July 30, 1996 California Angels at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 3
@CLE 1 DET 12
CAL 9 KCR 7
BOS 0 SEA 6
@MIL 5 MIL 4
SEA 3 BAL 16
@MIN 4 CHW 2
@OAK 1 TEX 15
NYY 2 CHC 4
SFG 0 CIN 5
HOU 4
(10) LAD 5
FLA 4
(10) MON 3
COL 1 NYM 5
PIT 4 NYM 4
PIT 3
(12) PHI 8
STL 7 SDP 2
ATL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 11,641

Tuesday, July 30, 1996, 7:07
Time of Game: 3:18

Angels

51-55

Lost 2

4th, 9 GB

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

W: C Nitkowski (2-2), L: J Grimsley (5-7)

Tigers

34-72

Won 2

5th, 30 GB

BATTING

California Angels            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Velarde 2B                  4   0   0   0    1   1  .302  .799   22    2   3   
G DiSarcina SS                5   2   3   0    0   0  .261  .630   12    1   5   2B
J Edmonds CF                  3   1   0   0    1   2  .308  .962   23    1   0   HBP
T Salmon RF                   3   1   1   1    2   0  .291  .925   21    2   0   2B
C Davis DH                    4   1   1   3    0   0  .288  .882   13    0   0   HR,SF
G Anderson LF                 5   1   2   0    0   0  .295  .754   16    2   0   2B
R Hudler 1B                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .323  .924   25    9   0   
  J Snow PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .744    4    0   0   
D Slaught C                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .327  .829   10    1   1   
  T Greene PH-C               2   1   1   2    0   0  .500 1.000    8    5   0   
  D Erstad PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .277  .695    3    0   0   
G Arias 3B                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .222  .577   10    1   1   
  J Howell PH-3B              1   1   1   2    0   0  .263  .831    3    0   1   HR

J Grimsley P                                                             0   0
  J Abbott P                                                             0   0
  J Schmidt P                                                            0   0
  M Holtz P                                                              0   0
Totals                       37   9   9   8    5   7              170   24  11

BATTING

2B: T Salmon (19, off C Nitkowski); G DiSarcina (16, off C Nitkowski); G Anderson (24, off C Nitkowski).

HR: C Davis (19, off C Nitkowski; 6th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep RF); J Howell (6, off R Lewis; 8th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

SF: C Davis (5, off C Nitkowski).

HBP: J Edmonds (4, by C Nitkowski).

TB: J Howell 4; G DiSarcina 4; C Davis 4; G Anderson 3; T Salmon 2; T Greene.

RBI: C Davis 3 (65); T Greene 2 (2); J Howell 2 (14); T Salmon (68).

2-out RBI: T Salmon.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 2. R Velarde-G DiSarcina-R Hudler; G Arias-R Velarde-R Hudler.

E: R Hudler (3); G Arias (6); R Velarde (10).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Higginson LF                2   1   2   1    1   0  .315  .991   23    1   0   2B,SF
  K Bartee PH-CF              1   0   0   0    0   1  .284  .619    3    2   0   
C Curtis CF-LF                2   1   1   0    3   1  .264  .740   30    2   0   
T Fryman 3B                   5   1   1   1    0   2  .260  .734   25    1   1   2B,GDP
C Fielder DH                  3   3   2   2    1   0  .248  .835   13    0   0   HR
  E Williams PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .221  .645    2    0   0   
T Clark 1B                    3   2   1   0    2   0  .235  .766   21    6   1   
M Nieves RF                   5   1   1   2    0   0  .252  .841   16    4   0   GDP
M Lewis 2B                    3   2   1   3    1   0  .292  .778   14    0   3   HR
  F Cruz 2B                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .802    8    0   0   
B Ausmus C                    3   1   0   1    1   0  .219  .576   11    7   1   
A Cedeno SS                   4   0   0   1    0   2  .205  .531   21    3   0   

C Nitkowski P                                                            1   0
  R Lewis P                                                              0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
  G Olson P                                                              0   0
Totals                       33  12   9  11    9   7              187   27   6

BATTING

2B: T Fryman (22, off J Grimsley); B Higginson (23, off J Grimsley).

HR: C Fielder (26, off J Abbott; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line); M Lewis (10, off J Schmidt; 6th inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

SF: B Higginson (4, off J Abbott).

TB: C Fielder 5; M Lewis 4; B Higginson 3; T Fryman 2; M Nieves; C Curtis; T Clark.

GIDP: T Fryman (13); M Nieves (6).

RBI: M Lewis 3 (39); C Fielder 2 (79); M Nieves 2 (40); B Ausmus (23); A Cedeno (26); T Fryman (68); B Higginson (53).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 12.

FIELDING

E: A Cedeno (20); F Cruz 2 (4).

PITCHING

California Angels             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Grimsley, L (5-7)            0     4   7   6    3   0   0   6.11    7   31-13   12· 0· 1    0· 1· 3· 0     13    -     1.26  -0.41
J Abbott                       5     4   2   1    3   2   1   7.25   23  102-60   41· 4·15   12· 3· 3· 0          3-3    0.14  -0.06
J Schmidt                      0.1   1   3   3    3   0   1   7.88    5   19-5     3· 0· 2    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.07  -0.01
M Holtz                        2.2   0   0   0    0   5   0   0.75    8   30-20    8· 3· 9    1· 2· 0· 0          1-0    0.04   0.01
Totals                         8     9  12  10    9   7   2          43  182-98   64· 7·27   13· 8· 6· 0          4-3

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 Nitkowski, W (2-2)           7     7   6   5    4   7   1   7.76   34  132-79   45·12·22    6·10· 6· 0     44    -     0.39  -0.00
R Lewis                        0.2   2   3   2    1   0   1   4.07    6   24-15   11· 2· 2    0· 3· 2· 0          2-2    0.31  -0.05
M Myers, H (14)                0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   5.29    2    5-3     2· 0· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.86   0.05
G Olson                        0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.30    2    7-5     3· 0· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.31   0.02
Totals                         9     9   9   7    5   7   2          44  168-102  61·14·27    8·14· 9· 0          3-2

J Grimsley faced 7 batters in the 1st inning.
C Nitkowski faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Abbott 3 (11); C Nitkowski (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: C Nitkowski (3; J Edmonds).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ted Barrett, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Ed Hickox.

Time of Game: 3:18.

Attendance: 11,641.

Field Condition: Damp.

Weather: 73° F, Wind 5mph out to Centerfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   California Angels             Detroit Tigers                       
1. R Velarde            2B    1. B Higginson          LF 
2. G DiSarcina          SS    2. C Curtis             CF 
3. J Edmonds            CF    3. T Fryman             3B 
4. T Salmon             RF    4. C Fielder            DH 
5. C Davis              DH    5. T Clark              1B 
6. G Anderson           LF    6. M Nieves             RF 
7. R Hudler             1B    7. M Lewis              2B 
8. D Slaught            C     8. B Ausmus             C  
9. G Arias              3B    9. A Cedeno             SS 

   J Grimsley           P        C Nitkowski          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   0  1-0  12-  2   13%  68% T Fryman        J Grimsley      Double to CF (Fly Ball); Higginson Scores; Curtis to 3B
   b 1   0  1-2  123  3    9%  86% M Nieves        J Grimsley      Single to CF (Line Drive); Fryman Scores; Fielder Scores; Clark to 3B
   b 1   0  1-1  -23  2    6%  74% C Fielder       J Grimsley      Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Curtis Scores; Fryman to 3B
   b 1   0  1-0  ---  8    6%  52% B Higginson     J Grimsley      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   t 1   1  0-0  12-  5   -5%  41% T Salmon        C Nitkowski     Walk; DiSarcina to 3B; Edmonds to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Angels Batting, Tied 0-0, C.J. Nitkowski facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  R Velarde       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   49%  G DiSarcina     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  3   47%  J Edmonds       Hit By Pitch
          12-  5   41%  T Salmon        Walk; DiSarcina to 3B; Edmonds to 2B
   RO     123  4   42%  C Davis         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); DiSarcina Scores; Edmonds to 3B
   O      1-3  5   46%  G Anderson      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Jason Grimsley facing 1-2-3
          ---  8   52%  B Higginson     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  5   55%  C Curtis        Walk
   R      12-  2   68%  T Fryman        Double to CF (Fly Ball); Higginson Scores; Curtis to 3B
   R      -23  2   74%  C Fielder       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Curtis Scores; Fryman to 3B
          1-3  4   77%  T Clark         Walk; Fielder to 2B
   RR     123  3   86%  M Nieves        Single to CF (Line Drive); Fryman Scores; Fielder Scores; Clark to 3B
          1-3  7   87%  M Lewis         Walk; Nieves to 2B
                  Jim Abbott replaces Jason Grimsley pitching
   R      123  1   91%  B Ausmus        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Clark Scores; Nieves to 3B; Lewis to 2B
   RR     123  7   95%  A Cedeno        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Nieves Scores; Lewis Scores/unER; Ausmus to 3B
   RO     1-3  5   95%  B Higginson     Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Ausmus Scores/unER
          1--      95%  C Curtis        Wild Pitch; Cedeno to 2B
          -2-  4   95%  " "             Walk
   OO     12-  2   94%  T Fryman        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  8 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 8.

Top of the 2nd, Angels Batting, Behind 1-8, C.J. Nitkowski facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   92%  R Hudler        Walk
   O      1--  6   94%  D Slaught       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   95%  G Arias         Strikeout Looking
          1--  5   94%  R Velarde       Walk; Hudler to 2B
   O      12-  3   96%  G DiSarcina     Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 8-1, Jim Abbott facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  2   97%  C Fielder       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  7   97%  T Clark         Lineout: 3B
   O      ---  6   97%  M Nieves        Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  2   97%  M Lewis         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Top of the 3rd, Angels Batting, Behind 1-9, C.J. Nitkowski facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   97%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   98%  T Salmon        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   98%  C Davis         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 9-1, Jim Abbott facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   98%  B Ausmus        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  7   98%  A Cedeno        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   98%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--      98%  C Curtis        Wild Pitch; Higginson to 2B
          -2-  6   98%  " "             Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Higginson to 3B
          1-3      98%  T Fryman        Wild Pitch; Curtis to 2B
   O      -23  5   98%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Top of the 4th, Angels Batting, Behind 1-9, C.J. Nitkowski facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   98%  G Anderson      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   98%  R Hudler        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   99%  D Slaught       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 9-1, Jim Abbott facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   98%  C Fielder       Lineout: CF
          ---  4   99%  T Clark         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  2   98%  M Nieves        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Top of the 5th, Angels Batting, Behind 1-9, C.J. Nitkowski facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   99%  G Arias         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  3   99%  R Velarde       Lineout: RF
          ---  3   99%  G DiSarcina     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   99%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 9-1, Jim Abbott facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   99%  M Lewis         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   99%  B Ausmus        Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to SS); Ausmus to 2B
   O      -2-  3   99%  A Cedeno        Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  6   99%  B Higginson     Walk
          12-  7   99%  C Curtis        Walk; Ausmus to 3B; Higginson to 2B
   O      123  9   99%  T Fryman        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 9.

Top of the 6th, Angels Batting, Behind 1-9, C.J. Nitkowski facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   98%  T Salmon        Walk
   RR     1--  1   96%  C Davis         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Salmon Scores
          ---  3   95%  G Anderson      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   96%  R Hudler        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  Todd Greene pinch hits for Don Slaught batting 8th
   O      1--  3   98%  T Greene        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  5   98%  G Arias         Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 9-3, Jeff Schmidt facing 4-5-6
                  Jeff Schmidt replaces Jim Abbott pitching; Todd Greene moves to C
          ---  4   98%  C Fielder       Walk
          1--  5   99%  T Clark         Walk; Fielder to 2B
   O      12-  3   98%  M Nieves        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   RRR    12-  2  100%  M Lewis         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Fielder Scores; Clark Scores
          ---  5  100%  B Ausmus        Walk
                  Mike Holtz replaces Jeff Schmidt pitching
   O      1--  4  100%  A Cedeno        Strikeout Swinging
                  Kimera Bartee pinch hits for Bobby Higginson batting 1st
   O      1--  3  100%  K Bartee        Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Tigers 12.

Top of the 7th, Angels Batting, Behind 3-12, C.J. Nitkowski facing 1-2-3
                  Fausto Cruz replaces Mark Lewis playing 2B batting 7th; Chad Curtis moves to LF; Kimera Bartee moves to CF
   O      ---  5  100%  R Velarde       Flyball: CF
          ---  2  100%  G DiSarcina     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  3  100%  J Edmonds       Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   R      1--  2  100%  T Salmon        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); DiSarcina Scores; Salmon to 3B
   O      --3  3  100%  C Davis         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-4, Mike Holtz facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4  100%  C Curtis        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6  100%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
                  Eddie Williams pinch hits for Cecil Fielder batting 4th
   O      ---  2  100%  E Williams      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Tigers 12.

Top of the 8th, Angels Batting, Behind 4-12, C.J. Nitkowski facing 6-7-8
          ---  3  100%  G Anderson      Double to RF (Ground Ball)
          -2-      99%  R Hudler        Wild Pitch; Anderson to 3B
          --3  9   99%  " "             Reached on E6 (Pop Fly to Deep SS); Hudler to 2B
                  Richie Lewis replaces C.J. Nitkowski pitching
   RR     -23  5   98%  T Greene        Single to LF (Line Drive); Anderson Scores; Hudler Scores/unER
                  Jack Howell pinch hits for George Arias batting 9th
   RR     1--  3   95%  J Howell        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Greene Scores
   O      ---  3   97%  R Velarde       Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   98%  G DiSarcina     Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  8   97%  J Edmonds       Walk
   R      1--  3   94%  T Salmon        Reached on E4 (Pop Fly); Edmonds Scores/unER; Salmon to 3B/Adv on E4
                  Mike Myers replaces Richie Lewis pitching
   O      --3  2   97%  C Davis         Groundout: C-1B
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-9, Mike Holtz facing 5-6-7
                  Jack Howell moves to 3B
   O      ---  1   96%  T Clark         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   96%  M Nieves        Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  8   96%  F Cruz          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 9, Tigers 12.

Top of the 9th, Angels Batting, Behind 9-12, Mike Myers facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   98%  G Anderson      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  Gregg Olson replaces Mike Myers pitching; J.T. Snow pinch hits for Rex Hudler batting 7th
   O      ---  4  100%  J Snow          Lineout: CF
                  Darin Erstad pinch hits for Todd Greene batting 8th
   O      ---  3  100%  D Erstad        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Angels 9, Tigers 12.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199607300

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation