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MIL  7
@BAL  4

CAL  8
OAK  7

(10)
CLE 14
@DET  7

MIN 10
KCR  9

NYY  4
BOS  3

(13)
SEA  5
@TEX  1

TOR  8
CHW  7

(10)
HOU 11
@CHC  2

CIN  7
PHI  2

COL 12
SDP  7

ATL  6
@FLA  4

MON  3
NYM  1

LAD  7
@SFG  6

STL  8
PIT  6

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 29,996

Wednesday, May 3, 1995, 7:07
Time of Game: 3:32
Indians
14
4-2
Won 3
2nd, 1½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         1  3  5   0  1  1   3  0  0   14 18  0
Tigers          0  3  0   0  0  0   0  4  0    7 10  2
W: M Clark (1-0), L: J Doherty (0-2)
Tigers
7
2-5
Lost 2
4th, 3 GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   5   1   4   1    0   0  .360  .770   16    2   0   2B
  W Kirby PH-CF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .804    3    0   0   
O Vizquel SS                  6   1   2   0    0   1  .207  .488   24    2   2   GDP
C Baerga 2B                   4   2   4   0    1   0  .429 1.131   28    2   2   2B
  A Espinoza 2B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666    4    1   1   
A Belle LF                    4   1   0   1    1   2  .385 1.179   31    2   0   
  R Amaro LF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000    2    2   0   
E Murray DH                   4   3   2   3    1   1  .500 1.305   21    0   0   HR
  D Winfield PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   0   GDP
J Thome 3B                    3   1   1   0    1   1  .350 1.019   10    1   2   
  D Bell PH-3B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
M Ramirez RF                  4   3   2   2    1   0  .417 1.375   29    1   0   HR
P Sorrento 1B                 4   2   3   6    0   1  .250 1.129   21    8   1   HR,2·2B,SF
T Pena C                      3   0   0   0    1   0  .111  .311   15    5   0   
  J Levis PH-C                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    5    1   0   

M Clark P                                                                0   0
  J Grimsley P                                                           0   0
  P Shuey P                                                              0   0
  J Mesa P                                                               0   0
Totals                       43  14  18  13    6   6              212   27   8
BATTING
2B: K Lofton (1, off S Whiteside); C Baerga (1, off J Doherty); P Sorrento 2 (2, off J Doherty, off M Gardiner).
HR: E Murray (2, off S Whiteside; 7th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); M Ramirez (3, off B Blomdahl; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF); P Sorrento (4, off B Blomdahl; 3rd inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF).
SF: P Sorrento (1, off S Whiteside).
TB: P Sorrento 8; C Baerga 5; K Lofton 5; M Ramirez 5; E Murray 5; O Vizquel 2; J Thome.
GIDP: D Winfield (1); O Vizquel (1).
RBI: P Sorrento 6 (13); E Murray 3 (7); M Ramirez 2 (8); A Belle (8); K Lofton (2).
2-out RBI: E Murray 3.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 6 for 22.
FIELDING
DP: 2. O Vizquel-P Sorrento-A Espinoza; C Baerga-P Sorrento.
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Curtis CF                   4   0   1   2    1   0  .280  .899   20    3   0   2B
S Penn 2B                     4   0   0   0    1   1  .333  .733   23    2   5   GDP
B Higginson RF                5   1   2   1    0   1  .150  .500   17    2   0   HR,2B
C Fielder 1B                  2   0   0   0    1   1  .200  .610   11    6   1   
  F Stubbs 1B                 1   0   0   0    1   0  .444 1.323    7    4   0   
K Gibson DH                   5   1   2   0    0   0  .357  .900   18    0   0   2·2B
T Fryman 3B                   2   2   0   0    3   0  .167  .583   27    0   3   
R Pemberton LF                4   1   1   2    0   2  .412 1.091   16    1   0   3B,GDP
C Gomez SS                    3   1   2   1    0   1  .238  .804   12    2   5   SF
J Flaherty C                  4   1   2   1    0   0  .316  .876   12    6   0   2·2B

J Doherty P                                                              1   0
  B Blomdahl P                                                           0   0
  S Whiteside P                                                          0   0
  M Gardiner P                                                           0   0
  B Groom P                                                              0   0
Totals                       34   7  10   7    7   6              163   27  14
BATTING
2B: B Higginson (1, off M Clark); J Flaherty 2 (4, off M Clark, off J Grimsley); K Gibson 2 (2, off M Clark, off J Grimsley); C Curtis (2, off M Clark).
3B: R Pemberton (1, off J Grimsley).
HR: B Higginson (1, off J Grimsley; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF Line).
SF: C Gomez (2, off J Grimsley).
TB: B Higginson 6; K Gibson 4; J Flaherty 4; R Pemberton 3; C Gomez 2; C Curtis 2.
GIDP: R Pemberton (2); S Penn (2).
RBI: C Curtis 2 (3); R Pemberton 2 (2); B Higginson (2); C Gomez (5); J Flaherty (3).
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 3 for 11.
FIELDING
DP: 2. C Gomez-S Penn-C Fielder; S Penn-C Gomez-F Stubbs.
E: S Penn 2 (3).

