September 9, 1990 Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 3
CAL 1 SEA 3
@BOS 1 DET 5
@MIL 0 CLE 12
@MIN 9 OAK 7
@NYY 3 TEX 6
KCR 5 TOR 6
CHW 1 STL 9
@CHC 2 LAD 6
CIN 4 PHI 6
NYM 2 MON 9
@PIT 5 SDP 5
ATL 4
(11) SFG 5
HOU 1

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 33,923

Sunday, September 9, 1990, 1:06
Time of Game: 3:09

Mariners

69-71

Won 1

4th, 20½ GB

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

W: M Young (8-14), L: J Hesketh (1-4), S: B Swift (5)

Red Sox

78-61

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Reynolds 2B                 5   0   1   1    0   0  .248  .682   16    3   5   2B,GDP
H Cotto LF                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .257  .643    8    2   0   
  K Griffey PH-LF             1   0   1   0    1   0  .295  .769    9    1   0   
K Griffey CF                  4   0   0   0    1   2  .303  .841   19    0   0   GDP
J Leonard DH                  4   0   3   0    1   0  .241  .637   17    0   0   
J Buhner RF                   5   1   1   0    0   3  .260  .822   21    1   0   2B
E Martinez 3B                 2   2   1   0    2   1  .299  .835   16    0   5   
P O'Brien 1B                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .223  .620   11   12   0   
D Valle C                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .205  .606   24    7   0   
O Vizquel SS                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .246  .590   12    1   4   2B

M Young P                                                                0   2
  B Swift P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   3  11   2    5   8              153   27  16

BATTING

2B: H Reynolds (33, off J Hesketh); O Vizquel (3, off J Hesketh); J Buhner (7, off J Hesketh).

TB: J Leonard 3; J Buhner 2; O Vizquel 2; H Reynolds 2; P O'Brien 2; K Griffey; E Martinez; D Valle.

GIDP: K Griffey (11); H Reynolds (8).

RBI: H Reynolds (49); O Vizquel (17).

2-out RBI: O Vizquel; H Reynolds.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 2. E Martinez-H Reynolds-P O'Brien; O Vizquel-H Reynolds-P O'Brien.

PB: D Valle (7).

E: K Griffey (7).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reed 2B                     5   0   2   1    0   1  .302  .783   24    1   2   
C Quintana 1B                 4   0   0   0    1   1  .294  .769   21   10   1   
W Boggs 3B                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .306  .812   20    1   5   
E Burks CF                    4   0   3   0    0   1  .309  .878   16    2   0   
M Greenwell LF                4   0   0   0    0   1  .289  .770   16    0   0   GDP
T Brunansky RF                4   0   1   0    0   0  .251  .730   17    2   0   
  J Stone PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  K Romine RF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .270  .697         0   0   
M Marshall DH                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .262  .732   12    0   0   
T Pena C                      3   1   1   0    0   0  .255  .644   11    7   1   GDP
  D Heep PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .197  .525    5    0   0   
  J Marzano C                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .582         1   0   
L Rivera SS                   2   0   1   0    1   0  .224  .628    7    3   3   2B
  P Plantier PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .510    6    0   0   

J Hesketh P                                                              0   0
  D Irvine P                                                             0   0
  R Murphy P                                                             0   0
  W Gardner P                                                            0   0
  L Andersen P                                                           0   0
Totals                       36   1   9   1    2   7              155   27  12

BATTING

2B: L Rivera (16, off M Young).

TB: E Burks 3; L Rivera 2; J Reed 2; M Marshall; T Pena; T Brunansky.

GIDP: T Pena (23); M Greenwell (13).

RBI: J Reed (49).

2-out RBI: J Reed.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. L Rivera-J Reed-C Quintana; J Reed-L Rivera-C Quintana.

E: L Rivera (16).

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 Young, W (8-14)              7     7   1   1    2   7   0   3.31   30  112-66   38·11·17   15· 4· 2· 0     64    -     1.45   0.33
B Swift, S (5)                 2     2   0   0    0   0   0   1.99    8   43-26   21· 1· 4    6· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.33   0.18
Totals                         9     9   1   1    2   7   0          38  155-92   59·12·21   21· 5· 3· 0           -

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
J Hesketh, L (1-4)             5.2   8   3   2    2   7   0   4.33   27   98-64   35·17·12   11· 2· 5· 0     48    -     0.97  -0.07
D Irvine                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   5.56    1    3-2     1· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.67   0.02
R Murphy                       1     1   0   0    1   0   0   6.29    4   18-11    6· 2· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.41   0.02
W Gardner                      1     1   0   0    1   0   0   5.14    4   14-8     5· 1· 2    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.71   0.03
L Andersen                     1     1   0   0    1   1   0   1.77    5   17-10    5· 2· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.43   0.02
Totals                         9    11   3   2    5   8   0          41  150-95   52·22·21   16· 5· 7· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Hesketh (8); L Andersen (3).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Welke, 1B - Drew Coble, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Jim Evans.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 33,923.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 67° F, Wind 2mph in from Leftfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Seattle Mariners              Boston Red Sox                       
1. H Reynolds           2B    1. J Reed               2B 
2. H Cotto              LF    2. C Quintana           1B 
3. K Griffey            CF    3. W Boggs              3B 
4. J Leonard            DH    4. E Burks              CF 
5. J Buhner             RF    5. M Greenwell          LF 
6. E Martinez           3B    6. T Brunansky          RF 
7. P O'Brien            1B    7. M Marshall           DH 
8. D Valle              C     8. T Pena               C  
9. O Vizquel            SS    9. L Rivera             SS 

   M Young              P        J Hesketh            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   2  3-1  123  4   13%  86% W Boggs         M Young         Strikeout Looking
   t 2   2  0-1  1-3  6   10%  71% H Reynolds      J Hesketh       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Martinez Scores/unER; Vizquel to 3B
   b 8   1  3-1  12-  2    9%  84% M Marshall      B Swift         Lineout: 2B
   b 3   0  2-0  12-  2   -9%  47% C Quintana      M Young         Reached on E8 (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Rivera to 3B; Reed to 2B; Quintana to 1B
   b 3   1  2-0  123  5    9%  64% E Burks         M Young         Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Hesketh facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   48%  H Reynolds      Lineout: RF
   O      ---  3   46%  H Cotto         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  4   47%  K Griffey       Walk
   O      1--  3   45%  J Leonard       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Young facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  J Reed          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   49%  C Quintana      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  7   48%  W Boggs         Strikeout Swinging, Passed Ball; Boggs to 1B
          1--  4   46%  E Burks         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Boggs to 2B
   O      12-  6   50%  M Greenwell     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Hesketh facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   56%  J Buhner        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  3   63%  E Martinez      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Buhner to 3B
   O      1-3  5   57%  P O'Brien       Strikeout Swinging
   RO     1-3  8   59%  D Valle         Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Buhner Scores/No RBI; Martinez to 2B
          -2-  2   60%  O Vizquel       Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Martinez to 3B; Vizquel to 1B
   R      1-3  6   71%  H Reynolds      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Martinez Scores/unER; Vizquel to 3B
   O      -23  3   66%  H Cotto         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Matt Young facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   69%  T Brunansky     Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  6   66%  M Marshall      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  3   71%  T Pena          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Ahead 2-0, Joe Hesketh facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   70%  K Griffey       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   72%  J Leonard       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   69%  J Buhner        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   67%  E Martinez      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Matt Young facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   63%  L Rivera        Walk
          1--  5   56%  J Reed          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Rivera to 2B
          12-  2   47%  C Quintana      Reached on E8 (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Rivera to 3B; Reed to 2B; Quintana to 1B
   O      123  3   55%  W Boggs         Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm (Front of Home); Reed to 3B; Quintana to 2B; Boggs to 1B
   O      123  5   64%  E Burks         Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  2   73%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 2-0, Joe Hesketh facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   76%  P O'Brien       Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
          1--  4   80%  D Valle         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); O'Brien to 2B
   O      12-  3   76%  O Vizquel       Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 3B (Short 3B Line); Valle to 2B; Vizquel to 1B
   OO     12-  3   69%  H Reynolds      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Matt Young facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   72%  T Brunansky     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   74%  M Marshall      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   75%  T Pena          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 2-0, Joe Hesketh facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   73%  H Cotto         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   72%  K Griffey       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   73%  J Leonard       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  5   71%  J Buhner        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Matt Young facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   75%  L Rivera        Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   77%  J Reed          Flyball: LF (LF Line)
   O      ---  3   78%  C Quintana      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 2-0, Joe Hesketh facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   81%  E Martinez      Walk
   O      1--  2   80%  P O'Brien       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Martinez to 2B
   O      -2-  7   77%  D Valle         Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  4   86%  O Vizquel       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Martinez Scores
                  Daryl Irvine replaces Joe Hesketh pitching
   O      -2-  3   84%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Matt Young facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   87%  W Boggs         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
          ---  1   84%  E Burks         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  4   90%  M Greenwell     Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 3-0, Rob Murphy facing 2-3-4
                  Rob Murphy replaces Daryl Irvine pitching; Ken Griffey pinch hits for Henry Cotto batting 2nd
          ---  7   91%  K Griffey       Walk
   OO     1--  2   88%  " "             Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  5   88%  J Leonard       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   87%  J Buhner        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Matt Young facing 6-7-8
                  Ken Griffey moves to LF
   O      ---  5   90%  T Brunansky     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1   92%  M Marshall      Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   91%  T Pena          Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
          1--  1   86%  L Rivera        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Pena to 3B
   R      -23  2   78%  J Reed          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Pena Scores; Rivera to 3B
          1-3  6   73%  C Quintana      Walk; Reed to 2B
   O      123  4   86%  W Boggs         Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 3-1, Wes Gardner facing 6-7-8
                  Wes Gardner replaces Rob Murphy pitching
          ---  6   88%  E Martinez      Walk
          1--  2   91%  P O'Brien       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Martinez to 2B
   O      12-      87%  D Valle         Baserunner Out Advancing; Martinez out at 3B/C-3B
   O      1--  3   85%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      1--  3   84%  O Vizquel       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Bill Swift facing 4-5-6
                  Bill Swift replaces Matt Young pitching
          ---  6   76%  E Burks         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   83%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Greenwell to 1B
          1--  7   75%  T Brunansky     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Greenwell to 2B
                  Jeff Stone pinch runs for Tom Brunansky batting 6th
   O      12-  2   84%  M Marshall      Lineout: 2B
                  Danny Heep pinch hits for Tony Pena batting 8th
   O      12-  5   92%  D Heep          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 9th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 3-1, Larry Andersen facing 1-2-3
                  Larry Andersen replaces Wes Gardner pitching; John Marzano replaces Danny Heep playing C batting 8th; Kevin Romine replaces Jeff Stone playing RF batting 6th
   O      ---  3   92%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  2   93%  K Griffey       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  4   92%  " "             Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 1B); Griffey to 1B
          1--      92%  J Leonard       Wild Pitch; Griffey to 2B
          -2-  4   92%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  4   91%  J Buhner        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Bill Swift facing 9-1-2
                  Phil Plantier pinch hits for Luis Rivera batting 9th
   O      ---  6   95%  P Plantier      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  8   98%  J Reed          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  5  100%  C Quintana      Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Red Sox 1.

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