September 13, 1997 Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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KCR 3
@ANA 1
(13) BAL 6
NYY 1 CHW 7
CLE 6 BOS 2
@MIL 1 OAK 4
DET 2 TOR 6
@SEA 3 TEX 9
MIN 3 COL 10
@ATL 6 FLA 8
SFG 1 HOU 5
LAD 1 NYM 9
MON 6
(11) CIN 3
@PHI 0 CHC 4
@PIT 1 SDP 8
@STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 32,306

Saturday, September 13, 1997, 12:15
Time of Game: 3:17

Indians

77-66

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         2  1  0   0  0  1   1  1  0    6 16  1
White Sox       2  1  3   0  0  1   0  0  X    7 10  2

W: M Sirotka (2-0), L: O Hershiser (13-6), S: M Karchner (15)

White Sox

73-75

Won 1

2nd, 6½ GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Roberts LF                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .301  .721   15    0   0   
O Vizquel SS                  5   1   2   0    0   0  .279  .710   23    1   1   CS
M Ramirez RF                  4   1   2   1    1   0  .331  .971   16    3   0   
M Williams 3B                 5   0   3   1    0   1  .264  .803   16    1   4   CS
D Justice DH                  5   0   1   1    0   1  .333 1.036   20    0   0   
S Alomar C                    5   2   3   1    0   0  .327  .898   19    7   0   HR,2B
J Thome 1B                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .293 1.032   17    8   2   
T Fernandez 2B                4   0   1   0    0   1  .284  .741   11    2   3   
M Grissom CF                  4   0   1   0    0   2  .262  .720   22    1   0   

O Hershiser P                                                            1   0
  A Lopez P                                                              0   0
  A Morman P                                                             0   0
  M Jackson P                                                            0   0
  P Assenmacher P                                                        0   0
  E Plunk P                                                              0   0
Totals                       42   6  16   6    1   5              159   24  10

BATTING

2B: S Alomar (35, off M Sirotka).

HR: S Alomar (18, off M Sirotka; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

TB: S Alomar 7; M Williams 3; B Roberts 2; M Ramirez 2; O Vizquel 2; J Thome; D Justice; M Grissom; T Fernandez.

RBI: M Williams (99); J Thome (100); S Alomar (73); M Ramirez (80); D Justice (90); B Roberts (39).

2-out RBI: D Justice.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

E: S Alomar (11).

BASERUNNING

CS: M Williams (3, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by M Sirotka); O Vizquel (10, 2nd base by M Sirotka/R Machado).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Durham 2B                   3   2   2   1    1   1  .261  .695   17    2   0   2B,SH
D Martinez 1B                 5   1   1   0    0   2  .280  .764   28    6   2   
F Thomas DH                   5   0   1   1    0   0  .352 1.084   14    0   0   
A Belle LF                    3   1   2   2    0   0  .270  .820    8    4   0   2B,SF
R Ventura 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .284  .852   18    1   2   
M Cameron CF                  2   1   0   0    2   0  .249  .766   19    4   0   
M Ordonez RF                  3   1   1   1    0   1  .324 1.049   10    3   0   
R Machado C                   3   0   1   2    1   1  .286  .946   18    5   1   3B
N Martin SS                   4   1   2   0    0   2  .297  .685   12    1   0   3B

M Sirotka P                                                              0   2
  N Cruz P                                                               1   0
  C McElroy P                                                            0   0
  K Foulke P                                                             0   0
  M Karchner P                                                           0   0
Totals                       32   7  10   7    4   7              144   27   7

BATTING

2B: R Durham (25, off O Hershiser); A Belle (41, off O Hershiser).

3B: R Machado (1, off O Hershiser); N Martin (1, off O Hershiser).

SF: A Belle (8, off O Hershiser).

SH: R Durham (2, off P Assenmacher).

TB: N Martin 4; R Durham 3; A Belle 3; R Machado 3; F Thomas; M Ordonez; D Martinez.

RBI: R Machado 2 (2); A Belle 2 (104); R Durham (48); M Ordonez (5); F Thomas (115).

2-out RBI: R Machado 2; M Ordonez; A Belle; R Durham.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

E: R Durham (17); M Sirotka ().

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
O Hershiser, L (13-6)          3     7   6   6    2   3   0   4.65   18   73-41   24· 4·13    6· 2· 5· 0     22    -     1.17  -0.45
A Lopez                        2.2   2   1   1    2   3   0   6.53   13   39-24   15· 3· 6    4· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.55  -0.01
A Morman                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   5.02    1    7-5     5· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.33   0.01
M Jackson                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.21    4   13-9     5· 1· 3    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.41   0.01
P Assenmacher                  0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.91    2    9-5     3· 0· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.82   0.03
E Plunk                        0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.85    1    3-2     1· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.86   0.02
Totals                         8    10   7   7    4   7   0          39  144-86   53· 8·25   13· 7· 7· 0          3-0

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Sirotka, W (2-0)             5.1  11   4   3    0   3   1   2.65   25   87-63   41· 7·15    5· 8· 9· 0     35    -     0.98  -0.13
N Cruz, H (5)                  1.1   1   1   1    1   2   0   7.97    6   25-14    9· 3· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.98   0.07
C McElroy, H (14)              0.1   1   1   0    0   0   0   4.00    3   10-6     3· 0· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          2-1    1.91  -0.07
K Foulke, H (4)                1     2   0   0    0   0   0   6.47    5   15-12    8· 1· 3    2· 1· 2· 0          1-1    3.35   0.07
M Karchner, S (15)             1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.58    4   12-6     4· 1· 1    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    4.05   0.17
Totals                         9    16   6   4    1   5   1          43  149-101  65·12·24   12·13·12· 0          4-2

M Jackson faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
C McElroy faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: N Cruz (1); M Karchner (6).

IBB: None.

PO: M Sirotka (2; M Williams, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Dan Morrison.

Time of Game: 3:17.

Attendance: 32,306.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 76° F, Wind 6mph from Right to Left, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Chicago White Sox                    
1. B Roberts            LF    1. R Durham             2B 
2. O Vizquel            SS    2. D Martinez           1B 
3. M Ramirez            RF    3. F Thomas             DH 
4. M Williams           3B    4. A Belle              LF 
5. D Justice            DH    5. R Ventura            3B 
6. S Alomar             C     6. M Cameron            CF 
7. J Thome              1B    7. M Ordonez            RF 
8. T Fernandez          2B    8. R Machado            C  
9. M Grissom            CF    9. N Martin             SS 

   O Hershiser          P        M Sirotka            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   1  7-6  --3  1   19%  87% S Alomar        M Karchner      Groundout: 3B-1B
   b 3   2  3-4  12-  4   17%  83% R Machado       O Hershiser     Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Cameron Scores; Ordonez Scores
   t 8   1  7-5  12-  1  -13%  65% B Roberts       K Foulke        Single to CF (Line Drive); Thome Scores/unER; Grissom to 2B
   t 9   2  7-6  --3  4   13% 100% J Thome         M Karchner      Flyball: LF
   t 9   0  7-6  ---  5  -12%  72% M Williams      M Karchner      Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Sirotka facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   47%  B Roberts       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--  8   41%  O Vizquel       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Roberts to 2B
          12-      37%  M Ramirez       Baserunner Advance; Roberts to 3B; Vizquel to 2B/Adv on E1
   RO     -23  4   39%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole); Roberts Scores
   R      -2-  1   32%  M Williams      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Vizquel Scores/unER
   O      1--  7   34%  D Justice       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   36%  S Alomar        Williams Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-2B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orel Hershiser facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   39%  R Durham        Walk
          1--  5   48%  D Martinez      Single to CF (Ground Ball); Durham to 3B
   R      1-3  3   58%  F Thomas        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Durham Scores; Martinez to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   55%  A Belle         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Martinez Scores
   O      1--  3   53%  R Ventura       Groundout: 2B-1B; Thomas to 2B
   O      -2-  5   50%  M Cameron       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Mike Sirotka facing 6-7-8
   R      ---  3   40%  S Alomar        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Alomar Scores
   O      ---  1   42%  J Thome         Lineout: CF
          ---  1   40%  T Fernandez     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  4   42%  M Grissom       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   45%  B Roberts       Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-3, Orel Hershiser facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   42%  M Ordonez       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   40%  R Machado       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   43%  N Martin        Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   R      --3  5   53%  R Durham        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Martin Scores
   O      -2-  8   50%  D Martinez      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 3.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Tied 3-3, Mike Sirotka facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   53%  O Vizquel       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  2   50%  M Ramirez       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  4   53%  M Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   56%  D Justice       Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Tied 3-3, Orel Hershiser facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   53%  F Thomas        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  4   58%  A Belle         Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   54%  R Ventura       Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
          -2-  5   55%  M Cameron       Walk
   R      12-  1   66%  M Ordonez       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Belle Scores; Cameron to 2B
   RR     12-  4   83%  R Machado       Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Cameron Scores; Ordonez Scores
   O      --3  3   81%  N Martin        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 6.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-6, Mike Sirotka facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   77%  S Alomar        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   81%  J Thome         Popfly: 3B
   O      1--  2   84%  T Fernandez     Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   86%  M Grissom       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 6.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 6-3, Albie Lopez facing 1-2-3
                  Albie Lopez replaces Orel Hershiser pitching
   O      ---  3   85%  R Durham        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   84%  D Martinez      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   83%  F Thomas        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 6.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-6, Mike Sirotka facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   86%  B Roberts       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  3   83%  O Vizquel       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--      87%  M Ramirez       Vizquel Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
          ---  2   86%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   88%  M Williams      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 6.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 6-3, Albie Lopez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   87%  A Belle         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   86%  R Ventura       Popfly: SS
          ---  5   87%  M Cameron       Walk
          1--  1   88%  M Ordonez       Reached on Interference on C; Cameron to 2B; Ordonez to 1B
          12-  7   89%  R Machado       Walk; Cameron to 3B; Ordonez to 2B
   O      123  3   86%  N Martin        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 6.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-6, Mike Sirotka facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   88%  D Justice       Flyball: CF
          ---  6   84%  S Alomar        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  4   77%  J Thome         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Alomar Scores
                  Nelson Cruz replaces Mike Sirotka pitching
   O      1--  4   81%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          1--      80%  M Grissom       Wild Pitch; Thome to 2B
   O      -2-  5   84%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 6.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 6-4, Albie Lopez facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   86%  R Durham        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
   O      1--  2   85%  D Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Durham to 2B
   O      -2-  2   83%  F Thomas        Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  1   90%  A Belle         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Durham Scores
                  Alvin Morman replaces Albie Lopez pitching
   O      1--  7   89%  R Ventura       Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 7.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-7, Nelson Cruz facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   91%  B Roberts       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   93%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  4   92%  M Ramirez       Walk
          1--  1   89%  M Williams      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Ramirez to 3B
                  Chuck McElroy replaces Nelson Cruz pitching
   R      1-3  4   82%  D Justice       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Ramirez Scores; Williams to 2B
   O      12-  1   88%  S Alomar        Popfly: 1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 5, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Mike Jackson facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Jackson replaces Alvin Morman pitching
   O      ---  4   87%  M Cameron       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3   87%  M Ordonez       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   86%  R Machado       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 5, White Sox 7.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 5-7, Chuck McElroy facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   79%  J Thome         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Thome to 1B
                  Keith Foulke replaces Chuck McElroy pitching
   O      1--  4   85%  T Fernandez     Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          1--  6   78%  M Grissom       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Thome to 2B
   R      12-  1   65%  B Roberts       Single to CF (Line Drive); Thome Scores/unER; Grissom to 2B
   O      12-  3   76%  O Vizquel       Lineout: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      12-  1   86%  M Ramirez       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 6, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-6, Mike Jackson facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   88%  N Martin        Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Mike Jackson pitching
   O      1--  2   88%  R Durham        Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 1B); Martin to 2B
   O      -2-  7   85%  D Martinez      Strikeout Looking
                  Eric Plunk replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching
   O      -2-  3   83%  F Thomas        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, White Sox 7.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 6-7, Matt Karchner facing 4-5-6
                  Matt Karchner replaces Keith Foulke pitching
          ---  5   72%  M Williams      Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--      63%  D Justice       Wild Pitch; Williams to 2B
   O      -2-  2   68%  " "             Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF); Williams to 3B
   O      --3  1   87%  S Alomar        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      --3  4  100%  J Thome         Flyball: LF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, White Sox 7.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CHA199709130

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