May 31, 1967 Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 3
MIN 2 CHW 3
BAL 2
(11) CLE 9
@DET 0 NYY 3
KCA 0 WSA 6
CAL 3 CHC 6
@CIN 5 HOU 6
NYM 1 PHI 6
@LAD 0
(11) SFG 15
PIT 4

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 10,793

Wednesday, May 31, 1967
Time of Game: 3:06

Indians

21-20

Won 2

4th, 5 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         1  0  0   1  0  4   2  0  1    9 16  0
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  6  1

W: L Tiant (3-1), L: M Lolich (5-5)

Tigers

26-15

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Alvis 3B                    4   1   2   1    1   0  .252  .710    0    2   0   CS
C Salmon 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .264  .630    0    4   0   HBP
C Hinton CF-RF                5   0   0   0    0   1  .277  .714    0    0   0   
R Colavito RF-LF              5   1   3   0    0   0  .256  .773    0    1   0   
L Wagner LF                   4   1   2   3    0   1  .223  .726    0    0   0   HR
  V Davalillo CF              1   1   1   0    0   0  .260  .596    0    1   0   2B
J Azcue C                     4   2   2   0    1   0  .274  .845    0   13   0   2B
P Gonzalez 2B                 5   1   2   0    0   1  .250  .574    0    4   1   SB
L Brown SS                    4   1   3   3    0   1  .244  .728    0    1   2   2B,HBP
L Tiant P                     5   1   1   2    0   3  .267  .600    0    1   1   GDP
Totals                       41   9  16   9    2   8                    27   4

BATTING

2B: V Davalillo (6, off M Marshall); L Brown (4, off L Sherry); J Azcue (4, off M Lolich).

HR: L Wagner (7, off P Dobson; 7th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to RF).

HBP: L Brown (1, by M Lolich); C Salmon (1, by M Lolich).

TB: L Wagner 5; L Brown 4; J Azcue 3; R Colavito 3; V Davalillo 2; M Alvis 2; P Gonzalez 2; L Tiant.

GIDP: L Tiant (1).

RBI: L Wagner 3 (18); L Brown 3 (17); L Tiant 2 (4); M Alvis (22).

2-out RBI: L Brown; L Wagner.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

BASERUNNING

SB: P Gonzalez (3, 2nd base off P Dobson/B Freehan).

CS: M Alvis (2, 2nd base by M Lolich/B Freehan).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D McAuliffe 2B                3   0   1   0    2   2  .259  .893    0    5   0   
D Wert 3B                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .231  .601    0    3   2   
A Kaline RF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .347 1.049    0    0   0   
W Horton LF                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .284  .968    0    0   0   
J Northrup CF                 4   0   3   0    0   0  .309  .823    0    2   0   
N Cash 1B                     3   0   0   0    1   0  .242  .757    0    7   0   
B Freehan C                   3   0   0   0    0   3  .282  .992    0    8   2   
  H Aguirre P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  J Lumpe PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .176  .476    0    0   0   
  M Marshall P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
R Oyler SS                    3   0   1   0    1   2  .225  .615    0    0   6   2B
M Lolich P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .150  .411    0    0   0   
  D Wickersham P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  G Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .203  .632    0    0   0   
  L Sherry P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  P Dobson P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Heath PH-C                2   0   0   0    0   0  .077  .371    0    2   0   
Totals                       33   0   6   0    4  13                    27  13

BATTING

2B: R Oyler (8, off L Tiant).

TB: J Northrup 3; R Oyler 2; D McAuliffe; A Kaline.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 0 for 4.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Wickersham-D Wert-D McAuliffe.

E: D McAuliffe (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
L Tiant, W (3-1)               9     6   0   0    4  13   0   2.95   37     -       ·  ·      5· 8· 1· 6     84    -     0.57   0.28
Totals                         9     6   0   0    4  13   0          37     -       ·  ·      5· 8· 1· 6           -

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Lolich, L (5-5)              3     4   2   2    2   2   0   4.34   16     -       ·  ·      3· 3· 0· 4     43    -     1.23  -0.12
D Wickersham                   2     1   0   0    0   1   0   1.29    6     -       ·  ·      4· 0· 0· 1          2-1    0.85   0.08
L Sherry                       0.1   4   4   4    0   0   0   7.07    5     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 4          0-0    0.77  -0.16
P Dobson                       1.2   4   2   2    0   3   1  10.80    9     -       ·  ·      0· 2· 0· 4          1-1    0.08  -0.02
H Aguirre                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    4     -       ·  ·      2· 1· 0· 1          0-0    0.01   0.00
M Marshall                     1     2   1   1    0   2   0   9.00    5     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 2          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    16   9   9    2   8   1          45     -       ·  ·     11· 6· 0·16          3-2

M Lolich faced 2 batters in the 4th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: L Sherry (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: M Lolich 2 (2; L Brown, C Salmon).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Red Flaherty.

Time of Game: 3:06.

Attendance: 10,793.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Detroit Tigers                       
1. M Alvis              3B    1. D McAuliffe          2B 
2. C Salmon             1B    2. D Wert               3B 
3. C Hinton             CF    3. A Kaline             RF 
4. R Colavito           RF    4. W Horton             LF 
5. L Wagner             LF    5. J Northrup           CF 
6. J Azcue              C     6. N Cash               1B 
7. P Gonzalez           2B    7. B Freehan            C  
8. L Brown              SS    8. R Oyler              SS 
9. L Tiant              P     9. M Lolich             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-0  1-3      11%  61% L Wagner        M Lolich        Single to CF; Alvis Scores; Colavito to 3B
   t 6   1  0-2  12-       9%  92% L Brown         L Sherry        Double to CF; Azcue Scores; Gonzalez to 3B
   t 4   0  0-2  12-      -8%  74% L Tiant         D Wickersham    Ground Ball Double Play: P-3B-2B
   t 4   0  0-1  -2-       7%  77% P Gonzalez      M Lolich        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Azcue to 3B
   b 5   2  2-0  1-3       7%  81% D Wert          L Tiant         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mickey Lolich facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      54%  M Alvis         Walk
   O      1--      50%  C Salmon        Flyball: C
   O      1--      48%  C Hinton        Flyball: 2B
          1--      50%  R Colavito      Single to LF; Alvis to 3B
   R      1-3      61%  L Wagner        Single to CF; Alvis Scores; Colavito to 3B
          1-3      63%  J Azcue         Walk; Wagner to 2B
   O      123      57%  P Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Luis Tiant facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      59%  D McAuliffe     Strikeout
   O      ---      61%  D Wert          Strikeout
          ---      60%  A Kaline        Single to LF
   O      1--      62%  W Horton        Flyball: SS
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Mickey Lolich facing 8-9-1
          ---      65%  L Brown         Hit By Pitch
   O      1--      62%  L Tiant         Strikeout
   O      1--      60%  M Alvis         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      58%  C Salmon        Alvis Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Luis Tiant facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      60%  J Northrup      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      62%  N Cash          Flyball: RF
   O      ---      63%  B Freehan       Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Mickey Lolich facing 2-3-4
          ---      66%  C Salmon        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--      63%  C Hinton        Flyball: CF
          1--      66%  R Colavito      Single to LF; Salmon to 2B
   O      12-      61%  L Wagner        Baserunner Out Advancing; Salmon out at 3B/C-3B
   O      1--      59%  " "             Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Luis Tiant facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      61%  R Oyler         Strikeout
   O      ---      63%  M Lolich        Strikeout
          ---      61%  D McAuliffe     Walk
   O      1--      64%  D Wert          Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Mickey Lolich facing 6-7-8
          ---      70%  J Azcue         Double to RF
          -2-      77%  P Gonzalez      Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Azcue to 3B
                  Dave Wickersham replaces Mickey Lolich pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3      82%  L Brown         Single to LF; Azcue Scores; Gonzalez to 2B
   OO     12-      74%  L Tiant         Ground Ball Double Play: P-3B-2B
   O      1--      72%  M Alvis         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Luis Tiant facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      75%  A Kaline        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      77%  W Horton        Strikeout
          ---      75%  J Northrup      Single to RF
   O      1--      78%  N Cash          Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 2-0, Dave Wickersham facing 2-3-4
   O      ---      76%  C Salmon        Strikeout
   O      ---      75%  C Hinton        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      75%  R Colavito      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Luis Tiant facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      78%  B Freehan       Strikeout
          ---      72%  R Oyler         Double to LF
                  Gates Brown pinch hits for Dave Wickersham batting 9th
   O      -2-      76%  G Brown         Groundout: P-1B; Oyler to 3B
          --3      74%  D McAuliffe     Walk
   O      1-3      81%  D Wert          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 2-0, Larry Sherry facing 5-6-7
                  Larry Sherry replaces Gates Brown pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      79%  L Wagner        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      81%  J Azcue         Single to CF
          1--      83%  P Gonzalez      Single to CF; Azcue to 2B
   R      12-      92%  L Brown         Double to CF; Azcue Scores; Gonzalez to 3B
   RR     -23      97%  L Tiant         Single to LF; Gonzalez Scores; Brown Scores
          1--      97%  M Alvis         Wild Pitch; Tiant to 2B
                  Pat Dobson replaces Larry Sherry pitching and batting 9th
   R      -2-      98%  " "             Single to CF; Tiant Scores
   O      1--      98%  C Salmon        Flyball: CF
   O      1--      98%  C Hinton        Strikeout
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-6, Luis Tiant facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      98%  A Kaline        Flyball: 1B
   O      ---      99%  W Horton        Strikeout
          ---      98%  J Northrup      Single to LF
   O      1--      99%  N Cash          Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 0.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 6-0, Pat Dobson facing 4-5-6
          ---      99%  R Colavito      Single to CF
   RR     1--     100%  L Wagner        Home Run; Colavito Scores
   O      ---     100%  J Azcue         Foul Flyball: C
          ---     100%  P Gonzalez      Single to LF
          1--     100%  L Brown         Gonzalez Steals 2B
   O      -2-     100%  " "             Strikeout
   O      -2-     100%  L Tiant         Strikeout
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-8, Luis Tiant facing 7-8-9
                  Rocky Colavito moves to LF; Vic Davalillo replaces Leon Wagner playing CF batting 5th; Chuck Hinton moves to RF
   O      ---     100%  B Freehan       Strikeout
          ---     100%  R Oyler         Walk
                  Bill Heath pinch hits for Pat Dobson batting 9th
   O      1--     100%  B Heath         Flyball: CF
          1--     100%  D McAuliffe     Single to SS; Oyler to 2B
   O      12-     100%  D Wert          Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 0.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-0, Hank Aguirre facing 1-2-3
                  Hank Aguirre replaces Bill Freehan pitching and batting 7th; Bill Heath moves to C
          ---     100%  M Alvis         Single to LF
   O      1--     100%  C Salmon        Flyball: 3B
   O      1--     100%  C Hinton        Groundout: SS-1B; Alvis to 2B
   O      -2-     100%  R Colavito      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-8, Luis Tiant facing 3-4-5
   O      ---     100%  A Kaline        Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  W Horton        Lineout: 2B
          ---     100%  J Northrup      Single to LF
          1--     100%  N Cash          Walk; Northrup to 2B
                  Jerry Lumpe pinch hits for Hank Aguirre batting 7th
   O      12-     100%  J Lumpe         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 0.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-0, Mike Marshall facing 5-6-7
                  Mike Marshall replaces Jerry Lumpe pitching and batting 7th
          ---     100%  V Davalillo     Double to RF
   O      -2-     100%  J Azcue         Groundout: P-1B; Davalillo to 3B
   O      --3     100%  P Gonzalez      Strikeout
   R      --3     100%  L Brown         Single to 3B; Davalillo Scores
   O      1--     100%  L Tiant         Strikeout
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-9, Luis Tiant facing 8-9-1
   O      ---     100%  R Oyler         Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  B Heath         Groundout: P unassisted
   O      ---     100%  D McAuliffe     Strikeout
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 0.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET196705310

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation