June 2, 1998 Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 9
SEA 8
(10) CLE 8
@DET 3 ANA 7
@KCR 5 MIN 10
OAK 3 NYY 6
CHW 3 TEX 7
@TBD 3 BOS 11
@TOR 3 CHC 2
FLA 1 ARI 9
@COL 3 STL 7
@LAD 4 ATL 9
@MIL 0 MON 4
@PHI 3 PIT 5
NYM 2 HOU 4
@SDP 3 SFG 4
CIN 2

Standings at end of play this day

SkyDome, Attendance: 26,177

Tuesday, June 2, 1998, 7:07
Time of Game: 2:53

Red Sox

33-22

Won 4

2nd, 7½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  0  4   1  0  0   0  5  1   11 11  0
Blue Jays       0  2  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    3  8  1

W: S Avery (2-1), L: C Carpenter (1-2)

Blue Jays

28-29

Lost 3

3rd, 13½ GB

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Lewis CF                    5   1   2   1    0   0  .298  .785   15    3   0   2B
R Jefferson DH                4   1   0   0    1   1  .306  .903   19    0   0   
N Garciaparra SS              5   1   1   3    0   0  .298  .847   14    3   1   HR
M Vaughn 1B                   4   0   1   1    1   2  .307  .926   20    6   3   2B
T O'Leary LF                  5   1   1   1    0   0  .286  .878   26    1   0   HR
J Valentin 3B                 4   2   2   0    1   1  .250  .751   18    0   2   2B,SB,GDP
S Hatteberg C                 3   2   1   1    2   0  .273  .816   30    6   0   
L Merloni 2B                  4   2   2   1    0   0  .292  .808    9    2   2   2B
D Bragg RF                    4   1   1   3    0   2  .271  .842   16    5   0   HR

S Avery P                                                                0   3
  R Garces P                                                             0   1
  B Barkley P                                                            1   0
Totals                       38  11  11  11    5   6              167   27  12

BATTING

2B: D Lewis (11, off C Carpenter); L Merloni (4, off E Hanson); M Vaughn (12, off E Hanson); J Valentin (15, off C Carpenter).

HR: T O'Leary (13, off C Carpenter; 8th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); N Garciaparra (7, off C Carpenter; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF); D Bragg (4, off E Hanson; 8th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

TB: N Garciaparra 4; D Bragg 4; T O'Leary 4; J Valentin 3; L Merloni 3; D Lewis 3; M Vaughn 2; S Hatteberg.

GIDP: J Valentin (4).

RBI: D Bragg 3 (21); N Garciaparra 3 (35); S Hatteberg (15); M Vaughn (40); T O'Leary (27); D Lewis (17); L Merloni (9).

2-out RBI: D Bragg 3; N Garciaparra 3; L Merloni; T O'Leary.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 5 for 11.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Valentin (3, 2nd base off B Van Ryn/M Dalesandro).

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Cruz CF                     5   0   0   0    0   1  .197  .574   18    1   0   
S Stewart LF                  4   0   1   0    1   2  .256  .699   20    4   0   
J Canseco RF                  3   1   0   0    2   0  .233  .848   20    0   0   SB,2·CS
C Delgado 1B                  3   1   1   0    1   1  .317  .968   17    8   3   2B
M Stanley DH                  3   1   2   1    1   1  .234  .789   18    0   0   
T Fernandez 2B                3   0   0   0    0   0  .269  .750    6    1   3   SH
E Sprague 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .232  .700   14    2   1   
M Dalesandro C                4   0   3   2    0   0  .600 1.400   11    6   0   2B
C Grebeck SS                  3   0   1   0    1   0  .278  .919   19    1   3   

C Carpenter P                                                            2   0
  B Van Ryn P                                                            0   0
  E Hanson P                                                             2   0
Totals                       32   3   8   3    6   6              143   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Dalesandro (1, off R Garces); C Delgado (17, off S Avery).

SH: T Fernandez (2, off S Avery).

TB: M Dalesandro 4; C Delgado 2; M Stanley 2; C Grebeck; S Stewart.

RBI: M Dalesandro 2 (2); M Stanley (22).

2-out RBI: M Dalesandro 2; M Stanley.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Grebeck-T Fernandez-C Delgado.

E: T Fernandez (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Canseco (17, 2nd base off S Avery/S Hatteberg).

CS: J Canseco 2 (6, 2nd base by S Avery/S Hatteberg 2).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Avery, W (2-1)               5     3   3   3    6   3   0   6.41   22   79-41   25· 5·12    5· 5· 3· 0     46    -     1.14  -0.00
R Garces, H (2)                2     2   0   0    0   3   0   2.77    8   34-24   10· 7· 7    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    2.06   0.17
B Barkley                      2     3   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    9   27-19   15· 2· 2    3· 5· 1· 0          0-0    0.04   0.01
Totals                         9     8   3   3    6   6   0          39  140-84   50·14·21   10·11· 6· 0           -

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
C Carpenter, L (1-2)           7.2   8   7   7    2   6   2   5.24   33  134-79   44·14·21   11· 8· 6· 0     39    -     0.92  -0.24
B Van Ryn                      0     0   1   1    1   0   0   6.55    1    6-2     0· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.37  -0.01
E Hanson                       1.1   3   3   3    2   0   1   6.41    9   25-12   10· 0· 2    3· 3· 1· 0          2-2    0.11  -0.08
Totals                         9    11  11  11    5   6   3          43  165-93   54·14·25   14·11· 7· 0          3-2

B Van Ryn faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Ken Kaiser.

Time of Game: 2:53.

Attendance: 26,177.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Toronto Blue Jays                    
1. D Lewis              CF    1. J Cruz               CF 
2. R Jefferson          DH    2. S Stewart            LF 
3. N Garciaparra        SS    3. J Canseco            RF 
4. M Vaughn             1B    4. C Delgado            1B 
5. T O'Leary            LF    5. M Stanley            DH 
6. J Valentin           3B    6. T Fernandez          2B 
7. S Hatteberg          C     7. E Sprague            3B 
8. L Merloni            2B    8. M Dalesandro         C  
9. D Bragg              RF    9. C Grebeck            SS 

   S Avery              P        C Carpenter          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  2-1  -23  3   26%  67% N Garciaparra   C Carpenter     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Merloni Scores; Lewis Scores
   b 2   2  0-0  -23  1  -16%  28% M Dalesandro    S Avery         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Delgado Scores; Stanley Scores
   t 3   1  2-0  12-  1   15%  49% D Lewis         C Carpenter     Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Hatteberg Scores; Merloni to 3B
   b 7   0  5-3  -2-  5  -12%  55% C Grebeck       R Garces        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Dalesandro to 3B
   b 7   1  5-3  1-3  6   11%  76% S Stewart       R Garces        Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  D Lewis         Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   46%  R Jefferson     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   45%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Avery facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   47%  J Cruz          Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  1   49%  S Stewart       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   48%  J Canseco       Walk
   O      1--  2   50%  C Delgado       Canseco Caught Stealing 2B (P-1B-SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Carpenter facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   48%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   50%  T O'Leary       Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  1   45%  J Valentin      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Avery facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   39%  C Delgado       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  6   36%  M Stanley       Walk
   O      12-  1   36%  T Fernandez     Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Delgado to 3B; Stanley to 2B
   O      -23  4   44%  E Sprague       Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -23  1   28%  M Dalesandro    Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Delgado Scores; Stanley Scores
   O      1--  5   30%  C Grebeck       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Chris Carpenter facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   34%  S Hatteberg     Walk
          1--  4   40%  L Merloni       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Hatteberg to 2B
   O      12-  6   34%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  1   49%  D Lewis         Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Hatteberg Scores; Merloni to 3B
   O      -23  4   40%  R Jefferson     Strikeout Swinging
   RRR    -23  3   67%  N Garciaparra   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Merloni Scores; Lewis Scores
   O      ---  2   66%  M Vaughn        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 2-4, Steve Avery facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   69%  J Cruz          Popfly: RF (Deep 2B)
   O      ---  6   70%  S Stewart       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   69%  J Canseco       Walk
          1--      68%  C Delgado       Canseco Steals 2B
          -2-  6   67%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  5   56%  M Stanley       Single to CF (Line Drive); Canseco Scores; Delgado to 2B
   O      12-  1   62%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Chris Carpenter facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   59%  T O'Leary       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  5   63%  J Valentin      Double to LF (Line Drive)
   R      -2-  5   72%  S Hatteberg     Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Valentin Scores
   O      1--  1   69%  L Merloni       Lineout: CF
   O      1--  4   67%  D Bragg         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Steve Avery facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   70%  E Sprague       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---      72%  M Dalesandro    Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
          ---  5   71%  C Grebeck       Walk
   O      1--  4   74%  J Cruz          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   77%  D Lewis         Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2   75%  R Jefferson     Groundout: P unassisted (Weak 2B); Lewis to 2B
   O      -2-  3   72%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          -2-  6   73%  M Vaughn        Walk
   O      12-  8   69%  T O'Leary       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Steve Avery facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   64%  S Stewart       Walk
   O      1--  3   69%  J Canseco       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   73%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--      77%  M Stanley       Canseco Caught Stealing 2B (P-1B-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   75%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   73%  S Hatteberg     Foul Popfly: 3B (Short LF Foul)
   O      ---  2   72%  L Merloni       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Rich Garces facing 5-6-7
                  Rich Garces replaces Steve Avery pitching
   O      ---  4   76%  M Stanley       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   79%  T Fernandez     Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  7   80%  E Sprague       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Chris Carpenter facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   78%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   77%  D Lewis         Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   76%  R Jefferson     Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Rich Garces facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   66%  M Dalesandro    Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
          -2-  5   55%  C Grebeck       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Dalesandro to 3B
   O      1-3  4   65%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  6   76%  S Stewart       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  2   85%  J Canseco       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Chris Carpenter facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   84%  N Garciaparra   Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   83%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  6   91%  T O'Leary       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          ---  2   91%  J Valentin      Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Ben Van Ryn replaces Chris Carpenter pitching
          1--      91%  S Hatteberg     Valentin Steals 2B
          -2-  6   92%  " "             Walk
                  Erik Hanson replaces Ben Van Ryn pitching
   R      12-  2   96%  L Merloni       Double to LF (Line Drive); Valentin Scores; Hatteberg to 3B
   RRR    -23  1   99%  D Bragg         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Hatteberg Scores; Merloni Scores
   O      ---  2   99%  D Lewis         Groundout: SS-1B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-10, Brian Barkley facing 4-5-6
                  Brian Barkley replaces Rich Garces pitching
   O      ---  1  100%  C Delgado       Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  3   99%  M Stanley       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3  100%  T Fernandez     Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      1--  1  100%  E Sprague       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 3.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 10-3, Erik Hanson facing 2-3-4
          ---  4  100%  R Jefferson     Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  N Garciaparra   Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
   R      1--  1  100%  M Vaughn        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Jefferson Scores
   O      -2-  3  100%  T O'Leary       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          -2-  5  100%  J Valentin      Walk
   O      12-  5  100%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 11, Blue Jays 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-11, Brian Barkley facing 8-9-1
          ---  5  100%  M Dalesandro    Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4  100%  C Grebeck       Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3  100%  J Cruz          Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
          1--  3  100%  S Stewart       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Dalesandro to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  J Canseco       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 11, Blue Jays 3.

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