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Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays

1998-04-14 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 34337 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:08

Minnesota Twins defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8–2. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 6th. Brad Radke earned the win. Alex Ochoa went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	8	12
TBA	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9

W: Brad Radke L: Dennis Springer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Brinkman · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Gary Cederstrom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	5	1	2	1	0	1
Denny Hocking	4	0	0	0	1	2
Paul Molitor	5	0	3	1	0	0
Orlando Merced	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Coomer	5	2	2	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	4	1	1	0	1	0
Alex Ochoa	5	2	1	2	0	1
Terry Steinbach	1	2	1	2	2	0
Brent Gates	3	0	1	1	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Quinton McCracken	4	0	1	0	0
Miguel Cairo	4	1	1	0	0
Rich Butler	4	1	2	0	0
Fred McGriff	4	0	3	2	1
Paul Sorrento	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	4	0	1	0	2
Bubba Trammell	4	0	0	0	3
Mike Difelice	4	0	1	0	2
Aaron Ledesma	4	0	0	0	3

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Radke	9.0	9	0	11

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Springer	5.1	10	3	3
Albie Lopez	2.2	2	2	2
Ramon Tatis	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: K
Denny Hocking: K
Paul Molitor: 3/P3F

Bot 1

Quinton McCracken: 31/G34
Miguel Cairo: 3/P34
Rich Butler: S8/F8LS
Fred McGriff: S8/L8LD.1-2
Paul Sorrento: 8/F8LD

Top 2

Orlando Merced: 63/G6
Ron Coomer: D7/L7LD
Matt Lawton: 31/G34.2-3
Alex Ochoa: E5/G56.3-H(NR)(UR)
Terry Steinbach: HR/F7D.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Brent Gates: 63/G6

Bot 2

Bob Smith: K
Bubba Trammell: K
Mike Difelice: K

Top 3

Otis Nixon: S9/L89M
Denny Hocking: K
Paul Molitor: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 3

Aaron Ledesma: K
Quinton McCracken: 13/G6MS
Miguel Cairo: S7/F7S
Rich Butler: S8/G4.1-2
Fred McGriff: D5/F56.2-H;1-H
Paul Sorrento: 43/G4

Top 4

Orlando Merced: 13/BG15
Ron Coomer: S9/L9M
Matt Lawton: W.1-2
Alex Ochoa: 46(1)/FO/L4.2-3
Terry Steinbach: HP.1-2
Brent Gates: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Otis Nixon: 7/F7S

Bot 4

Bob Smith: 8/F8LD
Bubba Trammell: FLE3
Bubba Trammell: K
Mike Difelice: 3/G34

Top 5

Denny Hocking: 63/G6
Paul Molitor: S8/L89M
Orlando Merced: S8/L8RM.1-3
Ron Coomer: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 5

Aaron Ledesma: K
Quinton McCracken: S8/F8LM
Miguel Cairo: 64(1)/FO/G6
Rich Butler: 8/L8RD

Top 6

Matt Lawton: D8/L78XD
Alex Ochoa: HR/F7D.2-H
Terry Steinbach: W
Brent Gates: S8/L89M.1-3
Otis Nixon: S8/L8LM.3-H;1X3(85)
Denny Hocking: SB2
Denny Hocking: 7/P7M
Paul Molitor: T9/F89S.2-H
Orlando Merced: 9/F89M

Bot 6

Fred McGriff: K
Paul Sorrento: 6/P4M
Bob Smith: K

Top 7

Ron Coomer: 7/F7LM
Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Alex Ochoa: K

Bot 7

Bubba Trammell: K
Mike Difelice: D7/L7LM
Aaron Ledesma: 63/G6M.2-3
Quinton McCracken: 3/G34

Top 8

Terry Steinbach: W
Brent Gates: 16(1)/FO/G15
Otis Nixon: 4(1)/FO/G4M
Denny Hocking: W.1-2
Paul Molitor: S5/G5.2-3;1-2
Orlando Merced: K

Bot 8

Miguel Cairo: E4/G4
Rich Butler: 4(1)3/GDP/G4
Fred McGriff: D8/F8LM
Paul Sorrento: 2/P2RF

Top 9

Ron Coomer: 13/G13
Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Alex Ochoa: 53/G56

Bot 9

Bob Smith: S6/G6
Bubba Trammell: 63/G56.1-2
Mike Difelice: K
Aaron Ledesma: K