September 5, 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 16,677

Wednesday, September 5, 1990, 7:37
Time of Game: 3:14

Blue Jays

71-66

Won 1

2nd, 5½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       1  0  2   0  2  0   1  1  0    7 11  0
Tigers          0  1  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    3  7  2

W: D Wells (10-4), L: C Parker (3-2)

Tigers

66-71

Lost 1

3rd, 10½ GB

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Felix CF                    5   1   1   1    0   1  .270  .789   23    3   0   SF
T Fernandez SS                6   0   1   0    0   0  .258  .715   24    2   4   SB
R Mulliniks 3B                3   1   1   2    1   2  .279  .817   24    0   1   HR,SF
F McGriff 1B                  5   2   3   1    0   0  .312  .984   14   10   0   HR,2B
J Olerud DH                   3   1   1   0    2   1  .267  .796   23    0   0   IW
G Myers C                     4   0   0   0    1   1  .254  .647   27    8   0   
M Whiten RF                   4   2   1   0    1   1  .243  .615   21    1   0   
M Lee 2B                      3   0   0   1    2   0  .235  .612   18    1   4   
R Ducey LF                    5   0   3   2    0   1  .600 1.400   17    2   0   2B

D Wells P                                                                0   2
  J Acker P                                                              0   0
  T Henke P                                                              0   0
Totals                       38   7  11   7    7   7              191   27  11

BATTING

2B: F McGriff (20, off C Parker); R Ducey (1, off S Searcy).

HR: R Mulliniks (2, off C Parker; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); F McGriff (32, off E Nunez; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF).

SF: R Mulliniks (1, off C Parker); J Felix (5, off E Nunez).

IBB: J Olerud (5, by C Parker).

TB: F McGriff 7; R Ducey 4; R Mulliniks 4; T Fernandez; M Whiten; J Olerud; J Felix.

RBI: R Ducey 2 (2); R Mulliniks 2 (11); J Felix (54); F McGriff (79); M Lee (37).

2-out RBI: R Ducey 2.

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 2 for 13.

BASERUNNING

SB: T Fernandez (15, 2nd base off C Parker/M Heath).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Phillips 2B-3B              4   0   0   0    0   1  .247  .708   12    1   2   
T Fryman 3B                   3   0   0   0    0   2  .301  .817   15    0   2   
  L Whitaker PH-2B            1   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .762    5    0   1   
A Trammell SS                 4   1   2   0    0   1  .316  .867   12    4   1   
C Fielder 1B                  4   1   2   2    0   0  .290 1.011   19    7   2   HR
G Ward LF                     2   1   1   0    1   0  .257  .716   10    1   0   3B
  L Sheets PH-LF              1   0   0   0    0   1  .274  .740    5    1   0   
C Lemon RF                    2   0   0   0    1   0  .261  .755   12    2   0   
  J Shelby PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .265  .698    7    0   0   
L Moseby CF                   4   0   1   1    0   0  .249  .745   14    3   0   
D Coles DH                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .203  .555   10    0   0   
  D Bergman PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .290  .766    2    0   0   
M Heath C                     3   0   0   0    0   0  .283  .723   11    7   0   
  M Salas PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .230  .747    2    0   0   

C Parker P                                                               0   1
  S Searcy P                                                             1   0
  P Gibson P                                                             0   0
  E Nunez P                                                              0   0
Totals                       34   3   7   3    2   7              136   27   9

BATTING

3B: G Ward (2, off D Wells).

HR: C Fielder (44, off D Wells; 6th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

TB: C Fielder 5; G Ward 3; A Trammell 2; L Moseby; J Shelby.

RBI: C Fielder 2 (114); L Moseby (49).

2-out RBI: C Fielder 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 4.

FIELDING

E: T Fryman (11); L Whitaker (5).

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 (10-4)              7     4   3   3    2   6   1   3.27   27   99-64   31· 9·24    8· 8· 3· 0     61    -     0.87   0.11
J Acker                        1     2   0   0    0   1   0   3.81    5   23-14    8· 3· 3    2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.54   0.03
T Henke                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   1.85    4   14-9     7· 1· 1    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.57   0.02
Totals                         9     7   3   3    2   7   1          36  136-87   46·13·28   11·10· 6· 0           -

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Parker, L (3-2)              2     5   3   3    2   0   1   4.06   13   54-28   19· 3· 6    4· 4· 3· 0     32    -     1.13  -0.19
S Searcy                       2.2   2   2   0    3   2   0   5.98   14   55-27   14· 8· 5    7· 0· 2· 0          1-1    1.18  -0.11
P Gibson                       1.2   3   1   1    1   1   0   3.17    9   38-20   12· 1· 7    1· 3· 3· 0          2-0    0.60  -0.01
E Nunez                        2.2   1   1   1    1   4   1   1.69   11   42-25   10·11· 4    3· 3· 0· 0          2-1    0.26  -0.03
Totals                         9    11   7   5    7   7   2          47  189-100  55·23·22   15·10· 8· 0          5-2

C Parker faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: C Parker (4; J Olerud).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Greg Kosc.

Time of Game: 3:14.

Attendance: 16,677.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 80° F, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Felix              CF    1. T Phillips           2B 
2. T Fernandez          SS    2. T Fryman             3B 
3. R Mulliniks          3B    3. A Trammell           SS 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. C Fielder            1B 
5. J Olerud             DH    5. G Ward               LF 
6. G Myers              C     6. C Lemon              RF 
7. M Whiten             RF    7. L Moseby             CF 
8. M Lee                2B    8. D Coles              DH 
9. R Ducey              LF    9. M Heath              C  

   D Wells              P        C Parker             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   2  1-3  123  3   13%  91% R Ducey         S Searcy        Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Olerud Scores/unER; Whiten Scores/unER; Lee to 3B
   b 6   2  5-1  1--  7  -12%  81% C Fielder       D Wells         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Trammell Scores
   t 3   0  1-1  ---  6   12%  62% R Mulliniks     C Parker        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  1    9%  63% T Fernandez     C Parker        Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Felix to 3B
   b 2   1  1-0  ---  3   -8%  51% G Ward          D Wells         Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Clay Parker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   54%  J Felix         Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   63%  T Fernandez     Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Felix to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   60%  R Mulliniks     Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Felix Scores
   O      1--  1   58%  F McGriff       Flyball: RF
          1--      59%  J Olerud        Fernandez Steals 2B
          -2-  4   59%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      12-  7   56%  G Myers         Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, David Wells facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   58%  T Phillips      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   60%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   61%  A Trammell      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Clay Parker facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   59%  M Whiten        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5   61%  M Lee           Walk
          1--  3   64%  R Ducey         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Lee to 2B
   O      12-  4   61%  J Felix         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Lee to 3B; Felix to 1B
   O      1-3  7   56%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, David Wells facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   59%  C Fielder       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   51%  G Ward          Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          --3  5   49%  C Lemon         Walk
   R      1-3  6   41%  L Moseby        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Ward Scores; Lemon to 2B
   O      12-  3   46%  D Coles         Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   50%  M Heath         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 1-1, Clay Parker facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  6   62%  R Mulliniks     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  3   68%  F McGriff       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
                  Steve Searcy replaces Clay Parker pitching
          -2-  6   70%  J Olerud        Walk
          12-  5   77%  G Myers         Walk; McGriff to 3B; Olerud to 2B
   O      123  6   71%  M Whiten        Strikeout Swinging
   RO     123  5   72%  M Lee           Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); McGriff Scores; Olerud to 3B; Lee to 1B
   O      1-3  4   68%  R Ducey         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, David Wells facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   71%  T Phillips      Lineout: SS
   O      ---  4   72%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   74%  A Trammell      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Tigers 1.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 3-1, Steve Searcy facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   72%  J Felix         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   71%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   70%  R Mulliniks     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, David Wells facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   73%  C Fielder       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   75%  G Ward          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   76%  C Lemon         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Tigers 1.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 3-1, Steve Searcy facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   74%  F McGriff       Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  4   76%  J Olerud        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   74%  G Myers         Lineout: SS
          1--  5   75%  M Whiten        Walk; Olerud to 2B
          12-  1   77%  M Lee           Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Olerud to 3B; Whiten to 2B; Lee to 1B
   RR     123  3   91%  R Ducey         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Olerud Scores/unER; Whiten Scores/unER; Lee to 3B
                  Paul Gibson replaces Steve Searcy pitching
   O      -23  6   89%  J Felix         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, David Wells facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   90%  L Moseby        Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
   O      ---  3   92%  D Coles         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  4   92%  M Heath         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Paul Gibson facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   92%  T Fernandez     Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  4   92%  R Mulliniks     Walk
          1--  4   93%  F McGriff       Single to LF (Line Drive); Mulliniks to 2B
   O      12-  4   92%  J Olerud        Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
   O      12-  7   91%  G Myers         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, David Wells facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   93%  T Phillips      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   94%  T Fryman        Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
          ---  1   93%  A Trammell      Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   RR     1--  7   81%  C Fielder       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Trammell Scores
          ---  4   79%  G Ward          Walk
   O      1--  2   82%  C Lemon         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-3, Paul Gibson facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   85%  M Whiten        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   84%  M Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B; Whiten to 2B
          -2-  2   87%  R Ducey         Single to RF (Line Drive); Whiten to 3B
                  Edwin Nunez replaces Paul Gibson pitching
   RO     1-3  4   89%  J Felix         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Whiten Scores
   O      1--  4   88%  T Fernandez     Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-6, David Wells facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   91%  L Moseby        Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B (Short 3B Line)
   O      ---  4   92%  D Coles         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   93%  M Heath         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Tigers 3.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 6-3, Edwin Nunez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   93%  R Mulliniks     Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  1   96%  F McGriff       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   96%  J Olerud        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   96%  G Myers         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-7, Jim Acker facing 1-2-3
                  Jim Acker replaces David Wells pitching
   O      ---  3   97%  T Phillips      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Lou Whitaker pinch hits for Travis Fryman batting 2nd
   O      ---  5   98%  L Whitaker      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   98%  A Trammell      Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   96%  C Fielder       Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Trammell to 3B
                  Larry Sheets pinch hits for Gary Ward batting 5th
   O      1-3  5   99%  L Sheets        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Tigers 3.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-3, Edwin Nunez facing 7-8-9
                  Lou Whitaker moves to 2B; Tony Phillips moves to 3B; Larry Sheets moves to LF
   O      ---  1   98%  M Whiten        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  5   99%  M Lee           Walk
   O      1--  5   98%  R Ducey         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  1   99%  J Felix         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Lee to 3B; Felix to 1B
   O      1-3  5   98%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-7, Tom Henke facing 6-7-8
                  Tom Henke replaces Jim Acker pitching; John Shelby pinch hits for Chet Lemon batting 6th
          ---  7   96%  J Shelby        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   98%  L Moseby        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  Dave Bergman pinch hits for Darnell Coles batting 8th
   O      1--  2  100%  D Bergman       Popfly: SS (Deep 3B)
                  Mark Salas pinch hits for Mike Heath batting 9th
   O      1--  2  100%  M Salas         Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Tigers 3.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199009050

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation