October 3, 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 1
TEX 0 BOS 1
@BAL 0
(10) MIN 1
@CHW 1
(7) TOR 9
@CLE 2 OAK 3
SEA 1 TBD 6
NYY 2 ARI 10
SDP 3 ATL 18
FLA 0 COL 9
SFG 8 HOU 9
LAD 4 CIN 7
@MIL 1 NYM 2
PIT 1 PHI 6
MON 5 STL 9
CHC 5
(5)

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 43,012

Sunday, October 3, 1999, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 2:40

Blue Jays

84-78

Won 3

3rd, 14 GB

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

W: D Wells (17-10), L: D Burba (15-9)

Indians

97-65

Lost 3

1st

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Bush 2B                     5   2   3   0    0   2  .320  .774   21    2   3   2B
J Cruz LF                     4   2   2   4    1   2  .241  .791   18    5   0   HR
S Green RF                    5   1   0   0    0   1  .309  .972   14    4   0   
T Fernandez DH                3   0   0   0    0   3  .328  .876   11    0   0   
  B McRae PH                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .218  .687    4    0   0   IW
D Fletcher C                  3   0   0   0    1   2  .291  .824   19    7   0   
T Batista SS                  4   1   1   4    0   1  .277  .848   13    1   3   HR
W Otanez 1B                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .237  .684    7    7   0   
C Blake 3B                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .256  .678   22    0   3   GDP
V Wells CF                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .261  .645   21    1   0   

D Wells P                                                                0   1
Totals                       36   9   9   8    3  13              150   27  10

BATTING

2B: H Bush (26, off S Depaula).

HR: J Cruz (14, off C Nagy; 6th inn, 2 on, 0 outs); T Batista (31, off M Jackson; 8th inn, 3 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

IBB: B McRae (2, by P Assenmacher).

TB: J Cruz 5; T Batista 4; H Bush 4; W Otanez; V Wells; C Blake.

GIDP: C Blake (1).

RBI: T Batista 4 (100); J Cruz 4 (45).

2-out RBI: T Batista 4; J Cruz.

Team LOB: 3.

With RISP: 3 for 5.

FIELDING

DP: 2. D Wells-T Batista-W Otanez; T Batista-H Bush-W Otanez.

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   1   0   0   0    1   0  .301  .837   10    1   0   
  D Roberts CF                3   0   0   0    0   1  .238  .589   11    1   0   
E Wilson 2B-3B                4   1   1   0    0   0  .262  .662   16    0   0   
O Vizquel SS                  3   1   2   1    0   1  .333  .833   13    0   3   HR
  J Cabrera PH-2B             1   0   0   0    0   0  .189  .447    4    1   0   
M Ramirez RF                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .333 1.105    5    1   0   
  A Ramirez RF                2   0   1   1    0   0  .299  .801    3    1   0   2B
R Sexson 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .819    7    4   3   
W Cordero LF                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .299  .864   12    0   0   
H Baines DH                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .312  .920    5    0   0   GDP
  C Baerga PH                 2   0   0   0    0   2  .241  .614    9    0   0   
S Alomar C                    2   0   2   0    0   0  .307  .855    2    9   0   
  E Diaz C                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .281  .690    5    4   0   HBP
T Fryman 3B                   2   0   1   0    0   0  .255  .719    5    0   1   GDP
  J McDonald 2B-SS            2   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    9    2   2   

D Burba P                                                                3   0
  C Nagy P                                                               0   0
  R Rincon P                                                             0   0
  P Shuey P                                                              0   0
  P Assenmacher P                                                        0   0
  M Jackson P                                                            0   0
  S Depaula P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   2  10   2    1   6              116   27   9

BATTING

2B: A Ramirez (6, off D Wells).

HR: O Vizquel (5, off D Wells; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF Line).

HBP: E Diaz (5, by D Wells).

TB: O Vizquel 5; W Cordero 2; A Ramirez 2; S Alomar 2; E Wilson; T Fryman; J McDonald.

GIDP: T Fryman (13); H Baines (16).

RBI: O Vizquel (66); A Ramirez (18).

2-out RBI: A Ramirez.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 5.

FIELDING

DP: 1. O Vizquel-J McDonald-R Sexson.

PB: S Alomar (1).

E: A Ramirez (2).

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
D Wells, W (17-10)             9    10   2   2    1   6   1   4.82   37  116-86   57·10·19    9·13· 7· 0     64    -     0.92   0.39
Totals                         9    10   2   2    1   6   1          37  116-86   57·10·19    9·13· 7· 0           -

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, L (15-9)              5     2   1   0    0   8   0   4.25   17   64-44   21· 7·16    4· 3· 2· 0     69    -     0.90   0.18
C Nagy                         1     3   3   3    1   1   1   4.95    7   23-12    8· 0· 4    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.77  -0.24
R Rincon                       1     1   0   0    0   0   0   4.43    3   11-7     4· 0· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.41   0.03
P Shuey                        0.1   0   1   0    1   1   0   3.53    2    9-4     3· 1· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.26   0.00
P Assenmacher                  0.1   0   2   0    1   1   0   8.18    3   14-7     3· 2· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.54  -0.00
M Jackson                      0.1   1   1   1    0   0   1   4.06    2    2-2     2· 0· 0    0· 2· 0· 0          3-3    0.46  -0.08
S Depaula                      1     2   1   1    0   2   0   4.63    5   23-14    8· 3· 3    0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         9     9   9   5    3  13   2          39  146-90   49·13·28   10· 8· 5· 0          4-3

Balks: None.

WP: D Burba (13).

IBB: P Assenmacher (5; B McRae).

HBP: D Wells (6; E Diaz).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Tschida, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Rick Reed.

Time of Game: 2:40.

Attendance: 43,012.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 62° F, Wind 8mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Cleveland Indians                    
1. H Bush               2B    1. K Lofton             CF 
2. J Cruz               LF    2. E Wilson             2B 
3. S Green              RF    3. O Vizquel            SS 
4. T Fernandez          DH    4. M Ramirez            RF 
5. D Fletcher           C     5. R Sexson             1B 
6. T Batista            SS    6. W Cordero            LF 
7. W Otanez             1B    7. H Baines             DH 
8. C Blake              3B    8. S Alomar             C  
9. V Wells              CF    9. T Fryman             3B 

   D Wells              P        D Burba              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   0  0-1  12-  3   16%  90% J Cruz          C Nagy          Home Run (Fly Ball); Wells Scores; Bush Scores
   b 5   0  1-0  1--  1   11%  62% T Fryman        D Wells         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   b 3   0  1-0  1--  4   -9%  41% T Fryman        D Wells         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Alomar to 3B
   b 3   2  1-0  123  3    9%  61% M Ramirez       D Wells         Strikeout Looking
   b 3   1  1-0  123  6    8%  52% O Vizquel       D Wells         Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Burba facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  2   53%  H Bush          Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  5   50%  J Cruz          Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  2   48%  S Green         Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B); Bush to 2B
   O      -2-  4   45%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, David Wells facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  K Lofton        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   49%  E Wilson        Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
          ---  2   48%  O Vizquel       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   50%  M Ramirez       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Burba facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   48%  D Fletcher      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   46%  T Batista       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   44%  W Otanez        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, David Wells facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   47%  R Sexson        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   44%  W Cordero       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
   OO     1--  4   50%  H Baines        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Burba facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   54%  C Blake         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  6   52%  V Wells         Groundout: 3B-1B; Blake to 2B
          -2-      54%  H Bush          Passed Ball; Blake to 3B
   R      --3      58%  " "             Wild Pitch; Blake Scores/No RBI/unER
   O      ---  6   56%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   55%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, David Wells facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   50%  S Alomar        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--  4   41%  T Fryman        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Alomar to 3B
          1-3  5   37%  K Lofton        Walk; Fryman to 2B
   O      123  3   44%  E Wilson        Groundout: 3B-C/Forceout at Hm; Fryman to 3B; Lofton to 2B
   O      123  6   52%  O Vizquel       Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   61%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Burba facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   58%  S Green         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   56%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   55%  D Fletcher      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, David Wells facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   58%  R Sexson        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   61%  W Cordero       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   62%  H Baines        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Burba facing 6-7-8
                  Dave Roberts replaces Kenny Lofton playing CF batting 1st; Alex Ramirez replaces Manny Ramirez playing RF batting 4th
   O      ---  4   60%  T Batista       Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   58%  W Otanez        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   56%  C Blake         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, David Wells facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   51%  S Alomar        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  1   62%  T Fryman        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  4   64%  D Roberts       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Charles Nagy facing 9-1-2
                  Charles Nagy replaces Dave Burba pitching; John McDonald replaces Travis Fryman playing 2B batting 9th; Enrique Wilson moves to 3B
          ---  3   68%  V Wells         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   74%  H Bush          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Wells to 2B
   RRR    12-  3   90%  J Cruz          Home Run (Fly Ball); Wells Scores; Bush Scores
   O      ---  3   89%  S Green         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   88%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   89%  D Fletcher      Walk
   O      1--  4   88%  T Batista       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-4, David Wells facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   90%  E Wilson        Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   R      ---  5   84%  O Vizquel       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  1   86%  A Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   87%  R Sexson        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 1.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 4-1, Ricardo Rincon facing 7-8-9
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Charles Nagy pitching; Einar Diaz replaces Sandy Alomar playing C batting 8th
          ---  1   89%  W Otanez        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  4   85%  C Blake         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  6   84%  V Wells         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-4, David Wells facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   79%  W Cordero       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole)
                  Carlos Baerga pinch hits for Harold Baines batting 7th
   O      1--  4   84%  C Baerga        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   88%  E Diaz          Flyball: CF
   O      1--  6   91%  J McDonald      Popfly: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 1.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 4-1, Paul Shuey facing 1-2-3
                  Paul Shuey replaces Ricardo Rincon pitching
   O      ---  5   90%  H Bush          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   91%  J Cruz          Walk
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Paul Shuey pitching
          1--  2   94%  S Green         Reached on E9 (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Cruz to 3B; Green to 2B
                  Brian McRae pinch hits for Tony Fernandez batting 4th
          -23  4   94%  B McRae         Intentional Walk
   O      123  8   92%  D Fletcher      Strikeout Swinging
                  Mike Jackson replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching
   RRRR   123  1   99%  T Batista       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Cruz Scores/unER; Green Scores/unER; McRae Scores/unER
   O      ---  1   99%  W Otanez        Flyball: CF
                  4 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-8, David Wells facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1  100%  D Roberts       Flyball: LF
          ---  3   99%  E Wilson        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
                  Jolbert Cabrera pinch hits for Omar Vizquel batting 3rd
   O      1--  4  100%  J Cabrera       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   R      1--  2   99%  A Ramirez       Double to CF (Fly Ball); Wilson Scores
   O      -2-  1  100%  R Sexson        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Indians 2.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 8-2, Sean Depaula facing 8-9-1
                  Sean Depaula replaces Mike Jackson pitching; Jolbert Cabrera moves to 2B; John McDonald moves to SS
   O      ---  9  100%  C Blake         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6  100%  V Wells         Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  1  100%  H Bush          Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   R      -2-  1  100%  J Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive); Bush Scores
   O      1--  6  100%  S Green         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-9, David Wells facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4  100%  W Cordero       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5  100%  C Baerga        Strikeout Looking
          ---  3  100%  E Diaz          Hit By Pitch
          1--  3  100%  J McDonald      Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Diaz to 2B
   O      12-  6  100%  D Roberts       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Indians 2.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CLE199910030

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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