Athletics @ Twins
June 26, 1989

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Bottom 10 R H E
Athletics 3 9 0
Twins 3 9 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Athletics 3 9 0
Twins 4 10 0

Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .333
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 4 300
Hits 2 100
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 2 37

Todd Burns Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 4
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - June 26, 1989
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Home Run
Todd Burns
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Lance Blankenship
Carney Lansford
Tony Phillips
Rickey Henderson
Dave Henderson
Stan Javier
Kirby Puckett

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 3 9 0 8
Minnesota Twins 4 10 0 6
Winning Pitcher Jeff Reardon
Losing Pitcher Todd Burns
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kirby Puckett
Attendance 31,914
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

End of Game

Puckett hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Bush strikes out.
Bottom 10 Todd Burns now pitching. Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Lansford hits a popup in front of the plate. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Blankenship strikes out.
Bottom 9 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 9 Moses takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to third. Laudner moves to second.
Bottom 9 Laudner hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hrbek moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hrbek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Tony Phillips now playing shortstop. Lance Blankenship now playing second base. Gene Nelson now pitching. Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Henderson hits a line drive into left field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Henderson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Ron Hassey pinch hits for Mike Gallego. Hassey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Javier hits a line drive towards first. Hrbek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tony Phillips pinch hits for Glenn Hubbard. Phillips hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Phillips reaches second base with a double. McGwire moves to third.
Top 9 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Lansford scores.
Top 9 Al Newman now playing second base. Lansford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moses. Lansford reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Puckett hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bush strikes out.
Bottom 8 Backman bunts towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. Gagne moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gagne hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Gagne reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lance Blankenship pinch runs for Dave Parker. Jeff Reardon now pitching. Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rawley fires to first and picks off Henderson.
Top 8 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lansford scores.
Top 7 There goes Lansford. The throw from Laudner and he is safe. Lansford steals second.
Top 7 Lansford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Henderson who is chasing the ball. Puckett reaches third base with a triple. Backman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Bush hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Backman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Steinbach hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 5 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a line drive into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gallego hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hrbek hits a line drive towards the mound. Moore catches it and throws to second to double up Gaetti.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Gaetti reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Moore covering, for the out.
Top 4 Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Lansford. The throw from Laudner and he is safe. Lansford steals second.
Top 4 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson throws the ball in to Hubbard who tags Puckett trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bush scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Bush. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Bush steals second.
Bottom 3 Bush hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gagne scores.
Bottom 3 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Parker hits a popup towards short. Gagne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henderson moves to third.
Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Gallego goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Gallego takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hubbard hits a fly ball into left field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Steinbach hits a fly ball into left field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puckett strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Backman hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Henderson strikes out.