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May 30, 1998

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Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .315
OBP .000 .402
At Bats 0 146
Hits 0 46
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 35

Hipolito Pichardo Season Stats

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Kauffman Stadium - May 30, 1998
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Hipolito Pichardo
Sal Fasano
Hal Morris
Jose Offerman
Dean Palmer
Shane Halter
Larry Sutton
Johnny Damon
Jermaine Dye
Matt Stairs
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs

Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Matt Stairs pinch hits for A.J. Hinch. Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Dye hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hinch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Palmer moves to second.
Bottom 8 King strikes out.
Bottom 8 Billy Taylor now pitching. Palmer hits a line drive beyond short. Tejada can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Abbott hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chris Haney now pitching. Giambi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Blowers hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Grieve hits a line drive beyond short. Halter can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Spiezio strikes out.
Top 8 Scott Service now pitching. Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Offerman hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Damon bunts in front of the plate. Hinch fields it and throws to first for the out. Halter moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Halter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Fasano hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Dye hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Tejada hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Christenson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hinch hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Abbott hits a fly ball into left field. Sutton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sutton strikes out.
Bottom 6 King strikes out.
Bottom 6 Palmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Morris 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 6 Giambi strikes out.
Top 6 Blowers hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grieve hits a line drive beyond third. Palmer can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Henderson scores. Spiezio moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman misplays the ball. That's an error on Offerman. Henderson moves to second.
Top 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fasano fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Tejada hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fasano hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Christenson hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hinch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Abbott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sutton hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blowers hits a line drive towards first. Morris reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Palmer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morris is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dye scores. Damon moves to third. Offerman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Damon hits a line drive beyond second. Spiezio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Dye moves to second.
Bottom 3 Halter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fasano hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dye hits a line drive beyond first. Giambi can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 3 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rusch spins and fires to second and Halter drops the ball. That's an error on Halter. Tejada moves to third.
Top 3 Tejada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sutton. Tejada reaches second base with a double. Hinch goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Christenson hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hinch hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sutton for the out.
Bottom 2 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Palmer hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Abbott hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Giambi strikes out.
Top 2 Blowers hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Offerman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Damon hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grieve strikes out.
Top 1 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.