June 21, 1999 Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 5
TEX 4 CLE 4
SEA 3
(12) DET 13
OAK 11 TBD 3
@MIN 2 TOR 11
KCR 4 CIN 7
@ARI 4
(10) MIL 8
@SFG 1 STL 5
HOU 3

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 16,083

Monday, June 21, 1999, 7:06PM
Time of Game: 3:13

Athletics

35-34

Lost 1

2nd, 4 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       2  0  1   3  4  0   0  0  1   11 13  2
Tigers          3  0  6   0  0  0   0  4  X   13 12  1

W: D Brocail (2-2), L: B Rigby (3-2), S: T Jones (11)

Tigers

30-40

Won 1

3rd, 17½ GB

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Phillips 2B                 5   0   2   2    0   1  .246  .857   29    1   2   2·2B
M Tejada SS                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .267  .767   12    1   2   SH
B Grieve LF                   4   2   2   1    1   2  .237  .717   18    1   0   HR
M Stairs RF                   5   0   1   0    0   2  .247  .852   27    1   0   
J Jaha DH                     5   1   2   2    0   0  .305 1.028   24    0   0   2·2B
J Giambi 1B                   5   2   2   3    0   0  .273  .867   17    6   0   2·HR
M Macfarlane C                4   2   1   0    1   1  .274  .706   19    7   0   
E Chavez 3B                   4   2   2   2    1   1  .228  .716   22    0   0   HR
R Christenson CF              3   1   0   0    1   1  .171  .534   16    7   0   

G Heredia P                                                              0   0
  B Laxton P                                                             0   0
  B Rigby P                                                              0   0
  D Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       39  11  13  11    4   8              184   24   4

BATTING

2B: T Phillips 2 (18, off W Blair, off D Mlicki); J Jaha 2 (12, 2 off D Mlicki).

HR: B Grieve (6, off D Mlicki; 3rd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); J Giambi 2 (13, off T Jones, off D Mlicki; 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF Line; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF); E Chavez (4, off W Blair; 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out).

SH: M Tejada (3, off D Brocail).

TB: J Giambi 8; E Chavez 5; B Grieve 5; J Jaha 4; T Phillips 4; M Stairs; M Macfarlane; M Tejada.

RBI: J Giambi 3 (42); E Chavez 2 (18); J Jaha 2 (42); T Phillips 2 (38); M Tejada (26); B Grieve (29).

2-out RBI: J Jaha 2; B Grieve.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

E: T Phillips (7); B Laxton ().

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Polonia DH                  4   2   2   0    1   0  .436 1.100   16    0   0   3B,2·SB
B Ausmus C                    3   2   2   1    2   0  .283  .790   31    8   1   
J Encarnacion LF              4   1   1   2    0   2  .279  .773   22    2   0   2B,SB,SF
D Palmer 3B                   4   2   1   2    1   1  .283  .938   18    1   1   HR
T Clark 1B                    5   2   3   3    0   0  .245  .746    8    5   1   HR,2·2B
D Easley 2B-SS                4   1   1   0    0   1  .261  .799   15    1   1   HBP
G Kapler CF                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .244  .816   15    3   0   
K Garcia RF                   4   1   0   0    0   2  .212  .575   18    5   0   
D Cruz SS                     3   1   1   2    0   1  .250  .601   10    0   2   
  F Catalanotto PH-2B         1   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .756    2    0   0   

D Mlicki P                                                               1   1
  W Blair P                                                              0   1
  W Brunson P                                                            0   0
  M Kida P                                                               0   0
  D Brocail P                                                            1   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36  13  12  11    4   7              155   27   8

BATTING

2B: J Encarnacion (14, off B Rigby); T Clark 2 (11, 2 off G Heredia).

3B: L Polonia (2, off G Heredia).

HR: T Clark (7, off D Jones; 8th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF); D Palmer (20, off G Heredia; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

SF: J Encarnacion (2, off B Laxton).

HBP: D Easley (13, by B Laxton).

TB: T Clark 8; D Palmer 4; L Polonia 4; B Ausmus 2; J Encarnacion 2; D Easley; D Cruz; G Kapler.

RBI: T Clark 3 (32); J Encarnacion 2 (32); D Cruz 2 (13); D Palmer 2 (46); G Kapler (26); B Ausmus (28).

2-out RBI: T Clark 3; J Encarnacion.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 6 for 12.

FIELDING

E: D Easley (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Encarnacion (19, 3rd base off D Jones/M Macfarlane); L Polonia 2 (6, 2nd base off B Laxton/M Macfarlane, 2nd base off G Heredia/M Macfarlane).

PO: D Easley (1st base by B Laxton).

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Heredia                      2.1   9   8   7    1   4   1   5.44   18   57-41   27· 6· 8    4· 6· 3· 0     12    -     1.12  -0.49
B Laxton                       1.2   0   1   1    2   1   0   5.40    8   34-15    9· 3· 3    0· 2· 2· 0          2-2    0.53  -0.04
B Rigby, BS (1), L (3-2)       3.2   2   2   2    0   2   0   4.21   13   46-31   17· 6· 8    5· 4· 2· 0          0-0    1.60   0.04
D Jones                        0.1   1   2   2    1   0   1   3.40    3    8-4     3· 2· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          1-1    2.24  -0.38
Totals                         8    12  13  12    4   7   2          42  145-91   56·17·19   10·13· 7· 0          3-3

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Mlicki                       4.1   9   9   9    3   3   2   5.45   25  104-58   32· 9·17    6· 8· 5· 0      9    -     0.89  -0.41
W Blair                        0.2   2   1   1    0   1   1   8.27    4   17-11    6· 0· 5    2· 1· 0· 0          1-1    1.04  -0.19
W Brunson                      0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   8.00    2   10-6     0· 2· 4    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.88   0.05
M Kida                         1.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   5.53    5   18-9     4· 3· 2    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.77   0.08
D Brocail, W (2-2)             1     0   0   0    1   0   0   2.95    4   18-9     7· 1· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.06
T Jones, S (11)                1     1   1   1    0   1   1   5.59    4   15-10    5· 2· 3    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.69   0.04
Totals                         9    13  11  11    4   8   4          44  182-103  54·17·32   11·13· 8· 0          1-1

Balks: None.

WP: B Laxton 2 (2); B Rigby (3).

IBB: None.

PO: B Laxton (0; D Easley, 1st base).

HBP: B Laxton (1; D Easley).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - Joe Brinkman.

Time of Game: 3:13.

Attendance: 16,083.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 78° F, Wind 10mph in from Rightfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Detroit Tigers                       
1. T Phillips           2B    1. L Polonia            DH 
2. M Tejada             SS    2. B Ausmus             C  
3. B Grieve             LF    3. J Encarnacion        LF 
4. M Stairs             RF    4. D Palmer             3B 
5. J Jaha               DH    5. T Clark              1B 
6. J Giambi             1B    6. D Easley             2B 
7. M Macfarlane         C     7. G Kapler             CF 
8. E Chavez             3B    8. K Garcia             RF 
9. R Christenson        CF    9. D Cruz               SS 

   G Heredia            P        D Mlicki             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2 10-10 1-3      35%  96% T Clark         D Jones         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Encarnacion Scores; Palmer Scores
   b 8   2 10-9  -2-  4   30%  58% J Encarnacion   B Rigby         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Ausmus Scores
   t 5   1  9-8  1--  3  -23%  40% E Chavez        W Blair         Home Run (Fly Ball); Macfarlane Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  12-  6  -17%  34% J Jaha          D Mlicki        Double to LF (Line Drive); Tejada Scores; Grieve Scores
   b 1   1  2-1  1--  3   16%  62% D Palmer        G Heredia       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Ausmus Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Mlicki facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  T Phillips      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   50%  M Tejada        Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B)
          1--  1   47%  B Grieve        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Tejada to 2B
   O      12-  6   51%  M Stairs        Flyball: LF
   RR     12-  6   34%  J Jaha          Double to LF (Line Drive); Tejada Scores; Grieve Scores
   O      -2-  6   37%  J Giambi        Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Gil Heredia facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   45%  L Polonia       Triple to CF (Line Drive)
   R      --3  4   49%  B Ausmus        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Polonia Scores
   O      1--  5   46%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
   RR     1--  3   62%  D Palmer        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Ausmus Scores
          ---  1   65%  T Clark         Double to LF (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  1   63%  D Easley        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF); Clark to 3B
   O      --3  7   60%  G Kapler        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-3, Dave Mlicki facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   62%  M Macfarlane    Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   64%  E Chavez        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   65%  R Christenson   Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Gil Heredia facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   63%  K Garcia        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   61%  D Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   63%  L Polonia       Single to CF (Pop Fly to Short CF-RF)
          1--      63%  B Ausmus        Polonia Steals 2B
          -2-  9   64%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  4   60%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-3, Dave Mlicki facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  7   63%  T Phillips      Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   65%  M Tejada        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   R      ---  1   55%  B Grieve        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
          ---  5   53%  M Stairs        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  3   56%  J Jaha          Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 3-3, Gil Heredia facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   53%  D Palmer        Flyball: CF
          ---  3   58%  T Clark         Double to LF (Ground Ball)
          -2-  2   63%  D Easley        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Clark to 3B
   R      1-3  1   70%  G Kapler        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Clark Scores; Easley to 2B
          12-  1   75%  K Garcia        Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball); Easley to 3B; Kapler to 2B
   RR     123  1   87%  D Cruz          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Easley Scores; Kapler Scores; Garcia to 3B; Cruz to 2B
                  Brett Laxton replaces Gil Heredia pitching
   R      -23      90%  L Polonia       Wild Pitch; Garcia Scores/No RBI/unER; Cruz to 3B
          --3  5   91%  " "             Walk
          1-3      91%  B Ausmus        Polonia Steals 2B
          -23  8   92%  " "             Walk
   R      123      94%  J Encarnacion   Wild Pitch; Cruz Scores/No RBI; Polonia to 3B; Ausmus to 2B
   RO     -23  2   95%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Polonia Scores; Ausmus to 3B
   O      --3  4   94%  D Palmer        Strikeout Swinging
                  6 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 9.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-9, Dave Mlicki facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   95%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  1   94%  M Macfarlane    Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF)
          1--  6   92%  E Chavez        Walk; Macfarlane to 2B
          12-  4   89%  R Christenson   Walk; Macfarlane to 3B; Chavez to 2B
   RR     123  3   79%  T Phillips      Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Macfarlane Scores; Chavez Scores; Christenson to 3B
   RO     -23  4   81%  M Tejada        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Christenson Scores; Phillips to 3B
   O      --3  5   85%  B Grieve        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 9-6, Brett Laxton facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   84%  T Clark         Lineout: CF
          ---  4   85%  D Easley        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2   83%  G Kapler        Lineout: CF
          1--      84%  K Garcia        Easley Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Easley to 2B
   O      -2-  6   82%  " "             Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 9.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 6-9, Dave Mlicki facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   84%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   81%  J Jaha          Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   RR     -2-  3   66%  J Giambi        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Jaha Scores
          ---  7   63%  M Macfarlane    Walk
                  Willie Blair replaces Dave Mlicki pitching
   RR     1--  3   40%  E Chavez        Home Run (Fly Ball); Macfarlane Scores
   O      ---  5   42%  R Christenson   Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   39%  T Phillips      Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   43%  M Tejada        Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 9-10, Brad Rigby facing 9-1-2
                  Brad Rigby replaces Brett Laxton pitching
   O      ---  5   40%  D Cruz          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  1   37%  L Polonia       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   35%  B Ausmus        Lineout: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 10-9, Will Brunson facing 3-4-5
                  Will Brunson replaces Willie Blair pitching
   O      ---  5   38%  B Grieve        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   40%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
                  Masao Kida replaces Will Brunson pitching
   O      ---  5   42%  J Jaha          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 9-10, Brad Rigby facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   37%  J Encarnacion   Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   34%  D Palmer        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   32%  T Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 10-9, Masao Kida facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   35%  J Giambi        Lineout: LF
   O      ---  5   37%  M Macfarlane    Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   36%  E Chavez        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  2   39%  R Christenson   Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 9-10, Brad Rigby facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   34%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   30%  G Kapler        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  4   27%  K Garcia        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 10-9, Doug Brocail facing 1-2-3
                  Doug Brocail replaces Masao Kida pitching
          ---  8   24%  T Phillips      Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   25%  M Tejada        Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Phillips to 2B
   O      -2-      32%  B Grieve        Baserunner Out Advancing; Phillips out at 3B/C-3B
          ---  4   31%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  5   34%  M Stairs        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 9-10, Brad Rigby facing 9-1-2
                  Frank Catalanotto pinch hits for Deivi Cruz batting 9th
   O      ---  2   27%  F Catalanotto   Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   22%  L Polonia       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  5   25%  B Ausmus        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--      28%  J Encarnacion   Wild Pitch; Ausmus to 2B
   R      -2-  4   58%  " "             Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Ausmus Scores
                  Doug Jones replaces Brad Rigby pitching
          -2-  6   61%  D Palmer        Walk, Encarnacion Steals 3B
   RRR    1-3      96%  T Clark         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Encarnacion Scores; Palmer Scores
   O      ---  2   96%  D Easley        Groundout: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 13.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 10-13, Todd Jones facing 5-6-7
                  Todd Jones replaces Doug Brocail pitching; Frank Catalanotto moves to 2B; Damion Easley moves to SS
   O      ---  5   98%  J Jaha          Foul Flyball: RF (Short RF Foul)
   R      ---  2   96%  J Giambi        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   99%  M Macfarlane    Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  4  100%  E Chavez        Strikeout Looking
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 11, Tigers 13.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199906210

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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