Athletics 2 – 0 Minnesota Twins
MLB · July 25, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)
Post-Game Recap
The Athletics shut out the Minnesota Twins tonight, two to nothing, and it was a methodical, suffocating kind of win from Oakland.
The A's struck first in the fifth, Lawrence Butler lifting a sacrifice fly to center that brought Walton home and put Oakland on the board. That run felt like it set the tone — quiet, efficient, no drama, just execution. Then in the sixth, Tyler Soderstrom singled to left to score Bolte and that was all she wrote. Two runs, two innings, and Minnesota never had an answer.
Soderstrom was the offensive catalyst tonight, going one for three with a walk, driving in what turned out to be the decisive insurance run. On the Minnesota side, Austin Martin drew two walks and kept the lineup moving, but the Twins couldn't push anything across. Byron Buxton went oh for three, Ryan Jeffers managed one hit in four at-bats, and that was the story of Minnesota's night — men on base, nothing to show for it.
Oakland's pitching held the fort from the first pitch to the last, and on a night when neither offense was particularly explosive, it was the A's who found a way to manufacture just enough.
Two runs was all they needed, and two runs was all they used. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.
AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.
Who Scored — Scoring Timeline
- Butler hit sacrifice fly to center, Walton scored. P5 · 1–0
- Soderstrom singled to left, Bolte scored. P6 · 2–0
Complete Play-by-Play
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Top of the 1st inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Jacob Wilson
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Wilson grounded out to third.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Tyler Soderstrom
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Soderstrom grounded out to second.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Langeliers struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 1st inning
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Bottom of the 1st inning
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Austin Martin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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Martin walked.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Byron Buxton
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Buxton flied out to center.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Ryan Jeffers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Jeffers grounded out to shortstop, Martin to second.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Josh Bell
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Bell grounded out to first.
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End of the 1st inning
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Top of the 2nd inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Carlos Cortes
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Cortes grounded out to first.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Donovan Walton
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Walton grounded out to catcher.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Tommy White
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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White lined out to center.
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Middle of the 2nd inning
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Bottom of the 2nd inning
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Royce Lewis
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Lewis struck out swinging.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Victor Caratini
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Caratini struck out swinging.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Luke Keaschall
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Keaschall struck out swinging.
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End of the 2nd inning
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Top of the 3rd inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Jeff McNeil
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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McNeil lined out to center.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Lawrence Butler
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Butler grounded out to third.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Henry Bolte
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Ball In Play
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Bolte lined out to second.
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Middle of the 3rd inning
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Bottom of the 3rd inning
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Brooks Lee
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Lee fouled out to catcher.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Ryan Kreidler
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Kreidler flied out to center.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Austin Martin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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Martin walked.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Byron Buxton
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Buxton hit by pitch, Martin to second.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Ryan Jeffers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball 3
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Jeffers struck out swinging.
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End of the 3rd inning
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Top of the 4th inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Jacob Wilson
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Wilson grounded out to first.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Tyler Soderstrom
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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Soderstrom walked.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Langeliers grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Soderstrom out at second.
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Middle of the 4th inning
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Bottom of the 4th inning
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Josh Bell
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Bell grounded out to shortstop.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Royce Lewis
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Lewis walked.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Victor Caratini
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Lewis stole second.
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Lewis stole second.
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Caratini flied out to center.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Luke Keaschall
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Lewis stole third.
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Lewis stole third.
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Keaschall walked.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Brooks Lee
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Keaschall stole second.
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Keaschall stole second.
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Lee popped out to shortstop.
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End of the 4th inning
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Top of the 5th inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Carlos Cortes
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Cortes grounded out to first.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Donovan Walton
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Ball 4
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Walton walked.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Tommy White
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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White doubled to center, Walton to third.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Jeff McNeil
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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McNeil walked.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Lawrence Butler
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Butler hit sacrifice fly to center, Walton scored.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Henry Bolte
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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White out at home on runner's fielder's choice.
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White out at home in rundown.
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White out at home on runner's fielder's choice.
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White out at home on runner's fielder's choice.
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Middle of the 5th inning
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Bottom of the 5th inning
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Ryan Kreidler
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Kreidler grounded out to first.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Austin Martin
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Martin hit a ground rule double.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Byron Buxton
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Buxton lined out to left.
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Jacob Lopez pitches to Ryan Jeffers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Jeffers flied out to right.
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End of the 5th inning
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Top of the 6th inning
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Henry Bolte
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Bolte reached on infield single to second.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Jacob Wilson
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Wilson grounded out to third, Bolte to second.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Tyler Soderstrom
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Soderstrom singled to left, Bolte scored.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Langeliers popped out to first.
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Zebby Matthews pitches to Carlos Cortes
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Cortes grounded out to second.
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Middle of the 6th inning
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Bottom of the 6th inning
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Hartlieb relieved Lopez
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Geoff Hartlieb pitches to Josh Bell
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Bell walked.
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Geoff Hartlieb pitches to Royce Lewis
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Lewis walked, Bell to second. Athletics challenged: call on the field was upheld.
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Geoff Hartlieb pitches to Victor Caratini
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Caratini struck out swinging.
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Geoff Hartlieb pitches to Luke Keaschall
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Lewis to second on wild pitch by Hartlieb, Bell to third on wild pitch by Hartlieb.
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Lewis to second on wild pitch by Hartlieb, Bell to third on wild pitch by Hartlieb.
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Keaschall walked.
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Suarez relieved Hartlieb
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Jose Suarez pitches to Brooks Lee
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Lee grounded into double play, third to first, Lewis out at third.
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End of the 6th inning
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Top of the 7th inning
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Williams hit for Walton
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Funderburk relieved Matthews
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Kody Funderburk pitches to Alika Williams
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Williams singled to left.
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Kody Funderburk pitches to Tommy White
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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White grounded out to third, Williams to second.
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Kody Funderburk pitches to Jeff McNeil
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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McNeil grounded out to second, Williams to third.
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Kody Funderburk pitches to Lawrence Butler
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Butler grounded out to third.
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Middle of the 7th inning
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Bottom of the 7th inning
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Williams at second base.
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Jose Suarez pitches to Ryan Kreidler
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Kreidler grounded out to shortstop.
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Jose Suarez pitches to Austin Martin
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Martin grounded out to shortstop.
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Jose Suarez pitches to Byron Buxton
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Buxton grounded out to shortstop.
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End of the 7th inning
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Top of the 8th inning
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Adams relieved Funderburk
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Travis Adams pitches to Henry Bolte
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Bolte struck out swinging.
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Travis Adams pitches to Jacob Wilson
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Wilson flied out to left.
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Travis Adams pitches to Tyler Soderstrom
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Soderstrom struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 8th inning
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Bottom of the 8th inning
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Alvarado relieved Suarez
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Elvis Alvarado pitches to Ryan Jeffers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Jeffers singled to center.
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Elvis Alvarado pitches to Josh Bell
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Bell grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Jeffers out at second.
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Elvis Alvarado pitches to Royce Lewis
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Lewis flied out to center.
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End of the 8th inning
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Top of the 9th inning
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Anderson relieved Adams
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Jack Anderson pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Langeliers hit a ground rule double.
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Jack Anderson pitches to Carlos Cortes
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Cortes struck out swinging.
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Jack Anderson pitches to Alika Williams
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Williams struck out swinging.
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Jack Anderson pitches to Tommy White
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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White flied out to left.
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Middle of the 9th inning
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Bottom of the 9th inning
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Harris relieved Alvarado
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Hogan Harris pitches to Victor Caratini
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
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Caratini struck out looking.
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Hogan Harris pitches to Luke Keaschall
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Keaschall hit by pitch.
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Hogan Harris pitches to Brooks Lee
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Lee grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Keaschall out at second.
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End of the 9th inning
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