Oct 16, 1998 Playoff - Game 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1991 Minnesota 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 3 1988 Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Hirose CF 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .161 Carew 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290 Yonamine LF 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Mauer C 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Fujimura, F 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Oliva RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Chiba, S 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 Iijima RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .259 Allison LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Nagashima SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Smalley DH 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 Doigaki C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231 Gaetti 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .346 Noguchi, J 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Versalles SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .185 Fujimura, T DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .278 35 4 8 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 .244 34 1 5 1 3 8 1 0 1 0 .221 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Viola W(1-1) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3 8 146 96 50 3.71 37 130(137) 78 9.0 5 1 1 1 3 8 146 96 50 3.54 37 Chunichi IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Starffin L(1-1) 9.0 8 4 4 1 2 3 141 100 41 4.00 37 130(128) 56 9.0 8 4 4 1 2 3 141 100 41 5.31 37 E-Versalles(4), Oliva 2(3) 2B-Gaetti(2), Nagashima(2) 3B-Versalles(1), Gaetti(1), Carew(1) HR-MIN Smalley(1) off Starffin(1) in the 9th with 1 on base, 408 feet CHU Yonamine(2) off Viola(3) in the 6th with bases empty, 333 feet SB-MIN Knoblauch(2) off Starffin(2) + Doigaki(3), 1st MIN Allison(1) off Starffin(3) + Doigaki(4), 9th RBI-MIN - Mauer(3), Smalley 2(7), Versalles(5) CHU - Yonamine(4) Great-Gaetti(1) Poor-Iijima(1), Yonamine(1) LOB-Minnesota 6 Chunichi 9 GWRBI-Mauer Game MVP:Frank Viola Tokyo Dome (06-11-2026 10:17:21) Time 3:02, 67ø Night Game