April 9, 2000 Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 5
@ANA 2 BAL 11
DET 6 MIN 13
@KCR 7 OAK 14
CHW 2 SEA 9
NYY 3 CLE 17
@TBD 4 TEX 7
TOR 5 ARI 1
PIT 0 ATL 9
SFG 3 CIN 8
CHC 7
(11) FLA 7
COL 6 PHI 3
@HOU 2 MON 2
SDP 1 STL 11
MIL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Attendance: 42,178

Sunday, April 9, 2000, 1:35PM
Time of Game: 3:15

Tigers

1-5

Lost 5

5th, 3 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          3  0  0   0  1  1   1  0  0    6 10  2
Orioles         2  6  0   3  0  0   0  0  X   11 16  2

W: J Mercedes (1-0), L: C Nitkowski (0-2)

Orioles

5-1

Won 5

1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Polonia RF                  4   1   1   0    1   0  .105  .428   19    0   0   3B
G Jefferies DH                3   1   1   0    2   1  .250  .821   24    0   0   
B Higginson LF                5   2   1   0    0   1  .208  .546   17    4   0   2B
D Palmer 3B                   5   1   1   1    0   1  .250 1.046   17    1   0   HR
B Ausmus C                    4   0   2   2    0   0  .455 1.344   24    6   1   2B
R Fick 1B                     4   0   2   1    0   2  .316  .632   23    8   1   
D Easley 2B                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .118  .368         0   0   
  S Halter PH-2B              4   0   1   0    0   1  .200  .400   14    1   3   
J Encarnacion CF              4   1   1   1    0   0  .304  .898   15    3   0   HR,GDP
D Cruz SS                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .304  .724   10    0   2   GDP

C Nitkowski P                                                            0   1
  W Blair P                                                              1   0
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       37   6  10   5    3   6              163   24   8

BATTING

2B: B Ausmus (4, off T Worrell); B Higginson (1, off T Worrell).

3B: L Polonia (1, off J Mercedes).

HR: J Encarnacion (2, off T Worrell; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); D Palmer (3, off J Mercedes; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

TB: J Encarnacion 4; D Palmer 4; B Ausmus 3; L Polonia 3; R Fick 2; B Higginson 2; S Halter; G Jefferies.

GIDP: J Encarnacion (1); D Cruz (2).

RBI: B Ausmus 2 (4); R Fick (2); J Encarnacion (3); D Palmer (6).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. B Ausmus-D Palmer.

E: R Fick (1); J Encarnacion (2).

Baltimore Orioles            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Amaral CF                   5   1   3   0    0   0  .600 1.200   19    5   0   SB
D DeShields 2B                5   1   2   2    0   1  .320  .833   24    1   1   2·SB
  J Garcia 2B                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   1   
B Surhoff LF                  5   1   1   0    0   2  .360  .847   20    0   0   
A Belle RF                    4   3   3   0    1   0  .333 1.158   18    5   0   2B,CS
J Conine 1B                   5   1   3   1    0   0  .308  .665   17    8   2   
C Ripken 3B                   4   0   0   1    1   1  .167  .675   22    0   4   
W Clark DH                    4   2   1   3    0   1  .500 1.337   22    0   0   2B,SF
W Morales C                   4   1   2   0    0   1  .500 1.000   16    6   0   
M Bordick SS                  3   1   1   2    0   0  .381 1.042   15    0   0   SF

J Mercedes P                                                             0   0
  T Worrell P                                                            0   0
  B Groom P                                                              0   1
  M Trombley P                                                           1   0
Totals                       39  11  16   9    2   6              173   27   9

BATTING

2B: A Belle (2, off T Jones); W Clark (4, off C Nitkowski).

SF: M Bordick (2, off W Blair); W Clark (1, off C Nitkowski).

TB: A Belle 4; R Amaral 3; J Conine 3; W Morales 2; D DeShields 2; W Clark 2; M Bordick; B Surhoff.

RBI: W Clark 3 (3); M Bordick 2 (7); D DeShields 2 (4); C Ripken (3); J Conine (1).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 7 for 17.

FIELDING

DP: 2. C Ripken-J Garcia-J Conine; C Ripken-D DeShields-J Conine.

E: J Conine (1); B Groom ().

BASERUNNING

SB: R Amaral (1, 3rd base off C Nitkowski/B Ausmus); D DeShields 2 (4, 2nd base off C Nitkowski/B Ausmus 2).

CS: A Belle (2, 3rd base by T Jones/B Ausmus).

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Nitkowski, L (0-2)           3.1  11  11   7    2   5   0   7.71   25  103-62   35·11·16   10· 2· 6· 0      5    -     0.88  -0.59
W Blair                        2.2   2   0   0    0   0   0   6.00   10   40-24   15· 1· 8    4· 3· 3· 0          1-1    0.06   0.00
D Patterson                    1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    4   12-7     4· 0· 3    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.08   0.00
T Jones                        1     2   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    4   12-7     4· 2· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
Totals                         8    16  11   7    2   6   0          43  167-100  58·14·28   19· 6·10· 0          1-1

Baltimore Orioles             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Mercedes, W (1-0)            5     7   4   3    3   3   1   5.40   25  109-69   44· 8·17    7· 6· 5· 1     39    -     0.81  -0.11
T Worrell                      2     3   2   2    0   2   1   6.75    9   34-23   11· 3· 9    1· 4· 1· 1          0-0    0.28   0.00
B Groom                        1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3    7-7     4· 0· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.32   0.01
M Trombley                     1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3   13-7     2· 1· 4    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.09   0.01
Totals                         9    10   6   5    3   6   2          40  163-106  61·12·33   12·11· 6· 2           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dan Morrison.

Time of Game: 3:15.

Attendance: 42,178.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 52° F, Wind 20mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Baltimore Orioles                    
1. L Polonia            RF    1. R Amaral             CF 
2. G Jefferies          DH    2. D DeShields          2B 
3. B Higginson          LF    3. B Surhoff            LF 
4. D Palmer             3B    4. A Belle              RF 
5. B Ausmus             C     5. J Conine             1B 
6. R Fick               1B    6. C Ripken             3B 
7. D Easley             2B    7. W Clark              DH 
8. J Encarnacion        CF    8. W Morales            C  
9. D Cruz               SS    9. M Bordick            SS 

   C Nitkowski          P        J Mercedes           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  3-0  12-  4   16%  44% J Conine        C Nitkowski     Reached on E8 (Line Drive to Deep CF); Surhoff Scores/unER; Belle Scores/unER/No RBI; Conine to 3B
   b 2   0  3-2  12-  8    9%  64% M Bordick       C Nitkowski     Single to LF (Line Drive); Clark Scores/unER; Morales to 2B
   t 1   0  0-0  1-3  2   -9%  29% B Higginson     J Mercedes      Reached on E3 (throw) (Ground Ball); Polonia Scores/No RBI; Jefferies to 3B; Higginson to 2B
   b 2   0  3-3  123  4    9%  80% D DeShields     C Nitkowski     Single to LF (Line Drive); Morales Scores; Bordick Scores; Amaral to 2B
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  7   -8%  42% L Polonia       J Mercedes      Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Jose Mercedes facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  7   42%  L Polonia       Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
          --3  6   38%  G Jefferies     Walk
   R      1-3  2   29%  B Higginson     Reached on E3 (throw) (Ground Ball); Polonia Scores/No RBI; Jefferies to 3B; Higginson to 2B
   O      -23  4   34%  D Palmer        Strikeout Swinging
   R      -23  5   28%  B Ausmus        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Jefferies Scores; Higginson to 3B
   R      1-3  8   21%  R Fick          Single (Line Drive to LF-CF); Higginson Scores/unER; Ausmus to 3B
                  Shane Halter pinch hits for Damion Easley batting 7th
   O      1-3  3   25%  S Halter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3 10   28%  J Encarnacion   Popfly: 1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-3, C.J. Nitkowski facing 1-2-3
                  Shane Halter moves to 2B
   O      ---  6   26%  R Amaral        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  6   24%  D DeShields     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   26%  B Surhoff       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
          1--  4   28%  A Belle         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Surhoff to 2B
   RR     12-  4   44%  J Conine        Reached on E8 (Line Drive to Deep CF); Surhoff Scores/unER; Belle Scores/unER/No RBI; Conine to 3B
   O      --3  6   40%  C Ripken        Groundout: P-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 2.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jose Mercedes facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   43%  D Cruz          Lineout: CF
          ---  4   40%  L Polonia       Walk
          1--  5   37%  G Jefferies     Walk; Polonia to 2B
   O      12-  4   40%  B Higginson     Flyball: RF; Polonia to 3B
   O      1-3  4   45%  D Palmer        Foul Flyball: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Behind 2-3, C.J. Nitkowski facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   49%  W Clark         Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)
          1--  1   55%  W Morales       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Clark to 2B
   R      12-  8   64%  M Bordick       Single to LF (Line Drive); Clark Scores/unER; Morales to 2B
          12-  3   71%  R Amaral        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Morales to 3B; Bordick to 2B
   RR     123  4   80%  D DeShields     Single to LF (Line Drive); Morales Scores; Bordick Scores; Amaral to 2B
   O      12-  3   76%  B Surhoff       Strikeout Looking
          12-      80%  A Belle         Amaral Steals 3B; DeShields Steals 2B
          -23  5   80%  " "             Walk
   R      123  3   86%  J Conine        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Amaral Scores; DeShields to 3B; Belle to 2B
   R      123  7   90%  C Ripken        Walk; DeShields Scores; Belle to 3B; Conine to 2B
   RO     123  5   91%  W Clark         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Belle Scores/unER
   O      12-  5   89%  W Morales       Strikeout Swinging
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 8.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-8, Jose Mercedes facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  8   91%  B Ausmus        Flyball: CF
          ---  5   89%  R Fick          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
          1--  4   86%  S Halter        Single to CF (Line Drive); Fick to 3B
   OO     1-3  1   92%  J Encarnacion   Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 8.

Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 8-3, C.J. Nitkowski facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   92%  M Bordick       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   91%  R Amaral        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   92%  D DeShields     Single (Ground Ball)
          1--      92%  B Surhoff       DeShields Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   91%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 8.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-8, Jose Mercedes facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   93%  D Cruz          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   93%  L Polonia       Flyball: CF
          ---  3   93%  G Jefferies     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   94%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 8.

Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 8-3, C.J. Nitkowski facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   95%  A Belle         Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   96%  J Conine        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Belle to 2B
   O      12-  6   95%  C Ripken        Strikeout Swinging
   RR     12-  1   98%  W Clark         Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Belle Scores; Conine Scores
                  Willie Blair replaces C.J. Nitkowski pitching
          -2-  6   98%  W Morales       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Clark to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   99%  M Bordick       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Clark Scores
          1--  6   99%  R Amaral        Single to LF (Line Drive); Morales to 2B
   O      12-  6   98%  D DeShields     Lineout: LF
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 11.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-11, Jose Mercedes facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  1   97%  D Palmer        Home Run
   O      ---  6   98%  B Ausmus        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   98%  R Fick          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   99%  S Halter        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 11.

Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 11-4, Willie Blair facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   98%  B Surhoff       Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  3   98%  A Belle         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  6   98%  J Conine        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 11.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-11, Tim Worrell facing 8-9-1
                  Tim Worrell replaces Jose Mercedes pitching
   R      ---  1   97%  J Encarnacion   Home Run
   O      ---  2   98%  D Cruz          Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   98%  L Polonia       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  6   98%  G Jefferies     Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 11.

Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 11-5, Willie Blair facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   98%  C Ripken        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   98%  W Clark         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  4   98%  W Morales       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 11.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 5-11, Tim Worrell facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   97%  B Higginson     Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   O      -2-  4   98%  D Palmer        Flyball: RF
   R      -2-  5   96%  B Ausmus        Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Higginson Scores
   O      -2-  4   97%  R Fick          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   98%  S Halter        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Orioles 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 11-6, Danny Patterson facing 9-1-2
                  Danny Patterson replaces Willie Blair pitching
   O      ---  2   98%  M Bordick       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   98%  R Amaral        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   98%  D DeShields     Groundout: 2B-1B; Amaral to 2B
   O      -2-  2   98%  B Surhoff       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Orioles 11.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-11, Buddy Groom facing 8-9-1
                  Buddy Groom replaces Tim Worrell pitching; Jesse Garcia replaces Delino DeShields playing 2B batting 2nd
          ---  3   96%  J Encarnacion   Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B)
   OO     1--  3   99%  D Cruz          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   O      ---  1   99%  L Polonia       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Orioles 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 11-6, Todd Jones facing 4-5-6
                  Todd Jones replaces Danny Patterson pitching
          ---  1  100%  A Belle         Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
          -2-  3  100%  J Conine        Single (Ground Ball); Belle stays at 2B
   O      12-  2  100%  C Ripken        Flyball: LF
   OO     12-  6   99%  W Clark         Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Belle Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Orioles 11.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-11, Mike Trombley facing 2-3-4
                  Mike Trombley replaces Buddy Groom pitching
   O      ---  4  100%  G Jefferies     Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5  100%  B Higginson     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  D Palmer        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Orioles 11.

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