July 18, 2000 Cincinnati Reds at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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FLA 7
@BAL 0 BOS 3
MON 1 CHW 7
MIL 5 CLE 8
HOU 2 CIN 5
@DET 4 KCR 12
CHC 4 MIN 3
STL 2 NYY 3
PHI 1 ATL 8
@TBD 2 NYM 11
@TOR 7 SEA 5
@ARI 2 COL 18
OAK 3 PIT 8
@LAD 6 ANA 3
@SDP 2
(11) SFG 5
TEX 3

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 38,255

Tuesday, July 18, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:04

Reds

47-46

Won 1

2nd, 7 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            2  0  1   0  0  2   0  0  0    5 15  1
Tigers          0  0  1   2  0  1   0  0  0    4 10  0

W: E Dessens (3-0), L: B Moehler (6-6), S: D Graves (16)

Tigers

42-48

Lost 1

3rd, 15½ GB

BATTING

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Stynes 3B                   5   1   3   1    0   1  .472 1.218   20    0   1   2B
  J Castro 3B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .239  .656         0   0   
B Larkin SS                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .327  .917   16    0   7   
K Griffey CF                  5   0   1   0    0   1  .238  .938   19    1   0   
D Bichette RF                 4   1   2   1    0   0  .298  .829   15    3   0   
S Casey 1B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .273  .759   13   14   0   GDP
D Young DH                    4   2   3   2    0   0  .291  .795   13    0   0   HR
A Ochoa LF                    3   0   1   0    1   0  .305  .885   20    0   0   
E Taubensee C                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .251  .660    9    5   1   GDP
P Reese 2B                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .263  .732   18    3   2   2B,GDP

E Dessens P                                                              1   4
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  S Sullivan P                                                           0   0
  D Graves P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38   5  15   5    1   4              143   27  15

BATTING

2B: C Stynes (11, off B Moehler); P Reese (16, off B Moehler).

HR: D Young (10, off B Moehler; 3rd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: D Young 6; C Stynes 4; D Bichette 2; P Reese 2; B Larkin 2; K Griffey; E Taubensee; A Ochoa; S Casey.

GIDP: E Taubensee (7); S Casey (11); P Reese (5).

RBI: D Young 2 (49); P Reese (36); C Stynes (19); D Bichette (51).

2-out RBI: D Young 2; P Reese; D Bichette; C Stynes.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. E Dessens-S Casey.

E: D Bichette (5).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Polonia DH                  4   1   2   1    1   0  .277  .757   18    0   0   2B
R Becker RF                   4   0   0   0    1   1  .256  .807   17    0   0   
B Higginson LF                5   0   2   1    0   1  .296  .947   20    2   1   2B
D Palmer 3B                   5   0   0   0    0   1  .266  .851   17    0   4   
D Cruz SS                     4   0   2   0    0   0  .288  .734    9    2   3   
J Encarnacion CF              3   1   1   0    0   0  .292  .752    7    0   0   HBP
B Ausmus C                    3   2   2   1    1   1  .246  .692   14    4   0   2B
D Easley 2B                   4   0   1   1    0   1  .238  .716   15    4   7   
S Halter 1B                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .277  .661    6   12   1   
  J Macias PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .267  .628    5    0   0   
  E Munson 1B                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     3   0   

B Moehler P                                                              0   2
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
  M Anderson P                                                           0   0
Totals                       36   4  10   4    3   6              128   27  18

BATTING

2B: B Ausmus (13, off E Dessens); B Higginson (28, off E Dessens); L Polonia (10, off D Reyes).

HBP: J Encarnacion (4, by E Dessens).

TB: B Higginson 3; B Ausmus 3; L Polonia 3; D Cruz 2; J Encarnacion; D Easley.

RBI: B Ausmus (31); D Easley (21); B Higginson (57); L Polonia (21).

2-out RBI: L Polonia.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 3. D Easley-D Cruz-S Halter 2; D Palmer-D Easley-S Halter.

PITCHING

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
E Dessens, W (3-0)             5.2   7   4   4    3   0   0   4.99   27   88-51   33· 2·16   11· 5· 7· 0     36    -     1.27   0.00
D Reyes, H (4)                 0.2   1   0   0    0   2   0   5.34    3   13-8     3· 3· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          1-1    1.86  -0.02
S Sullivan, H (10)             1.2   1   0   0    0   4   0   4.19    6   19-16    8· 6· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.43   0.22
D Graves, S (16)               1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.05    4    8-7     4· 0· 3    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    3.00   0.22
Totals                         9    10   4   4    3   6   0          40  128-82   48·11·23   16· 6· 8· 0          1-1

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Moehler, L (6-6)             6    12   5   5    0   4   1   3.86   28  103-69   41·10·18    9· 2·12· 1     32    -     1.01  -0.25
D Patterson                    2     3   0   0    1   0   0   2.97    8   29-19   15· 2· 2    4· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.43   0.12
M Anderson                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   3.95    3   11-9     6· 1· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.57   0.05
Totals                         9    15   5   5    1   4   1          39  143-97   62·13·22   16· 3·14· 1           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: E Dessens (3; J Encarnacion).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Jerry Crawford.

Time of Game: 3:04.

Attendance: 38,255.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 12mph from Left to Right, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Cincinnati Reds               Detroit Tigers                       
1. C Stynes             3B    1. L Polonia            DH 
2. B Larkin             SS    2. R Becker             RF 
3. K Griffey            CF    3. B Higginson          LF 
4. D Bichette           RF    4. D Palmer             3B 
5. S Casey              1B    5. D Cruz               SS 
6. D Young              DH    6. J Encarnacion        CF 
7. A Ochoa              LF    7. B Ausmus             C  
8. E Taubensee          C     8. D Easley             2B 
9. P Reese              2B    9. S Halter             1B 

   E Dessens            P        B Moehler            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  3-3  --3  5   15%  63% P Reese         B Moehler       Double to LF (Line Drive); Young Scores
   t 6   0  3-3  12-  1  -15%  48% E Taubensee     B Moehler       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Young to 3B
   b 3   1  3-0  12-  3  -15%  56% B Higginson     E Dessens       Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Polonia Scores; Becker to 3B
   b 4   0  3-1  1--  3  -14%  48% B Ausmus        E Dessens       Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Encarnacion Scores
   b 6   2  5-3  -2-  2  -13%  62% L Polonia       D Reyes         Double to LF (Line Drive); Ausmus Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Brian Moehler facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   56%  C Stynes        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  2   54%  B Larkin        Groundout: 2B-1B; Stynes to 3B
   O      --3  5   49%  K Griffey       Strikeout Swinging
   R      --3  1   57%  D Bichette      Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Stynes Scores
          1--  2   58%  S Casey         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Bichette to 2B
   R      12-  7   67%  D Young         Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Bichette Scores; Casey to 3B
   O      1-3  5   64%  A Ochoa         Groundout: P-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Elmer Dessens facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   66%  L Polonia       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   68%  R Becker        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1   69%  B Higginson     Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Ahead 2-0, Brian Moehler facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   67%  E Taubensee     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   65%  P Reese         Popfly: 2B
          ---  3   66%  C Stynes        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  8   69%  B Larkin        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Stynes to 3B
   O      1-3  3   65%  K Griffey       Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Elmer Dessens facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   67%  D Palmer        Flyball: RF
          ---  3   64%  D Cruz          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   67%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: 2B-1B; Cruz to 2B
          -2-  6   65%  B Ausmus        Walk
   O      12-  5   70%  D Easley        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Cruz to 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 2-0, Brian Moehler facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   68%  D Bichette      Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  3   67%  S Casey         Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  2   75%  D Young         Home Run
   O      ---  2   75%  A Ochoa         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-3, Elmer Dessens facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   77%  S Halter        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   75%  L Polonia       Walk
          1--  5   71%  R Becker        Walk; Polonia to 2B
   R      12-  3   56%  B Higginson     Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Polonia Scores; Becker to 3B
   O      -23  2   65%  D Palmer        Popfly: 2B
   O      -23  2   72%  D Cruz          Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 1.

Top of the 4th, Reds Batting, Ahead 3-1, Brian Moehler facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   70%  E Taubensee     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   68%  P Reese         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   67%  C Stynes        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Elmer Dessens facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   63%  J Encarnacion   Hit By Pitch
   R      1--  3   48%  B Ausmus        Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Encarnacion Scores
   R      -2-  3   40%  D Easley        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Ausmus Scores
   OO     1--  2   49%  S Halter        Fly Ball Double Play: P-1B
          ---  6   46%  L Polonia       Single to RF (Line Drive); Polonia to 2B/Adv on E9
   O      -2-  3   50%  R Becker        Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 3.

Top of the 5th, Reds Batting, Tied 3-3, Brian Moehler facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   47%  B Larkin        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   45%  K Griffey       Flyball: LF
          ---  3   46%  D Bichette      Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  5   43%  S Casey         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Tied 3-3, Elmer Dessens facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   46%  B Higginson     Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4   48%  D Palmer        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   47%  D Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  1   50%  J Encarnacion   Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Tigers 3.

Top of the 6th, Reds Batting, Tied 3-3, Brian Moehler facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   55%  D Young         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   63%  A Ochoa         Single to LF (Line Drive); Young to 2B
   OO     12-  1   48%  E Taubensee     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Young to 3B
   R      --3  5   63%  P Reese         Double to LF (Line Drive); Young Scores
   RO     -2-  5   72%  C Stynes        Single to LF (Line Drive); Reese Scores; Stynes out at 2B/LF-3B-1B-2B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-5, Elmer Dessens facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   66%  B Ausmus        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  4   70%  D Easley        Groundout: 3B-1B; Ausmus to 2B
   O      -2-  2   75%  S Halter        Groundout: SS-1B
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Elmer Dessens pitching
   R      -2-  2   62%  L Polonia       Double to LF (Line Drive); Ausmus Scores
   O      -2-  4   68%  R Becker        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Top of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-4, Danny Patterson facing 2-3-4
                  Danny Patterson replaces Brian Moehler pitching
          ---  1   72%  B Larkin        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   77%  K Griffey       Single (Ground Ball); Larkin to 2B
   O      12-  8   72%  D Bichette      Flyball: LF
   OO     12-  3   62%  S Casey         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-5, Dennys Reyes facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  7   67%  B Higginson     Strikeout Swinging
                  Scott Sullivan replaces Dennys Reyes pitching
   O      ---  5   70%  D Palmer        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   73%  D Cruz          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Top of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-4, Danny Patterson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   70%  D Young         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  8   73%  A Ochoa         Walk
          1--  2   77%  E Taubensee     Single to RF (Line Drive); Ochoa to 2B
   OO     12-  3   67%  P Reese         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-5, Scott Sullivan facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   57%  J Encarnacion   Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  4   67%  B Ausmus        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   75%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
                  Jose Macias pinch hits for Shane Halter batting 9th
   O      1--  5   82%  J Macias        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Top of the 9th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-4, Matt Anderson facing 1-2-3
                  Matt Anderson replaces Danny Patterson pitching; Eric Munson replaces Jose Macias playing 1B batting 9th
   O      ---  3   80%  C Stynes        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   79%  B Larkin        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7   78%  K Griffey       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-5, Danny Graves facing 1-2-3
                  Danny Graves replaces Scott Sullivan pitching; Juan Castro replaces Chris Stynes playing 3B batting 1st
   O      ---  2   87%  L Polonia       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   95%  R Becker        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   89%  B Higginson     Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2  100%  D Palmer        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Tigers 4.

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