April 3, 2002 Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Play by Play and Box Score

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CLE 6
@ANA 5 NYY 1
@BAL 0 MIN 1
@KCR 0 OAK 9
TEX 6 SEA 7
CHW 6 TBD 2
DET 1
(12) SDP 8
@ARI 7 PHI 3
@ATL 1 CHC 10
@CIN 3 HOU 15
MIL 2 SFG 12
@LAD 0 FLA 6
@MON 5 PIT 5
@NYM 3 COL 6
@STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 15,186

Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Time of Game: 3:17

Tigers

0-2

Lost 2

4th, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11 12    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1 10  0
Devil Rays      0  0  0   0  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  1    2 10  1

W: J Colome (1-0), L: J Farnsworth (0-1)

Winning Run scored with 1 out

Devil Rays

2-0

Won 2

1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Higginson LF                5   0   1   0    1   1  .300  .764   23    3   0   IW
S Halter SS                   6   0   0   0    0   1  .100  .282   17    2   3   GDP
R Fick DH                     4   1   3   1    0   0  .556 1.667   11    0   0   HR,2B,GDP
  W Magee PR                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    0   0   
D Young 1B                    4   0   1   0    1   1  .222  .633   13   10   1   2B,GDP,IW
M Meluskey C                  5   0   2   0    0   0  .400  .800   13   13   0   
C Paquette 3B                 4   0   1   0    1   2  .250  .708   27    2   1   
J Cruz RF                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .286  .661   10    2   0   SH
D Easley 2B                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .286  .730   11    0   3   HBP
J Macias CF                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .393   13    1   0   SH,GDP

S Sparks P                                                               1   1
  J Paniagua P                                                           0   1
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
  J Farnsworth P                                                         0   0
Totals                       40   1  10   1    4   5              141   34  10

BATTING

2B: R Fick (2, off P Wilson); D Young (1, off P Wilson).

HR: R Fick (1, off P Wilson; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to RF).

SH: J Macias (1, off J Colome); J Cruz (1, off V Zambrano).

IBB: B Higginson (1, by J Colome); D Young (1, by P Wilson).

HBP: D Easley (1, by P Wilson).

TB: R Fick 7; M Meluskey 2; D Young 2; J Cruz; C Paquette; B Higginson; D Easley.

GIDP: D Young (2); R Fick (1); S Halter (1); J Macias (2).

RBI: R Fick (1).

2-out RBI: R Fick.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Tyner LF                    5   0   0   0    1   1  .125  .347   23    2   0   
R Winn CF                     6   0   1   1    0   0  .091  .182   14    4   0   
S Cox 1B                      5   1   1   0    0   2  .375  .875   22   14   3   
G Vaughn DH                   3   0   0   0    2   1  .250  .650   21    0   0   
T Hall C                      5   0   4   1    0   0  .556 1.156   11    5   1   
B Grieve RF                   5   0   1   0    0   2  .250  .775   26    1   0   
B Smith 3B                    5   0   0   0    0   3  .111  .422   19    0   3   
B Abernathy 2B                5   1   3   0    0   0  .400  .900   13    4   7   SB
C Gomez SS                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .375  .875   22    3   4   SH

P Wilson P                                                               2   1
  V Zambrano P                                                           0   0
  J Colome P                                                             1   0
Totals                       43   2  10   2    3  11              171   36  19

BATTING

SH: C Gomez (1, off J Farnsworth).

TB: T Hall 4; B Abernathy 3; S Cox; R Winn; B Grieve.

RBI: T Hall (2); R Winn (1).

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 4. B Abernathy-C Gomez-S Cox 2; P Wilson-C Gomez-S Cox; B Smith-B Abernathy-S Cox.

E: C Gomez (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Abernathy (1, 2nd base off S Sparks/M Meluskey).

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
S Sparks                       7.1   8   1   1    2   7   0   1.23   32  114-72   43·11·18    8· 6· 9· 0     63    -     1.78   0.13
J Paniagua                     2.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    8   26-18   12· 2· 4    3· 3· 0· 0          2-0    2.34   0.46
D Patterson                    0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0  13.50    1    3-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.31   0.06
J Farnsworth, L (0-1)          1     2   1   1    1   2   0   9.00    6   25-13    9· 2· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    2.71  -0.27
Totals                        11.1  10   2   2    3  11   0          47  168-106  66·15·25   14· 9·10· 0          2-0

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
P Wilson                       8     9   1   1    1   5   1   1.13   32   96-67   43· 8·16   13· 5· 6· 1     64    -     0.99   0.30
V Zambrano                     2     0   0   0    2   0   0   0.00    8   23-12   10· 2· 0    3· 3· 0· 0          0-0    2.98   0.28
J Colome, W (1-0)              2     1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    7   22-11    7· 1· 3    5· 0· 1· 0          0-0    2.76   0.28
Totals                        12    10   1   1    4   5   1          47  141-90   60·11·19   21· 8· 7· 1           -

Balks: None.

WP: S Sparks (1).

IBB: P Wilson (1; D Young); J Colome (1; B Higginson).

HBP: P Wilson (1; D Easley).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Joyce, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Dale Scott.

Time of Game: 3:17.

Attendance: 15,186.

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. M Meluskey           C     5. T Hall               C  
6. C Paquette           3B    6. B Grieve             RF 
7. J Cruz               RF    7. B Smith              3B 
8. D Easley             2B    8. B Abernathy          2B 
9. J Macias             CF    9. C Gomez              SS 

   S Sparks             P        P Wilson             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b12   1  1-1  12-  3   29% 100% R Winn          J Farnsworth    Single to LF (Line Drive); Abernathy Scores; Tyner to 2B
   b 8   1  1-0  12-  3   26%  67% T Hall          S Sparks        Single to LF (Line Drive); Cox Scores; Vaughn to 2B
   t12   1  1-1  12-  5   22%  64% S Halter        J Colome        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   t 6   2  0-0  ---  3  -17%  39% R Fick          P Wilson        Home Run
   b 7   2  1-0  123  5  -15%  26% J Tyner         S Sparks        Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   47%  B Higginson     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   50%  S Halter        Flyball: CF
   OO     1--  5   55%  R Fick          Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Sparks facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  J Tyner         Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
   O      ---  3   51%  R Winn          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   50%  S Cox           Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   52%  D Young         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   54%  M Meluskey      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  7   53%  C Paquette      Single (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
          1--  3   51%  J Cruz          Single to RF (Line Drive); Paquette to 2B
   O      12-  1   55%  D Easley        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Sparks facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   53%  G Vaughn        Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   55%  T Hall          Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      57%  B Grieve        Wild Pitch; Hall to 2B
   O      -2-  2   54%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Hall to 3B
   O      --3  1   50%  B Smith         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   53%  J Macias        Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  3   54%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  2   56%  S Halter        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Sparks facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   53%  B Abernathy     Lineout: RF
   O      ---  8   51%  C Gomez         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   50%  J Tyner         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 3-4-5
          ---  2   46%  R Fick          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  2   55%  D Young         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  2   53%  M Meluskey      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  7   56%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Sparks facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   53%  R Winn          Lineout: 3B
   O      ---  5   51%  S Cox           Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   53%  G Vaughn        Walk
          1--  2   55%  T Hall          Single to RF (Line Drive); Vaughn to 2B
   O      12-  9   50%  B Grieve        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   53%  J Cruz          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   50%  D Easley        Hit By Pitch
   OO     1--  3   57%  J Macias        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Sparks facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   54%  B Smith         Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   57%  B Abernathy     Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   53%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
          1--      55%  J Tyner         Abernathy Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   50%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Wilson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  B Higginson     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   56%  S Halter        Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  3   39%  R Fick          Home Run
          ---  1   36%  D Young         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  4   40%  M Meluskey      Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Steve Sparks facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   36%  R Winn          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   33%  S Cox           Foul Flyball: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  1   31%  G Vaughn        Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Paul Wilson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   34%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   36%  J Cruz          Flyball: LF
          ---  1   34%  D Easley        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   37%  J Macias        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Steve Sparks facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   44%  T Hall          Single to 3B (Bunt)
          1--  4   55%  B Grieve        Single to RF (Line Drive); Hall to 2B
   O      12-  2   45%  B Smith         Bunt Popfly: P
          12-  2   56%  B Abernathy     Single to LF (Line Drive); Hall to 3B; Grieve to 2B
   O      123  6   41%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  5   26%  J Tyner         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Paul Wilson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   28%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   30%  S Halter        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  1   27%  R Fick          Double (Line Drive to LF-CF)
                  Wendell Magee pinch runs for Robert Fick batting 3rd
          -2-  4   27%  D Young         Intentional Walk
   O      12-  2   31%  M Meluskey      Single/runner struck by batted ball and is out (Ground Ball); Magee to 3B; Young out at 3B/2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Steve Sparks facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   25%  R Winn          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   32%  S Cox           Single (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  5   41%  G Vaughn        Walk; Cox to 2B
   R      12-  3   67%  T Hall          Single to LF (Line Drive); Cox Scores; Vaughn to 2B
                  Jose Paniagua replaces Steve Sparks pitching
   O      12-  4   61%  B Grieve        Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Vaughn to 3B
   O      1-3  5   50%  B Smith         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Victor Zambrano facing 6-7-8
                  Victor Zambrano replaces Paul Wilson pitching
          ---  5   42%  C Paquette      Walk
   O      1--  1   44%  J Cruz          Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Paquette to 2B
          -2-  6   42%  D Easley        Walk
   O      12-  4   53%  J Macias        Flyball: LF
   O      12-  2   64%  B Higginson     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jose Paniagua facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   58%  B Abernathy     Foul Flyball: C (Front of Home)
   O      ---  2   54%  C Gomez         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  1   50%  J Tyner         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 10th, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Victor Zambrano facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   56%  S Halter        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3   61%  W Magee         Foul Flyball: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  1   64%  D Young         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 10th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jose Paniagua facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   58%  R Winn          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7   54%  S Cox           Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   50%  G Vaughn        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 11th, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Jesus Colome facing 5-6-7
                  Jesus Colome replaces Victor Zambrano pitching
   O      ---  3   56%  M Meluskey      Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  4   61%  C Paquette      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   64%  J Cruz          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 11th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Danny Patterson facing 5-6-7
                  Danny Patterson replaces Jose Paniagua pitching
   O      ---  3   58%  T Hall          Groundout: SS-1B
                  Jeff Farnsworth replaces Danny Patterson pitching
   O      ---  6   54%  B Grieve        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  8   50%  B Smith         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 12th, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Jesus Colome facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   42%  D Easley        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   44%  J Macias        Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Easley to 2B
          -2-  4   42%  B Higginson     Intentional Walk
   OO     12-  5   64%  S Halter        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 12th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Jeff Farnsworth facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   72%  B Abernathy     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  2   70%  C Gomez         Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Abernathy to 2B
          -2-  5   71%  J Tyner         Walk
   R      12-  3  100%  R Winn          Single to LF (Line Drive); Abernathy Scores; Tyner to 2B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Devil Rays 2.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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