Royals @ Athletics
September 23, 1991

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 9 R H E
Royals 6 16 1
Athletics 7 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 6 16 1
Athletics 7 10 0

Todd Benzinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .257
OBP .500 .306
At Bats 4 377
Hits 2 97
• Singles 2 73
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 2 46

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 40
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 23, 1991
•
Out
Dennis Eckersley
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Lance Blankenship
Brook Jacoby
Mike Gallego
Rickey Henderson
Willie Wilson
Dann Howitt
Todd Benzinger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 16 1 9
Oakland Athletics 7 10 0 11
Winning Pitcher Joe Klink
Losing Pitcher Tom Gordon
Save Dennis Eckersley
Game Winning RBI Harold Baines
Attendance 29,255
Time of Game 3 hours 16 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Benzinger hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Eisenreich strikes out.
Top 9 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Howitt hits a line drive towards short. Stillwell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Storm Davis now pitching. McGwire takes first base on ball four. Baines moves to second.
Bottom 8 Baines hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bill Pecota now playing second base. Sean Berry now playing third base. Tim Spehr now catching. Steve Crawford now pitching. Wilson strikes out.
Top 8 Brett 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 8 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stillwell for the out. Berry scores.
Top 8 Bobby Moore pinch runs for Mike Macfarlane. Gibson bunts towards the mound. Honeycutt fields it and throws to first for the out. Berry moves to third. Moore moves to second.
Top 8 Sean Berry pinch runs for Kevin Seitzer. Mike Macfarlane pinch hits for David Howard. Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground for a single. Berry moves to second.
Top 8 Lance Blankenship now playing second base. Kevin Seitzer pinch hits for Brent Mayne. Seitzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Gallego. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Gallego steals second.
Bottom 7 Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Scott Brosius. Quirk hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jacoby moves to third.
Bottom 7 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stillwell. Jacoby moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jacoby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Howitt hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jacoby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Benzinger hits a line drive into right field. Howitt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mike Gallego now playing shortstop. Scott Brosius now playing second base. Eric Show now pitching. Tartabull hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Joel Johnston now pitching. McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mike Magnante now pitching. Baines hits a line drive beyond short. Stillwell can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Brosius scores. Henderson scores. Steinbach moves to second.
Bottom 6 Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Gallego scores. Brosius moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scott Brosius pinch runs for Ernie Riles. Henderson takes first base on ball four. Gallego moves to third. Brosius moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tom Gordon now pitching. Ernie Riles pinch hits for Mike Bordick. Riles hits a line drive for a single. Jacoby scores. Gallego moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gallego takes first base on ball four. Jacoby moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jacoby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Howitt takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Stillwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayne scores.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Mayne moves to second.
Top 6 Gibson strikes out.
Top 6 Howard strikes out.
Top 6 Joe Klink now pitching. Mayne hits a line drive beyond second. Gallego can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baines hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Stillwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground for a single.
Top 5 Pecota hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Benzinger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brett scores.
Top 5 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Brett moves to third.
Top 5 Tartabull takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Brett moves to second.
Top 5 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bordick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Gallego hits a line drive into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jacoby hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bordick fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Gibson hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Benzinger tags and scores. Mayne tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive for a single. Benzinger moves to third. Mayne moves to second.
Top 4 Mayne hits a line drive beyond short. Bordick can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Benzinger moves to second.
Top 4 Pecota hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Howitt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Benzinger hits a line drive beyond short. Bordick can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Eisenreich scores.
Top 4 Eisenreich hits a line drive off the glove of Bordick, and into shallow left field. Eisenreich reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Howitt strikes out.
Bottom 3 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Baines hits a popup towards short. Stillwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 3 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jacoby fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Brett moves to second.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive beyond short. Bordick can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Stillwell moves to second.
Top 3 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Gibson strikes out.
Top 3 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bordick hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aquino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Mayne. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Gallego applying the tag.
Top 2 Mayne takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Benzinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benzinger for the out.
Bottom 1 Jacoby hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Baines scores. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into left center field, beyond the reach of Eisenreich. McGwire reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Baines moves to third.
Bottom 1 Baines hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Steinbach hits a fly ball into left field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground for a single.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a line drive off the glove of Howard, and into shallow right field. Henderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bordick scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Tartabull strikes out.
Top 1 Brett hits a line drive into right center field for a base hit. Gibson scores. Stillwell moves to third.
Top 1 Stillwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gibson moves to third.
Top 1 Gibson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howitt. Gibson reaches second base with a double.