June 20, 2000 Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score

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KCR 8
@ANA 6 NYY 3
@BOS 0 CLE 4
@CHW 1 OAK 8
BAL 5 SEA 4
TBD 3 TEX 5
MIN 2 DET 18
@TOR 6 SDP 3
@ARI 1 ATL 11
CHC 4 CIN 3
COL 2 FLA 8
MIL 2 LAD 9
@HOU 6
(10) PIT 2
@MON 1 PHI 3
@NYM 2
(10) STL 7
SFG 2
(8)

Standings at end of play this day

SkyDome, Attendance: 18,850

Tuesday, June 20, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:03

Tigers

27-38

Won 1

4th, 15½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          5  2  3   2  0  0   0  2  4   18 18  0
Blue Jays       0  1  0   0  0  0   5  0  0    6  8  0

W: J Weaver (4-6), L: C Carpenter (6-6)

Blue Jays

37-34

Lost 1

3rd, 2 GB

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Easley 2B                   3   2   0   0    3   1  .229  .667   30    2   3   
  J Macias 2B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .652         0   0   
B Ausmus C                    4   2   1   0    1   0  .259  .710   18    6   0   2·GDP
  R Fick C                    1   1   1   3    0   0  .266  .710    3    0   0   HR
B Higginson LF                4   3   3   3    0   0  .288  .923   20    1   0   HR
  R Becker LF                 1   1   1   1    1   0  .274  .839   10    1   0   HR
J Gonzalez RF                 4   1   1   3    0   0  .265  .849   16    0   0   HR
  W Magee RF                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .298  .905    6    0   0   GDP
D Palmer DH                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .264  .883   15    0   0   2B
  L Polonia PH                2   1   1   0    0   0  .238  .651    7    0   0   
T Clark 1B                    3   3   2   4    2   0  .202  .726   20   11   0   2·HR,GDP
J Encarnacion CF              5   2   2   2    0   1  .280  .729   15    4   0   HR,3B
D Cruz SS                     5   1   3   2    0   1  .279  .713   17    0   6   HR,2·2B
S Halter 3B                   4   1   2   0    1   0  .292  .712   21    2   2   

J Weaver P                                                               0   0
  C Nitkowski P                                                          0   0
  D Patterson P                                                          0   0
  S Sparks P                                                             0   0
Totals                       41  18  18  18    9   3              198   27  11

BATTING

2B: D Palmer (9, off D Cubillan); D Cruz 2 (17, off M DeWitt, off C Carpenter).

3B: J Encarnacion (2, off C Carpenter).

HR: J Encarnacion (6, off C Carpenter; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF-CF); T Clark 2 (7, off D Cubillan, off M DeWitt; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); J Gonzalez (13, off C Carpenter; 1st inn, 2 on, 0 outs to CF); B Higginson (12, off C Carpenter; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF); D Cruz (3, off M DeWitt; 3rd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF); R Fick (1, off J Frascatore; 9th inn, 2 on, 1 out to RF); R Becker (4, off J Frascatore; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF).

TB: D Cruz 8; T Clark 8; J Encarnacion 7; B Higginson 6; R Becker 4; J Gonzalez 4; R Fick 4; D Palmer 2; S Halter 2; B Ausmus; L Polonia.

GIDP: B Ausmus 2 (7); T Clark (6); W Magee (4).

RBI: T Clark 4 (14); R Fick 3 (13); J Gonzalez 3 (30); B Higginson 3 (40); D Cruz 2 (23); J Encarnacion 2 (22); R Becker (16).

2-out RBI: T Clark 4; J Encarnacion.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 4 for 8.

FIELDING

PB: B Ausmus (1).

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  5   1   1   1    0   2  .344  .940   17    3   0   2B
H Bush 2B                     5   0   0   0    0   2  .186  .460   21    6   5   
R Mondesi RF                  4   1   2   3    1   0  .281  .854   18    3   0   HR,2B
C Delgado 1B                  3   0   1   0    2   1  .355 1.183   23    8   0   
B Fullmer DH                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .300  .918   13    0   0   
T Batista 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .279  .856   16    1   2   
J Cruz CF                     4   1   1   0    0   0  .238  .768   11    1   0   
A Gonzalez SS                 2   1   1   1    1   1  .240  .682   16    1   5   HR
  C Woodward PR-SS            0   1   0   0    1   0  .273 1.021    5    0   2   
A Castillo C                  4   1   2   1    0   0  .240  .610   14    4   0   2B

C Carpenter P                                                            0   1
  M DeWitt P                                                             0   0
  D Cubillan P                                                           0   1
  J Frascatore P                                                         0   0
Totals                       36   6   8   6    5   7              154   27  16

BATTING

2B: A Castillo (4, off J Weaver); S Stewart (17, off J Weaver); R Mondesi (18, off J Weaver).

HR: A Gonzalez (6, off J Weaver; 2nd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF); R Mondesi (16, off J Weaver; 7th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF).

TB: R Mondesi 6; A Gonzalez 4; A Castillo 3; S Stewart 2; J Cruz; C Delgado.

RBI: R Mondesi 3 (44); A Castillo (10); A Gonzalez (28); S Stewart (26).

2-out RBI: A Gonzalez.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 4. C Woodward-H Bush-C Delgado; T Batista-H Bush-C Delgado; H Bush-A Gonzalez-C Delgado; A Gonzalez-H Bush-C Delgado.

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, W (4-6)              6.1   8   6   6    3   6   2   4.85   30  117-69   41·10·18    7· 5· 7· 2     36    -     0.17   0.03
C Nitkowski                    0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   6.22    3   10-6     3· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.23   0.01
D Patterson                    1     0   0   0    1   0   0   3.12    4   12-7     4· 1· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
S Sparks                       1     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    4   15-9     5· 1· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     8   6   6    5   7   2          41  154-91   53·13·25   13· 7· 7· 2           -

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 (6-6)           2     7   9   9    4   0   3   5.21   16   70-34   21· 6· 7    4· 2· 3· 3      2    -     0.56  -0.43
M DeWitt                       3     5   3   3    1   1   2   9.00   13   39-25   13· 6· 6    4· 2· 3· 2          1-1    0.05  -0.02
D Cubillan                     3     3   2   2    3   2   1   8.04   14   66-32   15· 9· 8    5· 2· 1· 1          0-0    0.01  -0.01
J Frascatore                   1     3   4   4    1   0   2   7.86    7   23-13   10· 1· 2    2· 2· 0· 2          0-0    0.00  -0.00
Totals                         9    18  18  18    9   3   8          50  198-104  59·22·23   15· 8· 7· 8          1-1

C Carpenter faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt.

Time of Game: 3:03.

Attendance: 18,850.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 9mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Toronto Blue Jays                    
1. D Easley             2B    1. S Stewart            LF 
2. B Ausmus             C     2. H Bush               2B 
3. B Higginson          LF    3. R Mondesi            RF 
4. J Gonzalez           RF    4. C Delgado            1B 
5. D Palmer             DH    5. B Fullmer            DH 
6. T Clark              1B    6. T Batista            3B 
7. J Encarnacion        CF    7. J Cruz               CF 
8. D Cruz               SS    8. A Gonzalez           SS 
9. S Halter             3B    9. A Castillo           C  

