June 25, 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 10
TOR 8 CHW 2
@CAL 0 CLE 10
@MIL 5 MIN 9
TEX 1 OAK 4
DET 3 LAD 5
@ATL 2 MON 7
@CHC 3 CIN 5
SFG 2 HOU 5
SDP 3 PIT 5
PHI 0 NYM 3
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 32,591

Monday, June 25, 1990, 7:35
Time of Game: 3:14

Blue Jays

41-31

Lost 1

2nd, ½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       3  2  2   0  0  0   0  0  1    8 10  1
Red Sox         6  1  0   0  0  1   2  0  X   10 13  1

W: D Lamp (1-2), L: W Blair (0-5), S: J Reardon (11)

Red Sox

40-29

Won 4

1st

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Felix RF                    5   1   3   1    0   1  .295  .894   15    2   0   3B,2B
T Fernandez SS                5   1   1   1    0   2  .261  .720   26    2   3   3B
K Gruber 3B                   5   1   1   2    0   0  .308  .958    9    2   0   HR
G Bell LF                     5   0   0   0    0   2  .297  .852   18    4   0   
F McGriff 1B                  3   2   1   0    1   1  .253  .855   18    5   1   2B
J Olerud DH                   3   1   2   3    1   1  .298  .875   18    0   0   HR,2B
G Myers C                     3   0   0   0    0   1  .245  .701   11    3   0   
  P Borders PH-C              1   0   0   0    0   0  .292  .868    5    0   0   
M Lee 2B                      4   1   1   0    0   0  .289  .814   12    3   2   2B
M Wilson CF                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .250  .633   14    3   1   

D Stieb P                                                                0   0
  W Blair P                                                              0   0
  D Ward P                                                               0   0
Totals                       38   8  10   8    2   8              146   24   7

BATTING

2B: J Olerud (7, off D Kiecker); M Lee (4, off D Kiecker); F McGriff (6, off D Kiecker); J Felix (18, off D Lamp).

3B: T Fernandez (7, off D Kiecker); J Felix (4, off D Lamp).

HR: K Gruber (19, off J Reardon; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); J Olerud (8, off D Lamp; 3rd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep RF).

TB: J Olerud 6; J Felix 6; K Gruber 4; T Fernandez 3; M Lee 2; F McGriff 2; M Wilson.

RBI: J Olerud 3 (29); K Gruber 2 (62); J Felix (41); T Fernandez (29); M Wilson (21).

2-out RBI: K Gruber; J Olerud.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 2 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Lee-F McGriff 2.

E: J Felix (6).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Boggs 3B                    3   1   1   2    2   0  .295  .843   24    0   2   GDP
J Reed SS                     5   3   3   1    0   1  .298  .790   15    1   3   HR,2B
M Greenwell LF                5   1   4   3    0   0  .268  .681   17    1   0   2·2B
T Brunansky RF                4   1   2   0    1   0  .255  .769   21    2   0   2B
D Evans DH                    3   1   0   0    2   0  .246  .759   17    0   0   GDP,IW
D Heep 1B                     1   1   0   1    1   0  .196  .524   14    3   0   
  C Quintana 1B               2   0   0   0    0   1  .294  .728    7   12   0   
T Pena C                      3   1   1   1    1   0  .274  .675   11    8   0   
R Kutcher CF                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .256  .815   16    0   0   2B
M Barrett 2B                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .217  .534    7    0   6   

D Kiecker P                                                              0   0
  D Lamp P                                                               0   0
  R Murphy P                                                             0   0
  J Gray P                                                               0   0
  J Reardon P                                                            0   0
Totals                       34  10  13   9    7   3              149   27  11

BATTING

2B: M Greenwell 2 (8, off W Blair, off D Stieb); J Reed (21, off W Blair); R Kutcher (3, off D Ward); T Brunansky (14, off W Blair).

HR: J Reed (3, off W Blair; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

IBB: D Evans (4, by D Ward).

TB: J Reed 7; M Greenwell 6; T Brunansky 3; R Kutcher 2; M Barrett; T Pena; W Boggs.

GIDP: W Boggs (5); D Evans (7).

RBI: M Greenwell 3 (20); W Boggs 2 (25); J Reed (26); D Heep (6); M Barrett (8); T Pena (28).

2-out RBI: W Boggs 2; J Reed.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

E: M Barrett (1).

PITCHING

Toronto Blue Jays             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Stieb                        0     3   6   6    4   0   0   2.85    7   36-17   13· 0· 4    2· 0· 1· 0     16    -     1.56  -0.52
W Blair, L (0-5)               5.2   7   2   2    1   2   1   4.05   24   74-48   33· 4·11    5·11· 5· 0          3-2    1.11  -0.05
D Ward                         2.1   3   2   2    2   1   0   4.20   10   39-20   12· 1· 7    3· 1· 3· 0          2-0    0.86  -0.08
Totals                         8    13  10  10    7   3   1          41  149-85   58· 5·22   10·12· 9· 0          5-2

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
D Kiecker                      1     6   5   5    0   1   0   4.34    9   32-21   12· 7· 2    3· 3· 2· 0     22    -     0.87  -0.35
D Lamp, W (1-2)                5.1   3   2   2    2   4   1   2.75   22   68-45   21·13·11    9· 4· 3· 0          1-1    1.20   0.08
R Murphy, H (9)                0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   5.91    2   10-6     2· 3· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.05
J Gray, H (2)                  1     0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    3   12-7     3· 1· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.61   0.04
J Reardon, S (11)              1     1   1   1    0   1   1   2.53    4   22-16   11· 4· 1    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.03
Totals                         9    10   8   8    2   8   2          40  144-95   49·28·18   14·10· 6· 0          1-1

D Stieb faced 7 batters in the 1st inning.
D Kiecker faced 2 batters in the 2nd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: D Kiecker (4).

IBB: D Ward (7; D Evans).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry McCoy.

Time of Game: 3:14.

Attendance: 32,591.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Boston Red Sox                       
1. J Felix              RF    1. W Boggs              3B 
2. T Fernandez          SS    2. J Reed               SS 
3. K Gruber             3B    3. M Greenwell          LF 
4. G Bell               LF    4. T Brunansky          RF 
5. F McGriff            1B    5. D Evans              DH 
6. J Olerud             DH    6. D Heep               1B 
7. G Myers              C     7. T Pena               C  
8. M Lee                2B    8. R Kutcher            CF 
9. M Wilson             CF    9. M Barrett            2B 

   D Stieb              P        D Kiecker            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 6   2  7-7  ---  1   19%  70% J Reed          W Blair         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   t 3   0  7-5  1--  2  -17%  50% J Olerud        D Lamp          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); McGriff Scores
   t 2   0  6-4  1--  3  -15%  51% J Felix         D Lamp          Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Wilson Scores
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  1  -14%  32% T Fernandez     D Kiecker       Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Felix Scores
   b 1   2  3-4  123  4   11%  78% W Boggs         W Blair         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Evans Scores; Heep Scores; Pena out at 3B/CF-1B-3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Dana Kiecker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  2   47%  J Felix         Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B)
   R      1--  1   32%  T Fernandez     Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Felix Scores
   RO     --3  3   33%  K Gruber        Groundout: SS-1B; Fernandez Scores
   O      ---  3   34%  G Bell          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   32%  F McGriff       Double to CF (Fly Ball)
   R      -2-  5   24%  J Olerud        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); McGriff Scores
   O      -2-  5   26%  G Myers         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Dave Stieb facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   30%  W Boggs         Walk
          1--  4   40%  J Reed          Single to RF (Ground Ball); Boggs to 3B; Reed to 2B/Adv on E9
   RR     -23  3   51%  M Greenwell     Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Boggs Scores; Reed Scores
          -2-  8   54%  T Brunansky     Walk
          12-  6   62%  D Evans         Walk; Greenwell to 3B; Brunansky to 2B
   R      123  8   71%  D Heep          Walk; Greenwell Scores; Brunansky to 3B; Evans to 2B
   R      123  2   78%  T Pena          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Brunansky Scores; Evans to 3B; Heep to 2B
                  Willie Blair replaces Dave Stieb pitching
   O      123  6   73%  R Kutcher       Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  1   67%  M Barrett       Foul Popfly: SS (3B Foul)
   RRO    123  4   78%  W Boggs         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Evans Scores; Heep Scores; Pena out at 3B/CF-1B-3B
                  6 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 6.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-6, Dana Kiecker facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   73%  M Lee           Double to CF (Fly Ball)
          -2-      70%  M Wilson        Wild Pitch; Lee to 3B
   R      --3  4   66%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Lee Scores
                  Dennis Lamp replaces Dana Kiecker pitching
   R      1--  3   51%  J Felix         Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Wilson Scores
   O      --3  5   56%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  1   62%  K Gruber        Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      --3  4   66%  G Bell          Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 6.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-5, Willie Blair facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   71%  J Reed          Double to LF (Fly Ball)
   R      -2-  2   79%  M Greenwell     Ground-rule Double (Line Drive to RF Line); Reed Scores
   O      -2-  1   76%  T Brunansky     Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      -2-  3   74%  D Evans         Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  6   71%  D Heep          Lineout: SS
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 5-7, Dennis Lamp facing 5-6-7
                  Carlos Quintana replaces Danny Heep playing 1B batting 6th
          ---  6   67%  F McGriff       Walk
   RR     1--  2   50%  J Olerud        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); McGriff Scores
   O      ---  4   53%  G Myers         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   54%  M Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   56%  M Wilson        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 7-7, Willie Blair facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   53%  T Pena          Lineout: RF (RF Line)
   O      ---  2   51%  R Kutcher       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   50%  M Barrett       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 7-7, Dennis Lamp facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   53%  J Felix         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   55%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   56%  K Gruber        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 7-7, Willie Blair facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   60%  W Boggs         Walk
   O      1--  3   56%  J Reed          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  7   53%  M Greenwell     Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
          1--  3   56%  T Brunansky     Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS); Boggs to 3B
   O      1-3  2   50%  D Evans         Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 7-7, Dennis Lamp facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   53%  G Bell          Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   55%  F McGriff       Lineout: SS
          ---  5   54%  J Olerud        Walk
          1--  2   50%  G Myers         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Olerud to 3B; Myers to 1B
   O      1-3  4   57%  M Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 7-7, Willie Blair facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   54%  C Quintana      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  4   52%  T Pena          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   50%  R Kutcher       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 7-7, Dennis Lamp facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   53%  M Wilson        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   47%  J Felix         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  5   52%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   58%  K Gruber        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 7-7, Willie Blair facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   54%  M Barrett       Flyball: CF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  4   52%  W Boggs         Flyball: LF
   R      ---  1   70%  J Reed          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
          ---  1   72%  M Greenwell     Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
          1--  4   75%  T Brunansky     Double to LF (Line Drive); Greenwell to 3B
                  Duane Ward replaces Willie Blair pitching
          -23  4   76%  D Evans         Intentional Walk
   O      123  5   69%  C Quintana      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 7-8, Dennis Lamp facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   74%  G Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  Rob Murphy replaces Dennis Lamp pitching
   O      ---  4   77%  F McGriff       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   79%  J Olerud        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-7, Duane Ward facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   82%  T Pena          Walk
          1--  5   90%  R Kutcher       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Pena to 3B
   R      -23  1   94%  M Barrett       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Pena Scores; Kutcher to 3B
   ROO    1-3  5   93%  W Boggs         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Kutcher Scores/No RBI
   O      ---  4   93%  J Reed          Lineout: 3B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 7-10, Jeff Gray facing 7-8-9
                  Jeff Gray replaces Rob Murphy pitching; Pat Borders pinch hits for Greg Myers batting 7th
   O      ---  5   95%  P Borders       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  2   97%  M Lee           Lineout: LF
   O      ---  5   97%  M Wilson        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 10-7, Duane Ward facing 3-4-5
                  Pat Borders moves to C
          ---  4   98%  M Greenwell     Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  5   97%  T Brunansky     Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   OO     1--  2   97%  D Evans         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 7-10, Jeff Reardon facing 1-2-3
                  Jeff Reardon replaces Jeff Gray pitching
   O      ---  4   99%  J Felix         Strikeout Swinging
   O      --- 10  100%  T Fernandez     Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      ---  3   99%  K Gruber        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  5  100%  G Bell          Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 10.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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