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August 8, 1998

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Athletics 5 6 1
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Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .235
OBP .333 .327
At Bats 3 183
Hits 1 43
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 20

Buddy Groom Season Stats

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3 1 0
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SkyDome - August 8, 1998
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Intentional Walk
Buddy Groom
Mike Macfarlane
Jason Giambi
Scott Spiezio
Ed Sprague
Miguel Tejada
Rickey Henderson
Jason McDonald
Ben Grieve
Jose Cruz
Carlos Delgado
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

Cruz is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Buddy Groom now pitching. Delgado hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Delgado reaches second base with a double. Green goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Canseco hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada misplays the ball. That's an error on Tejada.
Bottom 8 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tejada hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nerio Rodriguez now pitching. Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Giambi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grebeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Grebeck hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Steve Sinclair now pitching. Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sinclair fields it and throws to first for the out. McDonald moves to second.
Top 7 McDonald is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Delgado strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Tejada. The throw from Fletcher and he is out, Grebeck applying the tag.
Top 6 Macfarlane hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Dave Stieb now pitching. Sprague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 5 Green strikes out.
Bottom 5 Stewart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tim Worrell now pitching. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spiezio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDonald tags and scores.
Top 5 Stairs is hit by the pitch. Henderson scores. McDonald moves to third. Grieve moves to second.
Top 5 Grieve takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to third. McDonald moves to second.
Top 5 McDonald bunts towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to third for the out. Henderson moves to second.
Top 5 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Macfarlane moves to second.
Top 5 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Grebeck hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields the ball and throws to Stein covering. Safe. Fernandez is thrown out after the base hit. Cruz scores. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 4 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Delgado hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Canseco hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sprague hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grebeck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Green. The throw from Macfarlane and he is out, Sprague applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Green hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDonald. Green reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 There goes Stewart. The throw from Macfarlane and he is out, Tejada applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Stewart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first, with Hentgen covering, for the out.
Top 3 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grebeck scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grieve hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 McDonald hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Grebeck strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tejada hits a fly ball to right field. That will be extra bases. Green chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Delgado fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Delgado. Sprague goes all the way around to score. Tejada moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Giambi hits a line drive towards first. Delgado reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Canseco is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 1 Delgado strikes out.
Bottom 1 Canseco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Canseco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Green hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Stewart hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Stewart reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Grieve takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McDonald strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.