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ANA  8
SEA  0

CHW  6
BOS  5

CLE  8
KCR  7

DET 14
BAL  9

MIL  6
MIN  2

OAK  9
@TEX  8

TOR  2
NYY  0

HOU  6
CIN  5

MON  6
ATL  2

NYM  3
FLA  2

(12)
CHC  8
@PHI  4

LAD  5
@SDP  2

SFG  7
COL  0

PIT  6
@STL  3

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 18,197

Sunday, July 6, 1997, 1:07
Time of Game: 3:03
Orioles
9
55-30
Lost 3
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Orioles         1  0  3   0  2  0   0  2  1    9 12  3
Tigers          5  0  0   3  4  0   0  2  X   14 14  1
W: W Blair (6-4), L: S Erickson (11-4)
Tigers
14
41-44
Won 3
3rd, 14 GB

BATTING

Baltimore Orioles            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Hammonds CF                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .287  .862   13    5   0   2B
  B Anderson PH               0   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .865         0   0   
  P Incaviglia PH-RF          1   0   0   0    0   0  .248  .703    3    0   0   
R Alomar 2B                   3   2   1   0    1   0  .307  .822   19    2   2   
  J Reboulet PH               1   1   1   1    0   0  .200  .580    3    0   0   HR
R Palmeiro 1B                 5   2   3   2    0   2  .260  .784   16    4   4   HR,3B
C Ripken 3B                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .296  .793   11    1   0   2B
B Surhoff LF                  4   0   0   1    0   0  .298  .875   19    1   0   SF,GDP
G Berroa DH                   2   2   1   1    2   1  .292  .883   23    0   0   HR
T Tarasco RF-CF               4   1   1   2    0   1  .229  .777   17    0   0   HR
L Webster C                   3   0   2   0    0   0  .256  .666   16    3   0   
  T Laker C                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .125    2    1   0   
M Bordick SS                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .558   19    5   2   

S Erickson P                                                             1   1
  A Rhodes P                                                             0   1
  A Mills P                                                              1   1
Totals                       37   9  12   9    3   4              161   24  11
BATTING
2B: J Hammonds (13, off J Bautista); C Ripken (19, off B Moehler).
3B: R Palmeiro (2, off B Moehler).
HR: G Berroa (17, off W Blair; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); T Tarasco (6, off D Miceli; 8th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep RF Line); J Reboulet (2, off M Myers; 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line); R Palmeiro (16, off W Blair; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF).
SF: B Surhoff (4, off B Moehler).
TB: R Palmeiro 8; T Tarasco 4; G Berroa 4; J Reboulet 4; C Ripken 3; J Hammonds 2; L Webster 2; R Alomar.
GIDP: B Surhoff (5).
RBI: R Palmeiro 2 (55); T Tarasco 2 (19); C Ripken 2 (57); J Reboulet (16); G Berroa (46); B Surhoff (54).
2-out RBI: G Berroa.
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 1 for 4.
FIELDING
DP: 3. R Palmeiro-M Bordick-R Palmeiro; M Bordick; R Alomar-M Bordick-R Palmeiro.
E: J Hammonds (3); A Mills (); C Ripken (14).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   4   1   2   1    0   2  .256  .672   18    4   0   SB,SH
B Higginson LF                4   2   2   3    0   0  .267  .841   29    4   0   HR,SF
T Fryman 3B                   5   1   2   2    0   1  .302  .854   18    0   5   HR,2B
T Clark 1B                    3   0   1   0    2   0  .291  .981   22   11   0   2B
B Hamelin DH                  5   1   0   0    0   0  .303  .952   25    0   0   GDP
M Nieves RF                   2   2   2   0    2   0  .262  .828   15    2   0   
D Easley 2B                   3   2   1   0    0   1  .272  .862   19    1   2   2B,HBP,GDP
B Johnson C                   3   2   2   3    1   0  .237  .600   13    4   0   HR,IW
O Miller SS                   4   3   2   2    0   0  .224  .712    8    1   2   2B

B Moehler P                                                              0   1
  W Blair P                                                              0   0
  J Bautista P                                                           0   0
  R Duran P                                                              0   1
  D Miceli P                                                             0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
Totals                       33  14  14  11    5   4              167   27  11
BATTING
2B: T Clark (14, off A Mills); T Fryman (15, off S Erickson); O Miller (4, off S Erickson); D Easley (18, off S Erickson).
HR: T Fryman (12, off S Erickson; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF Line); B Higginson (14, off A Mills; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF); B Johnson (2, off S Erickson; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).
SF: B Higginson (2, off A Rhodes).
SH: B Hunter (5, off A Mills).
IBB: B Johnson (1, by S Erickson).
HBP: D Easley (9, by S Erickson).
TB: T Fryman 6; B Johnson 5; B Higginson 5; O Miller 3; T Clark 2; D Easley 2; B Hunter 2; M Nieves 2.
GIDP: D Easley (9); B Hamelin (4).
RBI: B Johnson 3 (18); B Higginson 3 (49); O Miller 2 (6); T Fryman 2 (54); B Hunter (32).
2-out RBI: B Johnson 2.
Team LOB: 3.
With RISP: 4 for 7.
FIELDING
DP: 1. O Miller-T Clark.
E: O Miller (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: B Hunter (44, 2nd base off A Rhodes/L Webster).
PO: B Hunter (2nd base by A Rhodes).

PITCHING

Baltimore Orioles             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Erickson, L (11-4)           4.1  10  12  11    4   3   2   3.81   27  104-60   36·11·13    7· 5· 7· 0     -4    -     0.78  -0.66
A Rhodes                       1.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   2.45    5   27-14    7· 3· 4    2· 2· 0· 0          2-2    0.18  -0.02
A Mills                        2     3   2   1    0   1   1   4.85    9   28-18   13· 3· 2    5· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.04  -0.01
Totals                         8    14  14  12    5   4   3          41  159-92   56·17·19   14· 9· 8· 0          2-2 
Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Moehler                      3     5   4   3    2   1   0   4.22   16   66-37   24· 5· 8    8· 4· 1· 0     34    -     0.83  -0.19
W Blair, W (6-4)               2     3   2   2    0   1   2   4.66    9   42-25   15· 4· 6    0· 6· 2· 0          0-0    0.96  -0.02
J Bautista                     1     1   0   0    0   0   0   5.54    4   14-10    6· 0· 4    4· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.20   0.01
R Duran                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3    8-7     4· 2· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.15   0.01
D Miceli                       0.2   1   2   2    1   0   1   5.53    4   15-7     4· 2· 1    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.34  -0.01
M Myers                        1.1   2   1   1    0   1   1   6.00    5   16-11    5· 1· 5    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
Totals                         9    12   9   8    3   4   4          41  161-97   58·14·25   16·14· 4· 0           -  
Balks: None.
WP: S Erickson 2 (9).
IBB: S Erickson (4; B Johnson).
PO: A Rhodes (2; B Hunter, 2nd base).
HBP: S Erickson (3; D Easley).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Ted Barrett.
Time of Game: 3:03.
Attendance: 18,197.
Field Condition: Dry.
Weather: 73° F, Wind 14mph out to Rightfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Baltimore Orioles             Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Hammonds           CF    1. B Hunter             CF 
2. R Alomar             2B    2. B Higginson          LF 
3. R Palmeiro           1B    3. T Fryman             3B 
4. C Ripken             3B    4. T Clark              1B 
5. B Surhoff            LF    5. B Hamelin            DH 
6. G Berroa             DH    6. M Nieves             RF 
7. T Tarasco            RF    7. D Easley             2B 
8. L Webster            C     8. B Johnson            C  
9. M Bordick            SS    9. O Miller             SS 

   S Erickson           P        B Moehler            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  1-2  123  5   19%  85% B Johnson       S Erickson      Single to CF (Fly Ball); Hamelin Scores; Nieves Scores; Easley Scores/Adv on E8 (throw)/unER; Johnson to 3B
   b 1   1  1-0  1--  8   17%  62% T Fryman        S Erickson      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Higginson Scores; Fryman Scores
   t 3   1  5-1  1-3  3  -14%  66% C Ripken        B Moehler       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Alomar Scores; Palmeiro Scores; Ripken to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   t 1   1  0-0  1--  1  -13%  37% R Palmeiro      B Moehler       Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Alomar Scores
   b 4   0  4-5  ---  2   10%  78% B Johnson       S Erickson      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Johnson Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Brian Moehler facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  J Hammonds      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  7   50%  R Alomar        Walk
   R      1--  1   37%  R Palmeiro      Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Alomar Scores
   O      --3  3   42%  C Ripken        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      --3  6   45%  B Surhoff       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Erickson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   43%  B Hunter        Strikeout Looking
          ---  7   46%  B Higginson     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  8   62%  T Fryman        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Higginson Scores; Fryman Scores
          ---  7   64%  T Clark         Walk
   O      1--  6   62%  B Hamelin       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Hamelin to 1B
          1--  4   64%  M Nieves        Walk; Hamelin to 2B
          12-      65%  D Easley        Wild Pitch; Hamelin to 3B; Nieves to 2B
          -23  4   66%  " "             Hit By Pitch
   RRR    123  5   85%  B Johnson       Single to CF (Fly Ball); Hamelin Scores; Nieves Scores; Easley Scores/Adv on E8 (throw)/unER; Johnson to 3B
   O      --3  1   83%  O Miller        Lineout: CF
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-5, Brian Moehler facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   85%  G Berroa        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   86%  T Tarasco       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
          ---  7   85%  L Webster       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   87%  M Bordick       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-1, Scott Erickson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   86%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   85%  B Higginson     Popfly: 3B (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   85%  T Fryman        Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-5, Brian Moehler facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   87%  J Hammonds      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  5   85%  R Alomar        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  3   80%  R Palmeiro      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Alomar to 3B
   RR     1-3  3   66%  C Ripken        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Alomar Scores; Palmeiro Scores; Ripken to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   RO     --3  2   65%  B Surhoff       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Ripken Scores/unER
          ---  5   64%  G Berroa        Walk
   O      1--  3   67%  T Tarasco       Groundout: P-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-4, Scott Erickson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   64%  T Clark         Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  2   63%  B Hamelin       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  6   64%  M Nieves        Walk
   O      1--  5   62%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5.

Top of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-5, Willie Blair facing 8-9-1
                  Willie Blair replaces Brian Moehler pitching
          ---  6   57%  L Webster       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  5   62%  M Bordick       Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4   65%  J Hammonds      Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4   68%  R Alomar        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-4, Scott Erickson facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  2   78%  B Johnson       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Johnson Scores
          ---  4   80%  O Miller        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
   R      1--  1   90%  B Hunter        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Miller Scores/Adv on E5 (throw); Hunter to 3B
   R      --3      91%  B Higginson     Wild Pitch; Hunter Scores/No RBI
   O      ---  3   90%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  2   91%  T Fryman        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B)
   OO     -2-  3   89%  T Clark         Line Drive Double Play: SS unassisted; Fryman out at 2B/SS
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 8.

Top of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-8, Willie Blair facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  3   83%  R Palmeiro      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Palmeiro Scores
   O      ---  1   85%  C Ripken        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   87%  B Surhoff       Flyball: LF
   R      ---  7   79%  G Berroa        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Berroa Scores
   O      ---  6   81%  T Tarasco       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 8-6, Scott Erickson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   79%  B Hamelin       Lineout: CF
          ---  2   81%  M Nieves        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   86%  D Easley        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Nieves to 3B
          -23  4   87%  B Johnson       Intentional Walk
   RR     123  2   95%  O Miller        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Nieves Scores; Easley Scores; Johnson to 3B
                  Arthur Rhodes replaces Scott Erickson pitching
   R      -23  6   97%  B Hunter        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Johnson Scores; Miller to 3B
          1-3      97%  B Higginson     Hunter Steals 2B
   RO     -23  6   97%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Miller Scores
   O      -2-  1   97%  T Fryman        Hunter Picked off 2B (P-2B)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 12.

Top of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Behind 6-12, Jose Bautista facing 8-9-1
                  Jose Bautista replaces Willie Blair pitching
   O      ---  3   98%  L Webster       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  7   98%  M Bordick       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   98%  J Hammonds      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   98%  R Alomar        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-6, Arthur Rhodes facing 3-4-5
                  Tim Laker replaces Lenny Webster playing C batting 8th
   O      ---  1   98%  T Fryman        Flyball: CF
          ---  6   98%  T Clark         Walk
   OO     1--  8   98%  B Hamelin       Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 12.

Top of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Behind 6-12, Roberto Duran facing 3-4-5
                  Roberto Duran replaces Jose Bautista pitching
   O      ---  4   99%  R Palmeiro      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   99%  C Ripken        Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
   O      ---  3   99%  B Surhoff       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-6, Alan Mills facing 6-7-8
                  Alan Mills replaces Arthur Rhodes pitching
          ---  3   99%  M Nieves        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   OO     1--  4   99%  D Easley        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  2   99%  B Johnson       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 12.

Top of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 6-12, Dan Miceli facing 6-7-8
                  Dan Miceli replaces Roberto Duran pitching
          ---  6   98%  G Berroa        Walk
   RR     1--  4   96%  T Tarasco       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Berroa Scores; Tarasco Scores
   O      ---  2   97%  T Laker         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   98%  M Bordick       Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
                  Mike Myers replaces Dan Miceli pitching; Brady Anderson pinch hits for Jeffrey Hammonds batting 1st; Pete Incaviglia pinch hits for Brady Anderson batting 1st
   O      ---  3   99%  P Incaviglia    Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 8, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-8, Alan Mills facing 9-1-2
                  Tony Tarasco moves to CF; Pete Incaviglia moves to RF
          ---  1   99%  O Miller        Reached on E1 (throw) (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Miller to 2B
   O      -2-  2   99%  B Hunter        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); Miller to 3B
   RR     --3  4  100%  B Higginson     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Miller Scores/unER; Higginson Scores
   O      ---  3  100%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3  100%  T Clark         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  6  100%  B Hamelin       Groundout: 1B-P
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Orioles 8, Tigers 14.

Top of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 8-14, Mike Myers facing 2-3-4
                  Jeff Reboulet pinch hits for Roberto Alomar batting 2nd
   R      ---  3   99%  J Reboulet      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Reboulet Scores
   O      ---  5  100%  R Palmeiro      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   99%  C Ripken        Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  2  100%  B Surhoff       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 9, Tigers 14.

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