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BOS 11
@ANA  3

KCR  9
BAL  5

TOR 10
@MIN  9

OAK  6
CLE  5

(10)
NYY  5
@SEA  2

DET  8
@TBD  0

TEX  8
CHW  1

ATL  3
STL  1

CHC  3
COL  2

CIN  9
@FLA  7

(10)
ARI  5
@MIL  4

MON  4
SDP  2

NYM  2
LAD  1

SFG  8
@PHI  7

(10)
HOU  2
@PIT  1

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 17,128

Saturday, August 1, 1998, 7:06
Time of Game: 3:51
Blue Jays
10
55-56
Won 1
4th, 25½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       2  0  3   0  1  1   1  0  2   10 16  1
Twins           0  0  1   2  0  1   0  0  5    9 13  1
W: P Hentgen (10-8), L: L Hawkins (7-10), S: R Myers (27)
Twins
9
51-57
Lost 1
2nd, 10½ GB

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  6   2   4   2    0   0  .278  .750   32    0   0   2B,SB
S Green RF                    3   2   1   2    2   0  .265  .778   29    3   0   SB,SF
J Canseco DH                  6   1   2   2    0   0  .240  .862   14    0   0   HR
C Delgado 1B                  5   0   1   0    0   1  .299  .941   28   12   1   GDP
J Cruz CF                     5   2   3   3    0   0  .223  .635   18    3   0   HR,2·2B,SB
D Fletcher C                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .270  .733   30    6   0   
T Fernandez 3B                5   0   2   1    0   1  .289  .774   15    0   2   
C Grebeck 2B                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .264  .767   20    0   5   
A Gonzalez SS                 3   1   1   0    1   1  .246  .662   25    2   3   2B,SB,HBP

P Hentgen P                                                              0   0
  D Stieb P                                                              1   0
  D Plesac P                                                             0   0
  P Quantrill P                                                          0   0
  R Myers P                                                              0   0
Totals                       42  10  16  10    4   4              211   27  11
BATTING
2B: J Cruz 2 (2, off L Hawkins, off T Miller); A Gonzalez (25, off T Baptist); S Stewart (14, off H Carrasco).
HR: J Cruz (4, off L Hawkins; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF); J Canseco (31, off L Hawkins; 3rd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).
SF: S Green (2, off T Baptist).
HBP: A Gonzalez (2, by L Hawkins).
TB: J Cruz 8; S Stewart 5; J Canseco 5; T Fernandez 2; A Gonzalez 2; D Fletcher; C Delgado; S Green; C Grebeck.
GIDP: C Delgado (7).
RBI: J Cruz 3 (17); S Stewart 2 (25); S Green 2 (57); J Canseco 2 (69); T Fernandez (44).
2-out RBI: J Cruz 2; S Stewart.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 5 for 19.
FIELDING
E: A Gonzalez (11).
BASERUNNING
SB: J Cruz (5, 2nd base off E Guardado/J Valentin); A Gonzalez (15, 2nd base off L Hawkins/J Valentin); S Stewart (33, 2nd base off L Hawkins/J Valentin); S Green (22, 2nd base off L Hawkins/J Valentin).
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Nixon CF                    6   0   1   1    0   1  .263  .631   15    2   0   
B Gates 3B                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .239  .615   21    2   4   
M Lawton RF                   5   1   2   1    0   1  .282  .870   23    2   0   
P Molitor DH                  5   1   1   2    0   0  .265  .674   18    0   0   2B
D Ortiz 1B                    2   1   0   0    2   1  .278  .883   22    9   1   
  R Coomer PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .271  .711    5    0   0   
M Cordova LF                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .261  .728   18    4   0   
T Walker 2B                   4   2   3   0    0   0  .350  .907   15    1   4   SB
  A Ochoa PH                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .251  .626         0   0   
  C Latham PH                 1   1   0   0    0   0  .133  .368    2    0   0   
J Valentin C                  5   1   3   4    0   0  .232  .629   14    4   0   3·2B
P Meares SS                   3   0   1   1    1   2  .257  .666   26    3   2   HBP

L Hawkins P                                                              0   0
  T Miller P                                                             0   0
  H Carrasco P                                                           0   0
  E Guardado P                                                           0   0
  T Baptist P                                                            0   0
Totals                       41   9  13   9    4   5              179   27  11
BATTING
2B: P Molitor (19, off D Stieb); J Valentin 3 (7, off P Quantrill, 2 off P Hentgen).
HBP: P Meares (6, by P Hentgen).
TB: J Valentin 6; T Walker 3; M Lawton 2; P Molitor 2; B Gates; O Nixon; P Meares; M Cordova.
RBI: J Valentin 4 (14); P Molitor 2 (43); O Nixon (17); M Lawton (55); P Meares (47).
2-out RBI: J Valentin 2; M Lawton; P Meares.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 6 for 19.
FIELDING
DP: 1. T Walker-P Meares-D Ortiz.
E: T Walker (9).
BASERUNNING
SB: T Walker (13, 2nd base off P Hentgen/D Fletcher).

