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BAL 15
TEX  6

BOS 10
TOR  8

NYY  8
@CHW  7

(10)
CLE  7
DET  4

KCR  5
SEA  4

MIN  8
OAK  3

ANA  4
@TBD  0

(10)
CHC  5
@ATL  1

COL  7
ARI  6

PIT  6
@FLA  5

STL  8
@LAD  3

MIL 13
@MON  4

NYM  5
PHI  4

CIN  6
@SDP  2

HOU  4
@SFG  1

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 28,559

Sunday, May 23, 1999, 1:06PM
Time of Game: 3:18
Blue Jays
8
21-25
Lost 3
4th, 6½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       0  0  1   1  1  0   2  0  3    8 15  1
Red Sox         0  2  0   1  4  0   0  3  X   10 13  3
W: P Martinez (9-1), L: P Hentgen (4-2), S: T Gordon (7)
Red Sox
10
26-17
Won 3
1st

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart CF                  5   0   1   0    0   0  .308  .819   12    2   0   GDP
  M Dalesandro C              0   0   0   0    0   0  .174  .374         1   0   
C Grebeck 2B                  5   2   4   1    0   0  .344  .853   17    1   4   
S Green RF                    4   2   2   0    1   0  .330 1.047   17    3   0   2·2B,SB
C Delgado 1B                  5   0   0   1    0   3  .271  .901   18   12   0   
T Fernandez 3B                5   2   3   3    0   0  .396 1.041   20    0   3   2B,CS
D Hollins DH                  4   0   0   0    1   2  .218  .526   33    0   0   
P Lennon LF                   5   0   2   2    0   0  .333  .833   16    1   0   2B
H Bush SS                     5   1   1   0    0   1  .280  .661   19    0   4   2B
M Matheny C                   3   1   2   1    0   1  .250  .654   11    4   0   2B
  J Cruz PH-CF                1   0   0   0    0   0  .227  .803    6    0   0   

P Hentgen P                                                              0   0
  P Spoljaric P                                                          0   0
  T Davey P                                                              0   0
  D Plesac P                                                             0   0
  P Munro P                                                              0   0
Totals                       42   8  15   8    2   7              169   24  11
BATTING
2B: M Matheny (4, off P Martinez); P Lennon (1, off J Wasdin); T Fernandez (18, off M Guthrie); S Green 2 (17, off R Cormier, off M Guthrie); H Bush (3, off P Martinez).
TB: S Green 4; C Grebeck 4; T Fernandez 4; M Matheny 3; P Lennon 3; H Bush 2; S Stewart.
GIDP: S Stewart (5).
RBI: T Fernandez 3 (31); P Lennon 2 (2); C Grebeck (6); M Matheny (10); C Delgado (41).
2-out RBI: T Fernandez 2; P Lennon 2.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 6 for 15.
FIELDING
E: T Fernandez (3).
BASERUNNING
SB: S Green (9, 2nd base off P Martinez/J Varitek).
CS: T Fernandez (3, 2nd base by P Martinez/J Varitek).
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman 2B                 5   1   2   1    0   0  .337  .943   15    2   7   
J Valentin 3B                 5   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .776   13    0   0   
R Jefferson DH                4   0   2   0    1   0  .329  .929   22    0   0   
  D Lewis PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .275  .722         0   0   
N Garciaparra SS              4   1   1   2    1   0  .329  .923   19    4   3   3B
T O'Leary LF                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .279  .804   14    0   0   
M Stanley 1B                  4   3   3   0    1   0  .297  .872   18   10   1   2B
D Buford CF                   4   1   1   4    0   1  .281  .757   23    0   0   HR,SF
J Varitek C                   3   1   1   1    1   2  .270  .806   18    7   1   HR
T Nixon RF                    3   0   1   1    1   1  .250  .684   15    4   0   2B

P Martinez P                                                             0   1
  D Lowe P                                                               0   0
  M Guthrie P                                                            0   0
  J Corsi P                                                              0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   0
  J Wasdin P                                                             0   0
  T Gordon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       37  10  13  10    5   4              157   27  13
BATTING
2B: M Stanley (10, off T Davey); T Nixon (5, off P Hentgen).
3B: N Garciaparra (2, off P Munro).
HR: J Varitek (4, off P Hentgen; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF Line); D Buford (1, off P Hentgen; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).
SF: D Buford (1, off P Hentgen).
TB: M Stanley 4; D Buford 4; J Varitek 4; N Garciaparra 3; J Offerman 2; R Jefferson 2; T Nixon 2; T O'Leary 2.
RBI: D Buford 4 (15); N Garciaparra 2 (31); T Nixon (9); J Offerman (20); J Varitek (16); T O'Leary (27).
2-out RBI: D Buford 3; J Varitek; T Nixon; J Offerman.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 5 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 1. N Garciaparra-J Offerman-M Stanley.
E: T O'Leary (1); N Garciaparra (3); J Valentin (7).

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
P Hentgen, L (4-2)             5     8   7   3    3   2   2   4.53   27   91-53   36· 2·15   11· 7· 4· 0     30    -     1.12  -0.42
P Spoljaric                    1     0   0   0    2   0   0  11.12    5   24-13    8· 2· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.20   0.01
T Davey                        0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   5.33    3   16-11    7· 1· 3    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.57   0.01
D Plesac                       0.2   2   2   2    0   1   0   7.94    4    9-8     3· 2· 3    0· 2· 1· 0          1-0    0.45   0.01
P Munro                        0.2   2   1   1    0   0   0   4.56    4   16-9     6· 0· 3    1· 1· 2· 0          2-2    0.17  -0.05
Totals                         8    13  10   6    5   4   2          43  156-94   60· 7·27   15·11· 8· 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
P Martinez, W (9-1)            6     8   3   2    1   6   0   1.98   27   95-63   33·17·13   12· 5· 3· 0     51    -     1.14   0.02
D Lowe                         0.1   1   1   1    0   0   0   4.94    2    6-4     2· 0· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.52   0.00
M Guthrie                      0.1   2   1   1    0   0   0   5.00    3   11-8     4· 1· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          1-1    1.16  -0.10
J Corsi, H (4)                 1.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   4.76    5   24-12    8· 3· 1    3· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.42   0.13
R Cormier                      0.1   3   3   3    0   0   0   5.01    4   13-7     5· 0· 2    1· 0· 3· 0          0-0    0.48  -0.04
J Wasdin, H (1)                0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   3.00    2    9-6     5· 0· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          1-1    0.72   0.00
T Gordon, S (7)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.00    1    3-3     1· 0· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.36   0.04
Totals                         9    15   8   7    2   7   0          44  161-103  58·21·24   17· 9· 9· 0          4-2 
Balks: None.
WP: P Hentgen (3); P Martinez (3).
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Marty Foster, 1B - Terry Craft, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jim Joyce.
Time of Game: 3:18.
Attendance: 28,559.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 15mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Boston Red Sox                       
1. S Stewart            CF    1. J Offerman           2B 
2. C Grebeck            2B    2. J Valentin           3B 
3. S Green              RF    3. R Jefferson          DH 
4. C Delgado            1B    4. N Garciaparra        SS 
5. T Fernandez          3B    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. D Hollins            DH    6. M Stanley            1B 
7. P Lennon             LF    7. D Buford             CF 
8. H Bush               SS    8. J Varitek            C  
9. M Matheny            C     9. T Nixon              RF 

   P Hentgen            P        P Martinez           P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   2  3-3  12-  2   29%  85% D Buford        P Hentgen       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O'Leary Scores/unER; Stanley Scores/unER; Buford Scores/unER
   b 4   2  2-2  123  4   11%  69% J Offerman      P Hentgen       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Stanley Scores; Varitek to 3B; Nixon to 2B
   t 4   2  2-1  -2-  7  -10%  54% P Lennon        P Martinez      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Fernandez Scores/unER
   t 7   2  7-3  -23  4  -10%  83% T Fernandez     M Guthrie       Double to RF (Ground Ball); Grebeck Scores; Green Scores
   t 3   0  2-1  1--  2    9%  65% S Stewart       P Martinez      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Pedro Martinez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  S Stewart       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  1   54%  C Grebeck       Groundout: P-1B
          ---  5   53%  S Green         Walk
          1--      52%  C Delgado       Green Steals 2B; Green to 3B/Adv on E6
   O      --3  4   55%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Pat Hentgen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  J Offerman      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   51%  J Valentin      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  9   52%  R Jefferson     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   50%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Pedro Martinez facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   46%  T Fernandez     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--      52%  D Hollins       Fernandez Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  8   54%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   56%  P Lennon        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Pat Hentgen facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   59%  T O'Leary       Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   64%  M Stanley       Walk; O'Leary to 2B
          12-      69%  D Buford        Wild Pitch; O'Leary to 3B; Stanley to 2B
   RO     -23  6   66%  " "             Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); O'Leary Scores
   O      -2-  5   63%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  3   72%  T Nixon         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Stanley Scores
   O      -2-  2   69%  J Offerman      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-2, Pedro Martinez facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   63%  H Bush          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  2   56%  M Matheny       Single to RF (Line Drive); Bush Scores
   OO     1--  2   65%  S Stewart       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
          ---  4   63%  C Grebeck       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  5   66%  S Green         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Pat Hentgen facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   64%  J Valentin      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   62%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   61%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-2, Pedro Martinez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   64%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   61%  T Fernandez     Reached on E7 (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
          1--      59%  D Hollins       Wild Pitch; Fernandez to 2B
   O      -2-  5   64%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  7   54%  P Lennon        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Fernandez Scores/unER
   O      1--  1   57%  H Bush          Lineout: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 2-2, Pat Hentgen facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   54%  T O'Leary       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   57%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  5   53%  D Buford        Strikeout Looking
          1--  5   55%  J Varitek       Walk; Stanley to 2B
          12-  5   59%  T Nixon         Walk; Stanley to 3B; Varitek to 2B
   R      123  4   69%  J Offerman      Single to RF (Ground Ball); Stanley Scores; Varitek to 3B; Nixon to 2B
   O      123  5   62%  J Valentin      Popfly: 1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 2-3, Pedro Martinez facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   54%  M Matheny       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  3   46%  S Stewart       Single to SS (Ground Ball to P's Right); Matheny to 3B
   R      1-3  5   39%  C Grebeck       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Matheny Scores; Stewart to 2B
   O      12-  1   42%  S Green         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Stewart to 3B
   O      1-3  3   50%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  3   57%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 3-3, Pat Hentgen facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   54%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   52%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: CF
          ---  2   53%  T O'Leary       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   56%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); O'Leary to 2B
   RRR    12-  2   85%  D Buford        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O'Leary Scores/unER; Stanley Scores/unER; Buford Scores/unER
   R      ---  1   90%  J Varitek       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Varitek Scores/unER
   O      ---  4   90%  T Nixon         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-7, Pedro Martinez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   92%  D Hollins       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   93%  P Lennon        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   92%  H Bush          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   94%  M Matheny       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-3, Paul Spoljaric facing 1-2-3
                  Paul Spoljaric replaces Pat Hentgen pitching
   O      ---  1   93%  J Offerman      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   93%  J Valentin      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  6   93%  R Jefferson     Walk
          1--  8   94%  N Garciaparra   Walk; Jefferson to 2B
   O      12-  5   93%  T O'Leary       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-7, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
                  Derek Lowe replaces Pedro Martinez pitching
   O      ---  3   94%  S Stewart       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  3   93%  C Grebeck       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
                  Mark Guthrie replaces Derek Lowe pitching
          1--  3   86%  S Green         Double to LF (Line Drive); Grebeck to 3B
   O      -23  4   92%  C Delgado       Popfly: SS
   RR     -23  4   83%  T Fernandez     Double to RF (Ground Ball); Grebeck Scores; Green Scores
                  Jim Corsi replaces Mark Guthrie pitching
          -2-  6   80%  D Hollins       Walk
   O      12-  3   87%  P Lennon        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Tom Davey facing 6-7-8
                  Tom Davey replaces Paul Spoljaric pitching
          ---  6   91%  M Stanley       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
   O      -2-  3   90%  D Buford        Groundout: 2B-1B; Stanley to 3B
   O      --3  7   87%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
                  Dan Plesac replaces Tom Davey pitching
   O      --3  3   84%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 5-7, Jim Corsi facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  7   88%  H Bush          Strikeout Swinging
                  Jose Cruz pinch hits for Mike Matheny batting 9th
   O      ---  6   91%  J Cruz          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   93%  S Stewart       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Dan Plesac facing 1-2-3
                  Mark Dalesandro replaces Shannon Stewart playing C batting 1st; Jose Cruz moves to CF
          ---  3   94%  J Offerman      Single to CF (Pop Fly)
   O      1--  1   93%  J Valentin      Foul Popfly: C
          1--  2   94%  R Jefferson     Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Offerman to 2B
                  Peter Munro replaces Dan Plesac pitching; Darren Lewis pinch runs for Reggie Jefferson batting 3rd
   RR     12-  4   99%  N Garciaparra   Triple to CF (Line Drive); Offerman Scores; Lewis Scores
   R      --3  4   99%  T O'Leary       Single to RF (Line Drive); Garciaparra Scores
   O      1--  2   99%  M Stanley       Flyball: RF
   O      1--  6   99%  D Buford        Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 5-10, Rheal Cormier facing 2-3-4
                  Rheal Cormier replaces Jim Corsi pitching
          ---  4   98%  C Grebeck       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   96%  S Green         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Grebeck to 3B
   RO     -23  1   98%  C Delgado       Groundout: 2B-1B; Grebeck Scores; Green to 3B
   R      --3  5   96%  T Fernandez     Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Green Scores
                  John Wasdin replaces Rheal Cormier pitching
   O      1--  6   99%  D Hollins       Flyball: RF
   R      1--  3   96%  P Lennon        Double to CF (Line Drive); Fernandez Scores
                  Tom Gordon replaces John Wasdin pitching
   O      -2-  3  100%  H Bush          Flyball: RF
        3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 10.

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