   J Weaver             P        C Carpenter          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   0  0-1  12-  4   14%  80% J Gonzalez      C Carpenter     Home Run; Ausmus Scores; Higginson Scores
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  5    8%  61% B Ausmus        C Carpenter     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Easley to 3B
   t 2   1  0-5  1--  5    6%  93% B Higginson     C Carpenter     Home Run; Ausmus Scores
   t 1   2  0-4  ---  2    6%  84% J Encarnacion   C Carpenter     Home Run (LF-CF)
   t 1   0  0-0  1-3  4    5%  66% B Higginson     C Carpenter     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Easley Scores; Ausmus to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  D Easley        Walk
          1--  5   61%  B Ausmus        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Easley to 3B
   R      1-3  4   66%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Easley Scores; Ausmus to 2B
   RRR    12-  4   80%  J Gonzalez      Home Run; Ausmus Scores; Higginson Scores
          ---  5   82%  D Palmer        Walk
   OO     1--  4   78%  T Clark         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   R      ---  2   84%  J Encarnacion   Home Run (LF-CF)
          ---  1   85%  D Cruz          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  6   83%  S Halter        Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-5, Jeff Weaver facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   85%  S Stewart       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   86%  H Bush          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   85%  R Mondesi       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
          -2-  4   84%  C Delgado       Walk
   O      12-  5   87%  B Fullmer       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-0, Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   86%  D Easley        Lineout: 2B
          ---  6   87%  B Ausmus        Walk
   RR     1--  5   93%  B Higginson     Home Run; Ausmus Scores
   O      ---  2   93%  J Gonzalez      Foul Flyball: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  6   93%  D Palmer        Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Jeff Weaver facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   94%  T Batista       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   94%  J Cruz          Flyball: CF
   R      ---  5   92%  A Gonzalez      Home Run
   O      ---  1   92%  A Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 7-1, Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   93%  T Clark         Walk
   R      1--  2   96%  J Encarnacion   Triple to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Clark Scores
                  Matt DeWitt replaces Chris Carpenter pitching
   RR     --3  1   98%  D Cruz          Home Run; Encarnacion Scores
          ---  3   98%  S Halter        Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      1--  3   98%  D Easley        Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1--  1   97%  B Ausmus        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-10, Jeff Weaver facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   98%  S Stewart       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   98%  H Bush          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   98%  R Mondesi       Walk
   O      1--  4   98%  C Delgado       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 10-1, Matt DeWitt facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   98%  B Higginson     Single (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   98%  J Gonzalez      Flyball: RF
   O      1--  1   98%  D Palmer        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   RR     1--  1   99%  T Clark         Home Run; Higginson Scores
   O      ---  2   99%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-12, Jeff Weaver facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   99%  B Fullmer       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   99%  T Batista       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   99%  J Cruz          Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-1, Matt DeWitt facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   99%  D Cruz          Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          -2-  7   99%  S Halter        Walk
   O      12-  3   99%  D Easley        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Cruz to 3B
   OO     1-3  1   99%  B Ausmus        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-12, Jeff Weaver facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6  100%  A Gonzalez      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   99%  A Castillo      Double to RF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  1  100%  S Stewart       Popfly: 2B
   O      -2-  3  100%  H Bush          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-1, Darwin Cubillan facing 3-4-5
                  Darwin Cubillan replaces Matt DeWitt pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  B Higginson     Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  6  100%  J Gonzalez      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  3  100%  D Palmer        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
          -2-  5  100%  T Clark         Walk
   O      12-  3  100%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: SS-3B/Forceout at 3B; Clark to 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-12, Jeff Weaver facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2  100%  R Mondesi       Lineout: LF
          ---  5  100%  C Delgado       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  2  100%  B Fullmer       Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1  100%  T Batista       Lineout: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-1, Darwin Cubillan facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6  100%  D Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2  100%  S Halter        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  5  100%  D Easley        Walk
   O      1--  5  100%  B Ausmus        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-12, Jeff Weaver facing 7-8-9
                  Rich Becker replaces Bobby Higginson playing LF batting 3rd; Wendell Magee replaces Juan Gonzalez playing RF batting 4th
          ---  2  100%  J Cruz          Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  5  100%  A Gonzalez      Walk; Cruz to 2B
                  Chris Woodward pinch runs for Alex Gonzalez batting 8th
   R      12-  7   99%  A Castillo      Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Cruz Scores; Woodward to 2B
   R      12-  1   99%  S Stewart       Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Woodward Scores; Castillo to 3B
   O      -23  4   99%  H Bush          Strikeout Swinging
   RRR    -23  5   98%  R Mondesi       Home Run; Castillo Scores; Stewart Scores
                  C.J. Nitkowski replaces Jeff Weaver pitching
          ---  5   97%  C Delgado       Strikeout Swinging, Passed Ball; Delgado to 1B
   O      1--  2   98%  B Fullmer       Flyball: LF
   O      1--  3   99%  T Batista       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Blue Jays 6.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-6, Darwin Cubillan facing 3-4-5
                  Chris Woodward moves to SS
          ---  6   99%  R Becker        Walk
   OO     1--  5   99%  W Magee         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  Luis Polonia pinch hits for Dean Palmer batting 5th
          ---  3   99%  L Polonia       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  6  100%  T Clark         Home Run; Polonia Scores
   O      ---  6  100%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 14, Blue Jays 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 6-14, Danny Patterson facing 7-8-9
                  Danny Patterson replaces C.J. Nitkowski pitching; Robert Fick replaces Brad Ausmus playing C batting 2nd
   O      ---  1  100%  J Cruz          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5  100%  C Woodward      Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  A Castillo      Groundout: SS-1B; Woodward to 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  S Stewart       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 14, Blue Jays 6.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 14-6, John Frascatore facing 8-9-1
                  John Frascatore replaces Darwin Cubillan pitching
   O      ---  3  100%  D Cruz          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3  100%  S Halter        Single (Ground Ball)
          1--  5  100%  D Easley        Walk; Halter to 2B
   RRR    12-  3  100%  R Fick          Home Run; Halter Scores; Easley Scores
   R      ---  4  100%  R Becker        Home Run
   O      ---  1  100%  W Magee         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4  100%  L Polonia       Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 18, Blue Jays 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 6-18, Steve Sparks facing 2-3-4
                  Steve Sparks replaces Danny Patterson pitching
   O      ---  4  100%  H Bush          Flyball: CF
                  Jose Macias replaces Damion Easley playing 2B batting 1st
   O      ---  4  100%  R Mondesi       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5  100%  C Delgado       Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  B Fullmer       Groundout: 1B unassisted
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 18, Blue Jays 6.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:TOR200006200

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation