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MIN  7
DET  5

SEA  4
NYY  2

TEX  6
MIL  2

CHW  6
@TOR  5

(10)
CIN 11
COL  4

FLA  4
CHC  2

HOU  2
ATL  1

PHI  3
@LAD  0

MON  2
STL  1

SDP 12
NYM  5

PIT  5
@SFG  2

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 43,216

Tuesday, April 1, 1997, 8:16
Time of Game: 3:00
Tigers
5
0-1
Lost 1
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   3  2  0   0  0  0    5 12  0
Twins           0  0  0   0  3  0   0  4  X    7 13  0
W: D Naulty (1-0), L: D Miceli (0-1), S: R Aguilera (1)
Twins
7
1-0
Won 1
1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   2   1   0   0    1   1  .000  .333   14    1   0   
  V Coleman PH-CF             2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    8    0   0   
D Easley 2B                   5   0   3   0    0   1  .600 1.400   16    2   3   2B
T Fryman 3B                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .400  .800   16    1   3   
T Clark 1B                    4   1   2   2    0   0  .500 1.250   11    8   0   2B
B Higginson LF                3   1   1   0    1   0  .333  .833   15    3   2   
M Nieves RF                   4   1   1   3    0   1  .250 1.250    9    4   0   HR
B Trammell DH                 3   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250   17    0   0   GDP
B Johnson C                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .500   15    3   0   
D Cruz SS                     3   0   2   0    0   1  .667 1.334   10    2   3   CS
  C Pride PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   

D Brocail P                                                              0   0
  A Sager P                                                              0   1
  D Miceli P                                                             0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   5  12   5    3   8              135   24  12
BATTING
2B: T Clark (1, off B Radke); D Easley (1, off M Trombley).
HR: M Nieves (1, off B Radke; 4th inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF).
TB: M Nieves 4; D Easley 4; T Clark 3; T Fryman 2; D Cruz 2; B Johnson; B Higginson.
GIDP: B Trammell (1).
RBI: M Nieves 3 (3); T Clark 2 (2).
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 2 for 7.
FIELDING
DP: 4. D Cruz-T Clark; D Cruz-D Easley-T Clark; B Higginson-T Clark; B Higginson-T Fryman.
BASERUNNING
CS: D Cruz (1, 2nd base by M Trombley/T Steinbach).
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Knoblauch 2B                5   1   1   0    0   1  .200  .600   21    2   4   2B,GDP
R Becker CF                   4   0   1   2    0   0  .250  .500   18    2   0   
P Molitor DH                  4   1   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000   10    0   0   
M Cordova LF                  3   1   1   0    1   0  .333  .833   18    1   0   
M Lawton RF                   3   0   2   0    1   0  .667 1.417   18    1   0   
T Steinbach C                 4   1   2   1    0   1  .500 1.000    9    7   3   GDP
S Stahoviak 1B                1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    3    8   0   SB
  G Colbrunn PH-1B            2   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000   12    2   1   SF
P Meares SS                   4   2   2   2    0   0  .500 2.250   20    2   2   HR,3B
T Walker 3B                   2   1   1   0    1   1  .500 1.167   10    1   2   
  D Hocking PH-3B             0   0   0   0    1   0                7    0   0   

B Radke P                                                                0   1
  M Trombley P                                                           0   0
  E Guardado P                                                           1   0
  D Naulty P                                                             0   0
  R Aguilera P                                                           0   0
Totals                       32   7  13   6    4   3              146   27  13
BATTING
2B: C Knoblauch (1, off D Brocail).
3B: P Meares (1, off D Brocail).
HR: P Meares (1, off D Miceli; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs).
SF: G Colbrunn (1, off D Miceli).
TB: P Meares 7; M Lawton 2; T Steinbach 2; P Molitor 2; C Knoblauch 2; T Walker; S Stahoviak; M Cordova; R Becker.
GIDP: T Steinbach (1); C Knoblauch (1).
RBI: R Becker 2 (2); P Meares 2 (2); T Steinbach (1); G Colbrunn (1).
2-out RBI: P Meares 2.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 3 for 6.
FIELDING
DP: 1. P Meares-C Knoblauch-G Colbrunn.
BASERUNNING
SB: S Stahoviak (1, 2nd base off D Brocail/B Johnson).

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Brocail                      4     8   3   3    1   1   0   6.75   20   86-50   32· 5·13    6· 7· 5· 0     34    -     0.93  -0.05
A Sager                        3     2   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    9   27-18   12· 1· 5    6· 1· 1· 0          1-0    1.57   0.29
D Miceli, BS (1), L (0-1)      0.2   3   4   4    2   0   1  54.00    6   19-8     5· 2· 1    0· 3· 1· 0          0-0    3.35  -0.74
M Myers                        0.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    2   11-6     3· 0· 3    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.21   0.00
Totals                         8    13   7   7    4   3   1          37  143-82   52· 8·22   12·11· 7· 0          1-0 
Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Radke                        5     7   5   5    2   4   1   9.00   24   81-51   28·13·10   11· 3· 4· 0     35    -     0.83  -0.20
M Trombley                     1.2   3   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    6   17-12    6· 3· 3    1· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.59   0.06
E Guardado                     0.2   0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    3   11-7     2· 3· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.67   0.02
D Naulty, W (1-0)              0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.72   0.03
R Aguilera, S (1)              1     2   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    5   23-14    8· 2· 4    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.18   0.08
Totals                         9    12   5   5    3   8   1          39  133-85   45·21·19   15· 6· 7· 0          2-0 
D Brocail faced 4 batters in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: D Brocail (1).
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Terry Craft, 3B - Chuck Meriwether.
Time of Game: 3:00.
Attendance: 43,216.
Weather: In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Minnesota Twins                      
1. B Hunter             CF    1. C Knoblauch          2B 
2. D Easley             2B    2. R Becker             CF 
3. T Fryman             3B    3. P Molitor            DH 
4. T Clark              1B    4. M Cordova            LF 
5. B Higginson          LF    5. M Lawton             RF 
6. M Nieves             RF    6. T Steinbach          C  
7. B Trammell           DH    7. S Stahoviak          1B 
8. B Johnson            C     8. P Meares             SS 
9. D Cruz               SS    9. T Walker             3B 

   D Brocail            P        B Radke              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  5-5  1--  4   37%  92% P Meares        D Miceli        Home Run (Fly Ball); Steinbach Scores
   t 4   1  0-0  1-3  2  -21%  21% M Nieves        B Radke         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Clark Scores; Higginson Scores
   b 8   0  5-3  123  2   18%  72% T Steinbach     D Miceli        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Molitor Scores; Cordova to 3B; Lawton to 2B
   b 8   0  5-4  123  1  -16%  55% G Colbrunn      D Miceli        Double Play: Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Cordova Scores; Lawton out at 3B/LF-3B
   b 5   1  5-3  1-3  4  -16%  23% M Lawton        A Sager         Double Play: Flyball: LF-1B (Deep LF-CF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Brad Radke facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  B Hunter        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   54%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   53%  T Fryman        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
   O      1--  6   55%  T Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Brocail facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  C Knoblauch     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   51%  R Becker        Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  4   52%  P Molitor       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   50%  M Cordova       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Brad Radke facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   52%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  1   54%  M Nieves        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  7   55%  B Trammell      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Brocail facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   59%  M Lawton        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  2   51%  T Steinbach     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  3   52%  S Stahoviak     Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--      54%  P Meares        Stahoviak Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   50%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Brad Radke facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   53%  B Johnson       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   50%  D Cruz          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   53%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   56%  D Easley        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Brocail facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   53%  T Walker        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   51%  C Knoblauch     Lineout: RF
   O      ---  3   50%  R Becker        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Brad Radke facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   53%  T Fryman        Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   50%  T Clark         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  7   42%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Clark to 3B
   RRR    1-3  2   21%  M Nieves        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Clark Scores; Higginson Scores
          ---  6   20%  B Trammell      Walk
   O      1--  4   21%  B Johnson       Groundout: 3B-1B; Trammell to 2B
   O      -2-  5   23%  D Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-3, Doug Brocail facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   20%  P Molitor       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  6   19%  M Cordova       Flyball: RF
          ---  7   20%  M Lawton        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   22%  T Steinbach     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Lawton to 2B
                  Greg Colbrunn pinch hits for Scott Stahoviak batting 7th
   O      12- 10   17%  G Colbrunn      Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 3-0, Brad Radke facing 1-2-3
                  Greg Colbrunn moves to 1B
          ---  4   16%  B Hunter        Walk
          1--  2   13%  D Easley        Single to CF (Line Drive); Hunter to 2B
   O      12-  3   14%  T Fryman        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Hunter to 3B; Fryman to 1B
   RR     1-3  1    7%  T Clark         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Hunter Scores; Fryman Scores
   O      -2-  1    7%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF); Clark to 3B
   O      --3  3    9%  M Nieves        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-5, Doug Brocail facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   13%  P Meares        Triple to CF (Fly Ball)
          --3  4   17%  T Walker        Walk
   R      1-3      19%  C Knoblauch     Wild Pitch; Meares Scores; Walker to 2B
          -2-  5   27%  " "             Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Walker to 3B
   RR     -23  4   36%  R Becker        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Walker Scores; Knoblauch Scores
                  A.J. Sager replaces Doug Brocail pitching
   O      1--  1   31%  P Molitor       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  4   39%  M Cordova       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Molitor to 3B
   OO     1-3  4   23%  M Lawton        Double Play: Flyball: LF-1B (Deep LF-CF)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Mike Trombley facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Trombley replaces Brad Radke pitching
   O      ---  3   25%  B Trammell      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   27%  B Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   26%  D Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  1   28%  B Hunter        Cruz Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-5, A.J. Sager facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   24%  T Steinbach     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   21%  G Colbrunn      Groundout: P-2B-1B
   O      ---  4   20%  P Meares        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Mike Trombley facing 1-2-3
                  Vince Coleman pinch hits for Brian Hunter batting 1st
   O      ---  3   21%  V Coleman       Popfly: SS (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  3   18%  D Easley        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-      23%  T Fryman        Baserunner Out Advancing; Easley out at 3B/C-3B
          ---  3   22%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
                  Eddie Guardado replaces Mike Trombley pitching
   O      1--  2   24%  T Clark         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-5, A.J. Sager facing 9-1-2
                  Vince Coleman moves to CF
          ---  1   30%  T Walker        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   17%  C Knoblauch     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  6   15%  R Becker        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Eddie Guardado facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   13%  B Higginson     Walk
   O      1--  3   15%  M Nieves        Strikeout Swinging
                  Dan Naulty replaces Eddie Guardado pitching
   OO     1--  1   18%  B Trammell      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 3-5, Dan Miceli facing 3-4-5
                  Dan Miceli replaces A.J. Sager pitching
          ---  2   26%  P Molitor       Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
          1--  6   38%  M Cordova       Walk; Molitor to 2B
          12-  4   53%  M Lawton        Walk; Molitor to 3B; Cordova to 2B
   R      123  2   72%  T Steinbach     Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Molitor Scores; Cordova to 3B; Lawton to 2B
   ROO    123  1   55%  G Colbrunn      Double Play: Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Cordova Scores; Lawton out at 3B/LF-3B
   RR     1--  4   92%  P Meares        Home Run (Fly Ball); Steinbach Scores
                  Mike Myers replaces Dan Miceli pitching; Dennis Hocking pinch hits for Todd Walker batting 9th
          ---  7   93%  D Hocking       Walk
   O      1--  4   92%  C Knoblauch     Strikeout Looking
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 7.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 5-7, Rick Aguilera facing 8-9-1
                  Rick Aguilera replaces Dan Naulty pitching; Dennis Hocking moves to 3B
          ---  4   84%  B Johnson       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
                  Curtis Pride pinch hits for Deivi Cruz batting 9th
   O      1--  4   91%  C Pride         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   96%  V Coleman       Strikeout Looking
          1--  6   92%  D Easley        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak 2B); Johnson to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  T Fryman        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 7.

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