May 12, 2000 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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TEX 13
@ANA 11 BOS 9
@BAL 0 MIN 4
@CHW 3
(10) CLE 7
KCR 3 DET 9
NYY 7 OAK 9
SEA 7 TBD 4
TOR 3 COL 15
SFG 7 CIN 7
@HOU 3
(11) MON 8
CHC 3 FLA 6
@NYM 4 ATL 8
@PHI 7 MIL 6
@PIT 1 ARI 6
@SDP 4 LAD 13
@STL 0

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 33,326

Friday, May 12, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:26

Yankees

22-11

Lost 2

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  0   0  2  0   0  3  2    7 12  1
Tigers          0  0  1   4  1  0   2  1  X    9 16  0

W: C Nitkowski (2-6), L: R Clemens (3-3), S: T Jones (8)

Tigers

10-23

Won 1

5th, 8 GB

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Knoblauch 2B                5   1   1   0    0   0  .235  .588   13    5   1   
S Brosius 3B                  5   0   1   0    0   3  .255  .740   31    0   2   
P O'Neill RF                  4   2   1   2    1   0  .307  .805   16    1   0   HR
B Williams CF                 4   1   3   0    1   0  .312 1.012   15    2   0   3B
J Posada C                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .355 1.105   18    6   2   
T Martinez 1B                 3   1   2   2    1   0  .290  .850   15    4   1   2B
S Spencer LF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .222  .728    5    3   0   2B,GDP
J Leyritz DH                  3   0   2   2    0   0  .179  .493   10    0   0   
  R Ledee PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .235  .698    7    0   0   
C Bellinger SS                3   0   0   0    0   0  .186  .604   13    3   3   
  L Johnson PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .650    6    0   0   

R Clemens P                                                              0   0
  T Erdos P                                                              0   0
  D Einertson P                                                          0   1
  J Grimsley P                                                           0   0
Totals                       38   7  12   7    3   3              149   24  10

BATTING

2B: T Martinez (7, off J Poole); S Spencer (3, off C Nitkowski).

3B: B Williams (2, off T Jones).

HR: P O'Neill (4, off D Brocail; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: B Williams 5; P O'Neill 4; T Martinez 3; S Spencer 2; J Leyritz 2; C Knoblauch; S Brosius; J Posada.

GIDP: S Spencer (2).

RBI: J Leyritz 2 (3); P O'Neill 2 (20); T Martinez 2 (20); J Posada (21).

2-out RBI: P O'Neill 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Posada-C Knoblauch.

E: C Knoblauch (3).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Polonia DH                  4   1   2   1    2   0  .258  .716   18    0   0   CS
R Becker LF                   3   0   1   1    2   2  .240  .746   34    2   0   
J Encarnacion CF              5   0   2   3    0   0  .328  .840   15    2   0   
J Gonzalez RF                 4   0   2   1    1   0  .224  .695   25    1   0   2B
T Clark 1B                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .176  .612   15    9   2   
  G Jefferies PH-1B           0   1   0   0    1   0  .256  .614    6    1   0   
D Palmer 3B                   5   2   2   1    0   0  .244  .810   13    2   1   HR
R Fick C                      4   1   1   0    1   2  .259  .659   22    3   0   
J Macias 2B                   5   2   2   0    0   1  .250  .500   13    3   4   
D Cruz SS                     5   2   4   2    0   0  .273  .708    9    2   6   3B

C Nitkowski P                                                            1   2
  W Blair P                                                              0   0
  J Poole P                                                              0   0
  D Brocail P                                                            1   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       39   9  16   9    7   6              170   27  15

BATTING

2B: J Gonzalez (8, off R Clemens).

3B: D Cruz (1, off R Clemens).

HR: D Palmer (6, off R Clemens; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).

TB: D Cruz 6; D Palmer 5; J Gonzalez 3; L Polonia 2; J Macias 2; J Encarnacion 2; R Fick; R Becker.

RBI: J Encarnacion 3 (17); D Cruz 2 (12); D Palmer (14); J Gonzalez (9); R Becker (6); L Polonia (7).

2-out RBI: J Gonzalez; D Cruz.

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 6 for 17.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Cruz-J Macias-T Clark.

BASERUNNING

CS: L Polonia (3, 2nd base by R Clemens/J Posada).

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
R Clemens, L (3-3)             4.2  10   6   6    5   3   1   3.75   28   96-59   40· 5·14    8· 6· 5· 1     18    -     0.97  -0.25
T Erdos                        1.2   4   2   2    1   3   0   6.30   10   35-21   13· 5· 3    1· 1· 4· 0          2-0    0.20   0.00
D Einertson                    1.1   1   1   1    1   0   0   3.38    6   25-17   11· 2· 4    3· 0· 2· 0          3-1    0.16   0.00
J Grimsley                     0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.14    2    4-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          2-1    0.19  -0.01
Totals                         8    16   9   9    7   6   1          46  160-100  66·12·22   13· 7·12· 1          7-2

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Nitkowski, W (2-6)           5.1   6   2   2    2   1   0   7.02   24   78-48   30· 2·16   13· 3· 5· 0     47    -     0.92   0.14
W Blair, H (1)                 2     1   2   2    1   1   0   3.79    7   27-16   12· 1· 3    3· 0· 2· 0          2-0    0.47   0.09
J Poole                        0     2   1   1    0   0   0   6.75    2    8-6     4· 2· 0    0· 0· 2· 0          2-2    0.57  -0.07
D Brocail, H (5)               1.1   2   2   2    0   1   1   4.91    6   26-17   11· 2· 4    2· 1· 1· 1          1-0    0.53   0.06
T Jones, S (8)                 0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   5.40    2    6-5     3· 2· 0    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.94   0.01
Totals                         9    12   7   7    3   3   1          41  145-92   60· 9·23   18· 5·11· 1          5-2

J Poole faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: R Clemens (2); T Erdos (1); D Brocail (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Reliford, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Doug Eddings.

Time of Game: 3:26.

Attendance: 33,326.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 82° F, Wind 17mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Detroit Tigers                       
1. C Knoblauch          2B    1. L Polonia            DH 
2. S Brosius            3B    2. R Becker             LF 
3. P O'Neill            RF    3. J Encarnacion        CF 
4. B Williams           CF    4. J Gonzalez           RF 
5. J Posada             C     5. T Clark              1B 
6. T Martinez           1B    6. D Palmer             3B 
7. S Spencer            LF    7. R Fick               C  
8. J Leyritz            DH    8. J Macias             2B 
9. C Bellinger          SS    9. D Cruz               SS 

   R Clemens            P        C Nitkowski          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   2  0-0  1-3  1   11%  67% J Gonzalez      R Clemens       Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Polonia Scores; Encarnacion to 3B
   t 6   1  6-2  12-  1    7%  94% S Spencer       W Blair         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   t 5   0  5-0  1--  1   -6%  84% S Spencer       C Nitkowski     Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Martinez to 3B
   t 5   0  5-0  -23  2   -6%  78% J Leyritz       C Nitkowski     Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Martinez Scores; Spencer Scores
   b 4   0  0-1  123  1    6%  88% D Cruz          R Clemens       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Palmer Scores; Fick to 3B; Macias to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, C.J. Nitkowski facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   54%  S Brosius       Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5   55%  P O'Neill       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   58%  L Polonia       Walk
   O      1--      53%  R Becker        Polonia Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  6   51%  " "             Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   52%  J Encarnacion   Single to 3B (Bunt)
          1--  5   54%  J Gonzalez      Walk; Encarnacion to 2B
   O      12-  4   50%  T Clark         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, C.J. Nitkowski facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   52%  B Williams      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   54%  J Posada        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   55%  T Martinez      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   53%  D Palmer        Flyball: CF
          ---  2   56%  R Fick          Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  6   50%  J Macias        Double Play: Strikeout Swinging; Fick out at 2B/C-2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, C.J. Nitkowski facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   53%  S Spencer       Lineout: 3B
          ---  6   50%  J Leyritz       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  3   53%  C Bellinger     Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1   56%  C Knoblauch     Foul Flyball: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Roger Clemens facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   53%  D Cruz          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   56%  L Polonia       Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   60%  R Becker        Single to LF (Line Drive); Polonia to 2B
   O      12-  4   56%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Polonia to 3B
   R      1-3  1   67%  J Gonzalez      Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Polonia Scores; Encarnacion to 3B
   O      -23  1   62%  T Clark         Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-1, C.J. Nitkowski facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   65%  S Brosius       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   67%  P O'Neill       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   65%  B Williams      Walk
   O      1--  2   68%  J Posada        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   71%  D Palmer        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   76%  R Fick          Walk; Palmer to 2B
          12-  1   82%  J Macias        Single to 3B (Bunt); Palmer to 3B; Fick to 2B
   R      123  1   88%  D Cruz          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Palmer Scores; Fick to 3B; Macias to 2B
   O      123  1   84%  L Polonia       Flyball: RF
   R      123  6   89%  R Becker        Walk; Fick Scores; Macias to 3B; Cruz to 2B
   RR     123  3   95%  J Encarnacion   Single to LF (Line Drive); Macias Scores; Cruz Scores; Becker to 2B
          12-      96%  J Gonzalez      Wild Pitch; Becker to 3B; Encarnacion to 2B
   O      -23  6   94%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -23  6   93%  T Clark         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Tigers 5.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-5, C.J. Nitkowski facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   90%  T Martinez      Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   84%  S Spencer       Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Martinez to 3B
   RR     -23  2   78%  J Leyritz       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Martinez Scores; Spencer Scores
   O      1--  3   82%  C Bellinger     Lineout: CF
   O      1--  4   85%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  6   83%  S Brosius       Single (Ground Ball); Knoblauch to 2B
   O      12-  2   88%  P O'Neill       Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-2, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
   R      ---  1   92%  D Palmer        Home Run
   O      ---  4   92%  R Fick          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   91%  J Macias        Flyball: LF
          ---  3   92%  D Cruz          Triple to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          --3  5   92%  L Polonia       Walk
                  Todd Erdos replaces Roger Clemens pitching
   O      1-3  6   91%  R Becker        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 6.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 2-6, C.J. Nitkowski facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   88%  B Williams      Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   91%  J Posada        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  5   87%  T Martinez      Walk; Posada to 2B
                  Willie Blair replaces C.J. Nitkowski pitching
   OO     12-  1   94%  S Spencer       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Todd Erdos facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   94%  J Encarnacion   Popfly: 2B
          ---  2   95%  J Gonzalez      Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   94%  T Clark         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   93%  D Palmer        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 6.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Behind 2-6, Willie Blair facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   95%  J Leyritz       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7   96%  C Bellinger     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   97%  C Knoblauch     Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Todd Erdos facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   96%  R Fick          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   97%  J Macias        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   98%  D Cruz          Single (Line Drive to LF-CF); Macias to 3B
   R      1-3  2   99%  L Polonia       Single to RF (Line Drive); Macias Scores; Cruz to 2B
          12-      99%  R Becker        Wild Pitch; Cruz to 3B; Polonia to 2B
          -23  6   99%  " "             Walk
                  Darrell Einertson replaces Todd Erdos pitching
   RO     123  1   99%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: P-1B; Cruz Scores; Polonia to 3B; Becker to 2B
   O      -23  7   99%  J Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Tigers 8.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 2-8, Willie Blair facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  8   99%  S Brosius       Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   99%  P O'Neill       Walk
          1--  1   98%  B Williams      Single to CF (Line Drive); O'Neill to 3B
                  Jim Poole replaces Willie Blair pitching
   R      1-3  4   96%  J Posada        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); O'Neill Scores; Williams to 2B
   RR     12-  4   91%  T Martinez      Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Williams Scores; Posada Scores
                  Doug Brocail replaces Jim Poole pitching
   O      -2-  1   94%  S Spencer       Flyball: LF
                  Ricky Ledee pinch hits for Jim Leyritz batting 8th
   O      -2-  7   97%  R Ledee         Groundout: 1B-P
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 8-5, Darrell Einertson facing 5-6-7
                  Gregg Jefferies pinch hits for Tony Clark batting 5th
          ---  6   97%  G Jefferies     Walk
   O      1--  2   97%  D Palmer        Lineout: SS
          1--  5   97%  R Fick          Single to RF (Line Drive); Jefferies to 2B
   O      12-  4   97%  J Macias        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Jefferies to 3B
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Darrell Einertson pitching
   R      1-3  2   99%  D Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive); Jefferies Scores; Macias to 2B
   O      12-  2   98%  L Polonia       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Macias to 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Tigers 9.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 5-9, Doug Brocail facing 9-1-2
                  Gregg Jefferies moves to 1B; Lance Johnson pinch hits for Clay Bellinger batting 9th
   O      ---  6   99%  L Johnson       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  2   98%  C Knoblauch     Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--      98%  S Brosius       Wild Pitch; Knoblauch to 2B
   O      -2-  6   99%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -2-  4   99%  P O'Neill       Home Run; Knoblauch Scores
                  Todd Jones replaces Doug Brocail pitching
          ---  3   96%  B Williams      Triple (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      --3  3  100%  J Posada        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Tigers 9.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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