June 8, 1997 Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 12
CLE 6 BAL 2
@CHW 1 SEA 2
@DET 0 KCR 4
TEX 2 ANA 8
@MIN 6 NYY 3
MIL 1 OAK 7
@TOR 5 COL 7
FLA 2 FLA 9
@COL 1
(7) STL 9
@LAD 3 MON 5
CHC 4 PHI 3
@PIT 2 HOU 9
@SDP 0 SFG 5
ATL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 32,155

Sunday, June 8, 1997, 1:08
Time of Game: 3:31

Indians

30-27

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         3  0  2   0  0  0   1  0  0    6  8  2
Red Sox         0  0  0   9  0  0   3  0  X   12 16  1

W: J Hudson (1-0), L: C Ogea (5-5)

Red Sox

24-35

Won 1

5th, 16½ GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Vizquel SS                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .260  .687   16    0   1   SB
J Franco DH                   5   0   1   0    0   2  .315  .794   31    0   0   
J Thome 1B                    5   1   1   2    0   2  .294 1.030   24    9   0   HR
M Williams 3B                 4   2   1   0    1   1  .249  .813   14    2   5   3·SB
D Justice LF                  3   2   1   0    2   0  .365 1.176   24    1   0   2B,SB
M Ramirez RF                  2   0   0   0    2   1  .311  .909   27    1   0   
P Borders C                   4   0   2   2    0   0  .313  .861   18    7   1   
C Candaele 2B                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .619   15    2   4   
M Grissom CF                  3   0   1   1    1   0  .221  .589   17    2   0   SB

C Ogea P                                                                 0   0
  D Graves P                                                             0   0
  P Assenmacher P                                                        0   0
  E Plunk P                                                              0   0
  M Jackson P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   6   8   5    6   6              186   24  11

BATTING

2B: D Justice (14, off K Lacy).

HR: J Thome (16, off J Suppan; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF Line).

TB: J Thome 4; P Borders 2; D Justice 2; M Williams; J Franco; M Grissom; O Vizquel.

RBI: P Borders 2 (8); J Thome 2 (44); M Grissom (17).

2-out RBI: P Borders 2; M Grissom.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. O Vizquel-C Candaele-J Thome.

E: J Thome (3); C Ogea ().

BASERUNNING

SB: M Williams 3 (5, 2nd base off J Suppan/M Stanley, 3rd base off J Suppan/M Stanley 2); M Grissom (8, 2nd base off J Suppan/M Stanley); D Justice (1, 2nd base off J Suppan/M Stanley); O Vizquel (16, 2nd base off J Suppan/M Stanley).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
N Garciaparra SS              5   2   3   2    0   1  .278  .759   15    0   8   CS
D Bragg CF                    4   2   1   0    1   2  .314  .864   32    4   0   
M Vaughn 1B                   3   1   1   1    2   0  .313 1.005   22   12   0   
W Cordero LF                  4   1   2   3    0   1  .302  .820   21    0   0   2·2B,SF
R Jefferson DH                5   1   2   2    0   0  .319  .873   16    0   0   2·2B
M Stanley C                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .292  .850   18    3   0   
  B Haselman C                1   0   0   0    0   1  .261  .740    4    3   0   
T Naehring 3B                 4   1   1   0    1   0  .279  .838   20    0   2   
T O'Leary RF                  4   2   3   0    1   1  .287  .793   26    2   0   
J Valentin 2B                 4   2   2   3    1   0  .252  .700   21    3   5   HR,GDP

J Suppan P                                                               0   0
  J Hudson P                                                             0   0
  K Lacy P                                                               0   0
  C Hammond P                                                            0   0
  H Slocumb P                                                            0   0
Totals                       38  12  16  11    6   7              195   27  15

BATTING

2B: R Jefferson 2 (6, off D Graves, off C Ogea); W Cordero 2 (13, off E Plunk, off C Ogea).

HR: J Valentin (4, off D Graves; 7th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF Line).

SF: W Cordero (2, off D Graves).

TB: J Valentin 5; R Jefferson 4; W Cordero 4; N Garciaparra 3; T O'Leary 3; M Vaughn; M Stanley; T Naehring; D Bragg.

GIDP: J Valentin (9).

RBI: J Valentin 3 (24); W Cordero 3 (36); R Jefferson 2 (28); N Garciaparra 2 (28); M Vaughn (36).

2-out RBI: W Cordero.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 6 for 15.

FIELDING

E: M Stanley (1).

BASERUNNING

CS: N Garciaparra (3, 3rd base by C Ogea/P Borders).

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Ogea, L (5-5)                3.1   6   6   6    3   3   0   5.74   17   70-39   22· 4·13    5· 1· 5· 0     24    -     1.03  -0.21
D Graves                       3     8   6   4    2   2   1   4.76   20   82-47   32· 3·12    5· 4· 7· 0          3-3    0.81  -0.46
P Assenmacher                  0.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   8.53    2   16-9     5· 1· 3    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.08   0.00
E Plunk                        0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.80    2   11-6     4· 2· 0    1· 0· 1· 0          2-1    0.09  -0.01
M Jackson                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.59    4   14-8     4· 1· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         8    16  12  10    6   7   1          45  193-109  67·11·31   13· 6·13· 0          6-4

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 Suppan                       2     4   5   5    5   1   1   4.35   15   80-42   27· 2·13    3· 2· 4· 0     24    -     0.90  -0.29
J Hudson, W (1-0)              3     1   0   0    1   2   0   0.00   11   44-30   20· 4· 6    7· 1· 0· 0          2-1    0.63   0.06
K Lacy                         2     3   1   1    0   0   0   3.80    9   32-20   13· 2· 5    5· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.57   0.04
C Hammond                      1     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.98    3    8-7     5· 1· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.09   0.01
H Slocumb                      1     0   0   0    0   2   0   7.71    3   13-9     2· 4· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
Totals                         9     8   6   6    6   6   1          41  177-108  67·13·28   17· 6· 6· 0          2-1

J Suppan faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Jim McKean.

Time of Game: 3:31.

Attendance: 32,155.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 64° F, Wind 8mph in from Rightfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Boston Red Sox                       
1. O Vizquel            SS    1. N Garciaparra        SS 
2. J Franco             DH    2. D Bragg              CF 
3. J Thome              1B    3. M Vaughn             1B 
4. M Williams           3B    4. W Cordero            LF 
5. D Justice            LF    5. R Jefferson          DH 
6. M Ramirez            RF    6. M Stanley            C  
7. P Borders            C     7. T Naehring           3B 
8. C Candaele           2B    8. T O'Leary            RF 
9. M Grissom            CF    9. J Valentin           2B 

   C Ogea               P        J Suppan             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   1  5-4  123  2   18%  74% N Garciaparra   D Graves        Single to LF (Line Drive); Naehring Scores; O'Leary Scores; Valentin to 3B
   t 1   1  0-0  -2-  4  -14%  34% J Thome         J Suppan        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Vizquel Scores
   b 4   1  5-6  123  5   12%  88% M Vaughn        D Graves        Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Valentin Scores; Garciaparra Scores/unER/No RBI; Bragg to 3B
   b 4   1  5-3  123  5   11%  56% J Valentin      D Graves        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Jefferson Scores; Naehring to 3B; O'Leary to 2B
   b 4   0  5-1  -23  4   11%  40% R Jefferson     C Ogea          Double to LF (Line Drive); Vaughn Scores; Cordero Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   47%  O Vizquel       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1-- 11   48%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging, Vizquel Steals 2B
   RR     -2-  4   34%  J Thome         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Vizquel Scores
          ---  5   32%  M Williams      Walk
          1--      31%  D Justice       Williams Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   34%  " "             Lineout: CF
          -2-  6   33%  M Ramirez       Walk
          12-      32%  P Borders       Williams Steals 3B
   R      1-3  6   25%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Williams Scores; Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  4   28%  C Candaele      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   34%  N Garciaparra   Single to P (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Garciaparra to 2B/Adv on E1 (throw)
   O      -2-  4   30%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-      24%  M Vaughn        Garciaparra Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
          ---  5   26%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  5   24%  W Cordero       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-0, Jeff Suppan facing 9-1-2
          ---  7   21%  M Grissom       Walk
   O      1--  6   23%  O Vizquel       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          1--      22%  J Franco        Grissom Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   25%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -2-  5   27%  J Thome         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Chad Ogea facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   24%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   23%  M Stanley       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   22%  T Naehring      Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-0, Jeff Suppan facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   20%  M Williams      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  5   17%  D Justice       Walk; Williams to 2B
   R      12-      13%  M Ramirez       Williams Steals 3B; Justice Steals 2B; Williams Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)
          -2-  5   11%  " "             Walk
                  Joe Hudson replaces Jeff Suppan pitching
   O      12-  4   12%  P Borders       Groundout: 2B-1B; Justice to 3B; Ramirez to 2B
   O      -23  4   15%  C Candaele      Flyball: CF
   R      -23  8   11%  M Grissom       Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B); Justice Scores; Ramirez to 3B
   O      1-3  2   12%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Chad Ogea facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   15%  T O'Leary       Walk
   OO     1--  6   10%  J Valentin      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  1    9%  N Garciaparra   Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 5-0, Joe Hudson facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   10%  J Franco        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   10%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   11%  M Williams      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Chad Ogea facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   13%  D Bragg         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  2   19%  M Vaughn        Single to CF (Line Drive); Bragg to 3B
   R      1-3  3   29%  W Cordero       Double to RF (Line Drive); Bragg Scores; Vaughn to 3B
   RR     -23  4   40%  R Jefferson     Double to LF (Line Drive); Vaughn Scores; Cordero Scores
   O      -2-  6   35%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   38%  T Naehring      Walk
          12-  3   45%  T O'Leary       Single to LF (Line Drive); Jefferson to 3B; Naehring to 2B
                  Danny Graves replaces Chad Ogea pitching
   R      123  5   56%  J Valentin      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Jefferson Scores; Naehring to 3B; O'Leary to 2B
   RR     123  2   74%  N Garciaparra   Single to LF (Line Drive); Naehring Scores; O'Leary Scores; Valentin to 3B
          1-3  5   77%  D Bragg         Walk; Garciaparra to 2B
   RR     123  5   88%  M Vaughn        Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Valentin Scores; Garciaparra Scores/unER/No RBI; Bragg to 3B
   RO     1-3  5   90%  W Cordero       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Bragg Scores/unER; Vaughn to 2B
   O      -2-  2   88%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  9 runs, 7 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 5-9, Joe Hudson facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   85%  D Justice       Walk
   O      1--  9   88%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   91%  P Borders       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   92%  C Candaele      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-5, Danny Graves facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   93%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
          1--  4   95%  T Naehring      Single to CF (Line Drive); Stanley to 2B
   O      12-  6   93%  T O'Leary       Strikeout Swinging
          12-  5   95%  J Valentin      Walk; Stanley to 3B; Naehring to 2B
   O      123  3   93%  N Garciaparra   Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  7   91%  D Bragg         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 5-9, Kerry Lacy facing 9-1-2
                  Kerry Lacy replaces Joe Hudson pitching
   O      ---  1   93%  M Grissom       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   94%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  4   93%  J Franco        Single to C (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   95%  J Thome         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-5, Danny Graves facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   94%  M Vaughn        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B)
   O      ---  4   94%  W Cordero       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   94%  R Jefferson     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  3   93%  M Stanley       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 5-9, Kerry Lacy facing 4-5-6
                  Bill Haselman replaces Mike Stanley playing C batting 6th
   O      ---  2   95%  M Williams      Flyball: CF
          ---  2   93%  D Justice       Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   O      -2-  4   95%  M Ramirez       Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  4   91%  P Borders       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B); Justice Scores
   O      1--  6   94%  C Candaele      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-6, Danny Graves facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   93%  T Naehring      Flyball: RF
          ---  6   94%  T O'Leary       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole)
   RR     1--  3   98%  J Valentin      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); O'Leary Scores
          ---  5   98%  N Garciaparra   Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Danny Graves pitching
   O      1-- 10   98%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  6   98%  M Vaughn        Walk; Garciaparra to 2B
                  Eric Plunk replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching
   R      12-  4   99%  W Cordero       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Garciaparra Scores; Vaughn to 3B
   O      -23  7   99%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 12.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-12, Chris Hammond facing 9-1-2
                  Chris Hammond replaces Kerry Lacy pitching
   O      ---  1   99%  M Grissom       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1  100%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  6  100%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 12-6, Mike Jackson facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Jackson replaces Eric Plunk pitching
   O      ---  4  100%  B Haselman      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3  100%  T Naehring      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5  100%  T O'Leary       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  2  100%  J Valentin      Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 12.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-12, Heathcliff Slocumb facing 3-4-5
                  Heathcliff Slocumb replaces Chris Hammond pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  M Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  D Justice       Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 12.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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