September 13, 1988 Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 6
BAL 4 KCR 4
@CAL 3 MIL 4
@CHW 0 NYY 5
@CLE 4 OAK 2
TEX 1 MIN 2
@SEA 1 TOR 9
DET 1 CIN 5
HOU 2 LAD 2
ATL 0 MON 7
STL 1 PIT 1
@NYM 0 CHC 9
@PHI 2 SFG 4
@SDP 1

Standings at end of play this day

Exhibition Stadium, Attendance: 32,141

Tuesday, September 13, 1988, 7:36
Time of Game: 3:00

Tigers

77-68

Lost 1

2nd, 4½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  6  0
Blue Jays       1  0  4   0  0  0   4  0  X    9 10  1

W: D Stieb (13-8), L: T Power (5-7)

Blue Jays

73-72

Won 1

5th, 8½ GB

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Pettis CF                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .208  .553   12    2   0   
D Bergman 1B                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .309  .808   14   10   1   
A Trammell SS                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .316  .852    5    0   0   HBP
  L Salazar PR-SS             2   0   1   0    1   1  .267  .684   11    0   3   
F Lynn LF                     3   0   1   0    1   0  .247  .778   15    2   0   
  S Lusader PR-LF             0   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .476         0   0   
M Nokes C                     3   0   1   0    0   0  .243  .733   14    6   1   2B
  M Heath PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .259  .708    2    0   0   GDP
  C Bando C                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .398         0   0   
D Evans DH                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .199  .687   12    0   0   
  R Knight PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .565    6    0   0   
C Lemon RF                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .262  .764   10    2   0   
  B Bean RF                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .750    4    0   0   
T Brookens 3B                 3   0   1   0    0   0  .246  .678   10    0   1   
  T Lovullo 3B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .762    2    0   1   
J Walewander 2B               4   1   1   0    0   0  .224  .511   14    1   3   2B

T Power P                                                                0   0
  D Heinkel P                                                            1   0
  P Gibson P                                                             0   0
Totals                       33   1   6   1    2   4              131   24  10

BATTING

2B: J Walewander (4, off D Stieb); M Nokes (16, off D Stieb).

HBP: A Trammell (4, by D Stieb).

TB: J Walewander 2; M Nokes 2; D Bergman; T Brookens; F Lynn; L Salazar.

GIDP: M Heath (6).

RBI: D Bergman (32).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 8.

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Fernandez SS                3   0   1   1    2   1  .288  .717   26    2   3   SB
  A Infante SS                0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .311         0   0   
L Moseby CF                   4   1   1   0    1   1  .244  .724   24    3   0   3B
  R Ducey CF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .500         0   0   
F McGriff 1B                  5   0   1   1    0   0  .287  .961   12   10   1   
G Bell LF                     5   2   3   0    0   0  .274  .762   19    0   0   
  S Campusano LF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .212  .616         1   0   
E Whitt C                     3   2   1   2    2   1  .254  .751   23    4   0   HR
  S Butera C                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .233  .596         0   0   
R Mulliniks DH                2   1   1   0    1   1  .299  .877   14    0   0   IW
  P Borders PH                1   1   0   0    1   0  .267  .748    9    0   0   
J Barfield RF                 4   2   2   4    0   0  .247  .746   13    1   0   HR
K Gruber 3B                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .279  .770   18    2   3   
M Lee 2B                      4   0   0   0    0   3  .289  .691   16    4   5   

D Stieb P                                                                0   1
  T Castillo P                                                           0   0
  M Eichhorn P                                                           0   0
Totals                       34   9  10   8    8   7              174   27  13

BATTING

3B: L Moseby (6, off T Power).

HR: E Whitt (13, off T Power; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out); J Barfield (17, off P Gibson; 7th inn, 3 on, 0 outs).

IBB: R Mulliniks (1, by T Power).

TB: J Barfield 5; E Whitt 4; G Bell 3; L Moseby 3; F McGriff; R Mulliniks; T Fernandez.

RBI: J Barfield 4 (53); E Whitt 2 (59); F McGriff (78); T Fernandez (61).

2-out RBI: T Fernandez.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Fernandez-M Lee-F McGriff.

E: M Lee (11).

BASERUNNING

SB: T Fernandez (14, 2nd base off T Power/M Nokes).

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
T Power, L (5-7)               2.1   7   5   5    2   3   1   6.04   16   59-33   20· 5· 8    2· 2· 6· 1     24    -     1.02  -0.26
D Heinkel                      3.2   2   1   1    2   4   0   3.96   15   74-48   24·12·12    6· 1· 2· 0          2-2    0.50  -0.05
P Gibson                       2     1   3   3    4   0   1   3.07   11   37-20   12· 2· 6    4· 0· 2· 1          1-1    0.05  -0.02
Totals                         8    10   9   9    8   7   2          42  170-101  56·19·26   12· 3·10· 2          3-3

Toronto Blue Jays             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Stieb, W (13-8)              7     6   1   1    2   4   0   3.49   31  113-67   34·11·22   11· 8· 5· 0     63    -     0.86   0.16
T Castillo                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   1.50    2    8-6     4· 0· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.09   0.01
M Eichhorn                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.12    3   10-6     3· 0· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9     6   1   1    2   4   0          36  131-79   41·11·27   15· 9· 5· 0          2-0

D Heinkel faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.
D Stieb faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: D Heinkel (5); D Stieb (5).

WP: D Heinkel (3).

IBB: T Power (7; R Mulliniks).

HBP: D Stieb (11; A Trammell).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Tim Tschida.

Time of Game: 3:00.

Attendance: 32,141.

Field Condition: Wet.

Weather: 61° F, Wind 12mph out to Rightfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Toronto Blue Jays                    
1. G Pettis             CF    1. T Fernandez          SS 
2. D Bergman            1B    2. L Moseby             CF 
3. A Trammell           SS    3. F McGriff            1B 
4. F Lynn               LF    4. G Bell               LF 
5. M Nokes              C     5. E Whitt              C  
6. D Evans              DH    6. R Mulliniks          DH 
7. C Lemon              RF    7. J Barfield           RF 
8. T Brookens           3B    8. K Gruber             3B 
9. J Walewander         2B    9. M Lee                2B 

   T Power              P        D Stieb              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   1  1-1  1--  1   20%  76% E Whitt         T Power         Home Run; Bell Scores
   t 3   0  1-0  ---  4   -7%  55% J Walewander    D Stieb         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   b 1   1  0-0  ---  5    7%  59% L Moseby        T Power         Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   b 1   2  0-1  123  3   -6%  61% J Barfield      T Power         Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
   t 5   2  5-1  123  2    6%  94% F Lynn          D Stieb         Groundout: 1B unassisted

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Stieb facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  G Pettis        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   54%  D Bergman       Lineout: 3B
          ---  5   53%  A Trammell      Hit By Pitch
                  Luis Salazar pinch runs for Alan Trammell batting 3rd
   O      1--  3   55%  F Lynn          Foul Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Ted Power facing 1-2-3
                  Luis Salazar moves to SS
   O      ---  3   53%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   59%  L Moseby        Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   R      --3  2   65%  F McGriff       Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Moseby Scores
          1--  4   68%  G Bell          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); McGriff to 2B
   O      12-  7   66%  E Whitt         Groundout: 1B unassisted; McGriff to 3B; Bell to 2B
          -23  4   67%  R Mulliniks     Intentional Walk
   O      123  3   61%  J Barfield      Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Dave Stieb facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   63%  M Nokes         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   60%  D Evans         Reached on E4 (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   63%  C Lemon         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  5   66%  T Brookens      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Ted Power facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   64%  K Gruber        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   63%  M Lee           Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   64%  T Fernandez     Walk
          1--      65%  L Moseby        Fernandez Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   62%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Dave Stieb facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   55%  J Walewander    Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   O      -2-  2   59%  G Pettis        Lineout: CF (LF-CF)
          -2-      56%  D Bergman       Balk; Walewander to 3B
   RO     --3  1   54%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B; Walewander Scores
   O      ---  4   55%  L Salazar       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 1-1, Ted Power facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   53%  F McGriff       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  2   56%  G Bell          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  1   76%  E Whitt         Home Run; Bell Scores
          ---  3   77%  R Mulliniks     Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   80%  J Barfield      Single to LF (Ground Ball); Mulliniks to 2B
                  Don Heinkel replaces Ted Power pitching
          12-      83%  K Gruber        Wild Pitch; Mulliniks to 3B; Barfield to 2B
          -23  6   83%  " "             Walk
   R      123      89%  M Lee           Balk; Mulliniks Scores; Barfield to 3B; Gruber to 2B
   O      -23  3   85%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   R      -23 11   90%  T Fernandez     Single to 1B (Ground Ball); Barfield Scores; Gruber to 3B
   O      1-3  4   88%  L Moseby        Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Stieb facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   85%  F Lynn          Walk
   O      1--  4   88%  M Nokes         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  6   90%  D Evans         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   92%  C Lemon         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Don Heinkel facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   91%  F McGriff       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   91%  G Bell          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   90%  E Whitt         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Stieb facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   87%  T Brookens      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   90%  J Walewander    Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B)
   O      1--  3   92%  G Pettis        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Deep SS)
          1--  4   90%  D Bergman       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF); Pettis to 3B
          1-3  6   88%  L Salazar       Walk; Bergman to 2B
   O      123  2   94%  F Lynn          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Don Heinkel facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   93%  R Mulliniks     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   93%  J Barfield      Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   92%  K Gruber        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Stieb facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   88%  M Nokes         Double to LF (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  3   90%  D Evans         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF); Nokes to 3B
   O      --3  4   94%  C Lemon         Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  1   95%  T Brookens      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Don Heinkel facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   95%  M Lee           Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   95%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  5   95%  L Moseby        Walk
   O      1--  3   94%  F McGriff       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Stieb facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   96%  J Walewander    Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  5   97%  G Pettis        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   97%  D Bergman       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Don Heinkel facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   98%  G Bell          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
                  Paul Gibson replaces Don Heinkel pitching
          1--  6   98%  E Whitt         Walk; Bell to 2B
                  Pat Borders pinch hits for Rance Mulliniks batting 6th
          12-  8   99%  P Borders       Walk; Bell to 3B; Whitt to 2B
   RRRR   123  2  100%  J Barfield      Home Run; Bell Scores; Whitt Scores; Borders Scores
   O      ---  2  100%  K Gruber        Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS)
   O      ---  1  100%  M Lee           Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  5  100%  T Fernandez     Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  L Moseby        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 9.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-9, Dave Stieb facing 3-4-5
          ---  1  100%  L Salazar       Single to P/Bunt
          1--  4   99%  F Lynn          Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Salazar to 2B
                  Tony Castillo replaces Dave Stieb pitching; Mike Heath pinch hits for Matt Nokes batting 5th; Scott Lusader pinch runs for Fred Lynn batting 4th
   OO     12-  2  100%  M Heath         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Salazar to 3B
                  Ray Knight pinch hits for Darrell Evans batting 6th
   O      --3  6  100%  R Knight        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 9-1, Paul Gibson facing 3-4-5
                  Chris Bando replaces Mike Heath playing C batting 5th; Torey Lovullo replaces Tom Brookens playing 3B batting 8th; Scott Lusader moves to LF; Bill Bean replaces Chet Lemon playing RF batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  F McGriff       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  G Bell          Lineout: CF
          ---  5  100%  E Whitt         Walk
   O      1--  1  100%  P Borders       Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 9.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-9, Mark Eichhorn facing 7-8-9
                  Mark Eichhorn replaces Tony Castillo pitching; Sal Butera replaces Ernie Whitt playing C batting 5th; Alexis Infante replaces Tony Fernandez playing SS batting 1st; Sil Campusano replaces George Bell playing LF batting 4th; Rob Ducey replaces Lloyd Moseby playing CF batting 2nd
   O      ---  4  100%  B Bean          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2  100%  T Lovullo       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4  100%  J Walewander    Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 9.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:TOR198809130

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation