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ANA  7
CLE  5

OAK  3
TEX  2

SEA  7
CHW  4

TBD  9
DET  5

ARI  9
SDP  0

MIL  9
@HOU  3

SFG  9
@LAD  2

MON  7
FLA  6

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 38,142

Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Time of Game: 3:33
Tigers
5
0-1
Lost 1
4th, 1 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   1  0  4   0  0  0    5 12  2
Devil Rays      0  0  1   1  1  2   0  4  X    9 12  0
W: V Zambrano (1-0), L: J Acevedo (0-1)
Devil Rays
9
1-0
Won 1
1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Higginson LF                5   0   2   2    0   0  .400 1.000    9    2   0   2B,SB
S Halter SS                   4   0   1   0    1   2  .250  .650   24    3   1   
R Fick DH                     5   1   2   0    0   0  .400 1.000   26    0   0   2B
D Young 1B                    5   1   1   0    0   0  .200  .400   19    6   1   GDP
C Paquette 3B                 4   0   1   1    0   1  .250  .750   16    0   1   2B
J Cruz RF                     3   1   1   0    1   0  .333  .833   15    0   0   
M Rivera C                    4   1   2   1    0   1  .500 1.000   16    6   0   
D Easley 2B                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .500   14    2   2   
J Macias CF                   3   1   1   1    1   1  .333  .833   13    4   0   GDP

J Weaver P                                                               0   2
  M Miller P                                                             0   0
  J Acevedo P                                                            1   1
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
Totals                       37   5  12   5    3   5              152   24   8
BATTING
2B: C Paquette (1, off T Sturtze); B Higginson (1, off J Colome); R Fick (1, off T Sturtze).
TB: B Higginson 3; R Fick 3; C Paquette 2; M Rivera 2; J Cruz; D Young; S Halter; J Macias; D Easley.
GIDP: J Macias (1); D Young (1).
RBI: B Higginson 2 (2); J Macias (1); M Rivera (1); C Paquette (1).
2-out RBI: B Higginson 2; J Macias.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 4 for 10.
FIELDING
E: D Young (1); S Halter (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: B Higginson (1, 3rd base off J Colome/T Hall).
Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Tyner LF                    3   1   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    9    3   0   2·SH
R Winn CF                     5   1   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   24    7   0   
S Cox 1B                      3   1   2   2    2   0  .667 1.467   16    5   0   IW
G Vaughn DH                   5   2   2   1    0   2  .400  .800   19    0   0   
T Hall C                      4   1   1   1    0   0  .250  .650   17    5   0   HBP
B Grieve RF                   3   0   1   1    2   1  .333 1.267   27    3   0   2B
B Smith 3B                    4   0   1   2    1   2  .250  .900   21    0   1   2B
B Abernathy 2B                5   0   1   1    0   0  .200  .600   13    1   3   2B
C Gomez SS                    4   3   3   0    0   0  .750 1.750   10    3   3   2B

T Sturtze P                                                              0   0
  J Colome P                                                             0   0
  D Creek P                                                              0   0
  T Phelps P                                                             0   0
  V Zambrano P                                                           0   0
  E Yan P                                                                0   0
Totals                       36   9  12   8    5   6              156   27   7
BATTING
2B: B Grieve (1, off J Weaver); C Gomez (1, off J Weaver); B Abernathy (1, off J Weaver); B Smith (1, off D Patterson).
SH: J Tyner 2 (2, off J Acevedo, off J Weaver).
IBB: S Cox (1, by J Acevedo).
HBP: T Hall (1, by D Patterson).
TB: C Gomez 4; G Vaughn 2; S Cox 2; B Grieve 2; B Abernathy 2; B Smith 2; J Tyner; T Hall.
RBI: S Cox 2 (2); B Smith 2 (2); T Hall (1); B Abernathy (1); G Vaughn (1); B Grieve (1).
2-out RBI: B Smith 2; B Abernathy; G Vaughn; B Grieve; T Hall.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 5 for 15.
FIELDING
DP: 2. B Abernathy-C Gomez-S Cox 2.
BASERUNNING
PO: R Winn (1st base by J Weaver).

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
J Weaver                       5.1   7   4   3    3   4   0   5.06   27  101-65   41· 7·17    5· 9· 6· 0     41    -     1.15  -0.11
M Miller, BS (1)               0     2   1   0    0   0   0  undef    3    5-4     3· 1· 0    2· 0· 1· 0          1-1    3.06  -0.36
J Acevedo, L (0-1)             2.1   2   3   3    1   2   0  11.57   10   39-23   17· 2· 4    4· 1· 2· 0          2-0    2.28  -0.03
D Patterson                    0.1   1   1   1    1   0   0  27.00    4   11-6     3· 0· 3    2· 0· 0· 0          2-2    0.94  -0.12
Totals                         8    12   9   7    5   6   0          44  156-98   64·10·24   13·10· 9· 0          5-3 
Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Sturtze                      5.2   9   5   5    2   3   0   7.94   27  100-69   48· 9·12    6·11· 5· 0     32    -     1.36  -0.10
J Colome                       0     1   0   0    1   0   0  undef    2    7-3     1· 0· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          2-2    1.54  -0.29
D Creek                        0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    2   10-7     4· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.50   0.08
T Phelps                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    4   16-12    9· 1· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.65   0.05
V Zambrano, W (1-0)            0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    2    6-6     3· 2· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    2.14   0.11
E Yan                          1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   10-9     5· 1· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.34   0.01
Totals                         9    12   5   5    3   5   0          40  149-106  70·14·22   11·15· 6· 0          5-2 
M Miller faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.
J Colome faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: J Weaver (1).
IBB: J Acevedo (1; S Cox).
PO: J Weaver (1; R Winn, 1st base).
HBP: D Patterson (1; T Hall).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dale Scott, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Jeff Nelson.
Time of Game: 3:33.
Attendance: 38,142.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Tampa Bay Devil Rays                 
1. B Higginson          LF    1. J Tyner              LF 
2. S Halter             SS    2. R Winn               CF 
3. R Fick               DH    3. S Cox                1B 
4. D Young              1B    4. G Vaughn             DH 
5. C Paquette           3B    5. T Hall               C  
6. J Cruz               RF    6. B Grieve             RF 
7. M Rivera             C     7. B Smith              3B 
8. D Easley             2B    8. B Abernathy          2B 
9. J Macias             CF    9. C Gomez              SS 

   J Weaver             P        T Sturtze            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  3-3  12-  2  -28%  24% B Higginson     J Colome        Double to RF (Line Drive); Rivera Scores; Macias Scores
   b 8   2  5-5  1-3  3   25%  86% G Vaughn        J Acevedo       Single to LF (Line Drive); Gomez Scores; Cox to 2B
   b 6   1  5-3  123  1   20%  63% S Cox           M Miller        Single to RF (Line Drive); Gomez Scores; Tyner Scores/unER; Winn to 2B
   t 6   2  3-2  1-3  1  -15%  51% J Macias        T Sturtze       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Cruz Scores; Rivera to 2B
   b 4   2  1-1  12-  2   14%  69% B Abernathy     J Weaver        Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Vaughn Scores; Smith to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tanyon Sturtze facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  B Higginson     Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   54%  S Halter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   55%  R Fick          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Weaver facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  J Tyner         Lineout: SS
   O      ---  7   51%  R Winn          Flyball: LF
          ---  4   52%  S Cox           Walk
   O      1--  8   50%  G Vaughn        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tanyon Sturtze facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   52%  D Young         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   54%  C Paquette      Flyball: RF
          ---  7   53%  J Cruz          Walk
   O      1--  6   55%  M Rivera        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Weaver facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   53%  T Hall          Flyball: CF
          ---  6   57%  B Grieve        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  3   53%  B Smith         Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  5   50%  B Abernathy     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tanyon Sturtze facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   46%  D Easley        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  1   54%  J Macias        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  2   53%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   56%  S Halter        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Weaver facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   62%  C Gomez         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  1   70%  J Tyner         Reached on E3 (catch)/Sacrifice Bunt (Bunt to P); Gomez Scores/No RBI/unER
   O      1--  3   67%  R Winn          Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      63%  S Cox           Winn Picked off 1B (P-1B)
   O      ---  6   62%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Tanyon Sturtze facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   55%  R Fick          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  9   57%  D Young         Flyball: CF; Fick to 3B
   R      --3  9   48%  C Paquette      Double to LF (Line Drive); Fick Scores
   O      -2-  1   52%  J Cruz          Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  4   56%  M Rivera        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jeff Weaver facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   60%  G Vaughn        Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   56%  T Hall          Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  5   53%  B Grieve        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  6   55%  B Smith         Walk; Vaughn to 2B
   R      12-  2   69%  B Abernathy     Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Vaughn Scores; Smith to 3B
   O      -23  3   64%  C Gomez         Foul Flyball: C (Front of Home)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-2, Tanyon Sturtze facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   67%  D Easley        Flyball: CF
          ---  6   63%  J Macias        Walk
   O      1--  2   67%  B Higginson     Popfly: SS
          1--  4   64%  S Halter        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Macias to 3B
   O      1-3  7   71%  R Fick          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Jeff Weaver facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   68%  J Tyner         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   71%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Winn to 1B
          1--  1   77%  S Cox           Single (Line Drive to CF-RF); Winn to 3B
   O      1-3  2   71%  G Vaughn        Popfly: SS
   R      1-3  4   81%  T Hall          Single (Ground Ball); Winn Scores; Cox to 2B
          12-  5   82%  B Grieve        Walk; Cox to 3B; Hall to 2B
   O      123  4   78%  B Smith         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 3.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Tanyon Sturtze facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   72%  D Young         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  2   77%  C Paquette      Flyball: RF
          1--  5   69%  J Cruz          Single to CF (Line Drive); Young to 3B
   R      1-3  3   60%  M Rivera        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Young Scores; Cruz to 2B
   O      12-  2   66%  D Easley        Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Cruz to 3B
   R      1-3  1   51%  J Macias        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Cruz Scores; Rivera to 2B
                  Jesus Colome replaces Tanyon Sturtze pitching
   RR     12-  2   24%  B Higginson     Double to RF (Line Drive); Rivera Scores; Macias Scores
          -2-      23%  S Halter        Higginson Steals 3B
          --3  5   22%  " "             Walk
                  Doug Creek replaces Jesus Colome pitching
   O      1-3  5   26%  R Fick          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 3-5, Jeff Weaver facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   23%  B Abernathy     Flyball: CF
          ---  4   27%  C Gomez         Single (Line Drive to LF-CF)
                  Matt Miller replaces Jeff Weaver pitching
          1--  1   33%  J Tyner         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Gomez to 2B
          12-  3   42%  R Winn          Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Gomez to 3B; Tyner to 2B
   RR     123  1   63%  S Cox           Single to RF (Line Drive); Gomez Scores; Tyner Scores/unER; Winn to 2B
                  Juan Acevedo replaces Matt Miller pitching
   O      12-  5   56%  G Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   50%  T Hall          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Tied 5-5, Doug Creek facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   54%  D Young         Flyball: CF
                  Travis Phelps replaces Doug Creek pitching
   O      ---  3   57%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   59%  J Cruz          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 5-5, Juan Acevedo facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   55%  B Grieve        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   52%  B Smith         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   50%  B Abernathy     Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Tied 5-5, Travis Phelps facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   43%  M Rivera        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  8   50%  D Easley        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  Victor Zambrano replaces Travis Phelps pitching
   O      1--  5   56%  J Macias        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   61%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 5-5, Juan Acevedo facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   67%  C Gomez         Single (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  1   65%  J Tyner         Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Gomez to 2B
   O      -2-  6   59%  R Winn          Groundout: 1B-P; Gomez to 3B
          --3  4   61%  S Cox           Intentional Walk
   R      1-3  3   86%  G Vaughn        Single to LF (Line Drive); Gomez Scores; Cox to 2B
                  Danny Patterson replaces Juan Acevedo pitching
          12-  1   87%  T Hall          Hit By Pitch; Cox to 3B; Vaughn to 2B
   R      123  5   94%  B Grieve        Walk; Cox Scores; Vaughn to 3B; Hall to 2B
   RR     123  3   99%  B Smith         Double to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Vaughn Scores; Hall Scores; Grieve to 3B
   O      -23  2   98%  B Abernathy     Groundout: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 9.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 5-9, Esteban Yan facing 2-3-4
                  Esteban Yan replaces Victor Zambrano pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  S Halter        Popfly: 1B
          ---  3   98%  R Fick          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   OO     1--  2  100%  D Young         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Devil Rays 9.

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