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April 2, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 6 11 1
Athletics 3 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 6 11 1
Athletics 3 7 0

Jason McDonald Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .500 .286
At Bats 4 7
Hits 2 2
• Singles 2 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Tom Gordon Season Stats

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0 0 1
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - April 2, 1998
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Out
Tom Gordon
Jason Varitek
Mo Vaughn
Mike Benjamin
John Valentin
Nomar Garciaparra
Troy O'Leary
Damon Buford
Darren Lewis
Jason McDonald

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 6 11 1 9
Oakland Athletics 3 7 0 8
Winning Pitcher John Wasdin
Losing Pitcher Billy Taylor
Save Tom Gordon
Game Winning RBI Mo Vaughn
Attendance 7,313
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

McDonald hits a line drive towards first. Vaughn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Tom Gordon now pitching. Shane Mack pinch hits for Rafael Bournigal. Mack hits a line drive into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Buford strikes out. Molina drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buford out.
Top 9 There goes Cummings. The throw from Molina and he is safe. Cummings steals second.
Top 9 Midre Cummings pinch runs for Jim Leyritz. Varitek strikes out.
Top 9 Leyritz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mike Fetters now pitching. Izzy Molina now catching. Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dave Magadan pinch hits for A.J. Hinch. Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra misplays the ball. That's an error on Garciaparra. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 8 Blowers strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jim Corsi now pitching. Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Valentin hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Garciaparra. The throw from Hinch and he is out, Spiezio applying the tag.
Top 8 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Benjamin scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Benjamin moves to third.
Top 8 Aaron Small now pitching. Benjamin hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Benjamin reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Avery now pitching. Kevin Mitchell pinch hits for Matt Stairs. Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes McDonald. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. McDonald steals second.
Bottom 7 McDonald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Leary hits a line drive into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buford strikes out.
Top 7 Varitek hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Leyritz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valentin scores. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 7 Buddy Groom now pitching. Vaughn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garciaparra scores. Valentin moves to second.
Top 7 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garciaparra moves to third.
Top 7 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Bournigal hits a line drive into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 John Wasdin now pitching. Hinch is hit by the pitch. Blowers moves to second.
Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 6 Blowers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grieve scores. Giambi moves to second.
Bottom 6 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Benjamin fields it and throws to second for the out. Grieve moves to third.
Bottom 6 Stairs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mike Benjamin now playing second base. Grieve takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Billy Taylor now pitching. Reggie Jefferson pinch hits for Donnie Sadler. Jefferson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi races for the ball and makes the catch. There goes Buford. The throw to the plate, AND Buford is out, for the double play.
Top 6 Lewis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buford moves to third. O'Leary moves to second.
Top 6 O'Leary takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Buford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Buford reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McDonald strikes out.
Bottom 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Leyritz hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 5 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hinch strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spiezio hits a popup into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Giambi reaches second base with a double. Stairs goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Stairs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Garciaparra hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sadler hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Buford tags and scores. O'Leary tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Lewis is hit by the pitch. Varitek scores. Buford moves to third. O'Leary moves to second.
Top 4 O'Leary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leyritz scores. Varitek moves to third. Buford moves to second.
Top 4 Buford takes first base on ball four. Leyritz moves to third. Varitek moves to second.
Top 4 Varitek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leyritz moves to second.
Top 4 Leyritz takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughn for the out.
Bottom 3 Grieve hits a line drive towards third. Valentin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDonald for the out.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Valentin hits a line drive into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garciaparra hits a line drive into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sadler hits a line drive towards first. Giambi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bournigal hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hinch hits a line drive into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Giambi moves to third.
Bottom 2 Blowers is hit by the pitch. Giambi moves to second.
Bottom 2 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sadler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Rogers covering, for the out.
Top 2 O'Leary takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Buford hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Varitek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes McDonald. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. McDonald steals second.
Bottom 1 Grieve hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McDonald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Leyritz 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 1 Vaughn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.