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August 7, 1987

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Gary Gaetti Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .256
OBP .500 .311
At Bats 3 394
Hits 1 101
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 75

Dave Leiper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 1
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - August 7, 1987
Out
Dave Leiper
Mickey Tettleton
Mark McGwire
Tony Bernazard
Terry Steinbach
Mike Gallego
Jose Canseco
Luis Polonia
Mike Davis
Gary Gaetti
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Mickey Tettleton now catching. Terry Steinbach now playing third base. Mike Gallego now playing shortstop. Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Polonia for the out.
Top 8 Griffin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Butera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gagne hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Canseco who is chasing the ball. Gagne reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Davidson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Butera hits a line drive towards short. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bernazard hits a fly ball into left field. Davidson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi catches it and throws to second with Gagne covering, to double up Davis.
Top 7 Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Top 7 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lombardozzi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brunansky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard misplays the ball. That's an error on Bernazard. Gaetti moves to third.
Bottom 6 Larkin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin misplays the ball. That's an error on Griffin. Hrbek scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Hrbek moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire throws to second for one, and Griffin throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Hrbek moves to second.
Bottom 6 Puckett takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Canseco takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mark Davidson now playing left field. Tom Brunansky now playing right field. Polonia bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leiper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dave Leiper now pitching. Mark Davidson pinch hits for Randy Bush. Davidson hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Butera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lombardozzi scores.
Bottom 5 There goes Lombardozzi. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Lombardozzi steals second.
Bottom 5 Lombardozzi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brunansky scores.
Bottom 5 Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Polonia. Brunansky reaches second base with a double. Gaetti scores.
Bottom 5 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. Gaetti moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gaetti is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bernazard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jackson strikes out.
Top 5 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hrbek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gagne hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bush moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Butera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Eckersley, and towards Griffin, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out.
Top 4 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lansford tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lansford moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Lansford. The throw from Butera and he is safe. Lansford steals second.
Top 4 Lansford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Polonia scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 There goes Polonia. The throw from Butera and he is safe. Polonia steals third.
Top 4 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek juggles the ball. That's an error on Hrbek. Polonia moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lombardozzi hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brunansky hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Larkin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Larkin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hrbek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gagne hits a line drive towards third. Lansford reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bush hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Steinbach hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Davis strikes out. Butera drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Davis out.
Top 2 McGwire hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Butera strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lombardozzi strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Brunansky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin misplays the ball. That's an error on Griffin. Hrbek scores. Gaetti scores. Larkin moves to third.
Bottom 1 Larkin is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Hrbek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gagne scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Bush scores. Gagne moves to third.
Bottom 1 Gagne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bush moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bush hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.