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
M Clark, W (1-0)               5     6   3   3    2   4   0  17.05   23   88-58   32· 9·17    7· 7· 3· 0     45    -     0.78  -0.08
J Grimsley                     2.2   4   4   4    3   1   1   5.68   13   42-18   12· 2· 4    3· 2· 4· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
P Shuey                        1     0   0   0    2   1   0   2.70    5   26-12    4· 1· 7    0· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.06   0.00
J Mesa                         0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.86    1    4-2     1· 1· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         9    10   7   7    7   6   1          42  160-90   49·13·28   10·11· 8· 0          3-0 
Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Doherty, L (0-2)             2     6   6   6    2   0   0  20.65   13   60-32   19· 0·13    3· 3· 5· 0     18    -     1.02  -0.34
B Blomdahl                     2.1   5   4   4    2   4   2   8.44   14   53-34   14·11· 9    3· 1· 4· 0          2-2    0.62  -0.23
S Whiteside                    2.2   5   4   4    2   2   1  14.73   15   61-33   21· 5· 7    6· 4· 1· 0          1-0    0.08  -0.00
M Gardiner                     1     1   0   0    0   0   0   1.93    4   18-10    7· 0· 3    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
B Groom                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   7.71    4    9-7     6· 0· 1    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    18  14  14    6   6   3          50  201-116  67·16·33   18· 8·12· 0          3-2 
J Doherty faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.
Balks: None.
WP: J Grimsley (1); P Shuey (1); B Blomdahl 2 (2); S Whiteside (1).
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Tim Welke.
Time of Game: 3:32.
Attendance: 29,996.
Field Condition: Dry.
Weather: 66° F, Wind 10mph out to Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Detroit Tigers                       
1. K Lofton             CF    1. C Curtis             CF 
2. O Vizquel            SS    2. S Penn               2B 
3. C Baerga             2B    3. B Higginson          RF 
4. A Belle              LF    4. C Fielder            1B 
5. E Murray             DH    5. K Gibson             DH 
6. J Thome              3B    6. T Fryman             3B 
7. M Ramirez            RF    7. R Pemberton          LF 
8. P Sorrento           1B    8. C Gomez              SS 
9. T Pena               C     9. J Flaherty           C  

   M Clark              P        J Doherty            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   0  0-1  12-  5   12%  80% P Sorrento      J Doherty       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thome Scores; Ramirez Scores
   b 2   1  4-1  -23  1  -12%  53% C Curtis        M Clark         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Gomez Scores; Flaherty Scores
   t 3   1  3-6  1-3  2   10%  92% P Sorrento      B Blomdahl      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Murray Scores; Ramirez Scores
   b 2   1  4-0  1-3  2  -10%  65% J Flaherty      M Clark         Double to LF (Ground Ball); Fryman Scores; Gomez to 3B
   t 1   1  0-0  1--  7    8%  58% C Baerga        J Doherty       Double to CF (Fly Ball); Vizquel to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, John Doherty facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  K Lofton        Lineout: CF
          ---  6   50%  O Vizquel       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  7   58%  C Baerga        Double to CF (Fly Ball); Vizquel to 3B
   RO     -23  3   58%  A Belle         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Vizquel Scores; Baerga to 3B
   O      --3  4   54%  E Murray        Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Mark Clark facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   57%  C Curtis        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   59%  S Penn          Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   56%  B Higginson     Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  6   55%  C Fielder       Walk
   O      12-  5   60%  K Gibson        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, John Doherty facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   63%  J Thome         Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  6   68%  M Ramirez       Walk; Thome to 2B
   RR     12-  5   80%  P Sorrento      Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thome Scores; Ramirez Scores
   O      -2-  6   78%  T Pena          Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   R      -2-  3   83%  K Lofton        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Sorrento Scores
   OO     1--  5   80%  O Vizquel       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Mark Clark facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   77%  T Fryman        Walk
   O      1--  5   80%  R Pemberton     Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   75%  C Gomez         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Fryman to 3B
   R      1-3  2   65%  J Flaherty      Double to LF (Ground Ball); Fryman Scores; Gomez to 3B
   RR     -23  1   53%  C Curtis        Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Gomez Scores; Flaherty Scores
   O      -2-  8   57%  S Penn          Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  1   60%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 3.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-3, John Doherty facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   64%  C Baerga        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  6   69%  A Belle         Walk; Baerga to 2B
                  Ben Blomdahl replaces John Doherty pitching
          12-  7   75%  E Murray        Walk; Baerga to 3B; Belle to 2B
   O      123  3   69%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   R      123      77%  M Ramirez       Wild Pitch; Baerga Scores; Belle to 3B; Murray to 2B
   R      -23  5   82%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Belle Scores; Murray to 3B
   RRR    1-3  2   92%  P Sorrento      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Murray Scores; Ramirez Scores
   O      ---  1   92%  T Pena          Lineout: CF
          ---  3   93%  K Lofton        Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Lofton to 2B/Adv on E4
   O      -2-  1   92%  O Vizquel       Flyball: LF
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Mark Clark facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   93%  C Fielder       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   91%  K Gibson        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
   O      -2-  6   93%  T Fryman        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  4   94%  R Pemberton     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 3.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-3, Ben Blomdahl facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   95%  C Baerga        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--      95%  A Belle         Wild Pitch; Baerga to 2B
   O      -2-  6   95%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   94%  E Murray        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   93%  J Thome         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Mark Clark facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   91%  C Gomez         Single to CF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  7   93%  J Flaherty      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B-C Foul)
   O      1--  4   95%  C Curtis        Lineout: LF (LF-CF)
   O      1--  2   96%  S Penn          Fielder's Choice 3B; Gomez out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 3.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-3, Ben Blomdahl facing 7-8-9
   R      ---  7   97%  M Ramirez       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   97%  P Sorrento      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   97%  T Pena          Walk
                  Sean Whiteside replaces Ben Blomdahl pitching
          1--  2   98%  K Lofton        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Pena to 3B
   O      -23  1   97%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 3B-1B
          -23  4   97%  C Baerga        Walk
   O      123  4   97%  A Belle         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 10, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-10, Mark Clark facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   97%  B Higginson     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   98%  C Fielder       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   98%  K Gibson        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 10, Tigers 3.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 10-3, Sean Whiteside facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   98%  E Murray        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  4   99%  J Thome         Walk; Murray to 2B
   O      12-  4   99%  M Ramirez       Fielder's Choice 3B; Murray to 3B; Thome out at 2B/3B-2B
   RO     1-3  4   99%  P Sorrento      Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF Line); Murray Scores
   O      1--  3   99%  T Pena          Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 11, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-11, Jason Grimsley facing 6-7-8
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Mark Clark pitching
          ---  5   98%  T Fryman        Walk
   OO     1--  1   99%  R Pemberton     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   99%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 11, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 11-3, Sean Whiteside facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   99%  K Lofton        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--     100%  O Vizquel       Wild Pitch; Lofton to 2B
   O      -2-  6   99%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  9   99%  C Baerga        Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Lofton stays at 2B
   O      12-  7   99%  A Belle         Strikeout Swinging
   RRR    12-  2  100%  E Murray        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lofton Scores; Baerga Scores
                  David Bell pinch hits for Jim Thome batting 6th
   O      ---  1  100%  D Bell          Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-14, Jason Grimsley facing 9-1-2
                  Alvaro Espinoza replaces Carlos Baerga playing 2B batting 3rd; David Bell moves to 3B
   O      ---  1  100%  J Flaherty      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  4  100%  C Curtis        Walk
   OO     1--  4  100%  S Penn          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B-2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 3.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 14-3, Mike Gardiner facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Gardiner replaces Sean Whiteside pitching; Franklin Stubbs replaces Cecil Fielder playing 1B batting 4th
   O      ---  5  100%  M Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5  100%  P Sorrento      Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
                  Jesse Levis pinch hits for Tony Pena batting 9th
   O      -2-  5  100%  J Levis         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B); Sorrento to 3B
                  Wayne Kirby pinch hits for Kenny Lofton batting 1st
   O      --3  3  100%  W Kirby         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-14, Jason Grimsley facing 3-4-5
                  Jesse Levis moves to C; Ruben Amaro replaces Albert Belle playing LF batting 4th; Wayne Kirby moves to CF
   R      ---  3  100%  B Higginson     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      ---  1  100%  F Stubbs        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  5  100%  K Gibson        Double to LF (Line Drive)
          -2-  4  100%  T Fryman        Walk
          12-     100%  R Pemberton     Wild Pitch; Gibson to 3B; Fryman to 2B
   RR     -23  4  100%  " "             Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Gibson Scores; Fryman Scores
   RO     --3  4  100%  C Gomez         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Pemberton Scores
          ---  2  100%  J Flaherty      Double to LF (Line Drive)
                  Paul Shuey replaces Jason Grimsley pitching
   O      -2-  6  100%  C Curtis        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 7.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 14-7, Buddy Groom facing 2-3-4
                  Buddy Groom replaces Mike Gardiner pitching
          ---  1  100%  O Vizquel       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  4  100%  A Espinoza      Lineout: SS
          1--  2  100%  R Amaro         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Vizquel to 2B; Amaro to 1B
                  Dave Winfield pinch hits for Eddie Murray batting 5th
   OO     12-  2  100%  D Winfield      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 7.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 7-14, Paul Shuey facing 2-3-4
          ---  5  100%  S Penn          Walk
   O      1--  5  100%  B Higginson     Strikeout Looking
          1--  6  100%  F Stubbs        Walk; Penn to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  K Gibson        Lineout: 1B
          12-     100%  T Fryman        Wild Pitch; Penn to 3B; Stubbs to 2B
                  Jose Mesa replaces Paul Shuey pitching
   O      -23  4  100%  " "             Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 14, Tigers 7.

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