September 20, 2000 Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 2
OAK 0 OAK 4
@BAL 0 CLE 2
@BOS 1 CLE 5
@BOS 4 CHW 13
@DET 6 ANA 7
@KCR 4
(10) TEX 6
@MIN 4
(12) SEA 5
@TBD 4 TOR 7
NYY 2 NYM 6
@ATL 3 SDP 15
@COL 11 LAD 1
ARI 0 MIL 3
CHC 2
(10) MON 4
FLA 2 PIT 7
@PHI 6
(10) SFG 4
CIN 2 STL 11
HOU 6

Standings at end of play this day

Second game of doubleheader, see First game.

Fenway Park, Attendance: 32,751

Wednesday, September 20, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:54

Indians

82-67

Won 2

2nd, 7 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  0   0  3  0   2  0  0    5 10  1
Red Sox         0  1  0   2  1  0   0  0  0    4 10  0

W: S Karsay (5-8), L: R Cormier (2-3), S: B Wickman (28)

Red Sox

79-72

Lost 2

3rd, 6½ GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   5   2   3   0    0   1  .281  .803   14    2   0   
O Vizquel SS                  2   2   0   0    2   1  .282  .748   21    2   4   2·SB,HBP
R Alomar 2B                   5   0   2   2    0   0  .295  .833   15    3   5   SB
M Ramirez RF                  3   0   3   1    2   0  .352 1.144   39    0   0   
J Thome 1B                    5   0   1   1    0   4  .270  .928   31    8   1   
T Fryman 3B                   4   0   0   0    1   3  .317  .910   22    0   1   
R Branyan DH                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .222  .876   17    0   0   
S Alomar C                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .296  .739    9   10   1   
B Selby LF                    1   1   0   0    0   0  .211  .487    7    1   0   HBP
  C Perry PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .222    3    0   0   
  D Roberts LF                0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .393    2    0   0   SH

D Burba P                                                                0   0
  R Rincon P                                                             0   0
  S Karsay P                                                             1   0
  P Shuey P                                                              0   0
  B Wickman P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   5  10   4    5  10              180   27  12

BATTING

SH: D Roberts (1, off H Carrasco).

HBP: B Selby (1, by P Crawford); O Vizquel (5, by H Carrasco).

TB: K Lofton 3; M Ramirez 3; R Alomar 2; J Thome; S Alomar.

RBI: R Alomar 2 (79); J Thome (96); M Ramirez (111).

2-out RBI: R Alomar 2; J Thome; M Ramirez.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. T Fryman-R Alomar-J Thome; R Alomar-O Vizquel-J Thome.

E: T Fryman (8).

BASERUNNING

SB: O Vizquel 2 (21, Home off R Cormier/S Hatteberg, 3rd base off P Crawford/S Hatteberg); R Alomar (35, 2nd base off P Crawford/S Hatteberg).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Nixon RF                    3   1   1   1    2   2  .282  .839   27    2   1   HR
D Lewis CF                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .238  .609   15    2   0   
  C Everett PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .303  .967    3    0   0   
  D Sadler CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .203  .551         0   0   
  R Brogna PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .228  .631    3    0   0   
D Bichette DH                 4   0   2   0    0   2  .293  .823   12    0   0   
N Garciaparra SS              4   0   1   0    0   0  .368 1.022   14    2   1   
T O'Leary LF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .260  .723   11    1   0   2B
S Hatteberg C                 3   1   2   0    1   1  .266  .820   17   10   0   2B
L Merloni 3B                  4   1   2   2    0   0  .326  .804   14    1   0   2·2B,2·GDP
B Daubach 1B                  4   0   1   1    0   2  .259  .795   20    7   1   
M Lansing 2B                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .244  .671   16    1   2   
  M Cummings PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .722    2    0   0   
  M Alexander 2B              0   0   0   0    0   0  .204  .574         0   1   
  J Varitek PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .748    2    0   0   

P Crawford P                                                             0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            1   0
  R Garces P                                                             0   0
  H Carrasco P                                                           0   0
Totals                       35   4  10   4    3  10              156   27   6

BATTING

2B: T O'Leary (27, off D Burba); S Hatteberg (15, off D Burba); L Merloni 2 (8, 2 off D Burba).

HR: T Nixon (10, off D Burba; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

TB: L Merloni 4; T Nixon 4; S Hatteberg 3; D Bichette 2; T O'Leary 2; N Garciaparra; B Daubach.