PITCHING

Toronto Blue Jays             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Hentgen, W (10-8)            6     7   4   4    3   3   0   5.04   29  116-69   37· 7·25   13· 5· 4· 0     42    -     1.20   0.05
D Stieb                        2     4   3   2    1   2   0   4.50   11   40-27   16· 2· 9    2· 3· 3· 0          0-0    0.52   0.03
D Plesac                       0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.35    2   13-7     5· 1· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.79   0.04
P Quantrill                    0     2   2   0    0   0   0   2.89    3    5-4     3· 0· 1    1· 0· 2· 0          1-1    0.85  -0.10
R Myers, S (27)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.10    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    3.66   0.11
Totals                         9    13   9   6    4   5   0          46  175-108  62·10·36   18· 9· 9· 0          3-1 
Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
L Hawkins, L (7-10)            2.1   3   5   3    2   0   2   5.16   14   64-39   24· 4·11    4· 4· 3· 0     33    -     0.98  -0.28
T Miller                       2.1   4   1   1    1   2   0   4.91   12   39-25   14· 2· 9    4· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.61  -0.03
H Carrasco                     2     5   2   2    1   2   0   4.95   11   39-22   11· 4· 7    5· 1· 2· 0          1-0    0.58  -0.07
E Guardado                     1.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   3.43    5   26-17   13· 0· 4    3· 1· 1· 0          2-0    0.22   0.02
T Baptist                      1     3   2   2    0   0   0  18.00    6   19-13    8· 1· 4    1· 4· 1· 0          0-0    0.07  -0.01
Totals                         9    16  10   8    4   4   2          48  187-116  70·11·35   17·13· 9· 0          3-0 
D Stieb faced 3 batters in the 9th inning.
P Quantrill faced 3 batters in the 9th inning.
Balks: L Hawkins (2).
WP: L Hawkins (6); H Carrasco (5).
IBB: None.
HBP: L Hawkins (5; A Gonzalez); P Hentgen (4; P Meares).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Brian O'Nora.
Time of Game: 3:51.
Attendance: 17,128.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Minnesota Twins                      
1. S Stewart            LF    1. O Nixon              CF 
2. S Green              RF    2. B Gates              3B 
3. J Canseco            DH    3. M Lawton             RF 
4. C Delgado            1B    4. P Molitor            DH 
5. J Cruz               CF    5. D Ortiz              1B 
6. D Fletcher           C     6. M Cordova            LF 
7. T Fernandez          3B    7. T Walker             2B 
8. C Grebeck            2B    8. J Valentin           C  
9. A Gonzalez           SS    9. P Meares             SS 

   P Hentgen            P        L Hawkins            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-0  -23  7   15%  66% J Cruz          L Hawkins       Double to CF (Line Drive); Stewart Scores/unER; Green Scores/unER
   b 4   1  5-1  12-  1  -15%  65% J Valentin      P Hentgen       Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Ortiz Scores; Cordova Scores
   t 3   0  0-2  1--  1   12%  84% J Canseco       L Hawkins       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Green Scores
   b 9   2 10-9  1--  1   11% 100% O Nixon         R Myers         Groundout: 2B-1B
   b 6   0  7-3  1--  1  -10%  75% J Valentin      P Hentgen       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Walker to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, LaTroy Hawkins facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   53%  S Stewart       Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to Weak 2B)
          1--      56%  S Green         Stewart Steals 2B
          -2-      58%  " "             Balk; Stewart to 3B
          --3  7   62%  " "             Walk
   O      1-3  5   56%  J Canseco       Popfly: SS (Weak SS-2B)
          1-3      58%  C Delgado       Green Steals 2B
   O      -23  4   51%  " "             Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   RR     -23  7   66%  J Cruz          Double to CF (Line Drive); Stewart Scores/unER; Green Scores/unER
   O      -2-  4   63%  D Fletcher      Lineout: RF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Pat Hentgen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   66%  O Nixon         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   68%  B Gates         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  6   69%  M Lawton        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 2-0, LaTroy Hawkins facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   67%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  2   65%  C Grebeck       Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  4   66%  A Gonzalez      Hit By Pitch
          1--      67%  S Stewart       Gonzalez Steals 2B
          -2-      67%  " "             Wild Pitch; Gonzalez to 3B
   O      --3  6   64%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Pat Hentgen facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   67%  P Molitor       Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  3   69%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  4   70%  M Cordova       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Twins 0.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 2-0, LaTroy Hawkins facing 2-3-4
          ---  7   73%  S Green         Walk
   RR     1--  1   84%  J Canseco       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Green Scores
   O      ---  7   83%  C Delgado       Flyball: CF
   R      ---  3   89%  J Cruz          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
                  Travis Miller replaces LaTroy Hawkins pitching
   O      ---  3   88%  D Fletcher      Flyball: LF
          ---  4   88%  T Fernandez     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   87%  C Grebeck       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-5, Pat Hentgen facing 7-8-9
          ---  6   85%  T Walker        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      84%  J Valentin      Walker Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   87%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          -2-  3   85%  P Meares        Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  1   87%  O Nixon         Groundout: 2B-1B; Walker to 3B; Meares to 2B
          -23  6   86%  B Gates         Walk
   R      123  5   80%  M Lawton        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Walker Scores; Meares to 3B; Gates to 2B
   O      123  6   86%  P Molitor       Foul Popfly: C (1B-C Foul)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 1.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Travis Miller facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   88%  A Gonzalez      Walk
          1--  1   90%  S Stewart       Single to SS (Bunt to Weak 3B); Gonzalez to 2B
   O      12-  3   88%  S Green         Flyball: LF
   O      12-  2   86%  J Canseco       Lineout: 3B
   O      12-  4   84%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-5, Pat Hentgen facing 5-6-7
          ---  7   80%  D Ortiz         Walk
          1--  4   75%  M Cordova       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Ortiz to 2B
   O      12-  3   80%  T Walker        Flyball: CF
   RR     12-  1   65%  J Valentin      Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Ortiz Scores; Cordova Scores
   O      -2-  9   70%  P Meares        Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  1   67%  O Nixon         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Valentin to 3B
   O      1-3  2   74%  B Gates         Lineout: SS
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 3.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-3, Travis Miller facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   79%  J Cruz          Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  4   78%  D Fletcher      Groundout: 2B-1B; Cruz to 3B
   R      --3  2   82%  T Fernandez     Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Cruz Scores
   O      1--  5   80%  C Grebeck       Strikeout Looking
                  Hector Carrasco replaces Travis Miller pitching
          1--      81%  A Gonzalez      Wild Pitch; Fernandez to 2B
   O      -2-  5   79%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-6, Pat Hentgen facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   82%  M Lawton        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3   84%  P Molitor       Lineout: SS
          ---  7   82%  D Ortiz         Walk
   O      1--  1   85%  M Cordova       Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 6-3, Hector Carrasco facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   88%  S Stewart       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  1   92%  S Green         Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Stewart Scores
          1--  2   94%  J Canseco       Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Green to 2B
   OO     12-  7   90%  C Delgado       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (2B-1B); Green to 3B
   O      --3  2   89%  J Cruz          Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-7, Pat Hentgen facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   85%  T Walker        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  1   75%  J Valentin      Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Walker to 3B
   O      -23  4   81%  P Meares        Strikeout Swinging
   RO     -23  2   84%  O Nixon         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Walker Scores; Valentin to 3B
   O      --3  4   88%  B Gates         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Twins 4.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-4, Hector Carrasco facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   90%  D Fletcher      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  4   88%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   90%  C Grebeck       Walk; Fletcher to 2B
   O      12-  5   88%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 2B-1B); Fletcher to 3B
   R      1-3  4   93%  S Stewart       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Fletcher Scores; Gonzalez to 2B
                  Eddie Guardado replaces Hector Carrasco pitching
   O      12-  6   92%  S Green         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-8, Dave Stieb facing 3-4-5
                  Dave Stieb replaces Pat Hentgen pitching
   O      ---  5   94%  M Lawton        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   95%  P Molitor       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   96%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Twins 4.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 8-4, Eddie Guardado facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   95%  J Canseco       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   96%  C Delgado       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   95%  J Cruz          Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      95%  D Fletcher      Cruz Steals 2B
   O      -2- 10   95%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-8, Dave Stieb facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   97%  M Cordova       Flyball: RF
          ---  2   95%  T Walker        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   97%  J Valentin      Flyball: CF
          1--  9   95%  P Meares        Walk; Walker to 2B
   O      12-  5   98%  O Nixon         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Twins 4.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 8-4, Travis Baptist facing 7-8-9
                  Travis Baptist replaces Eddie Guardado pitching
   O      ---  2   98%  T Fernandez     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   98%  C Grebeck       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   99%  A Gonzalez      Double to CF (Fly Ball); Grebeck to 3B
   R      -23  6   99%  S Stewart       Single to LF (Fly Ball); Grebeck Scores; Gonzalez to 3B
   RO     1-3  3  100%  S Green         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Gonzalez Scores
   O      1--  2  100%  J Canseco       Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Twins 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-10, Dave Stieb facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   99%  B Gates         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
          1--  4   98%  M Lawton        Single to CF (Line Drive); Gates to 2B
   RR     12-  2   95%  P Molitor       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Gates Scores; Lawton Scores
                  Dan Plesac replaces Dave Stieb pitching; Ron Coomer pinch hits for David Ortiz batting 5th
   O      -2-  5   98%  R Coomer        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      -2-  8   99%  M Cordova       Flyball: RF
                  Paul Quantrill replaces Dan Plesac pitching; Chris Latham pinch hits for Alex Ochoa batting 7th; Alex Ochoa pinch hits for Todd Walker batting 7th
          -2-  2   98%  C Latham        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Molitor to 3B
   RR     1-3  2   95%  J Valentin      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Molitor Scores/unER; Latham Scores/unER
   R      -2-  1   89%  P Meares        Single to RF (Line Drive); Valentin Scores/unER
                  Randy Myers replaces Paul Quantrill pitching
   O      1--  1  100%  O Nixon         Groundout: 2B-1B
        5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Twins 9.

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