikes out.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Palmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Mayne hits a line drive into left field. Newson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brosius is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Eric Gunderson now pitching. Stairs hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mike Simms pinch hits for Lee Stevens. Mike Mohler now pitching. Simms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Clark hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Clark reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Greer strikes out.
Top 8 Damon Mashore now playing left field. Matt Stairs now playing right field. Aaron Small now pitching. Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Canseco hits a line drive towards third. Palmer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McGwire hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Warren Newson now playing left field. Matt Whiteside now pitching. Rusty Greer now playing center field. Berroa strikes out.
Top 7 McLemore hits a line drive into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Warren Newson pinch hits for Damon Buford. Newson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prieto fields it and throws to first for the out. Stevens scores. Cedeno moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field. Canseco picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Canseco. Stevens moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 7 Palmer strikes out.
Top 7 Stevens hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bournigal hits a popup into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McDonald hits a popup into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mayne hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clark hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Prieto scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive towards short. Bournigal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brosius strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ed Vosberg now pitching. Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spiezio for the out. McGwire moves to third. Giambi moves to second.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 5 Canseco hits a popup, foul, towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Buford hits a popup into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Palmer moves to second.
Top 5 Palmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stevens for the out.
Bottom 4 Berroa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bournigal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Bournigal reaches second base with a double. Brosius scores. Mayne goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 McDonald hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brosius moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mayne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brosius moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brosius takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a popup into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clark strikes out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a popup into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Greer hits a line drive into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Giambi hits a line drive into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Canseco hits a line drive into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 3 Berroa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McLemore hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Buford hits a line drive into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Palmer strikes out.
Top 2 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prieto fields it and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to second.
Top 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brosius hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Spiezio strikes out.
Bottom 1 Giambi hits a line drive into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Canseco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Berroa takes first base on ball four. McDonald moves to third. Bournigal moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bournigal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McDonald moves to second.
Bottom 1 McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Greer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Prieto covering, for the out.
Top 1 Prieto fires to first and has McLemore trapped. There's the throw to Bournigal who tags McLemore for the out.
Top 1 McLemore takes first base on ball four.