June 4, 1997 Boston Red Sox at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 7
KCR 3 BAL 9
NYY 7 CHW 9
@CLE 4 MIL 13
BOS 11 HOU 5
@CIN 2 SDP 7
@COL 5 LAD 5
SFG 1 ATL 6
@MON 3 FLA 5
@NYM 2 CHC 5
@PHI 1 STL 10
@PIT 0

Standings at end of play this day

County Stadium, Attendance: 13,089

Wednesday, June 4, 1997, 7:07
Time of Game: 2:58

Red Sox

22-33

Lost 5

5th, 17 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  6  1   0  1  0   3  0  0   11 12  2
Brewers         0  0  5   8  0  0   0  0  X   13 16  1

W: C Eldred (6-5), L: M Brandenburg (0-1), S: D Jones (14)

Brewers

28-26

Won 2

1st

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
N Garciaparra SS              4   1   0   0    0   0  .270  .756   15    1   4   HBP
D Bragg CF-RF                 5   0   1   0    0   2  .318  .874   19    3   0   SB
W Cordero LF                  5   1   1   2    0   2  .304  .819   13    0   0   HR
M Vaughn 1B                   5   2   2   1    0   1  .314  .996   25   11   0   HR
R Jefferson DH                2   1   1   0    1   0  .317  .874   13    0   0   3B
  M Stanley PH                2   1   1   0    0   1  .290  .860    9    0   0   2B
J Frye 3B                     5   3   3   3    0   0  .301  .705   23    1   5   2·2B,SB
T O'Leary RF                  3   1   2   1    0   1  .269  .757   19    0   0   
  S Mack PH-CF                1   0   0   0    0   0  .290  .708    5    0   0   
J Valentin 2B                 4   1   1   3    0   0  .247  .682   13    2   5   HR
S Hatteberg C                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .254  .780   17    6   0   

C Hammond P                                                              0   0
  M Brandenburg P                                                        0   0
  J Wasdin P                                                             0   0
  V Eshelman P                                                           0   0
Totals                       40  11  12  10    1   7              171   24  14

BATTING

2B: J Frye 2 (5, off J Adamson, off C Eldred); M Stanley (6, off J Adamson).

3B: R Jefferson (1, off C Eldred).

HR: W Cordero (9, off C Eldred; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); M Vaughn (15, off C Eldred; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF Line); J Valentin (3, off C Eldred; 2nd inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

HBP: N Garciaparra (1, by C Eldred).

TB: M Vaughn 5; J Frye 5; J Valentin 4; W Cordero 4; R Jefferson 3; T O'Leary 2; M Stanley 2; D Bragg.

RBI: J Valentin 3 (19); J Frye 3 (11); W Cordero 2 (32); T O'Leary (17); M Vaughn (33).

2-out RBI: W Cordero 2.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 4 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Valentin-N Garciaparra-M Vaughn; N Garciaparra-J Valentin-M Vaughn.

E: N Garciaparra (6); C Hammond ().

BASERUNNING

SB: J Frye (4, 3rd base off C Eldred/M Matheny); D Bragg (5, 2nd base off C Eldred/M Matheny).

Milwaukee Brewers            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Williams LF                 4   2   2   0    0   1  .288  .757   14    1   0   2B,SB,HBP
J Burnitz CF                  5   2   3   3    0   1  .306 1.001   25    1   0   2·2B
J Cirillo 3B                  5   2   3   2    0   1  .295  .829   13    1   3   2·SB
D Nilsson 1B                  5   2   1   1    0   1  .294  .820   23   10   1   GDP
  T Unroe 1B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .200 1.000         1   0   
T Dunn DH                     5   1   1   1    0   2  .222  .555   11    0   0   
M Loretta 2B                  4   1   1   2    1   0  .283  .762   20    2   2   2B,IW
M Mieske RF                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .277  .745    8    2   0   
J Valentin SS                 4   1   3   2    0   0  .274  .777   14    1   1   
M Matheny C                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .256  .672   10    7   0   GDP

C Eldred P                                                               1   1
  J Adamson P                                                            0   0
  M Fetters P                                                            0   0
  D Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       40  13  16  13    1   6              138   27   8

BATTING

2B: M Loretta (5, off C Hammond); G Williams (10, off C Hammond); J Burnitz 2 (13, off M Brandenburg, off C Hammond).

IBB: M Loretta (1, by M Brandenburg).

HBP: G Williams (3, by M Brandenburg).

TB: J Burnitz 5; J Cirillo 3; J Valentin 3; G Williams 3; M Loretta 2; M Matheny; M Mieske; T Dunn; D Nilsson.

GIDP: D Nilsson (2); M Matheny (3).

RBI: J Burnitz 3 (22); M Loretta 2 (19); J Valentin 2 (19); J Cirillo 2 (38); M Mieske (13); D Nilsson (30); T Dunn (2); M Matheny (15).

2-out RBI: M Loretta 2; J Cirillo; T Dunn; J Burnitz.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 9 for 18.

FIELDING

E: D Nilsson (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: G Williams (8, 3rd base off C Hammond/S Hatteberg); J Cirillo 2 (2, 2nd base off V Eshelman/S Hatteberg 2).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Hammond                      3    11   7   7    0   2   0   6.20   18   45-32   21· 6· 5   10· 0· 6· 0     11    -     0.81  -0.31
M Brandenburg, L (0-1)         0.1   3   6   6    1   0   0 162.00    7   28-17   13· 3· 1    4· 1· 0· 0          2-2    1.63  -0.41
J Wasdin                       0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   5.59    3   14-9     5· 2· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          3-3    0.54  -0.06
V Eshelman                     4     1   0   0    0   3   0   5.79   14   42-30   17· 6· 7    7· 0· 4· 0          0-0    0.24   0.06
Totals                         8    16  13  13    1   6   0          42  129-88   56·17·15   22· 1·11· 0          5-5

Milwaukee Brewers             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Eldred, W (6-5)              5     9   8   8    1   4   3   5.40   26  104-62   35· 7·20    8· 9· 3· 0     20    -     0.60  -0.33
J Adamson                      2     3   3   2    0   1   0   4.73   10   36-22   13· 2· 7    6· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.76  -0.06
M Fetters, H (3)               1     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.84    3   11-9     4· 3· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.03   0.08
D Jones, S (14)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.18    3   12-9     4· 2· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.08
Totals                         9    12  11  10    1   7   3          42  163-102  56·14·32   17·11· 5· 0           -

C Hammond faced 2 batters in the 4th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: M Brandenburg (1; M Loretta).

HBP: M Brandenburg (1; G Williams); C Eldred (3; N Garciaparra).

OTHER

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

Time of Game: 2:58.

Attendance: 13,089.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 73° F, Wind 10mph in from Centerfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Milwaukee Brewers                    
1. N Garciaparra        SS    1. G Williams           LF 
2. D Bragg              CF    2. J Burnitz            CF 
3. W Cordero            LF    3. J Cirillo            3B 
4. M Vaughn             1B    4. D Nilsson            1B 
5. R Jefferson          DH    5. T Dunn               DH 
6. J Frye               3B    6. M Loretta            2B 
7. T O'Leary            RF    7. M Mieske             RF 
8. J Valentin           2B    8. J Valentin           SS 
9. S Hatteberg          C     9. M Matheny            C  

   C Hammond            P        C Eldred             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   0  7-5  123  9   18%  72% J Burnitz       M Brandenburg   Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Valentin Scores; Matheny Scores; Williams to 3B
   b 3   2  7-3  12-  5   15%  32% M Loretta       C Hammond       Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Nilsson Scores; Dunn Scores
   t 2   0  0-1  1-3  3  -12%  17% J Valentin      C Eldred        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Frye Scores; O'Leary Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  1-3  2  -11%  50% D Nilsson       C Hammond       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   t 2   2  0-4  1--  1   -9%   9% W Cordero       C Eldred        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Garciaparra Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Cal Eldred facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   50%  D Bragg         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   53%  W Cordero       Strikeout Looking
          1--      52%  M Vaughn        Bragg Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   55%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Brewers Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Hammond facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   58%  G Williams      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   67%  J Burnitz       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Williams to 3B
   O      1-3  5   61%  J Cirillo       Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1-3  2   50%  D Nilsson       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Cal Eldred facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   41%  R Jefferson     Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   R      --3  5   37%  J Frye          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Jefferson Scores
          1--  4   29%  T O'Leary       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Frye to 3B
   RRR    1-3  3   17%  J Valentin      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Frye Scores; O'Leary Scores
   O      ---  7   18%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   17%  N Garciaparra   Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  5   18%  D Bragg         Strikeout Looking
   RR     1--  1    9%  W Cordero       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Garciaparra Scores
   O      ---  2   10%  M Vaughn        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Brewers Batting, Behind 0-6, Chris Hammond facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4    8%  T Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3    7%  M Loretta       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3    7%  M Mieske        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-0, Cal Eldred facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5    7%  R Jefferson     Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
          ---  5    6%  J Frye          Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
          -2-       6%  T O'Leary       Frye Steals 3B
   R      --3  5    4%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS); Frye Scores
   O      1--  2    5%  J Valentin      Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  4    5%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Brewers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Brewers Batting, Behind 0-7, Chris Hammond facing 8-9-1
          ---  1    7%  J Valentin      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  2    4%  M Matheny       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  1    4%  G Williams      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
          -2-       5%  J Burnitz       Williams Steals 3B
   R      --3  4    7%  " "             Double to RF (Line Drive); Williams Scores
   R      -2-  1   10%  J Cirillo       Single to CF (Line Drive); Burnitz Scores
          1--  3   12%  D Nilsson       Single to SS (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole); Cirillo to 2B
   R      12-  1   17%  T Dunn          Single to CF (Line Drive); Cirillo Scores; Nilsson to 2B
   RR     12-  5   32%  M Loretta       Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Nilsson Scores; Dunn Scores
   O      -2-  1   28%  M Mieske        Lineout: 3B
                  5 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Brewers 5.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Cal Eldred facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   30%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)
   O      ---  2   32%  D Bragg         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   33%  W Cordero       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Brewers 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Brewers Batting, Behind 5-7, Chris Hammond facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   40%  J Valentin      Single to P (Bunt to Short 3B Line); Valentin to 2B/Adv on E1 (throw)
          -2-  1   48%  M Matheny       Single to 1B (Bunt to Weak 1B); Valentin to 3B
                  Mark Brandenburg replaces Chris Hammond pitching
          1-3  4   54%  G Williams      Hit By Pitch; Matheny to 2B
   RR     123  9   72%  J Burnitz       Double to 1B (Ground Ball); Valentin Scores; Matheny Scores; Williams to 3B
   R      -23  1   79%  J Cirillo       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Williams Scores; Burnitz to 3B
   R      1-3  5   84%  D Nilsson       Fielder's Choice 1B; Burnitz Scores; Cirillo to 2B; Nilsson to 1B
   O      12-  2   84%  T Dunn          Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B); Cirillo to 3B; Nilsson to 2B
          -23  4   84%  M Loretta       Intentional Walk
   R      123  3   90%  M Mieske        Single to CF (Pop Fly); Cirillo Scores; Nilsson to 3B; Loretta to 2B
                  John Wasdin replaces Mark Brandenburg pitching
   RR     123  4   95%  J Valentin      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Nilsson Scores; Loretta Scores; Mieske to 3B
   RO     1-3  5   96%  M Matheny       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Mieske Scores; Matheny to 1B
   O      1--  5   96%  G Williams      Strikeout Swinging
                  8 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Brewers 13.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 7-13, Cal Eldred facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  1   93%  M Vaughn        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
          ---  5   91%  R Jefferson     Walk
   O      1--  6   93%  J Frye          Popfly: 3B (P's Right)
   O      1--  7   94%  T O'Leary       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   96%  J Valentin      Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Brewers 13.

Bottom of the 5th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 13-8, Vaughn Eshelman facing 2-3-4
                  Vaughn Eshelman replaces John Wasdin pitching
   O      ---  4   95%  J Burnitz       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   96%  J Cirillo       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--      96%  D Nilsson       Cirillo Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   95%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  1   95%  T Dunn          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Brewers 13.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 8-13, Joel Adamson facing 9-1-2
                  Joel Adamson replaces Cal Eldred pitching
   O      ---  1   96%  S Hatteberg     Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   97%  N Garciaparra   Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4   97%  D Bragg         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Brewers 13.

Bottom of the 6th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 13-8, Vaughn Eshelman facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   97%  M Loretta       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   97%  M Mieske        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   96%  J Valentin      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Brewers 13.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 8-13, Joel Adamson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   97%  W Cordero       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5   96%  M Vaughn        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
                  Mike Stanley pinch hits for Reggie Jefferson batting 5th
          1--  6   93%  M Stanley       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Vaughn to 3B
   RR     -23  3   87%  J Frye          Ground-rule Double (Ground Ball); Vaughn Scores; Stanley Scores
                  Shane Mack pinch hits for Troy O'Leary batting 7th
   R      -2-  5   80%  S Mack          Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Frye Scores/unER/No RBI; Mack to 1B
   O      1--  3   84%  J Valentin      Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B); Mack to 2B
   O      -2-  5   88%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Brewers 13.

Bottom of the 7th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 13-11, Vaughn Eshelman facing 9-1-2
                  Shane Mack moves to CF; Darren Bragg moves to RF
   O      ---  2   87%  M Matheny       Lineout: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      ---  1   86%  G Williams      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   85%  J Burnitz       Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Brewers 13.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 11-13, Mike Fetters facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Fetters replaces Joel Adamson pitching
   O      ---  2   89%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   92%  D Bragg         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   93%  W Cordero       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Brewers 13.

Bottom of the 8th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 13-11, Vaughn Eshelman facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   94%  J Cirillo       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Cirillo to 1B
   O      1--  4   93%  D Nilsson       Lineout: RF
   O      1--  3   93%  T Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
          1--      93%  M Loretta       Cirillo Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   92%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Brewers 13.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 11-13, Doug Jones facing 4-5-6
                  Doug Jones replaces Mike Fetters pitching; Tim Unroe replaces Dave Nilsson playing 1B batting 4th
   O      ---  5   96%  M Vaughn        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   99%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  J Frye          Popfly: SS
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Brewers 13.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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