September 26, 1997 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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TEX 8
@ANA 4 CHW 7
KCR 2 CLE 7
MIN 2 NYY 8
@DET 2 MIL 4
BAL 2 OAK 8
@SEA 5 TOR 3
BOS 0 LAD 10
@COL 4 HOU 2
PIT 0 CIN 7
@MON 1 ATL 7
@NYM 6
(11) PHI 5
FLA 3 SFG 17
SDP 4 CHC 5
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 29,206

Friday, September 26, 1997, 7:05
Time of Game: 3:06

Yankees

94-66

Won 3

2nd, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  1   0  0  0   0  1  6    8 10  1
Tigers          0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  0    2  1  0

W: M Rivera (6-4), L: T Jones (5-4)

Tigers

79-81

Lost 3

3rd, 17 GB

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Raines LF                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .323  .858   20    0   0   
  S Pose PR-RF                1   2   1   1    0   0  .226  .575    3    0   0   
D Jeter SS                    2   0   0   0    2   0  .289  .775   21    0   3   
  A Fox PR-SS-3B              1   0   0   0    0   1  .250  .686    5    0   0   
B Williams CF                 4   1   2   4    1   1  .327  .944   21    4   0   3B
M Stanley 1B                  4   1   2   3    1   0  .294  .886   22   12   0   HR,IW
C Fielder DH                  5   0   1   0    0   2  .260  .758   23    0   0   GDP
C Hayes 3B                    4   0   1   0    0   2  .257  .729   19    0   1   
  H Bush PR-2B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .444  .888         0   0   
C Curtis RF-LF                4   1   1   0    0   1  .287  .851   15    2   0   
J Girardi C                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .264  .643    8    6   1   
  J Posada C                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .245  .747    4    3   0   
R Sanchez 2B-SS               4   1   0   0    0   1  .280  .674   11    0   3   

A Pettitte P                                                             0   1
  B Boehringer P                                                         0   1
  M Rivera P                                                             0   0
  J Nelson P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   8  10   8    5   9              172   27  10

BATTING

3B: B Williams (5, off D Miceli).

HR: M Stanley (15, off D Miceli; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

IBB: M Stanley (4, by D Brocail).

TB: M Stanley 5; B Williams 4; T Raines 2; C Fielder; S Pose; C Curtis; C Hayes.

GIDP: C Fielder (14).

RBI: B Williams 4 (98); M Stanley 3 (64); S Pose (5).

2-out RBI: B Williams 3; M Stanley 3.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 5 for 11.

FIELDING

E: R Sanchez (10).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   3   1   0   0    1   2  .270  .691   21    1   0   SB
D Easley 2B                   2   1   0   0    2   1  .264  .835   21    1   4   SB
T Fryman 3B                   3   0   1   2    1   1  .273  .762   25    1   2   
T Clark 1B                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .278  .884   21   10   0   
P Nevin DH                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .233  .710   12    0   0   
  B Hamelin PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .864    4    0   0   
B Trammell LF                 3   0   0   0    0   2  .237  .700   17    2   0   
  F Catalanotto PH            1   0   0   0    0   0  .348  .835    4    0   0   
J Hurst RF                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .077  .220   12    1   0   
R Casanova C                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .246  .647   12    7   0   
  K Bartee PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .821         0   0   SB
  M Walbeck C                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .284  .711         3   0   
D Cruz SS                     2   0   0   0    1   0  .242  .578   10    1   4   

J Thompson P                                                             0   0
  D Brocail P                                                            0   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
  D Miceli P                                                             0   0
Totals                       28   2   1   2    5  10              159   27  10

BATTING

TB: T Fryman.

RBI: T Fryman 2 (101).

2-out RBI: T Fryman 2.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 1 for 4.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Easley-D Cruz-T Clark.

PB: R Casanova 2 (8).

BASERUNNING

SB: K Bartee (3, 2nd base off M Rivera/J Posada); B Hunter (74, 3rd base off A Pettitte/J Girardi); D Easley (27, 2nd base off A Pettitte/J Girardi).

PO: D Cruz (1st base by A Pettitte).

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Pettitte                     4     1   2   2    4   5   0   2.88   16   75-35   18· 8· 9    6· 1· 0· 0     53    -     0.92  -0.02
B Boehringer                   3     0   0   0    0   3   0   2.63    9   35-23   11· 5· 7    2· 4· 0· 0          0-0    0.65   0.15
M Rivera, W (6-4)              1     0   0   0    1   2   0   1.88    5   26-16    9· 3· 4    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.60   0.11
J Nelson                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.86    3   13-8     5· 0· 3    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
Totals                         9     1   2   2    5  10   0          33  149-82   43·16·23   10· 8· 0· 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 Thompson                     7.1   4   2   2    2   7   0   3.02   28  115-70   39·13·18    9· 8· 2· 0     67    -     1.14   0.36
D Brocail, BS (7)              0     1   0   0    2   0   0   3.16    3   12-3     1· 0· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          1-1    3.42  -0.41
T Jones, L (5-4)               1     2   3   3    1   0   0   3.09    5   20-9     7· 0· 2    2· 0· 2· 0          3-0    3.38   0.08
M Myers                        0.1   1   1   1    0   1   0   5.74    2    8-5     1· 1· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          3-1    3.76  -0.13
D Miceli                       0.1   2   2   2    0   1   1   5.02    3   11-7     5· 1· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          3-3    0.76  -0.16
Totals                         9    10   8   8    5   9   1          41  166-94   53·15·26   12· 9· 6· 0         10-5

D Brocail faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: A Pettitte (7); J Thompson (4); D Brocail (6).

IBB: D Brocail (4; M Stanley).

PO: A Pettitte (14; D Cruz, 1st base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

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

Time of Game: 3:06.

Attendance: 29,206.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 66° F, Wind 7mph in from Rightfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Detroit Tigers                       
1. T Raines             LF    1. B Hunter             CF 
2. D Jeter              SS    2. D Easley             2B 
3. B Williams           CF    3. T Fryman             3B 
4. M Stanley            1B    4. T Clark              1B 
5. C Fielder            DH    5. P Nevin              DH 
6. C Hayes              3B    6. B Trammell           LF 
7. C Curtis             RF    7. J Hurst              RF 
8. J Girardi            C     8. R Casanova           C  
9. R Sanchez            2B    9. D Cruz               SS 

   A Pettitte           P        J Thompson           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   1  2-2  123  6  -29%  39% C Fielder       T Jones         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   t 8   1  2-1  12-  3   22%  57% B Williams      D Brocail       Single to CF (Line Drive); Pose Scores; Fox to 2B
   b 3   2  1-0  -23  6  -19%  36% T Fryman        A Pettitte      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Hunter Scores; Easley Scores
   t 9   1  2-2  123  3   18%  89% S Pose          M Myers         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Curtis Scores; Posada to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
   t 9   2  2-3  123  4   14%  98% B Williams      D Miceli        Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Posada Scores; Sanchez Scores; Pose Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Justin Thompson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  T Raines        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  1   46%  D Jeter         Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          ---  7   47%  B Williams      Walk
          1--      48%  M Stanley       Wild Pitch; Williams to 2B
   O      -2-  4   45%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Pettitte facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  B Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   49%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   48%  T Fryman        Walk
   O      1--  6   50%  T Clark         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Justin Thompson facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   54%  C Fielder       Single to 2B (Pop Fly to Deep 2B)
   O      1--  4   50%  C Hayes         Popfly: 1B (P's Right)
   O      1--  3   47%  C Curtis        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   45%  J Girardi       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Pettitte facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   47%  P Nevin         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   49%  B Trammell      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   50%  J Hurst         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Justin Thompson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   47%  R Sanchez       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   50%  T Raines        Single to P (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
          1--      52%  D Jeter         Passed Ball; Raines to 2B
          -2-  6   54%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  4   49%  B Williams      Lineout: LF
   R      12-  4   61%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Raines Scores; Jeter to 3B
   O      1-3  4   56%  C Fielder       Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Andy Pettitte facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  7   58%  R Casanova      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   55%  D Cruz          Walk
   O      1--      60%  B Hunter        Cruz Picked off 1B (P-1B)
          ---  4   59%  " "             Walk
          1--  4   57%  D Easley        Walk; Hunter to 2B
          12-      55%  T Fryman        Hunter Steals 3B; Easley Steals 2B
   RR     -23  6   36%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Hunter Scores; Easley Scores
          1--      35%  T Clark         Wild Pitch; Fryman to 2B
   O      -2-  4   38%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Thompson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   35%  C Hayes         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   33%  C Curtis        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   32%  J Girardi       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Andy Pettitte facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   34%  P Nevin         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  7   36%  B Trammell      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   37%  J Hurst         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Thompson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   33%  R Sanchez       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   31%  T Raines        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   30%  D Jeter         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brian Boehringer facing 8-9-1
                  Brian Boehringer replaces Andy Pettitte pitching
   O      ---  2   32%  R Casanova      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   34%  D Cruz          Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   35%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Thompson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   31%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   28%  M Stanley       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  5   26%  C Fielder       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brian Boehringer facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   29%  D Easley        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   30%  T Fryman        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  3   32%  T Clark         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Thompson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   27%  C Hayes         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   24%  C Curtis        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   22%  J Girardi       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brian Boehringer facing 5-6-7
                  Jorge Posada replaces Joe Girardi playing C batting 8th
   O      ---  3   24%  P Nevin         Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   25%  B Trammell      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   26%  J Hurst         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-2, Justin Thompson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   21%  R Sanchez       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  5   27%  T Raines        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
                  Doug Brocail replaces Justin Thompson pitching; Scott Pose pinch runs for Tim Raines batting 1st
          1--      31%  D Jeter         Wild Pitch; Pose to 2B
          -2-  5   35%  " "             Walk
                  Andy Fox pinch runs for Derek Jeter batting 2nd
   R      12-  3   57%  B Williams      Single to CF (Line Drive); Pose Scores; Fox to 2B
          12-      67%  M Stanley       Passed Ball; Fox to 3B; Williams to 2B
          -23  4   68%  " "             Intentional Walk
                  Todd Jones replaces Doug Brocail pitching
   OO     123  6   39%  C Fielder       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Tied 2-2, Mariano Rivera facing 8-9-1
                  Mariano Rivera replaces Brian Boehringer pitching; Andy Fox moves to SS; Chad Curtis moves to LF; Scott Pose moves to RF
          ---  3   32%  R Casanova      Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
                  Kimera Bartee pinch runs for Raul Casanova batting 8th
   O      1--  5   39%  D Cruz          Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
          1--      35%  B Hunter        Bartee Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   42%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   41%  D Easley        Walk
   O      12-  7   50%  T Fryman        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 2.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Tied 2-2, Todd Jones facing 6-7-8
                  Matt Walbeck replaces Kimera Bartee playing C batting 8th
          ---  4   58%  C Hayes         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  4   70%  C Curtis        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Hayes to 2B
                  Homer Bush pinch runs for Charlie Hayes batting 6th
          12-  4   83%  J Posada        Walk; Bush to 3B; Curtis to 2B
   O      123  2   71%  R Sanchez       Groundout: 2B-C/Forceout at Hm (Weak 2B); Curtis to 3B; Posada to 2B
                  Mike Myers replaces Todd Jones pitching
   R      123  3   89%  S Pose          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Curtis Scores; Posada to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
   O      123  5   84%  A Fox           Strikeout Swinging
                  Dan Miceli replaces Mike Myers pitching
   RRR    123  4   98%  B Williams      Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Posada Scores; Sanchez Scores; Pose Scores
   RR     --3  3  100%  M Stanley       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Williams Scores
   O      ---  4  100%  C Fielder       Strikeout Swinging
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 2-8, Jeff Nelson facing 4-5-6
                  Jeff Nelson replaces Mariano Rivera pitching; Homer Bush moves to 2B; Andy Fox moves to 3B; Rey Sanchez moves to SS
   O      ---  5  100%  T Clark         Flyball: CF
                  Bob Hamelin pinch hits for Phil Nevin batting 5th
   O      ---  4  100%  B Hamelin       Flyball: CF
                  Frank Catalanotto pinch hits for Bubba Trammell batting 6th
   O      ---  4  100%  F Catalanotto   Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, Tigers 2.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199709260

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation