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Oakland Athletics @ Colorado Rockies

1998-06-27 · Night game · Coors Field · Att: 48049 · 90°F, night, dry · Wind 7 mph R to L · 2:45

Oakland Athletics defeated Colorado Rockies 8–6. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 9th. T.J. Mathews earned the win and Billy Taylor picked up the save. Ben Grieve went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	9
COL	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	6	10

W: T.J. Mathews L: Jerry DiPoto SV: Billy Taylor

Umpires — HP: Paul Nauert · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bip Roberts	4	2	2	3	1	1
Ryan Christenson	4	1	0	0	1	2
Ben Grieve	4	2	3	3	1	0
Matt Stairs	5	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Blowers	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Miguel Tejada	2	1	0	0	2	0
A. J. Hinch	3	0	1	0	0	1
Kenny Rogers	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Voigt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rickey Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Mitchell	1	1	1	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Neifi Perez	5	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Lansing	5	1	2	0	0	1
Dante Bichette	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vinny Castilla	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ellis Burks	3	1	0	0	1	1
Todd Helton	3	1	1	1	1	0
Kurt Abbott	3	1	1	1	0	2
Kirt Manwaring	3	0	0	1	0	1
Darryl Kile	3	0	2	1	0	0
Jeff Barry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Reed	1	1	1	1	0	0
Curtis Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kenny Rogers	6.0	7	1	3
T. J. Mathews	2.0	2	1	3
Billy Taylor	1.0	1	0	2

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	8.0	6	4	6
Jerry Dipoto	0.1	2	1	1
Dave Veres	0.1	0	0	1
Chuck McElroy	0.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bip Roberts: 43/G4
Ryan Christenson: 53/G5
Ben Grieve: S6/G6M
Matt Stairs: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Neifi Perez: S1/BG4S
Mike Lansing: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Dante Bichette: 8/F8RS

Top 2

Mike Blowers: 8/F8RD
Jason Giambi: 31/G3
Miguel Tejada: 31/G34

Bot 2

Vinny Castilla: 7/F7D
Ellis Burks: 13/G15
Todd Helton: 13/G13

Top 3

A. J. Hinch: S8/L8LM
Kenny Rogers: 36(1)/FO/BG13S
Bip Roberts: HR/F9LD.1-H
Ryan Christenson: 8/F8RM
Ben Grieve: W
Matt Stairs: 7/F7S

Bot 3

Kurt Abbott: K
Kirt Manwaring: 43/G4
Darryl Kile: D9/L9D
Neifi Perez: 53/G5

Top 4

Mike Blowers: K
Jason Giambi: 31/G34
Miguel Tejada: W
A. J. Hinch: K

Bot 4

Mike Lansing: S8/L8LM
Dante Bichette: 8/F8LXD
Vinny Castilla: T8/L8LXD.1-H
Ellis Burks: W
Todd Helton: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Kurt Abbott: S7/G56.3-H;1-2
Kirt Manwaring: 3/G4.2-H;1-2
Darryl Kile: D8/F78XD.2-H
Neifi Perez: 7/F7M

Top 5

Kenny Rogers: 7/F7M
Bip Roberts: W
Ryan Christenson: K
Ben Grieve: 7/F7LM

Bot 5

Mike Lansing: 53/G56S
Dante Bichette: 53/G5
Vinny Castilla: K

Top 6

Matt Stairs: 6/P6
Mike Blowers: 53/G56
Jason Giambi: K

Bot 6

Ellis Burks: 8/L8LM
Todd Helton: 43/G4
Kurt Abbott: K

Top 7

Miguel Tejada: 43/G4M
A. J. Hinch: 7/L7M
Jack Voigt: 7/F7D

Bot 7

Kirt Manwaring: K
Darryl Kile: 6/L6
Neifi Perez: S8/L78M
Mike Lansing: S7/L78M.1-3
Dante Bichette: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 8

Bip Roberts: K
Ryan Christenson: W
Ben Grieve: S8/L8RM.1-3
Matt Stairs: S9/L9S.3-H;1-2
Mike Blowers: K
Jason Giambi: D8/F89XD.2-H;1XH(862)

Bot 8

Vinny Castilla: 63/G6
Ellis Burks: K
Todd Helton: W
Jeff Barry: K

Top 9

Miguel Tejada: W
Rickey Henderson: K
Kevin Mitchell: S7/L7M.1-2
Bip Roberts: S8/L8RM.2-H;1-3
Ryan Christenson: K
Ben Grieve: HR/F7LD.3-H;1-H
Matt Stairs: 8/F8LM

Bot 9

Jeff Reed: HR/F9D
Curtis Goodwin: 43/G4
Neifi Perez: K
Mike Lansing: K