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Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

1999-06-06 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 13720 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:28

Minnesota Twins defeated Houston Astros 13–6. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 5th. Benj Sampson earned the win. Jeff Bagwell went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	12
MIN	2	1	0	3	4	1	0	2		13	21

W: Benj Sampson L: Sean Bergman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Bill Miller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	1	2	2	1	0
Derek Bell	5	1	0	0	0	1
Jeff Bagwell	3	1	3	2	2	0
Richard Hidalgo	5	0	1	0	0	2
Bill Spiers	5	0	2	1	0	0
Alex Diaz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Johnson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Paul Bako	3	1	1	0	1	1
Tim Bogar	4	1	1	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Todd Walker	5	1	3	0	0	1
Denny Hocking	5	3	2	1	0	0
Brent Gates	4	1	3	2	1	0
Marty Cordova	4	0	2	1	1	0
Matt Lawton	4	1	2	0	1	0
Ron Coomer	5	2	2	2	0	0
Corey Koskie	5	2	2	0	0	0
Javier Valentin	5	2	3	2	0	0
Cleatus Davidson	5	1	2	2	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Bergman	3.2	11	1	0
Jeff McCurry	0.2	4	0	0
Brian Williams	3.2	6	2	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
LaTroy Hawkins	1.2	5	3	2
Benj Sampson	3.2	3	2	3
Rob Radlosky	1.2	3	0	0
Mike Trombley	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: W
Derek Bell: 36(1)/FO/G3
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Richard Hidalgo: K
Bill Spiers: S8/L78S.2-H;1-3
Alex Diaz: 8/F78S

Bot 1

Todd Walker: S8/F8RS
Denny Hocking: 46(1)/FO/G4S
Brent Gates: S8/G6.1-H;B-2(E7)
Marty Cordova: 53/G5
Matt Lawton: S4/G13S.2-H(NR)(E2)
Ron Coomer: SB2.1-3(WP)
Ron Coomer: 63/G6S

Top 2

Russ Johnson: K
Paul Bako: W
Tim Bogar: S9/G3.1-3
Craig Biggio: D9/L9S.3-H;1-H
Derek Bell: 43/G4S.2-3
Jeff Bagwell: S8/G6M.3-H
Richard Hidalgo: S8/G6M.1-2
Bill Spiers: SB3
Bill Spiers: SB2
Bill Spiers: 5/P25

Bot 2

Corey Koskie: 9/F9S
Javier Valentin: T7/F7S
Cleatus Davidson: S8/L4M.3-H
Todd Walker: 8/F8LD
Denny Hocking: SB2
Denny Hocking: 8/F8RM

Top 3

Alex Diaz: W
Russ Johnson: S5/G56S.1-2
Paul Bako: 6/P56D
Tim Bogar: 9/P9S
Craig Biggio: CS3(25)

Bot 3

Brent Gates: S6/G6
Marty Cordova: S8/G4M.1-2
Matt Lawton: W.2-3;1-2
Ron Coomer: 4(B)6(2)/LDP/L4
Corey Koskie: 43/G4M

Top 4

Craig Biggio: 63/G6S
Derek Bell: K
Jeff Bagwell: W
Richard Hidalgo: 53/G56

Bot 4

Javier Valentin: HR/F7LD
Cleatus Davidson: 43/G4
Todd Walker: S8/G6M
Denny Hocking: S9/G34.1-3
Brent Gates: SB2
Brent Gates: 3/G3.3-H;2-3
Marty Cordova: S8/L78S.3-H
Matt Lawton: SB2
Matt Lawton: 43/G4

Top 5

Bill Spiers: S8/L4M
Alex Diaz: 9/F9LM
Russ Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 5

Ron Coomer: D8/L89S
Corey Koskie: S9/G34.2-3
Javier Valentin: 6/P6M
Cleatus Davidson: S3/G23.3-H;1-2
Todd Walker: S9/G34.2-3;1-2
Denny Hocking: 46(1)/FO/G4S.3-H;2-3
Brent Gates: PB.3-H(NR);1-2
Brent Gates: S9/G34.2-H(E2)(UR)(NR);B-2
Marty Cordova: W
Matt Lawton: WP.2-3
Matt Lawton: 3/G3

Top 6

Paul Bako: K
Tim Bogar: K+WP.B-1
Craig Biggio: S8/L89S.1-3
Derek Bell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6MS

Bot 6

Ron Coomer: 9/F89M
Corey Koskie: S7/L78S
Javier Valentin: D8/L78M.1-H
Cleatus Davidson: K
Todd Walker: PO2(26)

Top 7

Jeff Bagwell: HR/F7LD
Richard Hidalgo: 8/P8RS
Bill Spiers: 4/P4D
Alex Diaz: 63/G6S

Bot 7

Todd Walker: K23
Denny Hocking: S7/L6
Brent Gates: W.1-2
Marty Cordova: 1(B)6(2)/LDP/L15

Top 8

Russ Johnson: HR/F8LXD
Paul Bako: S6/G6
Tim Bogar: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Craig Biggio: 53/G5

Bot 8

Matt Lawton: S9/G34
Ron Coomer: HR/F8RXD.1-H
Corey Koskie: 3/G3L
Javier Valentin: 7/F78D
Cleatus Davidson: 53/G5S

Top 9

Derek Bell: 53/G5
Jeff Bagwell: S7/P7S
Richard Hidalgo: K
Bill Spiers: 46(1)/FO/G4S