May 4, 1996 Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 10
MIL 5 BOS 8
TOR 4 CAL 5
MIN 2 TEX 3
@DET 1 OAK 5
@KCR 2 CHW 11
@NYY 5 SEA 5
CLE 1 ATL 6
PHI 3 NYM 7
@CHC 3 COL 17
FLA 5 MON 2
@HOU 1 PIT 7
LAD 2 STL 4
@SDP 3 CIN 9
@SFG 7

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 29,785

Saturday, May 4, 1996, 1:41
Time of Game: 3:30

Blue Jays

13-16

Lost 2

3rd, 4 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       1  2  0   0  0  0   0  1  0    4 12  1
Red Sox         4  0  0   0  1  0   0  3  X    8 12  2

W: T Gordon (2-2), L: F Viola (0-2), S: H Slocumb (6)

Red Sox

10-19

Won 4

4th, 7 GB

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Nixon CF                    4   0   2   1    2   1  .261  .677   18    1   0   SB
D Cedeno 2B                   5   1   1   0    1   0  .361  .911   32    5   3   GDP
C Delgado DH                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .315  .982   16    0   0   
J Carter LF                   3   0   1   1    2   0  .336 1.039   25    0   0   2B
E Sprague 3B                  4   0   3   1    1   0  .278  .976   23    0   2   2B
J Olerud 1B                   3   0   0   0    2   0  .225  .783   19    7   0   
S Green RF                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .241  .737   14    1   0   
  R Perez PH-RF               2   0   0   0    0   0  .304  .755    4    0   0   GDP
C O'Brien C                   4   1   2   0    1   2  .316 1.031   19    7   1   
A Gonzalez SS                 4   2   3   0    0   0  .284  .839   23    3   4   3·2B,HBP
  T Brito PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .731         0   0   

F Viola P                                                                0   0
  B Risley P                                                             0   0
Totals                       37   4  12   3    9   5              193   24  10

BATTING

2B: J Carter (6, off T Gordon); A Gonzalez 3 (8, off R Garces, 2 off T Gordon); E Sprague (5, off T Gordon).

HBP: A Gonzalez (3, by S Belinda).

TB: A Gonzalez 6; E Sprague 4; C O'Brien 2; J Carter 2; O Nixon 2; D Cedeno.

GIDP: R Perez (2); D Cedeno (1).

RBI: E Sprague (21); J Carter (32); O Nixon (6).

2-out RBI: O Nixon; E Sprague; J Carter.

Team LOB: 16.

With RISP: 1 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 3. A Gonzalez-D Cedeno-J Olerud 2; E Sprague-D Cedeno-J Olerud.

E: J Carter (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: O Nixon (9, 2nd base off T Gordon/B Haselman).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Cole CF                     4   1   1   0    1   1  .244  .699   33    1   0   
J Valentin SS                 5   2   2   0    0   2  .248  .663   23    0   1   2B,GDP
M Vaughn 1B                   3   1   2   1    1   1  .324 1.013   14    8   0   2B
M Stanley DH                  4   1   2   1    0   1  .321  .941   15    0   0   
W Cordero 2B                  3   1   2   2    1   1  .276  .651   14    3   2   2B
T Naehring 3B                 4   1   0   0    0   0  .235  .712   14    2   1   2·GDP
B Haselman C                  4   1   2   4    0   1  .379 1.021   14    7   2   HR
T O'Leary LF                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .299  .803   14    4   1   
M Cuyler RF                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .194  .553   17    2   0   SB,CS

T Gordon P                                                               0   0
  M Maddux P                                                             0   1
  B Pennington P                                                         0   0
  R Garces P                                                             0   1
  M Stanton P                                                            0   0
  S Belinda P                                                            0   0
  H Slocumb P                                                            0   1
Totals                       33   8  12   8    5   7              158   27  10

BATTING

2B: W Cordero (7, off B Risley); M Vaughn (5, off B Risley); J Valentin (9, off F Viola).

HR: B Haselman (1, off B Risley; 8th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).

TB: B Haselman 5; J Valentin 3; W Cordero 3; M Vaughn 3; M Stanley 2; A Cole; M Cuyler.

GIDP: T Naehring 2 (2); J Valentin (5).

RBI: B Haselman 4 (7); W Cordero 2 (18); M Stanley (11); M Vaughn (31).

2-out RBI: B Haselman.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 5 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. R Garces-B Haselman-M Vaughn; H Slocumb-B Haselman-M Vaughn.

E: M Cuyler (2); M Vaughn (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: M Cuyler (3, 2nd base off B Risley/C O'Brien).

CS: M Cuyler (2, 2nd base by F Viola/C O'Brien).

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
F Viola, L (0-2)               4.1   9   5   5    2   3   0  15.12   21   94-54   27· 8·19    9· 2· 5· 0     26    -     1.00  -0.24
B Risley                       3.2   3   3   2    3   4   1   6.43   17   60-35   19· 4·12    1· 7· 2· 0          1-0    0.43  -0.02
Totals                         8    12   8   7    5   7   1          38  154-89   46·12·31   10· 9· 7· 0          1-0

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
T Gordon, W (2-2)              5.1  10   3   2    2   3   0   8.46   28  104-58   40· 4·14    7· 9· 7· 0     39    -     1.08   0.00
M Maddux, H (1)                0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   5.09    4   20-12    7· 2· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          2-0    2.19  -0.06
B Pennington                   0     0   0   0    1   0   0   3.18    1    7-3     1· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.98  -0.08
R Garces, H (2)                1.1   1   1   1    1   2   0   1.00    5   21-14    9· 4· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          3-0    2.57   0.27
M Stanton, H (5)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   6.75    1    2-2     1· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    3.52   0.09
S Belinda, H (4)               0.2   0   0   0    3   0   0   9.64    6   24-8     5· 0· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          2-1    2.30  -0.02
H Slocumb, S (6)               0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   3.18    2    9-5     4· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.74   0.04
Totals                         9    12   4   3    9   5   0          47  187-102  67·10·25   12·12· 8· 0         13-1

M Maddux faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.
B Pennington faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: S Belinda (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: S Belinda (2; A Gonzalez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Tschida, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Tim McClelland.

Time of Game: 3:30.

Attendance: 29,785.

Field Condition: Damp.

Weather: 53° F, Wind 2mph in from Leftfield, Overcast, Showers.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Boston Red Sox                       
1. O Nixon              CF    1. A Cole               CF 
2. D Cedeno             2B    2. J Valentin           SS 
3. C Delgado            DH    3. M Vaughn             1B 
4. J Carter             LF    4. M Stanley            DH 
5. E Sprague            3B    5. W Cordero            2B 
6. J Olerud             1B    6. T Naehring           3B 
7. S Green              RF    7. B Haselman           C  
8. C O'Brien            C     8. T O'Leary            LF 
9. A Gonzalez           SS    9. M Cuyler             RF 

   F Viola              P        T Gordon             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 7   0  5-3  123  2   25%  78% R Perez         R Garces        Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B; Sprague to 3B; Olerud to 2B
   t 8   2  5-4  123  1   18%  85% J Olerud        S Belinda       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   t 7   0  5-3  1--  5  -13%  61% E Sprague       M Maddux        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Carter to 3B
   t 8   2  5-3  123  5  -12%  68% E Sprague       S Belinda       Walk; Gonzalez Scores; Cedeno to 3B; Carter to 2B
   t 1   2  0-0  1--  5  -10%  43% J Carter        T Gordon        Double to LF (Fly Ball); Cedeno Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Gordon facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  O Nixon         Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  6   50%  D Cedeno        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   53%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  5   43%  J Carter        Double to LF (Fly Ball); Cedeno Scores
   O      -2-  7   46%  E Sprague       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Frank Viola facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   50%  A Cole          Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
          1--  6   58%  J Valentin      Single to LF (Line Drive); Cole to 3B
          1-3  8   62%  M Vaughn        Walk; Valentin to 2B
   R      123  4   70%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Cole Scores; Valentin to 3B; Vaughn to 2B
   RR     123  2   78%  W Cordero       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Valentin Scores; Vaughn Scores; Stanley to 2B
   OO     12-  1   71%  T Naehring      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Stanley to 3B
   R      --3  5   77%  B Haselman      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Stanley Scores
   O      1--  3   76%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-4, Tom Gordon facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   78%  J Olerud        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   79%  S Green         Flyball: CF
          ---  3   78%  C O'Brien       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
   R      1--  4   70%  A Gonzalez      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); O'Brien Scores/unER/No RBI; Gonzalez to 3B/Adv on E9
   R      --3  2   62%  O Nixon         Single to 2B (Bunt to Weak 2B-1B); Gonzalez Scores
          1--      62%  D Cedeno        Nixon Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   65%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Frank Viola facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   63%  M Cuyler        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   61%  A Cole          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   60%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-4, Tom Gordon facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   63%  C Delgado       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  2   60%  J Carter        Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   56%  E Sprague       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Carter to 2B
   O      12-  2   61%  J Olerud        Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      12-  6   66%  S Green         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Frank Viola facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   64%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   66%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   69%  W Cordero       Walk; Stanley to 2B
   OO     12-  7   61%  T Naehring      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-4, Tom Gordon facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   64%  C O'Brien       Single to LF (Line Drive); O'Brien out at 2B/LF-2B
   O      ---  3   66%  A Gonzalez      Popfly: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  1   65%  O Nixon         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  3   68%  D Cedeno        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Frank Viola facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   65%  B Haselman      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   64%  T O'Leary       Popfly: SS (Short LF Line)
          ---  3   65%  M Cuyler        Single to RF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  2   62%  A Cole          Cuyler Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-4, Tom Gordon facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   66%  C Delgado       Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  6   68%  J Carter        Lineout: RF
          ---  1   65%  E Sprague       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  6   64%  J Olerud        Walk
   O      12-  6   70%  S Green         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Frank Viola facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   67%  A Cole          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   71%  J Valentin      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  1   80%  M Vaughn        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Valentin Scores
                  Bill Risley replaces Frank Viola pitching
   O      1--  1   77%  M Stanley       Popfly: 2B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   76%  W Cordero       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Tom Gordon facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   79%  C O'Brien       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   74%  A Gonzalez      Double to CF (Fly Ball)
          -2-  4   70%  O Nixon         Walk
                  Mike Maddux replaces Tom Gordon pitching
   O      12-  4   77%  D Cedeno        Lineout: LF (Short LF)
   O      12-  4   83%  C Delgado       Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Bill Risley facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   81%  T Naehring      Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   80%  B Haselman      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   81%  T O'Leary       Walk
   O      1--  3   79%  M Cuyler        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Mike Maddux facing 4-5-6
          ---  7   73%  J Carter        Walk
          1--  5   61%  E Sprague       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Carter to 3B
                  Brad Pennington replaces Mike Maddux pitching
          1-3  7   53%  J Olerud        Walk; Sprague to 2B
                  Rich Garces replaces Brad Pennington pitching; Robert Perez pinch hits for Shawn Green batting 7th
   OO     123  2   78%  R Perez         Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B; Sprague to 3B; Olerud to 2B
   O      -23  4   87%  C O'Brien       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Bill Risley facing 1-2-3
                  Robert Perez moves to RF
          ---  7   89%  A Cole          Walk
   OO     1--  3   85%  J Valentin      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
          ---  1   86%  M Vaughn        Double to RF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  4   84%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Rich Garces facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   75%  A Gonzalez      Double to LF (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  4   82%  O Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  7   77%  D Cedeno        Walk
                  Mike Stanton replaces Rich Garces pitching
   O      12-  2   85%  C Delgado       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  Stan Belinda replaces Mike Stanton pitching
          12-  5   79%  J Carter        Walk; Gonzalez to 3B; Cedeno to 2B
   R      123  5   68%  E Sprague       Walk; Gonzalez Scores; Cedeno to 3B; Carter to 2B
   O      123  1   85%  J Olerud        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Bill Risley facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   90%  W Cordero       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  3   91%  T Naehring      Reached on E7 (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
   RRR    12-  2   99%  B Haselman      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Cordero Scores; Naehring Scores/unER; Haselman Scores
   O      ---  3   98%  T O'Leary       Flyball: CF
          ---  6   99%  M Cuyler        Walk
   O      1--  4   98%  A Cole          Popfly: SS
          1--      98%  J Valentin      Cuyler Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   98%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 8.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 4-8, Stan Belinda facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   99%  R Perez         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  5   98%  C O'Brien       Walk
          1--      98%  A Gonzalez      Wild Pitch; O'Brien to 2B
          -2-  6   96%  " "             Hit By Pitch
                  Heathcliff Slocumb replaces Stan Belinda pitching; Tilson Brito pinch runs for Alex Gonzalez batting 9th
          12-  5   91%  O Nixon         Walk; O'Brien to 3B; Brito to 2B
   OO     123  4  100%  D Cedeno        Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B (P's Right)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 8.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation