July 28, 2001 Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 6
BAL 4 CHW 3
@BOS 1 CLE 6
@DET 4 DET 4
CLE 2 KCR 9
@OAK 3 SEA 5
MIN 1 TBD 7
@TEX 3
(10) NYY 12
@TOR 1 SFG 11
@ARI 4 STL 7
@CHC 4 CIN 5
FLA 0 LAD 10
COL 6 SDP 6
@MIL 2 ATL 10
@MON 5 NYM 4
PHI 3 PIT 9
HOU 8 HOU 12
@PIT 3

Standings at end of play this day

First game of doubleheader, see Second game.

Comerica Park, Attendance: 27,643

Saturday, July 28, 2001, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:09

Indians

60-42

Won 2

1st

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

W: D Baez (1-0), L: H Murray (0-4), S: B Wickman (19)

Tigers

43-58

Lost 7

4th, 15½ GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   4   1   1   0    1   1  .243  .665   22    3   0   CS
J Cabrera SS-3B               4   1   1   0    1   1  .297  .738   20    1   2   SB
R Alomar 2B                   3   2   1   2    2   0  .357  .995   26    2   1   2B
J Gonzalez DH                 4   2   3   3    1   0  .346 1.046   25    0   0   HR
J Thome 1B                    3   0   1   0    2   2  .301 1.090   25    6   0   
W Cordero LF                  5   0   2   1    0   0  .281  .756   16    3   0   
M Cordova RF                  5   0   1   0    0   1  .319  .849   18    3   0   
R Branyan 3B                  3   0   0   0    0   2  .227  .793   16    0   1   
  O Vizquel PH-SS             2   0   1   0    0   1  .272  .682    7    1   0   
E Taubensee C                 5   0   1   0    0   1  .247  .670   13    8   0   

C Sabathia P                                                             0   0
  D Baez P                                                               0   0
  J Rocker P                                                             0   2
  B Wickman P                                                            0   1
Totals                       38   6  12   6    7   9              188   27   7

BATTING

2B: R Alomar (23, off D Patterson).

HR: J Gonzalez (27, off H Murray; 7th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: J Gonzalez 6; W Cordero 2; R Alomar 2; J Thome; E Taubensee; J Cabrera; K Lofton; O Vizquel; M Cordova.

RBI: J Gonzalez 3 (95); R Alomar 2 (68); W Cordero (15).

2-out RBI: R Alomar 2; J Gonzalez.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Cabrera (7, 2nd base off V Santos/J Cardona).

CS: K Lofton (8, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by V Santos).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Cedeno CF                   5   0   1   0    0   1  .283  .721   16    3   0   
D Easley 2B                   4   0   1   0    1   1  .264  .749   21    5   0   3B
B Higginson DH                3   0   0   0    1   1  .291  .864   21    0   0   SB
T Clark 1B                    2   1   0   0    2   0  .310  .936   21    4   0   
W Magee LF                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .256  .777   12    1   0   
S Halter 3B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .308  .835   18    0   2   
D Cruz SS                     4   1   1   3    0   2  .264  .679   11    2   1   HR
J Encarnacion RF              4   1   1   0    0   1  .246  .718   13    4   0   
J Cardona C                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .583    7    7   0   
  R Fick PH-C                 1   0   1   1    1   0  .304  .941    9    1   2   

V Santos P                                                               0   2
  H Murray P                                                             0   0
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
  M Perisho P                                                            0   0
Totals                       33   4   6   4    5   8              149   27   7

BATTING

3B: D Easley (7, off C Sabathia).

HR: D Cruz (3, off C Sabathia; 4th inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: D Cruz 4; D Easley 3; R Cedeno; R Fick; J Encarnacion; W Magee.

RBI: D Cruz 3 (31); R Fick (49).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

E: D Cruz (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Higginson (13, 2nd base off C Sabathia/E Taubensee).

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Sabathia                     6     3   3   3    4   7   1   4.18   25   97-58   34·10·14    3· 8· 2· 1     57    -     0.92  -0.10
D Baez, W (1-0)                1     1   0   0    1   0   0   1.45    5   23-13    9· 2· 2    0· 3· 1· 0          0-0    2.12   0.09
J Rocker, H (4)                1     0   0   0    0   0   0   3.66    3   10-7     4· 2· 1    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.75   0.05
B Wickman, S (19)              1     2   1   1    0   1   0   2.82    5   14-11    6· 1· 4    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.49   0.04
Totals                         9     6   4   4    5   8   1          38  144-89   53·15·21    8·12· 4· 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
V Santos                       6     5   1   1    6   5   0   3.90   28  116-65   38· 8·19    4· 9· 4· 0     57    -     1.39   0.22
H Murray, BS (2), L (0-4)      1.2   4   4   4    1   3   1   6.25   10   38-23   13· 4· 6    1· 1· 3· 1          0-0    1.52  -0.23
D Patterson                    0.1   2   1   1    0   1   0   2.72    3   14-7     4· 1· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          2-2    1.65  -0.41
M Perisho                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   9.16    4   12-9     7· 0· 2    2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.17   0.01
Totals                         9    12   6   6    7   9   1          45  180-104  62·13·29    8·10·10· 1          2-2

Balks: None.

WP: B Wickman (1).

IBB: None.

PO: V Santos (1; K Lofton, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Welke, 1B - Scott Nelson, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Gary Cederstrom.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 27,643.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 77° F, Wind 6mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Detroit Tigers                       
1. K Lofton             CF    1. R Cedeno             CF 
2. J Cabrera            SS    2. D Easley             2B 
3. R Alomar             2B    3. B Higginson          DH 
4. J Gonzalez           DH    4. T Clark              1B 
5. J Thome              1B    5. W Magee              LF 
6. W Cordero            LF    6. S Halter             3B 
7. M Cordova            RF    7. D Cruz               SS 
8. R Branyan            3B    8. J Encarnacion        RF 
9. E Taubensee          C     9. J Cardona            C  

   C Sabathia           P        V Santos             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   2  3-3  1-3  5   36%  86% R Alomar        D Patterson     Double to LF (Line Drive); Lofton Scores; Cabrera Scores
   b 4   1  1-0  12-  3  -29%  23% D Cruz          C Sabathia      Home Run; Clark Scores; Magee Scores
   t 7   1  3-1  1--  2   27%  46% J Gonzalez      H Murray        Home Run; Alomar Scores
   t 5   2  3-1  123  3  -10%  19% W Cordero       V Santos        Flyball: CF
   t 2   0  0-0  12-  4    9%  69% W Cordero       V Santos        Single to CF (Line Drive); Gonzalez Scores; Thome to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Victor Santos facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   53%  K Lofton        Walk
   O      1--      48%  J Cabrera       Lofton Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B)
   O      ---  4   46%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   45%  R Alomar        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, C.C. Sabathia facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  R Cedeno        Foul Flyball: RF
   O      ---  6   49%  D Easley        Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   48%  B Higginson     Walk
          1--      47%  T Clark         Higginson Steals 2B
          -2-  8   46%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  3   50%  W Magee         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Victor Santos facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   54%  J Gonzalez      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   59%  J Thome         Single to RF (Line Drive); Gonzalez to 2B
   R      12-  4   69%  W Cordero       Single to CF (Line Drive); Gonzalez Scores; Thome to 2B
   O      12-  5   64%  M Cordova       Lineout: CF
   O      12-  4   60%  R Branyan       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   56%  E Taubensee     Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, C.C. Sabathia facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   58%  S Halter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   60%  D Cruz          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   61%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Victor Santos facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   65%  K Lofton        Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   63%  J Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-1B; Lofton to 2B
          -2-  5   65%  R Alomar        Walk
   O      12-  3   61%  J Gonzalez      Flyball: LF
          12-  6   63%  J Thome         Walk; Lofton to 3B; Alomar to 2B
   O      123  4   56%  W Cordero       Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, C.C. Sabathia facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   59%  J Cardona       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  4   61%  R Cedeno        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   58%  D Easley        Triple (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      --3  5   62%  B Higginson     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Victor Santos facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   60%  M Cordova       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  7   58%  R Branyan       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   57%  E Taubensee     Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, C.C. Sabathia facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   52%  T Clark         Walk
          1--  1   45%  W Magee         Single to LF (Line Drive); Clark to 2B
   O      12-  1   52%  S Halter        Flyball: LF
   RRR    12-  3   23%  D Cruz          Home Run; Clark Scores; Magee Scores
   O      ---  6   24%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   25%  J Cardona       Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 3.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Victor Santos facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   22%  K Lofton        Flyball: RF
          ---  7   25%  J Cabrera       Walk
   O      1--  7   21%  R Alomar        Flyball: RF
          1--      22%  J Gonzalez      Cabrera Steals 2B
          -2-  7   24%  " "             Walk
          12-  4   28%  J Thome         Walk; Cabrera to 3B; Gonzalez to 2B
   O      123  3   19%  W Cordero       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-1, C.C. Sabathia facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   20%  R Cedeno        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   19%  D Easley        Walk
   O      1--  5   20%  B Higginson     Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  1   22%  T Clark         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 3.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Victor Santos facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   27%  M Cordova       Single to 3B (Bunt)
   O      1--  5   22%  R Branyan       Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  1   18%  E Taubensee     Flyball: RF
   O      1--  7   15%  K Lofton        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-1, C.C. Sabathia facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   17%  W Magee         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   18%  S Halter        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   18%  D Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Heath Murray facing 2-3-4
                  Heath Murray replaces Victor Santos pitching
   O      ---  3   15%  J Cabrera       Flyball: RF
          ---  4   19%  R Alomar        Walk
   RR     1--  2   46%  J Gonzalez      Home Run; Alomar Scores
   O      ---  9   43%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   45%  W Cordero       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   41%  M Cordova       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Tied 3-3, Danys Baez facing 8-9-1
                  Danys Baez replaces C.C. Sabathia pitching
   O      ---  3   45%  J Encarnacion   Flyball: CF
                  Robert Fick pinch hits for Javier Cardona batting 9th
          ---  6   41%  R Fick          Walk
          1--  3   35%  R Cedeno        Single to LF (Line Drive); Fick to 2B
   O      12-  4   43%  D Easley        Popfly: 2B
   O      12-  7   50%  B Higginson     Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Tigers 3.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Tied 3-3, Heath Murray facing 8-9-1
                  Robert Fick moves to C; Omar Vizquel pinch hits for Russell Branyan batting 8th
   O      ---  4   45%  O Vizquel       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   50%  E Taubensee     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   44%  K Lofton        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  2   50%  J Cabrera       Single to CF (Line Drive); Lofton to 3B
                  Danny Patterson replaces Heath Murray pitching
   RR     1-3  5   86%  R Alomar        Double to LF (Line Drive); Lofton Scores; Cabrera Scores
   R      -2-  5   92%  J Gonzalez      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Alomar Scores
   O      1--  4   91%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-6, John Rocker facing 4-5-6
                  John Rocker replaces Danys Baez pitching; Jolbert Cabrera moves to 3B; Omar Vizquel moves to SS
   O      ---  4   94%  T Clark         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   96%  W Magee         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   97%  S Halter        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 3.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 6-3, Matt Perisho facing 6-7-8
                  Matt Perisho replaces Danny Patterson pitching
          ---  4   97%  W Cordero       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   97%  M Cordova       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      96%  O Vizquel       Baserunner Out Advancing; Cordova out at 2B/C-2B
          ---  2   96%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   96%  E Taubensee     Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-6, Bob Wickman facing 7-8-9
                  Bob Wickman replaces John Rocker pitching
   O      ---  4   98%  D Cruz          Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   95%  J Encarnacion   Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--      95%  R Fick          Wild Pitch; Encarnacion to 2B
   R      -2-  2   89%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Encarnacion Scores
   O      1--  3   95%  R Cedeno        Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      95%  D Easley        Defensive Indifference; Cedeno to 2B
   O      -2-  3  100%  " "             Flyball: LF
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET200107281

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