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1999 American League Division Series (ALDS) Game 4
1999 postseason: WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BOS / NLCS: ATL-NYM / Div. Series: BOS-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-HOU / NYM-ARI

Game 1
CLE  3
BOS  2

Game 2
CLE 11
BOS  1

Game 3
BOS  9
CLE  3

Game 4
BOS 23
CLE  7
Game 5
BOS 12
@CLE  8


Fenway Park, Attendance: 33,898

Sunday, October 10, 1999, 7:42PM
Time of Game: 3:49
Indians
7
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         1  1  0   0  4  0   0  0  1    7  8  0
Red Sox         2  5  3   5  3  0   3  2  X   23 24  0
W: R Garces (1-0), L: B Colon (0-1)
Red Sox
23

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   3   1   1   1    1   0  .143  .547   15    4   0   2B
  D Roberts PH-CF             1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   0   
O Vizquel SS                  3   0   0   0    1   1  .250  .708   18    2   2   SH
R Alomar 2B                   3   1   0   1    1   1  .400 1.044   13    2   1   SB
  E Wilson 2B                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    1   0   
M Ramirez RF                  3   1   0   0    2   2  .000  .211   23    1   0   
W Cordero DH                  4   2   3   2    1   0  .800 2.233   28    0   0   HR
R Sexson LF                   5   1   1   1    0   3  .167  .453   19    1   0   
J Thome 1B                    3   1   1   0    2   0  .308 1.240   21    2   3   
T Fryman 3B                   3   0   1   1    0   0  .273  .711   15    0   2   SF,GDP
S Alomar C                    1   0   1   1    1   0  .167  .381   15    6   0   SF
  E Diaz PH-C                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    3   1   

B Colon P                                                                1   0
  S Karsay P                                                             0   0
  S Reed P                                                               0   0
  S Depaula P                                                            0   0
  P Assenmacher P                                                        1   0
  P Shuey P                                                              0   0
Totals                       31   7   8   7    9   8              174   24   9
BATTING
2B: K Lofton (1, off K Mercker).
HR: W Cordero (1, off T Gordon; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).
SF: T Fryman (1, off J Wasdin); S Alomar (1, off K Mercker).
SH: O Vizquel (1, off K Mercker).
TB: W Cordero 6; K Lofton 2; J Thome; R Sexson; S Alomar; T Fryman.
GIDP: T Fryman (2).
RBI: W Cordero 2 (2); R Alomar (3); K Lofton (1); S Alomar (1); R Sexson (1); T Fryman (2).
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 2 for 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: R Alomar (2, 3rd base off T Wakefield/J Varitek).
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman 2B                 5   3   3   5    2   0  .429 1.314   23    2   1   HR
J Valentin 3B                 5   2   4   7    0   1  .333 1.277   20    1   2   2·HR,2B
  D Sadler PH-3B              2   0   1   0    0   1  .500 1.500    6    1   1   2B
B Daubach DH-1B               6   0   0   0    0   3  .091  .455   24    1   0   
N Garciaparra SS              3   1   1   0    0   0  .333 1.233    8    1   3   HBP
  L Merloni PH-SS             2   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .762    9    0   1   
T O'Leary LF                  5   2   0   0    1   1  .125  .301   22    2   0   
M Stanley 1B                  6   3   5   1    0   0  .625 1.522   21    8   1   3B,2B
  T Gordon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Varitek C                   5   5   4   3    0   0  .313 1.041   11    6   0   HR,2·2B
  S Hatteberg C               1   1   1   1    0   0 1.000 2.000    6    2   0   
D Lewis CF                    5   3   3   1    0   1  .417  .879   20    2   0   SB,HBP
T Nixon RF                    3   3   2   5    2   1  .273  .920   24    0   0   2·2B,SF

K Mercker P                                                              0   1
  R Garces P                                                             1   0
  T Wakefield P                                                          0   0
  J Wasdin P                                                             0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   0
Totals                       48  23  24  23    5   9              194   27  10
BATTING
2B: M Stanley (2, off P Shuey); J Varitek 2 (3, off S Reed, off S Karsay); D Sadler (1, off P Assenmacher); T Nixon 2 (3, off P Assenmacher, off B Colon); J Valentin (2, off S Reed).
3B: M Stanley (1, off S Reed).
HR: J Varitek (1, off S Reed; 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF); J Offerman (1, off B Colon; 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF); J Valentin 2 (3, off S Karsay, off B Colon; 1st inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).
SF: T Nixon (2, off S Karsay).
HBP: N Garciaparra (1, by S Reed); D Lewis (1, by S Reed).
TB: J Valentin 11; J Varitek 9; M Stanley 8; J Offerman 6; T Nixon 4; D Lewis 3; D Sadler 2; N Garciaparra; S Hatteberg.
RBI: J Valentin 7 (10); J Offerman 5 (6); T Nixon 5 (6); J Varitek 3 (3); M Stanley (2); D Lewis (2); S Hatteberg (1).
2-out RBI: J Valentin 5; J Offerman 3; T Nixon 2.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 12 for 18.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Valentin-J Offerman-M Stanley.
PB: J Varitek 2 (3).
BASERUNNING
SB: D Lewis (1, 2nd base off S Karsay/S Alomar).

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
B Colon, L (0-1)               1     6   7   7    1   1   2   9.00   10   44-27   16· 4· 7    1· 1· 0· 6     13    -     1.01  -0.47
S Karsay                       2     4   3   3    0   2   1   9.00   11   31-21   10· 5· 6    1· 2· 2· 4          0-0    0.25  -0.04
S Reed                         1.1   7   8   8    1   1   1  30.86   14   34-18   11· 2· 5    2· 1· 0· 7          0-0    0.03  -0.01
S Depaula                      1.2   0   0   0    0   3   0   4.50    5   17-13    5· 3· 5    0· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.00   0.00
P Assenmacher                  1     5   3   3    0   0   0  27.00    8   24-17   11· 3· 3    5· 0· 0· 3          0-0    0.00   0.00
P Shuey                        1     2   2   2    3   2   0   9.00    8   39-19   10· 2· 7    1· 0· 0· 2          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    24  23  23    5   9   4          56  189-115  63·19·33   10· 5· 3·22          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
K Mercker                      1.2   3   2   2    3   1   0  10.80   11   47-28   17· 4· 7    2· 2· 0· 3     39    -     1.21  -0.11
R Garces, W (1-0)              2.1   1   1   1    2   2   0   3.86   10   35-21    7· 6· 8    4· 0· 1· 1          2-0    0.44   0.09
T Wakefield                    0     2   3   3    2   0   0  13.50    4   18-7     5· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 2          1-1    0.09  -0.01
J Wasdin                       0.1   0   0   0    1   0   0  27.00    2    9-5     2· 2· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          3-1    0.16  -0.00
R Cormier                      3.2   1   0   0    1   4   0   0.00   12   40-28   13· 3·12    3· 3· 0· 1          3-1    0.08   0.01
T Gordon                       1     1   1   1    0   1   1   4.50    4   18-12   10· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 1          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     8   7   7    9   8   1          43  167-101  54·15·32   10· 7· 1· 8          9-3 
B Colon faced 5 batters in the 2nd inning.
R Garces faced 1 batter in the 5th inning.
T Wakefield faced 4 batters in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: S Karsay 2 (2).
IBB: None.
HBP: S Reed 2 (2; N Garciaparra, D Lewis).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Jim Joyce.
Time of Game: 3:49.
Attendance: 33,898.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 66° F, Wind 20mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Boston Red Sox                       
1. K Lofton             CF    1. J Offerman           2B 
2. O Vizquel            SS    2. J Valentin           3B 
3. R Alomar             2B    3. B Daubach            DH 
4. M Ramirez            RF    4. N Garciaparra        SS 
5. W Cordero            DH    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. R Sexson             LF    6. M Stanley            1B 
7. J Thome              1B    7. J Varitek            C  
8. T Fryman             3B    8. D Lewis              CF 
9. S Alomar             C     9. T Nixon              RF 

   B Colon              P        K Mercker            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   0  1-0  1--  3   14%  64% J Valentin      B Colon         Home Run; Offerman Scores
   b 2   0  2-3  12-  3   11%  83% T Nixon         B Colon         Double to CF; Varitek Scores; Lewis Scores
   b 2   0  2-2  1--  3    8%  67% J Varitek       B Colon         Single to RF; Stanley to 3B
   b 2   0  2-5  -2-  3    7%  90% J Offerman      B Colon         Home Run; Nixon Scores
   t 2   0  2-1  1--  6   -6%  50% T Fryman        K Mercker       Single to LF; Thome to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Kent Mercker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  7   45%  K Lofton        Double to LF
   O      -2-  3   46%  O Vizquel       Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Lofton to 3B
   RO     --3  1   45%  R Alomar        Groundout: SS-1B; Lofton Scores
          ---  7   44%  M Ramirez       Walk
          1--  2   43%  W Cordero       Single to LF; Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  4   47%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Bartolo Colon facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   50%  J Offerman      Walk
   RR     1--  3   64%  J Valentin      Home Run; Offerman Scores
   O      --- 10   62%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   60%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  2   59%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 1B-P
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 1-2, Kent Mercker facing 7-8-9
          ---  8   55%  J Thome         Walk
          1--  6   50%  T Fryman        Single to LF; Thome to 2B
          12-      47%  S Alomar        Passed Ball; Thome to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   49%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Thome Scores; Fryman to 2B
   O      -2-  1   52%  K Lofton        Flyball: LF
          -2-  5   51%  O Vizquel       Walk
                  Rich Garces replaces Kent Mercker pitching
   O      12-  3   56%  R Alomar        Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 2-2, Bartolo Colon facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   59%  M Stanley       Single to CF
          1--  3   67%  J Varitek       Single to RF; Stanley to 3B
   R      1-3  6   72%  D Lewis         Single to RF; Stanley Scores; Varitek to 2B
   RR     12-  3   83%  T Nixon         Double to CF; Varitek Scores; Lewis Scores
   RR     -2-  3   90%  J Offerman      Home Run; Nixon Scores
                  Steve Karsay replaces Bartolo Colon pitching
          ---  1   91%  J Valentin      Single to CF
   O      1--  3   90%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   89%  N Garciaparra   Lineout: CF
          1--  3   90%  T O'Leary       Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Valentin to 2B; O'Leary to 1B
   O      12-  2   88%  M Stanley       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 2-7, Rich Garces facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   90%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   88%  W Cordero       Walk
   O      1--  4   90%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   91%  J Thome         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-2, Steve Karsay facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   93%  J Varitek       Double to LF
          -2-  4   95%  D Lewis         Single to RF; Varitek to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   94%  T Nixon         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Varitek Scores
   O      1--  1   94%  J Offerman      Lineout: RF
          1--      94%  J Valentin      Lewis Steals 2B
          -2-      94%  " "             Wild Pitch; Lewis to 3B
   RR     --3  4   97%  " "             Home Run; Lewis Scores
   O      ---  5   97%  B Daubach       Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 10.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-10, Rich Garces facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   98%  T Fryman        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   97%  S Alomar        Single to CF
   O      1--  1   98%  K Lofton        Lineout: SS
   O      1--  4   98%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 10.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 10-2, Steve Reed facing 4-5-6
                  Steve Reed replaces Steve Karsay pitching
          ---  1   99%  N Garciaparra   Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3   98%  T O'Leary       Popfly: SS
          1--  2   99%  M Stanley       Single to CF; Garciaparra to 2B
   R      12-  2   99%  J Varitek       Double to RF; Garciaparra Scores; Stanley to 3B
   O      -23  4   99%  D Lewis         Strikeout Looking
          -23  4   99%  T Nixon         Walk
   R      123  3   99%  J Offerman      Single to RF; Stanley Scores; Varitek to 3B; Nixon to 2B
   RRR    123  4  100%  J Valentin      Double to LF; Varitek Scores; Nixon Scores; Offerman Scores
   O      -2-  1  100%  B Daubach       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 15.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-15, Rich Garces facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   99%  R Alomar        Walk
                  Tim Wakefield replaces Rich Garces pitching
          1--      99%  M Ramirez       Passed Ball; Alomar to 2B
          -2-  5   99%  " "             Walk
          12-      99%  W Cordero       Alomar Steals 3B
   R      1-3  5   99%  " "             Single to RF; Alomar Scores; Ramirez to 3B
   R      1-3  3   99%  R Sexson        Single to CF; Ramirez Scores; Cordero to 2B
          12-  5   99%  J Thome         Walk; Cordero to 3B; Sexson to 2B
                  John Wasdin replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
   RO     123  2   99%  T Fryman        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Cordero Scores
          12-  7   98%  S Alomar        Walk; Sexson to 3B; Thome to 2B
                  Rheal Cormier replaces John Wasdin pitching
   R      123  6   97%  K Lofton        Walk; Sexson Scores; Thome to 3B; Alomar to 2B
   O      123  5   99%  O Vizquel       Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4   99%  R Alomar        Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 15.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 15-6, Steve Reed facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   99%  N Garciaparra   Single to LF
   O      1--  1   99%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   R      1--  5  100%  M Stanley       Triple to CF; O'Leary Scores
   RR     --3  1  100%  J Varitek       Home Run; Stanley Scores
          ---  1  100%  D Lewis         Hit By Pitch
                  Sean Depaula replaces Steve Reed pitching
   O      1--  4  100%  T Nixon         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  2  100%  J Offerman      Lineout: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 18.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-18, Rheal Cormier facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2  100%  M Ramirez       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5  100%  W Cordero       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 18.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 18-6, Sean Depaula facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3  100%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
                  Lou Merloni pinch hits for Nomar Garciaparra batting 4th
   O      ---  5  100%  L Merloni       Popfly: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 18.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-18, Rheal Cormier facing 7-8-9
                  Lou Merloni moves to SS
          ---  3  100%  J Thome         Single to RF
   OO     1--  4  100%  T Fryman        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  Einar Diaz pinch hits for Sandy Alomar batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  E Diaz          Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 18.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 18-6, Paul Assenmacher facing 5-6-7
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Sean Depaula pitching; Einar Diaz moves to C; Enrique Wilson replaces Roberto Alomar playing 2B batting 3rd
   O      ---  6  100%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  3  100%  M Stanley       Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1  100%  J Varitek       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  1  100%  D Lewis         Single to LF; Varitek to 2B
   RR     12-  4  100%  T Nixon         Double to LF; Varitek Scores; Lewis Scores
   R      -2-  4  100%  J Offerman      Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Nixon Scores
                  Donnie Sadler pinch hits for John Valentin batting 2nd
          1--  3  100%  D Sadler        Double to CF; Offerman to 3B
   O      -23  2  100%  B Daubach       Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 21.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-21, Rheal Cormier facing 1-2-3
                  Scott Hatteberg replaces Jason Varitek playing C batting 7th; Donnie Sadler moves to 3B; Dave Roberts pinch hits for Kenny Lofton batting 1st
   O      ---  5  100%  D Roberts       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1  100%  O Vizquel       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  1  100%  E Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 21.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 21-6, Paul Shuey facing 4-5-6
                  Paul Shuey replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching; Dave Roberts moves to CF
   O      ---  4  100%  L Merloni       Strikeout Looking
          ---  7  100%  T O'Leary       Walk
          1--  4  100%  M Stanley       Double to LF; O'Leary to 3B
   R      -23  6  100%  S Hatteberg     Single to CF; O'Leary Scores; Stanley to 3B
   O      1-3  4  100%  D Lewis         Fielder's Choice 3B; Stanley out at Hm/3B-C-3B-C; Hatteberg to 2B
          12-  7  100%  T Nixon         Walk; Hatteberg to 3B; Lewis to 2B
   R      123  4  100%  J Offerman      Walk; Hatteberg Scores; Lewis to 3B; Nixon to 2B
   O      123  3  100%  D Sadler        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 23.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-23, Tom Gordon facing 4-5-6
                  Tom Gordon replaces Mike Stanley pitching and batting 6th; Brian Daubach moves to 1B (team loses DH)
   O      ---  5  100%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Looking
   R      ---  6  100%  W Cordero       Home Run
   O      ---  5  100%  R Sexson        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2  100%  J Thome         Foul Flyball: 3B
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Red Sox 23.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:BOS199910100

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