September 3, 2004 Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 2
TEX 0 CHW 7
SEA 5 ANA 10
@CLE 5 MIN 2
KCR 0 BAL 3
@NYY 1 DET 4
@TBD 2 OAK 7
@TOR 4 HOU 8
PIT 6 MIL 11
CIN 4 ATL 7
@MON 1 PHI 8
NYM 1 SDP 7
COL 6 SFG 18
ARI 7 STL 3
LAD 0

Standings at end of play this day

Miller Park, Attendance: 16,262

Friday, September 3, 2004, 7:07PM
Time of Game: 3:22

Reds

62-71

Lost 4

4th, 27½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            0  2  0   0  1  1   0  0  0    4  8  1
Brewers         5  3  1   0  0  1   0  1  X   11 17  2

W: W Obermueller (5-7), L: B Claussen (2-4)

Brewers

58-75

Won 2

6th, 31½ GB

BATTING

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Freel CF-3B                 4   1   2   0    1   0  .273  .730   29    4   1   3B,GDP
B Larkin SS                   3   0   0   1    2   0  .301  .787   17    1   3   GDP
S Casey 1B                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .332  .955   18    4   1   GDP
A Dunn LF                     4   0   0   0    0   2  .269  .983   12    2   0   
D Jimenez 2B                  3   1   1   0    1   1  .256  .722   17    3   0   
A Kearns RF                   4   2   2   1    0   0  .231  .725   16    0   0   HR,2B,GDP
F Lopez 3B                    1   0   1   1    1   0  .250  .748    8    0   1   
  P Norton P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  J Vander Wal PH             1   0   0   0    0   0  .133  .499    6    0   0   
  J Valentine P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D Graves P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  G White P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Cruz PH                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .236  .699    6    0   0   
J LaRue C                     1   0   0   1    0   0  .247  .764    6    0   0   
  J Valentin PR-C             3   0   2   0    0   0  .218  .650   11    8   0   2B
B Claussen P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .166    6    0   1   
  T Van Poppel P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .301         0   0   
  D Bragg CF                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .185  .593    9    2   0   
Totals                       32   4   8   4    6   4              161   24   8

BATTING

2B: A Kearns (4, off W Obermueller); J Valentin (8, off M Adams).

3B: R Freel (6, off W Obermueller).

HR: A Kearns (4, off W Obermueller; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: A Kearns 6; R Freel 4; J Valentin 3; F Lopez; D Jimenez.

GIDP: A Kearns (7); B Larkin (14); S Casey (13); R Freel (5).

RBI: F Lopez (20); B Larkin (43); J LaRue (43); A Kearns (17).

2-out RBI: A Kearns.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 8.

FIELDING

E: D Bragg (1).

Milwaukee Brewers            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Podsednik CF                6   2   4   0    0   0  .254  .707   22    1   0   2B
B Hall SS                     6   0   1   0    0   3  .251  .681   29    6   4   
L Overbay 1B                  4   2   1   1    1   2  .313  .887   19    8   0   2B
G Jenkins LF                  4   1   3   3    1   0  .259  .778   20    1   0   2·2B,IW
  M Adams P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
K Ginter 2B                   5   1   1   1    0   1  .250  .750   19    2   6   SB
B Clark RF                    1   2   0   1    3   0  .263  .738   20    2   0   SF
W Helms 3B                    5   1   3   3    0   0  .267  .685   27    3   3   HR,2B
G Bennett C                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .222  .602   15    4   0   HR
W Obermueller P               2   1   2   0    1   0  .406  .924   12    0   0   
  D Krynzel PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  P Liriano P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Magruder PH-LF            1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .735    6    0   0   
Totals                       40  11  17  11    6   6              192   27  13

BATTING

2B: W Helms (12, off J Valentine); S Podsednik (23, off T Van Poppel); L Overbay (42, off B Claussen); G Jenkins 2 (32, off B Claussen, off J Valentine).

HR: W Helms (3, off B Claussen; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF); G Bennett (3, off T Van Poppel; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

SF: B Clark (3, off B Claussen).

IBB: G Jenkins (9, by T Van Poppel).

TB: W Helms 7; G Jenkins 5; S Podsednik 5; G Bennett 5; W Obermueller 2; L Overbay 2; B Hall; K Ginter.

RBI: G Jenkins 3 (74); W Helms 3 (24); G Bennett 2 (19); L Overbay (77); B Clark (32); K Ginter (40).

2-out RBI: W Helms 2.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 7 for 22.

FIELDING

DP: 4. K Ginter-B Hall-L Overbay 2; W Helms-K Ginter-L Overbay 2.

E: B Hall 2 (18).

BASERUNNING

SB: K Ginter (6, 2nd base off B Claussen/J LaRue).

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
B Claussen, L (2-4)            1.1   7   8   8    2   0   1   6.65   13   56-37   24· 3·10    5· 3· 3· 0      6    -     0.89  -0.46
T Van Poppel                   1.2   3   1   1    2   2   1   6.21   10   47-26   16· 4· 6    2· 3· 1· 0          2-1    0.21  -0.01
P Norton                       2     2   0   0    0   2   0   5.28    8   28-18    9· 3· 6    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.10   0.01
J Valentine                    2     3   1   1    1   1   0   8.62   10   38-22   12· 6· 4    2· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.07  -0.01
D Graves                       0     1   1   1    1   0   0   4.23    2    8-4     3· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
G White                        1     1   0   0    0   1   0   6.63    4   14-11    8· 1· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          2-1    0.01   0.00
Totals                         8    17  11  11    6   6   2          47  191-118  72·17·29   16·12· 7· 0          4-2

Milwaukee Brewers             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
W Obermueller, W (5-7)         6     6   4   4    4   2   1   6.34   25  111-63   42· 2·19   10· 5· 4· 0     42    -     0.56   0.01
P Liriano                      2     1   0   0    1   1   0   1.93    8   31-17   10· 1· 6    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.21   0.02
M Adams                        1     1   0   0    1   1   0   3.53    5   19-11    8· 0· 3    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         9     8   4   4    6   4   1          38  161-91   60· 3·28   13· 9· 6· 0           -

D Graves faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: T Van Poppel (3; G Jenkins).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jerry Layne, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Paul Schrieber.

Time of Game: 3:22.

Attendance: 16,262.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 6mph in from Centerfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Cincinnati Reds               Milwaukee Brewers                    
1. R Freel              CF    1. S Podsednik          CF 
2. B Larkin             SS    2. B Hall               SS 
3. S Casey              1B    3. L Overbay            1B 
4. A Dunn               LF    4. G Jenkins            LF 
5. D Jimenez            2B    5. K Ginter             2B 
6. A Kearns             RF    6. B Clark              RF 
7. F Lopez              3B    7. W Helms              3B 
8. J LaRue              C     8. G Bennett            C  
9. B Claussen           P     9. W Obermueller        P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  0-0  12-  6   16%  75% G Jenkins       B Claussen      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Podsednik Scores; Overbay Scores
   t 2   1  5-2  1-3  5   10%  82% R Freel         W Obermueller   Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   b 1   2  0-3  -2- 10   10%  89% W Helms         B Claussen      Home Run (Fly Ball); Ginter Scores
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  3    7%  54% B Larkin        W Obermueller   Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   b 2   1  2-5  12-  1    7%  91% L Overbay       B Claussen      Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Obermueller Scores; Podsednik to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Wes Obermueller facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   47%  R Freel         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   54%  B Larkin        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
          ---  5   53%  S Casey         Walk
   O      1--  3   55%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Brewers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Brewers Batting, Tied 0-0, Brandon Claussen facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   58%  S Podsednik     Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  7   57%  B Hall          Groundout: P-SS-1B; Podsednik to 2B
          -2-  6   58%  L Overbay       Walk
   RR     12-  6   75%  G Jenkins       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Podsednik Scores; Overbay Scores
          -2-  3   78%  K Ginter        Single to LF (Line Drive); Jenkins to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   79%  B Clark         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Jenkins Scores
          1--      80%  W Helms         Ginter Steals 2B
   RR     -2- 10   89%  " "             Home Run (Fly Ball); Ginter Scores
   O      ---  1   89%  G Bennett       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Brewers 5.

Top of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-5, Wes Obermueller facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   87%  D Jimenez       Walk
          1--  5   80%  A Kearns        Ground-rule Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Jimenez to 3B
   R      -23  3   74%  F Lopez         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Jimenez Scores; Kearns to 3B
   RO     1-3  6   76%  J LaRue         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Kearns Scores; LaRue to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw to 1B)
                  Javier Valentin pinch runs for Jason LaRue batting 8th
          -2-  6   72%  B Claussen      Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Valentin to 3B
   OO     1-3  5   82%  R Freel         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 5.

Bottom of the 2nd, Brewers Batting, Ahead 5-2, Brandon Claussen facing 9-1-2
                  Javier Valentin moves to C
          ---  5   84%  W Obermueller   Walk
          1--  2   87%  S Podsednik     Single to CF (Ground Ball); Obermueller to 2B
   O      12-  2   84%  B Hall          Flyball: CF
   R      12-  1   91%  L Overbay       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Obermueller Scores; Podsednik to 3B
   R      -23  4   94%  G Jenkins       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Podsednik Scores; Overbay to 3B
                  Todd Van Poppel replaces Brandon Claussen pitching and batting 9th
   RO     1-3  7   94%  K Ginter        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Overbay Scores
          1--  6   95%  B Clark         Walk; Ginter to 2B
   O      12-  6   94%  W Helms         Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 8.

Top of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Behind 2-8, Wes Obermueller facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   92%  B Larkin        Walk
   OO     1--  7   95%  S Casey         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  4   96%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 8.

Bottom of the 3rd, Brewers Batting, Ahead 8-2, Todd Van Poppel facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  5   97%  G Bennett       Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
          ---  4   98%  W Obermueller   Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   99%  S Podsednik     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Obermueller to 3B
   O      -23  5   98%  B Hall          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  4   98%  L Overbay       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
          -23  4   98%  G Jenkins       Intentional Walk
   O      123  3   97%  K Ginter        Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 9.

Top of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-9, Wes Obermueller facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   96%  D Jimenez       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   98%  A Kearns        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  5   98%  F Lopez         Walk
   O      1--  4   98%  J Valentin      Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 9.

Bottom of the 4th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 9-2, Phil Norton facing 6-7-8
                  Phil Norton replaces Felipe Lopez pitching and batting 7th; Ryan Freel moves to 3B; Darren Bragg replaces Todd Van Poppel playing CF batting 9th
   O      ---  1   98%  B Clark         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   98%  W Helms         Lineout: LF
   O      ---  2   98%  G Bennett       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Brewers 9.

Top of the 5th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-9, Wes Obermueller facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   98%  D Bragg         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  6   97%  R Freel         Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   RO     --3  1   98%  B Larkin        Groundout: SS-1B; Freel Scores
   O      ---  2   98%  S Casey         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Brewers 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 9-3, Phil Norton facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   98%  W Obermueller   Single to LF (Fly Ball); Obermueller to 2B/Adv on E8
          -2-  6   99%  S Podsednik     Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Obermueller to 3B
   O      1-3  6   98%  B Hall          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  3   98%  L Overbay       Strikeout Looking
   O      1-3  3   97%  G Jenkins       Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Brewers 9.

Top of the 6th, Reds Batting, Behind 3-9, Wes Obermueller facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   98%  A Dunn          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   98%  D Jimenez       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   R      ---  4   97%  A Kearns        Home Run (Fly Ball)
                  John Vander Wal pinch hits for Phil Norton batting 7th
   O      ---  6   97%  J Vander Wal    Popfly: 3B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 9-4, Joe Valentine facing 5-6-7
                  Joe Valentine replaces John Vander Wal pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  1   97%  K Ginter        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          ---  4   97%  B Clark         Walk
   R      1--  5   99%  W Helms         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Clark Scores
   O      -2-  5   99%  G Bennett       Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Helms to 3B
                  Dave Krynzel pinch hits for Wes Obermueller batting 9th
   O      --3  3   98%  D Krynzel       Popfly: SS
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 10.

Top of the 7th, Reds Batting, Behind 4-10, Pedro Liriano facing 8-9-1
                  Pedro Liriano replaces Dave Krynzel pitching and batting 9th
          ---  5   97%  J Valentin      Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   98%  D Bragg         Flyball: LF
   O      1--  6   99%  R Freel         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  5   99%  B Larkin        Walk; Freel to 2B
   O      12-  4   99%  S Casey         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 10-4, Joe Valentine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   99%  S Podsednik     Lineout: 2B
          ---  5   99%  B Hall          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Short LF)
   O      1--  5   99%  L Overbay       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   99%  G Jenkins       Double to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep LF-CF); Hall to 3B
   O      -23  5   99%  K Ginter        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 10.

Top of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 4-10, Pedro Liriano facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1  100%  A Dunn          Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4  100%  D Jimenez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  A Kearns        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Brewers Batting, Ahead 10-4, Danny Graves facing 6-7-8
                  Danny Graves replaces Joe Valentine pitching and batting 7th
          ---  7  100%  B Clark         Walk
          1--  1  100%  W Helms         Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Clark to 2B
                  Gabe White replaces Danny Graves pitching and batting 7th
   R      12-  2  100%  G Bennett       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Clark Scores; Helms to 2B
                  Chris Magruder pinch hits for Pedro Liriano batting 9th
   O      12-  6  100%  C Magruder      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Helms to 3B
   O      1-3  2  100%  S Podsednik     Fielder's Choice 1B; Helms out at Hm/1B-C; Magruder to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  B Hall          Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 11.

Top of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 4-11, Mike Adams facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Adams replaces Geoff Jenkins pitching and batting 4th; Chris Magruder moves to LF; Jacob Cruz pinch hits for Gabe White batting 7th
   O      ---  6  100%  J Cruz          Strikeout Looking
          ---  2  100%  J Valentin      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      -2-  2  100%  D Bragg         Popfly: SS (LF Line)
          -2-  7  100%  R Freel         Walk
   O      12-  2  100%  B Larkin        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Brewers 11.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation