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Oakland Athletics @ Seattle Mariners

1998-09-23 · Night game · Kingdome · Att: 21182 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:10

Oakland Athletics defeated Seattle Mariners 8–3. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 9th. T.J. Mathews earned the win and Billy Taylor picked up the save. Ben Grieve went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: T.J. Mathews L: Heathcliff Slocumb SV: Billy Taylor

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jason McDonald	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ryan Christenson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Giambi	4	2	1	0	1	1
Matt Stairs	4	1	0	0	1	3
Ben Grieve	4	1	2	2	0	0
Scott Spiezio	2	0	0	0	2	1
Miguel Tejada	4	1	1	1	0	1
Eric Chavez	4	0	2	1	0	0
A. J. Hinch	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bip Roberts	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Macfarlane	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Bournigal	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rickey Henderson	0	2	0	1	0	0
Mike Blowers	0	0	0	0	1	0

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Bell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ken Griffey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Edgar Martinez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Raul Ibanez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Radmanovich	4	0	1	0	0	2
Shane Monahan	4	1	2	0	0	1
John Marzano	3	0	1	1	0	0
Giomar Guevara	2	0	0	0	2	0
David Segui	1	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Oquist	6.0	6	3	2
T. J. Mathews	1.1	1	0	1
Buddy Groom	0.1	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	1.1	2	0	2

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Cloude	6.1	8	3	7
Heathcliff Slocumb	1.2	1	1	1
Bobby Ayala	0.1	0	3	0
Steve Gajkowski	0.1	0	0	0
Greg McCarthy	0.0	0	1	0
David Holdridge	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jason McDonald: 9/F89S
Ryan Christenson: K
Jason Giambi: 7/P78S

Bot 1

David Bell: 53/BG56S
Alex Rodriguez: 7/L7M
Ken Griffey: 9/F9LD

Top 2

Matt Stairs: K
Ben Grieve: HR/F8RXD
Scott Spiezio: K
Miguel Tejada: K

Bot 2

Edgar Martinez: 9/F9D
Raul Ibanez: K
Ryan Radmanovich: D9/L9LM
Shane Monahan: 3/L34

Top 3

Eric Chavez: 7/P78S
A. J. Hinch: K
Jason McDonald: D3/L3D
Ryan Christenson: 6/P6S

Bot 3

John Marzano: 13/G15
Giomar Guevara: W
David Bell: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 4

Jason Giambi: K
Matt Stairs: 43/G4
Ben Grieve: 31/G34

Bot 4

Alex Rodriguez: 7/P78S
Ken Griffey: 4/L34
Edgar Martinez: W
Raul Ibanez: 53/G56S

Top 5

Scott Spiezio: W
Miguel Tejada: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Eric Chavez: S8/G4M
A. J. Hinch: W.1-2
Jason McDonald: 7/F78S

Bot 5

Ryan Radmanovich: K
Shane Monahan: S4/BG4S
John Marzano: D8/L89S.1-H
Giomar Guevara: W
David Bell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 6

Ryan Christenson: 9/P89M
Jason Giambi: S3/L34D
Matt Stairs: K
Ben Grieve: D7/L78M.1-H
Scott Spiezio: 8/F8LD

Bot 6

Alex Rodriguez: HR/F7D
Ken Griffey: S7/L78S
Edgar Martinez: WP.1-2
Edgar Martinez: S4/L4D.2-3
Raul Ibanez: 6(1)3/GDP/G6.3-H(NR)
Ryan Radmanovich: 43/G4MS

Top 7

Miguel Tejada: D7/G5L
Eric Chavez: 7/F7M
Bip Roberts: D7/F7LD.2-H
Jason McDonald: S6/G6MS.2-3
Ryan Christenson: W.1-2
Jason Giambi: 4/L4
Matt Stairs: K

Bot 7

Shane Monahan: K
John Marzano: 3/P34
Giomar Guevara: 31/G4S

Top 8

Ben Grieve: 8/F8LM
Scott Spiezio: W
Miguel Tejada: SB2
Miguel Tejada: 8/F8RM.2-3
Eric Chavez: S8/L4MD.3-H
Mike Macfarlane: 4/P4D

Bot 8

David Bell: S8/L8RS
Alex Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Ken Griffey: 8/F8LM
Edgar Martinez: SB2
Edgar Martinez: 8/F8RM

Top 9

Jason McDonald: W
Ryan Christenson: 34/SH/BG34S.1-2
Jason Giambi: W
Matt Stairs: W.2-3;1-2
Rafael Bournigal: 52(3)/FO/G56S.2-3;1-2
Rickey Henderson: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Miguel Tejada: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Blowers: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Blowers: PB.3-H(UR);2-3
Mike Blowers: W
Mike Macfarlane: 53/G5

Bot 9

Raul Ibanez: K
Ryan Radmanovich: K
Shane Monahan: S9/G34
David Segui: D7/F7LM.1-3
Giomar Guevara: 63/G6