May 26, 1998 Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 5
@BOS 2 NYY 7
@CHW 5 CLE 9
DET 2 TBD 7
@OAK 2 BAL 8
@SEA 3 SDP 12
@ARI 1 ATL 9
MON 3 SFG 5
@CIN 2 NYM 10
@FLA 6 HOU 13
LAD 2 MIL 3
PIT 2

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 42,372

Tuesday, May 26, 1998, 7:06
Time of Game: 3:05

Tigers

19-28

Lost 2

3rd, 8½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  1    2 12  0
Indians         1  0  3   1  4  0   0  0  X    9 14  0

W: J Wright (3-3), L: T Worrell (2-6)

Indians

29-21

Won 2

1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   4   1   2   0    0   1  .279  .718   20    4   0   3B,SB
  J Oliver 1B                 1   0   1   1    0   0  .275  .732    6    1   1   2B
J Randa 3B                    3   0   1   1    1   0  .254  .690   24    0   1   SF
B Higginson RF                5   0   0   0    0   1  .322  .949   22    2   0   
T Clark 1B                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .273  .763    7    5   0   2B
  J Manto 1B-LF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .500    6    2   0   
L Gonzalez LF-CF              4   0   2   0    0   2  .311  .879   13    1   0   2·2B
D Easley 2B                   2   0   1   0    0   0  .337 1.079    7    1   2   
  F Catalanotto PH-2B         2   0   1   0    0   0  .279  .805    5    1   2   
A Tomberlin DH                4   0   2   0    0   1  .289  .733   15    0   0   
P Bako C                      4   0   0   0    0   3  .261  .718   18    5   0   
D Cruz SS                     3   1   1   0    1   0  .284  .701   15    1   1   

T Worrell P                                                              0   0
  R Duran P                                                              0   0
  G Keagle P                                                             0   0
  D Bochtler P                                                           0   0
  S Runyan P                                                             0   0
  T Jones P                                                              1   0
Totals                       36   2  12   2    2   8              158   24   7

BATTING

2B: J Oliver (6, off A Morman); T Clark (11, off J Wright); L Gonzalez 2 (15, off J Wright, off P Assenmacher).

3B: B Hunter (2, off J Wright).

SF: J Randa (2, off J Wright).

TB: L Gonzalez 4; B Hunter 4; J Oliver 2; T Clark 2; A Tomberlin 2; F Catalanotto; D Easley; J Randa; D Cruz.

RBI: J Randa (18); J Oliver (15).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 13.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Hunter (16, 2nd base off J Wright/S Alomar).

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   4   1   1   0    0   2  .281  .789   16    1   1   
  S Dunston SS                1   0   0   0    0   0  .210  .628    7    0   0   
O Vizquel SS                  3   1   0   0    1   0  .293  .737   16    0   0   
  M Whiten CF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .333 1.096    3    1   0   
D Justice DH                  5   1   2   0    0   1  .290  .896   21    0   0   2B
J Thome 1B                    4   1   2   2    0   1  .324 1.028   15    8   1   2B,SF
M Ramirez RF                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .289  .846   19    3   0   2·2B
B Giles LF                    5   1   2   2    0   0  .244  .881   18    1   1   2B
S Alomar C                    2   1   0   0    0   0  .273  .683   14    5   0   HBP
  P Borders C                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .224  .550    4    4   0   
T Fryman 3B                   2   1   2   2    2   0  .258  .787   17    1   2   HR
D Bell 2B                     4   0   3   2    0   0  .294  .772   13    2   3   2B

J Wright P                                                               1   3
  P Assenmacher P                                                        0   0
  A Morman P                                                             0   0
Totals                       37   9  14   9    3   4              163   27  11

BATTING

2B: J Thome (18, off R Duran); B Giles (3, off T Worrell); M Ramirez 2 (11, off T Worrell, off R Duran); D Justice (17, off T Worrell); D Bell (8, off T Worrell).

HR: T Fryman (8, off T Worrell; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

SF: J Thome (4, off T Worrell).

HBP: S Alomar (2, by G Keagle).

TB: T Fryman 5; D Bell 4; M Ramirez 4; B Giles 3; J Thome 3; D Justice 3; K Lofton.

RBI: B Giles 2 (33); J Thome 2 (39); D Bell 2 (14); T Fryman 2 (30); M Ramirez (32).

2-out RBI: B Giles 2.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Worrell, L (2-6)             3.2   7   5   5    2   2   1   6.61   20   67-40   29· 2·10    6· 5· 5· 0     27    -     0.79  -0.23
R Duran                        0.1   3   3   3    0   0   0   5.65    4   15-8     5· 1· 2    0· 1· 3· 0          1-0    0.19  -0.02
G Keagle                       0     1   1   1    1   0   0   5.59    3   17-7     4· 2· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.10  -0.01
D Bochtler                     2     0   0   0    0   2   0   5.30    6   25-15    9· 2· 4    1· 2· 1· 0          2-0    0.01   0.00
S Runyan                       1     2   0   0    0   0   0   4.41    5   25-16   12· 2· 2    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
T Jones                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    4   14-8     7· 0· 1    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    14   9   9    3   4   1          42  163-94   66· 9·20   12·10·12· 0          5-2

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Wright, W (3-3)              7    10   1   1    1   6   0   4.59   30  118-75   47·10·18   15· 2· 6· 0     58    -     0.67   0.24
P Assenmacher                  1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    4   11-9     6· 1· 2    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
A Morman                       1     1   1   1    1   2   0   3.55    5   25-12    4· 2· 6    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    12   2   2    2   8   0          39  154-96   57·13·26   16· 5· 8· 0           -

R Duran faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.
G Keagle faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: G Keagle (4; S Alomar).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ted Barrett, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - John Hirschbeck.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 42,372.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 3mph in from Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Cleveland Indians                    
1. B Hunter             CF    1. K Lofton             CF 
2. J Randa              3B    2. O Vizquel            SS 
3. B Higginson          RF    3. D Justice            DH 
4. T Clark              1B    4. J Thome              1B 
5. L Gonzalez           LF    5. M Ramirez            RF 
6. D Easley             2B    6. B Giles              LF 
7. A Tomberlin          DH    7. S Alomar             C  
8. P Bako               C     8. T Fryman             3B 
9. D Cruz               SS    9. D Bell               2B 

   T Worrell            P        J Wright             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   2  0-2  -23  4   12%  87% B Giles         T Worrell       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Justice Scores; Ramirez Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  1--  2    8%  63% D Justice       T Worrell       Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Vizquel to 3B
   t 2   0  1-0  ---  2   -6%  54% T Clark         J Wright        Double to RF (Line Drive)
   b 3   1  0-1  1--  5    6%  72% D Justice       T Worrell       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Lofton to 3B
   t 4   1  4-0  1-3  6    5%  86% A Tomberlin     J Wright        Strikeout Looking

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Jaret Wright facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  7   52%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   54%  J Randa         Lineout: RF
   O      ---  3   55%  B Higginson     Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Worrell facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  K Lofton        Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   55%  O Vizquel       Walk
          1--  2   63%  D Justice       Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Vizquel to 3B
   RO     -23      62%  J Thome         Groundout: 1B unassisted; Vizquel Scores
   O      -2-  4   60%  M Ramirez       Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Jaret Wright facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   54%  T Clark         Double to RF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  3   58%  L Gonzalez      Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  2   62%  D Easley        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      -2-  4   65%  A Tomberlin     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Clark out at Hm/LF-C
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tim Worrell facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   63%  B Giles         Lineout: SS (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   61%  S Alomar        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   63%  T Fryman        Walk
   O      1--  1   60%  D Bell          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Jaret Wright facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   63%  P Bako          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   65%  D Cruz          Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  4   64%  B Hunter        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--      63%  J Randa         Hunter Steals 2B
          -2-  6   61%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  6   66%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tim Worrell facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   70%  K Lofton        Single to C (Bunt to Short 3B Line)
   O      1--  5   66%  O Vizquel       Flyball: RF
          1--  5   72%  D Justice       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Lofton to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   73%  J Thome         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Lofton Scores
          1--  2   76%  M Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Justice to 3B
   RR     -23  4   87%  B Giles         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Justice Scores; Ramirez Scores
   O      -2-  3   86%  S Alomar        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 4.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Jaret Wright facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   88%  T Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   85%  L Gonzalez      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  5   81%  D Easley        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Gonzalez to 3B
   O      1-3  6   86%  A Tomberlin     Strikeout Looking
   O      1-3  8   90%  P Bako          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-0, Tim Worrell facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  2   94%  T Fryman        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  2   95%  D Bell          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   94%  K Lofton        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   94%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B; Bell to 3B
                  Roberto Duran replaces Tim Worrell pitching
   O      --3  4   92%  D Justice       Lineout: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 5.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Jaret Wright facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   90%  D Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  5   92%  B Hunter        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
   O      1--  1   94%  J Randa         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Randa to 2B/Adv on throw; Hunter out at 3B/CF-3B
   O      -2-  3   95%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 5-0, Roberto Duran facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   96%  J Thome         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  5   98%  M Ramirez       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thome Scores
          -2-  1   99%  B Giles         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Ramirez to 3B
                  Greg Keagle replaces Roberto Duran pitching
          1-3  7   99%  S Alomar        Hit By Pitch; Giles to 2B
   R      123  5   99%  T Fryman        Walk; Ramirez Scores; Giles to 3B; Alomar to 2B
   RR     123  5  100%  D Bell          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Giles Scores; Alomar Scores; Fryman to 3B
                  Doug Bochtler replaces Greg Keagle pitching
   O      1-3  1  100%  K Lofton        Lineout: 2B
   O      1-3  4  100%  O Vizquel       Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      1-3  5   99%  D Justice       Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 9.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-9, Jaret Wright facing 4-5-6
                  Pat Borders replaces Sandy Alomar playing C batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  T Clark         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  8  100%  L Gonzalez      Strikeout Swinging
                  Frank Catalanotto pinch hits for Damion Easley batting 6th
          ---  3  100%  F Catalanotto   Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   99%  A Tomberlin     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Catalanotto to 3B
   O      1-3  3  100%  P Bako          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-0, Doug Bochtler facing 4-5-6
                  Jeff Manto replaces Tony Clark playing 1B batting 4th; Frank Catalanotto moves to 2B
   O      ---  6  100%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  M Ramirez       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  4  100%  B Giles         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 9.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-9, Jaret Wright facing 9-1-2
                  Shawon Dunston replaces Kenny Lofton playing SS batting 1st; Mark Whiten replaces Omar Vizquel playing CF batting 2nd
   O      ---  3  100%  D Cruz          Groundout: P-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  4  100%  B Hunter        Triple to RF (Line Drive)
   RO     --3  2  100%  J Randa         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Hunter Scores
   O      ---  5  100%  B Higginson     Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-1, Sean Runyan facing 7-8-9
                  Sean Runyan replaces Doug Bochtler pitching; Joe Oliver replaces Brian Hunter playing 1B batting 1st; Jeff Manto moves to LF; Luis Gonzalez moves to CF
   O      ---  4  100%  P Borders       Foul Popfly: C
          ---  6  100%  T Fryman        Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
          1--  5  100%  D Bell          Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Fryman to 2B
   O      12-  7  100%  S Dunston       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Fryman to 3B
   O      1-3  3  100%  M Whiten        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 9.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-9, Paul Assenmacher facing 4-5-6
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Jaret Wright pitching
   O      ---  6  100%  J Manto         Popfly: 2B
          ---  1  100%  L Gonzalez      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  2  100%  F Catalanotto   Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  2  100%  A Tomberlin     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-1, Todd Jones facing 3-4-5
                  Todd Jones replaces Sean Runyan pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  D Justice       Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B)
          ---  1  100%  J Thome         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  3  100%  M Ramirez       Lineout: RF
   O      1--  5  100%  B Giles         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Indians 9.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-9, Alvin Morman facing 8-9-1
                  Alvin Morman replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  P Bako          Strikeout Looking
          ---  5  100%  D Cruz          Walk
   R      1--  6  100%  J Oliver        Double to CF (Fly Ball); Cruz Scores
   O      -2-  4  100%  J Randa         Lineout: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      -2-  5  100%  B Higginson     Strikeout Swinging
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 9.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation