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Paul Molitor 3,000th Hit Enhanced Box Score
Paul Molitor hit a single in the first to get him within one. Then, in the seventh inning, he became the twenty-first player in history to reach the three-thousand hit plateau.
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"It may not have been the crispest of hits (career hit number 3,000) in nineteen years, but I hit it in the right place." - Paul Molitor
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3,000th Hit Box
Score | September 16, 1996 | Kauffman Stadium |
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a: Grounded out for Walker in 6th inning.
b: Singled for Meares in 8th inning.
c: singled for Reboulet in 9th inning.
d: Ran for Sweeney in 6th inning.
e: Ran for Stynes in 7th inning.
Caught Stealing: Goodwin.
Double Plays: Knoblauch-Coomer, Offerman, Howard-Paquette.
Doubles: Knoblauch, Offerman, Myers, Stynes.
Error: Walbeck.
GIDP: Walbeck, Paquette.
Home Runs: Lockhart, Meares.
Left on Base: Minnesota 8, Kansas City 4.
Sacrifice Flys: Molitor, D. Howard.
Sacrifice Hit: Paquette.
Stolen Base: Becker.
Triples: Molitor, Nunnally. |
| Line Score |
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
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Minnesota
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1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
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Kansas City
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
x |
6 |
11 |
0 |
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Pitching Notes
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Hit By Pitcher: Meares (by Rosado).
Losing Pitcher: Radke.
Save: Bluma.
Wild Pitch: Rosado.
Winning Pitching: Rosado. |
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Attendance: 16,483.
Length of Game: 2:43.
Umpires: HP: Jim Evans, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Dale Ford,
3B: Chuck Meriwether. |
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Paul Molitor 3,000th Career Hit Enhanced Box Score |
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Did you know that Paul Molitor was the first Major League player to reach the 3,000 hit plateau via a triple (hear the triple by clicking the radio below)?
Click the Radio to Hear Paul Molitor's 3,000th Career Hit
During this same game Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch doubled for his one-thousandth career hit.
In attendance were family and friends of Paul Molitor including Robin Yount, George Brett, and Gene Budig.
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