GIDP: L Merloni 2 (7).

RBI: L Merloni 2 (14); B Daubach (76); T Nixon (54).

2-out RBI: B Daubach; L Merloni.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Nixon-B Daubach.

PB: S Hatteberg (8).

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
D Burba                        5     7   4   4    0   9   1   4.39   22   91-59   32·13·14    4· 1· 7· 1     46    -     0.82  -0.14
R Rincon                       0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.12    2   11-7     5· 1· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.76   0.00
S Karsay, W (5-8)              1.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   3.95    4   15-8     4· 3· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.36   0.12
P Shuey, H (25)                0.2   2   0   0    1   0   0   3.12    5   17-9     6· 0· 3    1· 2· 1· 0          1-0    3.54  -0.17
B Wickman, S (28)              1.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   2.93    5   16-7     7· 0· 0    3· 1· 0· 0          3-0    3.64   0.63
Totals                         9    10   4   4    3  10   1          38  150-90   54·17·19   10· 5· 9· 1          5-0

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
P Crawford                     4.2   5   3   3    3   6   0   3.91   22   86-54   30·11·13    3· 5· 4· 0     45    -     1.33   0.02
R Cormier, L (2-3)             1.2   1   2   2    1   2   0   4.64    7   24-14    6· 2· 6    3· 1· 0· 0          3-1    1.83  -0.00
R Garces, BS (4)               0.2   2   0   0    1   0   0   3.11    5   26-16   12· 1· 3    0· 2· 2· 0          2-2    2.95  -0.20
H Carrasco                     2     2   0   0    0   2   0   4.52    9   35-23   14· 7· 2    3· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.16   0.12
Totals                         9    10   5   5    5  10   0          43  171-107  62·21·24    9· 9· 8· 0          5-3

Balks: None.

WP: D Burba (7).

IBB: None.

HBP: P Crawford (2; B Selby); H Carrasco (4; O Vizquel).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Chris Guccione, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Lance Barksdale.

Time of Game: 3:54.

Attendance: 32,751.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 4mph out to Rightfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Boston Red Sox                       
1. K Lofton             CF    1. T Nixon              RF 
2. O Vizquel            SS    2. D Lewis              CF 
3. R Alomar             2B    3. D Bichette           DH 
4. M Ramirez            RF    4. N Garciaparra        SS 
5. J Thome              1B    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. T Fryman             3B    6. S Hatteberg          C  
7. R Branyan            DH    7. L Merloni            3B 
8. S Alomar             C     8. B Daubach            1B 
9. B Selby              LF    9. M Lansing            2B 

   D Burba              P        P Crawford           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   1  5-4  123  2   39%  81% L Merloni       B Wickman       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   t 7   2  4-4  12-  6   18%  66% J Thome         R Garces        Single to CF (Line Drive); Vizquel Scores; Ramirez to 2B
   t 7   2  4-3  12-  7   17%  48% M Ramirez       R Garces        Single to CF (Line Drive); Lofton Scores; Vizquel to 2B
   t 5   2  3-0  123  4   15%  36% R Alomar        P Crawford      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Selby Scores; Lofton Scores; Vizquel to 2B
   b 8   1  5-4  12-  5  -14%  42% S Hatteberg     P Shuey         Walk; Bichette to 3B; Garciaparra to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Paxton Crawford facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  K Lofton        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  4   50%  O Vizquel       Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  2   45%  R Alomar        Fly Ball Double Play: RF-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Burba facing 1-2-3
          ---      45%  T Nixon         E5 on Foul Ball
   O      ---  5   47%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   49%  D Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   48%  D Bichette      Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      1--  3   50%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Paxton Crawford facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   54%  M Ramirez       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      1--  5   50%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   47%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   44%  R Branyan       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Burba facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   39%  T O'Leary       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  4   43%  S Hatteberg     Strikeout Looking
   R      -2-  3   34%  L Merloni       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); O'Leary Scores
   O      -2-  5   37%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
          -2-      37%  M Lansing       Wild Pitch; Merloni to 3B
   O      --3  5   40%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Paxton Crawford facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   37%  S Alomar        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   35%  B Selby         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   34%  K Lofton        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Burba facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   36%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   38%  D Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   39%  D Bichette      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Paxton Crawford facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   36%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   39%  R Alomar        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      41%  M Ramirez       Passed Ball; Alomar to 2B
          -2-  5   43%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  5   38%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  2   32%  T Fryman        Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Burba facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   35%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   37%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   34%  S Hatteberg     Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  5   25%  L Merloni       Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Hatteberg Scores
   R      -2-  6   18%  B Daubach       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Merloni Scores
   O      1--  7   19%  M Lansing       Lineout: SS
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Paxton Crawford facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   16%  R Branyan       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  3   14%  S Alomar        Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          ---  4   16%  B Selby         Hit By Pitch
          1--  1   18%  K Lofton        Single to CF (Line Drive); Selby to 2B
          12-  5   21%  O Vizquel       Walk; Selby to 3B; Lofton to 2B
   RR     123  4   36%  R Alomar        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Selby Scores; Lofton Scores; Vizquel to 2B
          12-      39%  M Ramirez       Vizquel Steals 3B; Alomar Steals 2B
          -23  9   41%  " "             Walk
                  Rheal Cormier replaces Paxton Crawford pitching
   R      123      49%  J Thome         Vizquel Steals Hm
   O      12-  6   43%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 3-3, Dave Burba facing 1-2-3
   R      ---  6   30%  T Nixon         Home Run (LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   33%  D Lewis         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   35%  D Bichette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   36%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Rheal Cormier facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   32%  T Fryman        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   29%  R Branyan       Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  3   27%  S Alomar        Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Ricardo Rincon facing 5-6-7
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Dave Burba pitching
   O      ---  4   30%  T O'Leary       Flyball: LF
          ---  7   27%  S Hatteberg     Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Steve Karsay replaces Ricardo Rincon pitching
   OO     1--  4   33%  L Merloni       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Rheal Cormier facing 9-1-2
                  Chan Perry pinch hits for Bill Selby batting 9th
   O      ---  3   28%  C Perry         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   33%  K Lofton        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
          1--  5   40%  O Vizquel       Walk; Lofton to 2B
                  Rich Garces replaces Rheal Cormier pitching
   O      12-  6   31%  R Alomar        Flyball: CF
   R      12-  7   48%  M Ramirez       Single to CF (Line Drive); Lofton Scores; Vizquel to 2B
   R      12-  6   66%  J Thome         Single to CF (Line Drive); Vizquel Scores; Ramirez to 2B
          12-  6   69%  T Fryman        Walk; Ramirez to 3B; Thome to 2B
   O      123  1   60%  R Branyan       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-5, Steve Karsay facing 8-9-1
                  Dave Roberts replaces Chan Perry playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---  4   65%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
                  Midre Cummings pinch hits for Mike Lansing batting 9th
   O      ---  2   69%  M Cummings      Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  5   66%  T Nixon         Walk
                  Paul Shuey replaces Steve Karsay pitching; Carl Everett pinch hits for Darren Lewis batting 2nd
   O      1--  3   72%  C Everett       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 5-4, Hector Carrasco facing 8-9-1
                  Hector Carrasco replaces Rich Garces pitching; Manny Alexander replaces Midre Cummings playing 2B batting 9th; Donnie Sadler replaces Carl Everett playing CF batting 2nd
          ---  2   76%  S Alomar        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   74%  D Roberts       Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Alomar to 2B
   O      -2-  4   70%  K Lofton        Popfly: SS
          -2-  2   71%  O Vizquel       Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  1   65%  R Alomar        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-5, Paul Shuey facing 3-4-5
          ---  2   56%  D Bichette      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
          1--  5   43%  N Garciaparra   Single to CF (Line Drive); Bichette to 2B
   O      12-  2   56%  T O'Leary       Foul Flyball: C (Behind Home)
          12-  5   42%  S Hatteberg     Walk; Bichette to 3B; Garciaparra to 2B
                  Bob Wickman replaces Paul Shuey pitching
   OO     123  2   81%  L Merloni       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 5-4, Hector Carrasco facing 4-5-6
          ---  8   84%  M Ramirez       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   81%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   78%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   76%  R Branyan       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-5, Bob Wickman facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   86%  B Daubach       Flyball: CF
                  Jason Varitek pinch hits for Manny Alexander batting 9th
   O      ---  2   94%  J Varitek       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   88%  T Nixon         Walk
                  Rico Brogna pinch hits for Donnie Sadler batting 2nd
   O      1--  3  100%  R Brogna        Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation