May 24, 1997 Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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CHW 8
MIL 6 BAL 8
@CLE 3 TEX 8
@DET 4 KCR 11
SEA 5 MIN 7
OAK 4 NYY 4
BOS 2 ANA 3
@TOR 1 CIN 4
CHC 1
(12) HOU 7
@COL 0 LAD 10
ATL 3 MON 7
PIT 3 NYM 8
@PHI 4 FLA 9
@SDP 7 STL 9
@SFG 3

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 10,797

Saturday, May 24, 1997, 7:05
Time of Game: 2:58

Rangers

26-19

Won 1

1st

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

W: K Hill (3-2), L: T Pugh (1-1)

Tigers

20-26

Lost 1

4th, 11½ GB

BATTING

Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Newson LF-RF                4   1   1   3    1   1  .264  .796   22    5   0   2B
I Rodriguez C                 4   1   1   0    1   0  .352  .869   21    5   1   SB
R Greer CF-LF                 3   0   0   0    2   1  .321  .917   26    5   0   
J Gonzalez DH                 4   1   0   0    1   2  .267  .919   21    0   0   
W Clark 1B                    3   0   0   1    1   1  .342  .984   20    6   2   
D Palmer 3B                   4   2   1   1    0   0  .248  .724   15    0   0   2B
L Stevens RF                  4   1   1   1    0   0  .288  .874   17    2   0   2B
  D Buford CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .242  .713         0   0   
D Cedeno 2B                   3   1   1   1    1   0  .212  .611   18    2   5   
B Ripken SS                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .301  .763   10    0   2   HR

K Hill P                                                                 2   0
  E Gunderson P                                                          0   0
  M Whiteside P                                                          0   0
  X Hernandez P                                                          0   0
  J Wetteland P                                                          0   0
Totals                       33   8   6   8    7   5              170   27  10

BATTING

2B: W Newson (6, off D Miceli); D Palmer (9, off J Cummings); L Stevens (8, off T Pugh).

HR: B Ripken (2, off J Bautista; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).

TB: B Ripken 4; D Palmer 2; W Newson 2; L Stevens 2; D Cedeno; I Rodriguez.

RBI: W Newson 3 (8); D Cedeno (2); B Ripken (12); D Palmer (25); L Stevens (27); W Clark (16).

2-out RBI: W Newson 3; D Cedeno; L Stevens.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. B Ripken-D Cedeno-W Clark.

BASERUNNING

SB: I Rodriguez (4, 2nd base off D Brocail/R Casanova).

PO: R Greer (1st base by J Bautista).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .240  .626   17    3   0   SB
J Reed 2B                     2   0   0   0    2   0  .229  .591   15    2   7   GDP
B Higginson LF                3   0   1   1    0   1  .253  .764   17    5   1   SF
T Clark 1B                    3   0   0   0    1   1  .299 1.021   20   10   0   
T Fryman 3B                   3   0   1   1    0   1  .287  .815   16    1   4   SF
M Nieves RF                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .863   14    0   0   
B Hamelin DH                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .257  .762    6    0   0   
  P Nevin PH                  1   1   0   0    1   1  .250  .774   13    0   0   
R Casanova C                  4   1   2   0    0   0  .260  .562   15    6   0   
D Cruz SS                     2   1   1   0    0   0  .214  .524    4    0   1   
  D Easley PH-SS              2   0   1   0    0   1  .255  .788   11    0   0   

T Pugh P                                                                 0   0
  J Bautista P                                                           0   0
  J Cummings P                                                           0   0
  D Miceli P                                                             0   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
  D Brocail P                                                            0   0
Totals                       31   4   8   4    4   5              148   27  13

BATTING

SF: T Fryman (5, off K Hill); B Higginson (1, off K Hill).

TB: B Hunter 2; R Casanova 2; B Higginson; D Easley; T Fryman; D Cruz.

GIDP: J Reed (2).

RBI: B Hunter 2 (17); T Fryman (32); B Higginson (24).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

E: D Cruz (3); R Casanova (1); B Higginson (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Hunter (24, 2nd base off K Hill/I Rodriguez).

PO: J Reed (1st base by I Rodriguez).

PITCHING

Texas Rangers                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Hill, W (3-2)                6     4   3   3    3   2   0   3.86   24   82-49   30· 5·14    8· 8· 3· 0     51    -     1.10   0.08
E Gunderson                    0     1   1   1    1   0   0   2.08    2   10-4     1· 2· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.69  -0.06
M Whiteside                    1.1   3   0   0    0   1   0   4.91    6   26-17   10· 2· 5    4· 1· 0· 0          2-1    1.40   0.03
X Hernandez, H (6)             0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.91    2   13-7     4· 1· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.45   0.07
J Wetteland                    1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.40    3   15-10    4· 1· 5    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.27   0.02
Totals                         9     8   4   4    4   5   0          37  146-87   49·11·27   13·11· 4· 0          4-1

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Pugh, L (1-1)                1     3   4   4    3   0   0   5.00    8   26-11    7· 0· 4    1· 1· 3· 0     28    -     1.62  -0.29
J Bautista                     4     1   1   1    1   2   1   4.79   14   62-39   22· 8· 9    5· 5· 1· 0          0-0    0.47   0.07
J Cummings                     0.1   1   3   0    1   0   0   4.12    4   18-12    8· 0· 4    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.91  -0.07
D Miceli                       1.2   1   0   0    0   2   0   6.65    6   20-13    8· 1· 4    1· 1· 2· 0          3-3    0.76  -0.09
T Jones                        1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.05    3   17-13    8· 1· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.12   0.01
D Brocail                      1     0   0   0    2   1   0   6.58    5   22-10    4· 3· 3    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.08   0.00
Totals                         9     6   8   5    7   5   1          40  165-98   57·13·28   12· 9· 7· 0          3-3

E Gunderson faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: J Bautista (0; R Greer, 1st base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Terry Craft, 3B - Chuck Meriwether.

Time of Game: 2:58.

Attendance: 10,797.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 12mph out to Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Texas Rangers                 Detroit Tigers                       
1. W Newson             LF    1. B Hunter             CF 
2. I Rodriguez          C     2. J Reed               2B 
3. R Greer              CF    3. B Higginson          LF 
4. J Gonzalez           DH    4. T Clark              1B 
5. W Clark              1B    5. T Fryman             3B 
6. D Palmer             3B    6. M Nieves             RF 
7. L Stevens            RF    7. B Hamelin            DH 
8. D Cedeno             2B    8. R Casanova           C  
9. B Ripken             SS    9. D Cruz               SS 

   K Hill               P        T Pugh               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  3-5  123  2   16%  95% W Newson        D Miceli        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Palmer Scores/unER; Stevens Scores/unER; Cedeno Scores/unER; Newson to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   b 3   0  5-0  12-  3  -10%  71% B Hunter        K Hill          Single to RF (Ground Ball); Casanova Scores; Cruz to 3B
   b 7   1  8-4  1-3  2    9%  96% J Reed          M Whiteside     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   t 1   1  0-0  123  4    8%  68% W Clark         T Pugh          Walk; Newson Scores; Rodriguez to 3B; Gonzalez to 2B
   t 1   2  0-2  1-3  5    8%  76% L Stevens       T Pugh          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gonzalez Scores; Palmer to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Pugh facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  W Newson        Walk
          1--  3   59%  I Rodriguez     Single to CF (Line Drive); Newson to 2B
   O      12-  2   54%  R Greer         Flyball: CF
          12-  4   59%  J Gonzalez      Walk; Newson to 3B; Rodriguez to 2B
   R      123  4   68%  W Clark         Walk; Newson Scores; Rodriguez to 3B; Gonzalez to 2B
   RO     123  2   68%  D Palmer        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Rodriguez Scores; Gonzalez to 3B
   R      1-3  5   76%  L Stevens       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gonzalez Scores; Palmer to 3B
   RO     -23  1   79%  D Cedeno        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Palmer Scores; Stevens out at Hm/LF-C
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Ken Hill facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   76%  B Hunter        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   79%  J Reed          Flyball: CF
          1--      78%  B Higginson     Hunter Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   81%  " "             Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5   83%  T Clark         Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Rangers Batting, Ahead 4-0, Jose Bautista facing 9-1-2
                  Jose Bautista replaces Tim Pugh pitching
   R      ---  1   88%  B Ripken        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  7   87%  W Newson        Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   O      ---  6   87%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   86%  R Greer         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Ken Hill facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   88%  T Fryman        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   89%  M Nieves        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   90%  B Hamelin       Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Rangers Batting, Ahead 5-0, Jose Bautista facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   89%  J Gonzalez      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   88%  W Clark         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   88%  D Palmer        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Ken Hill facing 8-9-1
          ---  7   85%  R Casanova      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--  3   81%  D Cruz          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Casanova to 2B
   R      12-  3   71%  B Hunter        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Casanova Scores; Cruz to 3B
          1-3  5   66%  J Reed          Walk; Hunter to 2B
   RO     123  1   69%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Cruz Scores; Hunter to 3B
          1-3  5   64%  T Clark         Walk; Reed to 2B
   RO     123  3   67%  T Fryman        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Short RF); Hunter Scores
   O      12-  1   72%  M Nieves        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 3.

Top of the 4th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Jose Bautista facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   70%  L Stevens       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   69%  D Cedeno        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  4   68%  B Ripken        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-5, Ken Hill facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   71%  B Hamelin       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   73%  R Casanova      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   74%  D Cruz          Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 3.

Top of the 5th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Jose Bautista facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   72%  W Newson        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   71%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  7   72%  R Greer         Walk
          1--      73%  J Gonzalez      Greer Picked off 1B, safe on E2; Greer to 3B
   O      --3  6   70%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-5, Ken Hill facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   73%  B Hunter        Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  6   70%  J Reed          Walk
   O      1--  5   74%  B Higginson     Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   77%  T Clark         Reed Picked off 1B (C-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 3.

Top of the 6th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 5-3, John Cummings facing 5-6-7
                  John Cummings replaces Jose Bautista pitching
   O      ---  7   75%  W Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   78%  D Palmer        Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
          -2-  2   82%  L Stevens       Reached on E7 (Fly Ball); Palmer to 3B
          1-3  7   84%  D Cedeno        Walk; Stevens to 2B
                  Dan Miceli replaces John Cummings pitching
   O      123  1   78%  B Ripken        Lineout: 3B
   RRR    123  2   95%  W Newson        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Palmer Scores/unER; Stevens Scores/unER; Cedeno Scores/unER; Newson to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   O      --3  3   94%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-8, Ken Hill facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   95%  T Clark         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  6   96%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   96%  M Nieves        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 8-3, Dan Miceli facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   96%  R Greer         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   96%  J Gonzalez      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   96%  W Clark         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-8, Eric Gunderson facing 7-8-9
                  Eric Gunderson replaces Ken Hill pitching; Phil Nevin pinch hits for Bob Hamelin batting 7th
          ---  6   94%  P Nevin         Walk
          1--  4   90%  R Casanova      Single to CF (Line Drive); Nevin to 2B
                  Matt Whiteside replaces Eric Gunderson pitching; Damion Easley pinch hits for Deivi Cruz batting 9th
          12-  5   83%  D Easley        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Nevin to 3B; Casanova to 2B
   RO     123  4   87%  B Hunter        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Nevin Scores; Casanova to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   96%  J Reed          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 4.

Top of the 8th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 8-4, Todd Jones facing 6-7-8
                  Todd Jones replaces Dan Miceli pitching; Damion Easley moves to SS
   O      ---  8   96%  D Palmer        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   95%  L Stevens       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   95%  D Cedeno        Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-8, Matt Whiteside facing 3-4-5
                  Rusty Greer moves to LF; Damon Buford replaces Lee Stevens playing CF batting 7th; Warren Newson moves to RF
          ---  7   92%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  6   95%  T Clark         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   92%  T Fryman        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Higginson to 2B
                  Xavier Hernandez replaces Matt Whiteside pitching
   O      12-  6   95%  M Nieves        Flyball: LF (Deep LF); Higginson to 3B; Fryman to 2B
   O      -23  7   98%  P Nevin         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 4.

Top of the 9th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 8-4, Doug Brocail facing 9-1-2
                  Doug Brocail replaces Todd Jones pitching
   O      ---  4   98%  B Ripken        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   98%  W Newson        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   98%  I Rodriguez     Walk
          1--      98%  R Greer         Rodriguez Steals 2B
          -2-  4   98%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  4   98%  J Gonzalez      Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-8, John Wetteland facing 8-9-1
                  John Wetteland replaces Xavier Hernandez pitching
   O      ---  2   99%  R Casanova      Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  6  100%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7  100%  B Hunter        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Tigers 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199705240

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation