September 1, 1997 Cleveland Indians at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 45,298

Monday, September 1, 1997, 1:05
Time of Game: 3:02

Indians

71-62

Won 2

1st

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

W: C Ogea (6-8), L: S Cooke (9-14), S: J Mesa (10)

Pirates

68-70

Lost 2

2nd, 2½ GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Vizquel SS                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .279  .700   22    0   0   CS,GDP
K Seitzer 1B                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .260  .688   18    5   2   2B
M Ramirez RF                  5   1   2   2    0   1  .325  .966   22    4   0   HR
M Williams 3B                 5   0   1   0    0   1  .258  .778   21    0   2   SB
D Justice LF                  4   2   1   0    1   2  .338 1.066   29    2   0   
S Alomar C                    4   1   1   3    0   1  .330  .905   13    8   0   HR
T Fernandez 2B                4   1   1   0    0   0  .277  .712   10    1   2   
M Grissom CF                  4   0   3   2    0   0  .260  .719   11    5   0   2B
C Ogea P                      1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    1   0   SH
  J Manto PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .455    8    0   0   
  A Lopez P                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  M Jackson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Mesa P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
Totals                       38   7  12   7    2   6              162   27   6

BATTING

2B: M Grissom (22, off S Cooke); K Seitzer (13, off S Cooke).

HR: M Ramirez (23, off J Johnson; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF); S Alomar (17, off S Cooke; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

SH: C Ogea (2, off S Cooke).

TB: M Ramirez 5; S Alomar 4; M Grissom 4; K Seitzer 3; M Williams; D Justice; T Fernandez; O Vizquel.

GIDP: O Vizquel (14).

RBI: S Alomar 3 (67); M Ramirez 2 (74); M Grissom 2 (57).

2-out RBI: S Alomar 3; M Grissom 2; M Ramirez.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 2 for 12.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Williams (12, 2nd base off J Wallace/J Kendall).

CS: O Vizquel (9, 2nd base by J Johnson/J Kendall).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   3   1   1   1    2   0  .278  .701   19    5   3   SB
J Allensworth CF              5   1   2   0    0   0  .263  .693   16    2   0   SB
A Martin LF                   5   1   1   1    0   1  .286  .826   14    0   0   2B,SB
E Williams 1B                 4   0   1   1    1   1  .232  .728   30   11   0   
J Randa 3B                    3   0   2   1    0   0  .294  .802   11    1   1   SF
J Kendall C                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .291  .808   17    5   2   HBP
J Guillen RF                  4   2   2   0    0   1  .267  .714   11    3   0   3B
A Nunez SS                    2   0   0   1    0   1  .231  .652   14    0   4   SF
  T Ward PH                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .353  .966    5    0   0   
  M Ruebel P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
S Cooke P                     1   0   0   0    0   1  .067  .156    3    0   1   
  J Johnson P                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  E Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .172  .551    3    0   0   
  J Wallace P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  D Sveum SS                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .266  .782    3    0   1   
Totals                       34   5   9   5    3   8              150   27  13

BATTING

2B: A Martin (20, off C Ogea).

3B: J Guillen (5, off A Lopez).

SF: J Randa (3, off C Ogea); A Nunez (1, off A Lopez).

HBP: J Kendall (28, by A Lopez).

TB: J Guillen 4; J Randa 2; J Allensworth 2; A Martin 2; T Womack; E Williams.

RBI: A Martin (46); J Randa (45); A Nunez (3); E Williams (9); T Womack (45).

2-out RBI: T Womack; E Williams.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Nunez-T Womack-E Williams.

E: J Randa 2 (17).

BASERUNNING

SB: T Womack (47, 2nd base off C Ogea/S Alomar); J Allensworth (13, 2nd base off C Ogea/S Alomar); A Martin (18, 3rd base off C Ogea/S Alomar).

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 Ogea, W (6-8)                5     6   4   4    2   3   0   5.57   23   79-53   34· 6·13    8· 9· 1· 0     40    -     0.96  -0.04
A Lopez, H (2)                 2.1   2   1   1    0   3   0   6.44   10   39-27   19· 5· 3    2· 3· 1· 0          0-0    1.28  -0.03
M Jackson, H (9)               0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   3.23    2    9-7     3· 2· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    3.71   0.18
J Mesa, S (10)                 1     1   0   0    1   0   0   2.69    5   17-9     4· 1· 4    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    3.19   0.10
Totals                         9     9   5   5    3   8   0          40  144-96   60·14·22   11·14· 3· 0          2-0

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Cooke, L (9-14)              3     6   6   2    2   1   1   4.08   18   61-36   23· 3·10    8· 4· 3· 0     30    -     0.96  -0.38
J Johnson                      3     3   1   1    0   2   1   4.50   11   47-29   14· 5·10    3· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.52   0.01
J Wallace                      2     1   0   0    0   3   0   1.93    7   26-16    6· 4· 6    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.64   0.07
M Ruebel                       1     2   0   0    0   0   0   6.64    5   22-16    9· 1· 6    3· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.02
Totals                         9    12   7   3    2   6   2          41  156-97   52·13·32   16·12· 5· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: A Lopez (4; J Kendall).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tom Hallion, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Mark Barron, 3B - Ed Montague.

Time of Game: 3:02.

Attendance: 45,298.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 83° F, Wind 6mph out to Leftfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. O Vizquel            SS    1. T Womack             2B 
2. K Seitzer            1B    2. J Allensworth        CF 
3. M Ramirez            RF    3. A Martin             LF 
4. M Williams           3B    4. E Williams           1B 
5. D Justice            LF    5. J Randa              3B 
6. S Alomar             C     6. J Kendall            C  
7. T Fernandez          2B    7. J Guillen            RF 
8. M Grissom            CF    8. A Nunez              SS 
9. C Ogea               P     9. S Cooke              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-1  12-  3   22%  81% S Alomar        S Cooke         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Seitzer Scores/unER; Justice Scores/unER; Alomar Scores/unER
   b 9   2  7-5  -23  3   15% 100% E Williams      J Mesa          Flyball: RF
   t 3   2  2-4  12-  2   15%  85% M Grissom       S Cooke         Double to RF (Fly Ball); Justice Scores; Fernandez Scores
   t 2   0  2-4  1-3  2  -10%  68% O Vizquel       S Cooke         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B); Grissom stays at 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  4   10%  63% K Seitzer       S Cooke         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Vizquel to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Cooke facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  O Vizquel       Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball)
          1--  4   63%  K Seitzer       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Vizquel to 3B
   RO     -23  3   61%  M Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B; Vizquel Scores/unER
   O      -2-  6   58%  M Williams      Groundout: SS-1B
          -2-  6   59%  D Justice       Walk
   RRR    12-  3   81%  S Alomar        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Seitzer Scores/unER; Justice Scores/unER; Alomar Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   80%  T Fernandez     Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   77%  T Womack        Walk
          1--      75%  J Allensworth   Womack Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   79%  " "             Flyball: CF
   R      -2-  1   71%  A Martin        Double to RF (Ground Ball); Womack Scores
          -2-      69%  E Williams      Martin Steals 3B
          --3  6   67%  " "             Walk
   RO     1-3  1   67%  J Randa         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Martin Scores
   O      1--  4   69%  J Kendall       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Pirates 2.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-2, Steve Cooke facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   74%  M Grissom       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Grissom to 2B/Adv on E5 (throw)
          -2-  3   79%  C Ogea          Fielder's Choice C/Sacrifice Bunt; Grissom to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   68%  O Vizquel       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B); Grissom stays at 3B
          --3  4   69%  K Seitzer       Walk
   O      1-3  3   66%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Chad Ogea facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   68%  J Guillen       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   70%  A Nunez         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   71%  S Cooke         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Pirates 2.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-2, Steve Cooke facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   69%  M Williams      Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  2   71%  D Justice       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   O      1--  2   69%  S Alomar        Flyball: CF
          1--  2   70%  T Fernandez     Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Justice to 2B
   RR     12-  2   85%  M Grissom       Double to RF (Fly Ball); Justice Scores; Fernandez Scores
   O      -2-  1   83%  C Ogea          Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-6, Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   85%  T Womack        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  5   83%  J Allensworth   Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      82%  A Martin        Allensworth Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   85%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted; Allensworth to 3B
   R      --3  9   79%  E Williams      Single to LF (Fly Ball); Allensworth Scores
          1--  1   77%  J Randa         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Williams to 2B
   O      12-  2   81%  J Kendall       Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jason Johnson facing 1-2-3
                  Jason Johnson replaces Steve Cooke pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   83%  O Vizquel       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  5   81%  K Seitzer       Flyball: RF
   O      1--      79%  M Ramirez       Vizquel Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   R      ---  5   86%  " "             Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   85%  M Williams      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-7, Chad Ogea facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   82%  J Guillen       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   84%  A Nunez         Groundout: 2B-1B; Guillen to 2B
   O      -2-  4   87%  J Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  3   81%  T Womack        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Guillen Scores
   O      1--  2   83%  J Allensworth   Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 4.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-4, Jason Johnson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   82%  D Justice       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   81%  S Alomar        Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   80%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-7, Chad Ogea facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   83%  A Martin        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  4   85%  E Williams      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   86%  J Randa         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 4.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-4, Jason Johnson facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   88%  M Grissom       Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Jeff Manto pinch hits for Chad Ogea batting 9th
   O      1--  8   86%  J Manto         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      1--  4   85%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Grissom to 2B
   O      -2-  3   83%  K Seitzer       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-7, Albie Lopez facing 6-7-8
                  Albie Lopez replaces Jeff Manto pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  8   86%  J Kendall       Lineout: 2B
          ---  2   79%  J Guillen       Triple to CF (Fly Ball)
   RO     --3  5   80%  A Nunez         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Guillen Scores
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Jason Johnson batting 9th
   O      ---  3   81%  E Brown         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-5, Jeff Wallace facing 3-4-5
                  Jeff Wallace replaces Emil Brown pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   80%  M Ramirez       Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  4   81%  M Williams      Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--      83%  D Justice       Williams Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   80%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   77%  S Alomar        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Albie Lopez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   82%  T Womack        Flyball: CF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   84%  J Allensworth   Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   86%  A Martin        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-5, Jeff Wallace facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   85%  T Fernandez     Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   84%  M Grissom       Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   83%  A Lopez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Albie Lopez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   87%  E Williams      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   82%  J Randa         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   74%  J Kendall       Hit By Pitch; Randa to 2B
                  Mike Jackson replaces Albie Lopez pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  4   84%  J Guillen       Strikeout Swinging
                  Turner Ward pinch hits for Abraham Nunez batting 8th
   O      12-  5   92%  T Ward          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-5, Matt Ruebel facing 1-2-3
                  Matt Ruebel replaces Turner Ward pitching and batting 8th; Dale Sveum replaces Jeff Wallace playing SS batting 9th
   O      ---  7   91%  O Vizquel       Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          ---  2   92%  K Seitzer       Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   93%  M Ramirez       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Seitzer to 2B
   O      12-  3   92%  M Williams      Flyball: CF
   O      12-  5   90%  D Justice       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Jose Mesa facing 9-1-2
                  Jose Mesa replaces Mike Jackson pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   95%  D Sveum         Flyball: LF
          ---  6   89%  T Womack        Walk
          1--  2   79%  J Allensworth   Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Womack to 2B
   O      12-  3   85%  A Martin        Groundout: 1B-P; Womack to 3B; Allensworth to 2B
   O      -23  3  100%  E Williams      Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Pirates 5.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation