September 2, 1989 Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 6
SEA 5 BAL 2
@CHW 1 DET 10
CLE 4 OAK 7
@MIL 2 NYY 2
CAL 1 TEX 6
KCR 3 TOR 4
MIN 2 CHC 10
@ATL 3 LAD 4
MON 3 CIN 6
@PIT 2 SDP 3
PHI 2 SFG 6
NYM 2 STL 13
HOU 5

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 33,615

Saturday, September 2, 1989, 1:07
Time of Game: 3:10

Mariners

60-75

Lost 1

6th, 21½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mariners        0  1  1   0  0  1   1  0  1    5  9  3
Red Sox         3  0  3   0  0  0   0  0  X    6  7  1

W: D Lamp (4-1), L: M Dunne (3-10), S: L Smith (20)

Red Sox

69-67

Won 1

3rd, 5 GB

BATTING

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Reynolds 2B                 5   0   1   1    0   1  .299  .717   22    3   6   
G Briley LF                   3   0   1   0    0   0  .276  .803   11    1   0   
  H Cotto PH-LF               2   1   1   0    0   0  .265  .683    6    1   0   
A Davis 1B                    4   1   2   2    1   0  .323  .952   27   10   2   HR,2B
  D Coles PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .254  .658         0   0   
J Leonard DH                  5   1   1   0    0   2  .256  .730   19    0   0   3B
K Griffey CF                  2   1   0   0    2   1  .281  .792   26    3   1   SB,HBP
J Buhner RF                   4   1   2   1    1   2  .290  .906   20    0   0   2B
J Presley 3B                  2   0   1   0    1   0  .235  .645   12    0   1   SH,GDP
D Valle C                     4   0   0   1    0   1  .239  .678   16    4   1   
O Vizquel SS                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .543   12    1   4   
  S Bradley PH                0   0   0   0    1   0  .289  .729    6    0   0   
  M Diaz SS                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .123  .355         0   1   

M Dunne P                                                                0   0
  B Swift P                                                              1   1
  K Comstock P                                                           0   0
  T Niedenfuer P                                                         0   0
Totals                       34   5   9   5    6   7              177   24  17

BATTING

2B: A Davis (25, off L Smith); J Buhner (11, off M Boddicker).

3B: J Leonard (1, off M Boddicker).

HR: A Davis (17, off R Murphy; 7th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

SH: J Presley (3, off L Smith).

HBP: K Griffey (2, by M Boddicker).

TB: A Davis 6; J Leonard 3; J Buhner 3; J Presley; H Cotto; G Briley; H Reynolds.

GIDP: J Presley (12).

RBI: A Davis 2 (81); D Valle (28); J Buhner (26); H Reynolds (39).

2-out RBI: A Davis; H Reynolds.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 18.

FIELDING

DP: 2. O Vizquel-H Reynolds-A Davis; K Griffey-H Reynolds-A Davis.

E: O Vizquel (14); G Briley (8); D Valle (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: K Griffey (15, 2nd base off D Lamp/R Cerone).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Boggs 3B                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .338  .900   12    0   2   GDP
J Reed 2B                     3   1   2   0    1   0  .287  .770   14    2   5   2B,CS
E Burks CF                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .290  .807   21    1   0   SB
M Greenwell LF                3   1   1   0    1   0  .308  .821   13    2   0   
N Esasky 1B                   3   0   0   0    1   1  .269  .826   16    9   1   
D Heep RF                     2   1   0   0    1   0  .319  .811   16    4   0   
  K Romine RF                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .257  .625    4    0   0   
D Evans DH                    3   1   1   3    1   0  .274  .835   13    0   0   HR
L Rivera SS                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .272  .688   13    1   1   
R Cerone C                    2   0   1   0    1   0  .260  .685    9    7   0   

M Boddicker P                                                            1   0
  D Lamp P                                                               0   2
  R Murphy P                                                             0   0
  L Smith P                                                              0   0
Totals                       29   6   7   4    6   4              131   27  11

BATTING

2B: J Reed (38, off M Dunne).

HR: D Evans (16, off B Swift; 3rd inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

TB: D Evans 4; J Reed 3; R Cerone; W Boggs; M Greenwell; E Burks.

GIDP: W Boggs (19).

RBI: D Evans 3 (76); E Burks (57).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Lamp-J Reed-N Esasky.

E: K Romine (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: E Burks (20, 2nd base off M Dunne/D Valle).

CS: J Reed (4, 2nd base by B Swift/D Valle).

PITCHING

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Dunne, L (3-10)              2     4   5   5    5   1   0   5.60   14   57-26   18· 1· 7    3· 2· 3· 0     24    -     0.90  -0.27
B Swift                        4.1   3   1   1    1   0   1   4.80   16   54-31   22· 1· 8   12· 3· 0· 0          2-2    0.49  -0.08
K Comstock                     0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.10    2    5-4     2· 2· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.51   0.03
T Niedenfuer                   1     0   0   0    0   2   0   6.32    3   11-8     3· 4· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.21   0.01
Totals                         8     7   6   6    6   4   1          35  127-69   45· 8·16   16· 6· 3· 0          3-2

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
M Boddicker                    2.1   4   2   2    2   1   0   3.95   14   57-33   19· 2·12    4· 3· 3· 0     40    -     1.28  -0.05
D Lamp, W (4-1)                3.2   2   1   1    1   2   0   2.63   13   51-33   17· 6·10    7· 0· 3· 0          2-1    0.95   0.09
R Murphy, H (9)                1     1   1   1    1   0   1   2.90    5   20-10    6· 1· 3    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.81  -0.07
L Smith, S (20)                2     2   1   0    2   4   0   3.81   10   47-28    9· 8·11    1· 1· 2· 0          1-0    3.43   0.22
Totals                         9     9   5   4    6   7   1          42  175-104  51·17·36   13· 7· 8· 0          3-1

M Dunne faced 1 batter in the 3rd inning.
R Murphy faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: M Boddicker (8; K Griffey).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Larry Young, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Joyce.

Time of Game: 3:10.

Attendance: 33,615.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Seattle Mariners              Boston Red Sox                       
1. H Reynolds           2B    1. W Boggs              3B 
2. G Briley             LF    2. J Reed               2B 
3. A Davis              1B    3. E Burks              CF 
4. J Leonard            DH    4. M Greenwell          LF 
5. K Griffey            CF    5. N Esasky             1B 
6. J Buhner             RF    6. D Heep               RF 
7. J Presley            3B    7. D Evans              DH 
8. D Valle              C     8. L Rivera             SS 
9. O Vizquel            SS    9. R Cerone             C  

   M Dunne              P        M Boddicker          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   0  6-4  --3  7  -18%  64% A Davis         L Smith         Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cotto Scores/unER
   b 3   1  2-3  1-3  2   16%  89% D Evans         B Swift         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Greenwell Scores; Heep Scores
   t 9   0  6-5  -2-  3   14%  77% J Leonard       L Smith         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   t 3   1  3-2  1-3  2   13%  67% J Presley       D Lamp          Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B
   t 8   2  6-4  123  4   13%  94% H Reynolds      L Smith         Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Boddicker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  H Reynolds      Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   50%  G Briley        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  6   46%  A Davis         Walk; Briley to 2B
   O      12-  4   51%  J Leonard       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  7   55%  K Griffey       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Dunne facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   58%  W Boggs         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  4   68%  J Reed          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Boggs to 3B
   R      -23  3   75%  E Burks         Single to RF (Line Drive); Boggs Scores; Reed to 3B
   R      1-3      78%  M Greenwell     Burks Steals 2B; Reed Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)
   R      -2-  3   84%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Burks Scores/No RBI; Greenwell to 2B/Adv on E7 (throw)
   O      -2-  1   82%  N Esasky        Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
          -2-  7   82%  D Heep          Walk
   O      12-  6   81%  D Evans         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Greenwell to 3B
   O      1-3  2   78%  L Rivera        Lineout: LF (Short LF)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-3, Mike Boddicker facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   73%  J Buhner        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  5   69%  J Presley       Walk
   O      12-  4   74%  D Valle         Flyball: RF
   O      12-  6   78%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Buhner to 3B
   R      1-3  2   70%  H Reynolds      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Buhner Scores; Vizquel to 2B
   O      12-  4   75%  G Briley        Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Mike Dunne facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   77%  R Cerone        Walk
   OO     1--  5   72%  W Boggs         Double Play: Flyball: CF-2B-1B (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  4   73%  J Reed          Walk
   O      1--  5   71%  E Burks         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-3, Mike Boddicker facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   74%  A Davis         Lineout: LF
          ---  4   67%  J Leonard       Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
          --3  1   64%  K Griffey       Hit By Pitch
                  Dennis Lamp replaces Mike Boddicker pitching
   R      1-3  2   54%  J Buhner        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Leonard Scores; Griffey to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   67%  J Presley       Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-2, Mike Dunne facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   70%  M Greenwell     Walk
                  Bill Swift replaces Mike Dunne pitching
          1--  6   75%  N Esasky        Walk; Greenwell to 2B
   O      12-  4   73%  D Heep          Groundout: P-2B/Forceout at 2B; Greenwell to 3B
   RRR    1-3  2   89%  D Evans         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Greenwell Scores; Heep Scores
   O      ---  4   88%  L Rivera        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3   88%  R Cerone        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Behind 2-6, Dennis Lamp facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   89%  D Valle         Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   91%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   91%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-2, Bill Swift facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   90%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   90%  J Reed          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   90%  E Burks         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Behind 2-6, Dennis Lamp facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   91%  G Briley        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   92%  A Davis         Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   93%  J Leonard       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-2, Bill Swift facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   93%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   92%  N Esasky        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   92%  D Heep          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Behind 2-6, Dennis Lamp facing 5-6-7
          ---  7   89%  K Griffey       Walk
          1--      88%  J Buhner        Griffey Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   91%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  3   87%  J Presley       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Griffey to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   88%  D Valle         Groundout: 3B-1B; Griffey Scores; Presley to 2B
   O      -2-  4   91%  O Vizquel       Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-3, Bill Swift facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   92%  D Evans         Walk
   O      1--  1   92%  L Rivera        Groundout: 1B-P; Evans to 2B
          -2-  2   94%  R Cerone        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Evans to 3B
   OO     1-3  1   89%  W Boggs         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Behind 3-6, Rob Murphy facing 1-2-3
                  Rob Murphy replaces Dennis Lamp pitching
   O      ---  7   92%  H Reynolds      Flyball: RF
                  Henry Cotto pinch hits for Greg Briley batting 2nd
   O      ---  2   93%  H Cotto         Flyball: CF
   R      ---  5   87%  A Davis         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   89%  J Leonard       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-4, Bill Swift facing 2-3-4
                  Henry Cotto moves to LF
          ---  2   90%  J Reed          Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--      88%  E Burks         Reed Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B-1B-SS)
          ---  6   89%  " "             Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
                  Keith Comstock replaces Bill Swift pitching
   O      1--  1   87%  M Greenwell     Flyball: LF
   O      1--  4   86%  N Esasky        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Behind 4-6, Rob Murphy facing 5-6-7
                  Kevin Romine replaces Danny Heep playing RF batting 6th
          ---  4   80%  K Griffey       Walk
                  Lee Smith replaces Rob Murphy pitching
          1--  4   69%  J Buhner        Walk; Griffey to 2B
   O      12-  2   71%  J Presley       Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 3B); Griffey to 3B; Buhner to 2B
   O      -23  6   83%  D Valle         Strikeout Looking
                  Scott Bradley pinch hits for Omar Vizquel batting 9th
          -23  6   81%  S Bradley       Walk
   O      123  4   94%  H Reynolds      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Mariners 4, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-4, Tom Niedenfuer facing 6-7-8
                  Tom Niedenfuer replaces Keith Comstock pitching; Mario Diaz replaces Scott Bradley playing SS batting 9th
   O      ---  4   93%  K Romine        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   93%  D Evans         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   92%  L Rivera        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 9th, Mariners Batting, Behind 4-6, Lee Smith facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   81%  H Cotto         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Cotto to 3B/Adv on E9
   R      --3  7   64%  A Davis         Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cotto Scores/unER
                  Darnell Coles pinch runs for Alvin Davis batting 3rd
   O      -2-  3   77%  J Leonard       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      -2-  7   89%  K Griffey       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4  100%  J Buhner        Strikeout Looking
        1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Red Sox 6.

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