July 20, 2000 Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 6
TEX 1 BOS 11
@BAL 7 BAL 9
BOS 4 KCR 10
@CLE 6 MIN 5
CHW 1 DET 5
@NYY 3 OAK 5
SEA 4 TOR 6
TBD 5 ARI 3
STL 2 PHI 3
@CHC 2 ATL 5
@FLA 3 FLA 6
ATL 1 HOU 6
CIN 2 LAD 6
COL 3 PIT 9
@MIL 2 MON 4
NYM 1 SFG 7
SDP 3

Standings at end of play this day

First game of doubleheader, see Second game.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Attendance: 42,048

Thursday, July 20, 2000, 1:35PM
Time of Game: 3:12

Red Sox

49-42

Won 5

3rd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         2  0  0   3  3  0   1  2  0   11 17  0
Orioles         4  0  0   0  1  0   2  0  0    7 11  0

W: R Martinez (8-5), L: S Ponson (5-6)

Orioles

40-53

Lost 2

4th, 10 GB

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman 1B-2B              6   1   2   0    0   0  .251  .676   20    0   5   
J Frye 2B                     1   0   0   0    0   1  .290  .719    3    0   0   
  M Alexander 3B              4   0   1   1    0   0  .208  .542   11    1   0   
C Everett CF                  5   2   1   2    0   4  .320 1.039   22    2   0   HR
N Garciaparra SS              5   3   3   0    0   0  .403 1.126   17    2   1   3B,2B,SB
T O'Leary LF                  4   2   4   3    1   0  .256  .728   18    4   0   2B
M Burkhart DH                 4   0   0   1    0   4  .295  .855   25    0   0   SF
E Sprague 3B-1B               5   0   2   0    0   1  .244  .811   18    9   2   2B
J Varitek C                   4   2   3   3    0   1  .277  .817   10    7   0   HR,2B,SH
D Lewis RF                    5   1   1   1    0   2  .257  .649   19    0   0   

R Martinez P                                                             1   0
  H Pichardo P                                                           0   0
  R Garces P                                                             1   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   1
Totals                       43  11  17  11    1  13              163   27   9

BATTING

2B: J Varitek (21, off S Ponson); N Garciaparra (32, off M Trombley); T O'Leary (16, off S Ponson); E Sprague (12, off S Ponson).

3B: N Garciaparra (1, off S Ponson).

HR: J Varitek (6, off S Ponson; 5th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); C Everett (26, off S Ponson; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF).

SF: M Burkhart (1, off G Molina).

SH: J Varitek (1, off M Trombley).

TB: J Varitek 7; N Garciaparra 6; T O'Leary 5; C Everett 4; E Sprague 3; J Offerman 2; D Lewis; M Alexander.

RBI: J Varitek 3 (38); T O'Leary 3 (34); C Everett 2 (74); M Alexander (9); M Burkhart (15); D Lewis (8).

2-out RBI: J Varitek 3; T O'Leary 2; D Lewis; M Alexander.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

BASERUNNING

SB: N Garciaparra (4, 2nd base off G Molina/G Myers).

Baltimore Orioles            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Anderson CF                 5   0   0   0    0   0  .257  .765   20    4   0   
M Bordick SS                  4   2   2   0    1   2  .304  .850   24    1   0   SB
D DeShields 2B                4   2   1   0    1   1  .296  .805   24    1   0   SB
A Belle RF                    4   2   2   1    1   0  .298  .886   22    1   0   2B
B Surhoff LF                  5   0   2   2    0   0  .288  .792   14    4   0   2B
W Clark 1B                    5   1   2   4    0   1  .291  .864   21    3   1   HR
H Baines DH                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .259  .767   16    0   0   
G Myers C                     4   0   1   0    0   2  .229  .584   19   12   0   
I Coffie 3B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .100  .282   21    0   1   

S Ponson P                                                               1   0
  G Molina P                                                             0   0
  M Trombley P                                                           0   1
Totals                       38   7  11   7    4   7              181   27   3

BATTING

2B: B Surhoff (25, off R Martinez); A Belle (24, off R Martinez).

HR: W Clark (7, off R Martinez; 1st inn, 3 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: W Clark 5; B Surhoff 3; A Belle 3; M Bordick 2; D DeShields; H Baines; G Myers.

RBI: W Clark 4 (24); B Surhoff 2 (54); A Belle (73).

