Oct 9, 1998 Playoff - Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1991 Minnesota 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 5 1988 Chunichi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 Minnesota AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Chunichi AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Knoblauch 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 Hirose CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Carew 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Yonamine RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Mauer C 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 Harimoto LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Oliva RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Fujimura, F 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Hunter CF 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .400 Chiba, S 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Allison LF 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Iijima 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Smalley DH 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Nagashima SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Gaetti 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Doigaki C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Versalles SS 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Fujimura, T DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 35 5 8 5 4 7 2 0 1 0 .222 37 2 7 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 .225 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Blyleven W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 0 0 1 5 145 102 43 0.00 39 135(144) + 73 9.0 7 2 0 0 1 5 145 102 43 4.76 39 Chunichi IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Noguchi, J L(0-1) 8.0 7 5 5 1 4 7 154 108 46 5.63 36 140(138) 51 Sugiura, T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 9 0.00 5 70(75) 9.0 8 5 5 1 4 7 175 120 55 4.50 41 E-Blyleven(1), Versalles(1), Allison(1), Carew 2(2), Yonamine(1) 2B-Hunter(1), Oliva(1), Doigaki(1) HR-MIN Allison(2) off Noguchi(1) in the 8th with bases empty, 331 feet RBI-MIN - Smalley(2), Versalles(1), Hunter(1), Allison(2), Knoblauch(1) CHU - Fujimura, F(1) HBP-Gaetti(MIN) by Noguchi(CHU) Knoblauch(MIN) by Sugiura(CHU) SF-Fujimura, F(1) Great-Hunter(1), Knoblauch(2), Chiba, S(1) Poor-Versalles(1) LOB-Minnesota 9 Chunichi 10 GWRBI-Versalles Game MVP:Bert Blyleven Tokyo Dome (06-11-2026 10:12:13) Time 3:24, 61ø Night Game