Enhanced Box Score of Intentional Walk w/Bases Loaded by Barry Bonds

Enhanced Box Score of Intentional Walk w/Bases Loaded by Barry Bonds

Bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs and your team is leading 8-6. Barry Bonds steps to the plate — what would you do? Buck Showalter defied convention and chose to intentionally walk the slugger making it a one run game. Brent Mayne batted next and lined out to right field on a 3-2 count and the manager was the hero. Would you have made the same call?

"I hope they do it again next time and I'll hit another rocket off him. But, I've never seen anything like that, maybe in Little League if a guy is hitting .900 or something." - Brent Mayne who hit after the IBB

Hitting & Fielding Notes


NAME	POS	AB	R	H	RBI
Andy Fox	2b	4	2	2	1
Gregg Olson	p	0	0	0	0
Devon White	cf	5	1	2	1
Travis Lee	1b	5	1	0	1
Matt Williams	3b	5	2	3	0
David Dellucci	lf	4	2	2	2
Jay Bell	ss	4	0	2	1
Jorge Fabregas	c	4	0	0	1
Amaury Telemaco	p	0	0	0	0
Andy Stankiewicz	2b	0	0	0	0
Brent Brede	rf	4	0	1	0
Brian Anderson	p	3	0	0	0
Kelly Stinnett	c	0	0	0	0
Totals		38	8	12	7


NAME	POS	AB	R	H	RBI
Darryl Hamilton	cf	3	0	0	0
Bill Mueller	3b	3	1	0	0
Jeff Kent	2b	5	2	2	0
Charlie Hayes	1b	4	1	2	0
Stan Javier	rf	5	0	1	2
Rich Aurilia	ss	3	0	0	0
Russ Ortiz	p	0	0	0	0
a-Marvin Benard	ph	1	0	1	1
John Johnstone	p	0	0	0	0
d-J.T. Snow	ph	0	0	0	0
Chris Jones	lf	3	2	2	1
b-Barry Bonds	ph-lf	0	0	0	1
Brian Johnson	c	3	1	1	2
c-Brent Mayne	ph-c	1	0	0	0
Danny Darwin	p	2	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	ss	1	0	0	0
Totals		34	7	9	7

a: Single for Ortiz in 8^th inning.
b: Intentionally walked for Jones in 8^th inning.
c: Lined out for Johnson in 8^th inning.
d: Walk for Johnstone in 9^th inning.

Caught Stealing: Kent.
GIDP: Lee.
Home Runs: Delluccie, Jones, White, Fox, Johnson.
Double Plays: Dellucci-Lee, Kent-Aurilia-Hayes.
Left On Base: Arizona 9, San Francisco 10.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	12	0
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	7	9	0

Pitching Notes


NAME	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Brian Anderson	6.1	5	3	3	3	2
Amaury Telemaco	1.1	3	2	2	1	0
Gregg Olson	1.1	1	2	2	6	2


NAME	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Danny Darwin	6.1	9	7	7	4	7
Russ Ortiz	1.2	1	0	0	1	2
John Johnstone	1.0	2	1	1	1	1

Losing Pitching: Darwin.
Save: Olson.
Wild Pitch: Olson, Darwin.
Winning Pitcher: Anderson.

Game Notes

Attendance: 12,066.
Length of Game: 3:26.
Umpires: HP:Ed Montague, 1B:Dana DeMuth.
Umpires: 2B:Charlie Reliford, 3B:Paul Schrieber.

Intentional Base on Balls With The Bases Loaded on May 28, 1998 at 3Com Park

After the game was over Buck Showalter said, "I know it was a little unorthodox, but I just felt it was the best chance for us to win a baseball game. It was a choice between one of the great players in the game or a very good player. It was a tough call but you go with it and you live with it."

Ron Perranoski, the Giants pitching coach said, "Babe Ruth is the only one I've ever heard them do that to, but that was a little before my time."

Do you know if Perranoski is correct? There have been only a handful of instances where a player was walked with the bases loaded. Check our record book and read about the other players who were shown the ultimate respect.

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