2-out RBI: W Clark 4; B Surhoff.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Bordick (6, 3rd base off R Martinez/J Varitek); D DeShields (23, 2nd base off R Martinez/J Varitek).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Martinez, W (8-5)            5     6   5   5    3   5   1   5.79   24  103-60   29·15·16    6· 4· 5· 1     37    -     0.96  -0.19
H Pichardo, H (2)              1.2   3   2   2    1   0   0   2.95    9   40-26   22· 1· 3    5· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.54  -0.05
R Garces, H (11)               1.1   1   0   0    0   2   0   3.00    5   18-14    6· 2· 6    2· 0· 1· 0          1-0    1.14   0.08
R Cormier                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.59    4   11-7     4· 0· 3    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.24   0.02
Totals                         9    11   7   7    4   7   1          42  172-107  61·18·28   15· 6· 9· 1          1-0

Baltimore Orioles             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Ponson, L (5-6)              5    11   8   8    1   9   2   5.46   27   93-66   34·16·16    2· 4· 9· 2     21    -     1.04  -0.54
G Molina                       2     3   1   1    0   2   0   6.75    9   34-24   14· 5· 5    1· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.41  -0.00
M Trombley                     2     3   2   2    0   2   0   4.42   10   33-22    9· 6· 7    2· 3· 3· 0          0-0    0.36  -0.09
Totals                         9    17  11  11    1  13   2          46  160-112  57·27·28    5·11·14· 2           -

Balks: None.

WP: M Trombley (5).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ian Lamplugh, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Lance Barksdale.

Time of Game: 3:12.

Attendance: 42,048.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 81° F, Wind 10mph from Left to Right, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Baltimore Orioles                    
1. J Offerman           1B    1. B Anderson           CF 
2. J Frye               2B    2. M Bordick            SS 
3. C Everett            CF    3. D DeShields          2B 
4. N Garciaparra        SS    4. A Belle              RF 
5. T O'Leary            LF    5. B Surhoff            LF 
6. M Burkhart           DH    6. W Clark              1B 
7. E Sprague            3B    7. H Baines             DH 
8. J Varitek            C     8. G Myers              C  
9. D Lewis              RF    9. I Coffie             3B 

   R Martinez           P        S Ponson             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  2-0  123  1  -31%  31% W Clark         R Martinez      Home Run; Bordick Scores; DeShields Scores; Belle Scores
   t 1   1  0-0  1--  2   16%  66% C Everett       S Ponson        Home Run; Offerman Scores
   t 5   2  4-6  1--  1   15%  87% J Varitek       S Ponson        Home Run; O'Leary Scores
   b 7   0  9-5  12-  1  -13%  69% A Belle         H Pichardo      Single to LF (Line Drive); Bordick Scores; DeShields to 3B
   t 4   2  4-4  12-  2   12%  61% M Alexander     S Ponson        Single to CF (Line Drive); Lewis Scores; Offerman to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Sidney Ponson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  J Offerman      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   50%  J Frye          Strikeout Swinging
   RR     1--  2   66%  C Everett       Home Run; Offerman Scores
   O      ---  3   64%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   66%  T O'Leary       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   64%  M Burkhart      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-2, Ramon Martinez facing 1-2-3
                  Ed Sprague moves to 1B; Jose Offerman moves to 2B; Manny Alexander replaces Jeff Frye playing 3B batting 2nd
   O      ---  4   66%  B Anderson      Flyball: LF
          ---  2   63%  M Bordick       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   60%  D DeShields     Walk; Bordick to 2B
          12-      57%  A Belle         Bordick Steals 3B
          1-3      55%  " "             DeShields Steals 2B
          -23  6   54%  " "             Walk
   O      123  1   61%  B Surhoff       Foul Flyball: 3B (LF Foul)
   RRRR   123  1   31%  W Clark         Home Run; Bordick Scores; DeShields Scores; Belle Scores
          ---  5   30%  H Baines        Walk
   O      1--  6   31%  G Myers         Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Sidney Ponson facing 7-8-9
          ---  6   37%  E Sprague       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   33%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   30%  D Lewis         Groundout: 1B-P; Sprague to 3B
   O      --3  4   26%  J Offerman      Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 4-2, Ramon Martinez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   28%  I Coffie        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   29%  B Anderson      Lineout: P
          ---  2   28%  M Bordick       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  6   30%  D DeShields     Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Sidney Ponson facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   27%  M Alexander     Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   26%  C Everett       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   24%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 4-2, Ramon Martinez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   26%  A Belle         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   27%  B Surhoff       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  3   27%  W Clark         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   O      1--  4   28%  H Baines        Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Sidney Ponson facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   33%  T O'Leary       Walk
   O      1--  3   29%  M Burkhart      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   25%  E Sprague       Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  1   36%  J Varitek       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); O'Leary Scores
   R      -2-  5   47%  D Lewis         Single to RF (Line Drive); Varitek Scores
          1--  3   49%  J Offerman      Single to LF (Line Drive); Lewis to 2B
   R      12-  2   61%  M Alexander     Single to CF (Line Drive); Lewis Scores; Offerman to 2B
   O      12-  4   56%  C Everett       Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-5, Ramon Martinez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   59%  G Myers         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   61%  I Coffie        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   63%  B Anderson      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Orioles 4.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Sidney Ponson facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   73%  N Garciaparra   Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   R      --3  4   77%  T O'Leary       Single to RF (Line Drive); Garciaparra Scores
   O      1--  6   74%  M Burkhart      Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   71%  E Sprague       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   RR     1--  1   87%  J Varitek       Home Run; O'Leary Scores
   O      ---  6   86%  D Lewis         Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-8, Ramon Martinez facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  7   88%  M Bordick       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   90%  D DeShields     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   88%  A Belle         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   R      -2-  1   81%  B Surhoff       Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Belle Scores
   O      -2-  6   85%  W Clark         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Orioles 5.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-5, Gabe Molina facing 1-2-3
                  Gabe Molina replaces Sidney Ponson pitching
   O      ---  3   84%  J Offerman      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  1   83%  M Alexander     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   82%  C Everett       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Orioles 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Behind 5-8, Hipolito Pichardo facing 7-8-9
                  Hipolito Pichardo replaces Ramon Martinez pitching
   O      ---  2   85%  H Baines        Flyball: LF
          ---  4   82%  G Myers         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  7   85%  I Coffie        Groundout: 2B-1B; Myers to 2B
   O      -2-  5   88%  B Anderson      Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Orioles 5.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-5, Gabe Molina facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   90%  N Garciaparra   Single (Ground Ball)
          1--      91%  T O'Leary       Garciaparra Steals 2B
          -2-  4   94%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Garciaparra to 3B
   RO     1-3  7   93%  M Burkhart      Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Garciaparra Scores
   O      1--  1   92%  E Sprague       Popfly: SS
          1--  3   93%  J Varitek       Single to RF (Line Drive); O'Leary to 2B
   O      12-  6   92%  D Lewis         Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Orioles 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Behind 5-9, Hipolito Pichardo facing 2-3-4
          --- 10   88%  M Bordick       Walk
          1--  2   82%  D DeShields     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Bordick to 2B
   R      12-  1   69%  A Belle         Single to LF (Line Drive); Bordick Scores; DeShields to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   76%  B Surhoff       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; DeShields Scores
   O      1--  6   81%  W Clark         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  Rich Garces replaces Hipolito Pichardo pitching
          1--  5   76%  H Baines        Single (Line Drive to LF-CF); Clark to 3B
   O      1-3  4   85%  G Myers         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Orioles 7.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-7, Mike Trombley facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Trombley replaces Gabe Molina pitching
   O      ---  3   84%  J Offerman      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   82%  M Alexander     Popfly: 1B
          ---  5   83%  C Everett       Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Everett to 1B
          1--  6   85%  N Garciaparra   Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Everett to 3B
   RR     -23  2   95%  T O'Leary       Single to CF (Line Drive); Everett Scores; Garciaparra Scores
   O      1--  6   95%  M Burkhart      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Orioles 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 7-11, Rich Garces facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   97%  I Coffie        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   98%  B Anderson      Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  3   98%  M Bordick       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Orioles 7.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 11-7, Mike Trombley facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   99%  E Sprague       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  1   98%  J Varitek       Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Sprague to 2B
   O      -2-  1   98%  D Lewis         Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  2   98%  J Offerman      Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Orioles 7.

Bottom of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 7-11, Rheal Cormier facing 3-4-5
                  Rheal Cormier replaces Rich Garces pitching
   O      ---  3   99%  D DeShields     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1  100%  A Belle         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   99%  B Surhoff       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
          1--      99%  W Clark         Defensive Indifference; Surhoff to 2B
   O      -2-  3  100%  " "             Groundout: P-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Orioles 7.

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