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DETROIT TIGERS @ TORONTO BLUE JAYS
04/16/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Frank Wills
Pitching: RHP Frank Wills
Batting: LHB Jose R Herrera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shannon Stewart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 5S, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Ben Grieve 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 98.1 MPH)
Shannon Stewart to third
Batting: RHB Howard Battle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 110.6 MPH)
Shannon Stewart scores
Ben Grieve to third
Batting: LHB Brent Mayne 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 101.3 MPH)
Ben Grieve scores
Howard Battle to third
Batting: RHB Russ Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Adrian Brown 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 96.3 MPH)
Howard Battle scores
Brent Mayne to third
Russ Johnson to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Shane Halter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Detroit 4 - Toronto 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Pitching: RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: RHB Derek Jeter 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Will Clark 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark McGwire 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ellis Burks 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, U4 (Groundball, 4M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 4 - Toronto 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Frank Wills
Batting: LHB Jose R Herrera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 63.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shannon Stewart 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 348 ft
Batting: LHB Ben Grieve 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 5 - Toronto 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dean Palmer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hector Villanueva 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH)
Phil Plantier to second
Batting: LHB Lance Johnson 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 108.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 5 - Toronto 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Frank Wills
Batting: RHB Howard Battle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brent Mayne 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Russ Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 5 - Toronto 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: SHB Tony Fernandez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Derek Jeter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Will Clark 0-0: Ball
Balk!
Derek Jeter to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mark McGwire 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 9D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: RHB Ellis Burks 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 358 ft
Batting: RHB Dean Palmer 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hector Villanueva 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 90.6 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: LHB Lance Johnson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tony Fernandez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Lance Johnson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by CF and OUT! 8-6-2
Bottom of the 3rd over - 6 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 5 - Toronto 6
TOP OF THE 4TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Frank Wills
Batting: SHB Adrian Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shane Halter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Bunt missed!
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jose R Herrera 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS, EV 86.9 MPH)
Adrian Brown to second
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 91.3 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Pitching: RHP Jim Corsi
Batting: RHB Shannon Stewart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ben Grieve 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: RHB Derek Jeter 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Will Clark 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-4
Derek Jeter to second
Batting: RHB Mark McGwire 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Lined into DP, 9-6 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
TOP OF THE 5TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Jim Corsi
Batting: RHB Howard Battle 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brent Mayne 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Russ Johnson 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: RHB Ellis Burks 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dean Palmer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
TOP OF THE 6TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Jim Corsi
Batting: SHB Adrian Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shane Halter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jose R Herrera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
Jose R Herrera is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: RHB Hector Villanueva 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lance Johnson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tony Fernandez 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
TOP OF THE 7TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Jim Corsi
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 3SF, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shannon Stewart 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ben Grieve 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 6
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Kevin Gross
Batting: RHB Derek Jeter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Will Clark 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mark McGwire 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Will Clark to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Pitching: RHP Danny Graves
Batting: RHB Ellis Burks 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 85.6 MPH)
Mark McGwire to third
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 7
TOP OF THE 8TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : RHP Jim Corsi
Pitching: LHP Steve Shirley
Batting: RHB Howard Battle 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Brent Mayne 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Russ Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Adrian Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 7
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : RHP Danny Graves
Pitching: LHP Rigo Beltran
Batting: RHB Dean Palmer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 373 ft
Batting: RHB Hector Villanueva 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lance Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tony Fernandez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 8
TOP OF THE 9TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : LHP Steve Shirley
Batting: RHB Shane Halter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jose R Herrera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tino Martinez 0-0: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.8 MPH)
Jose R Herrera to third
Batting: RHB Shannon Stewart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ben Grieve 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 8
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : LHP Rigo Beltran
Batting: RHB Derek Jeter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Will Clark 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark McGwire 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Toronto 8
TOP OF THE 10TH
Detroit Tigers batting - Pitching for Toronto Blue Jays : LHP Steve Shirley
Batting: RHB Howard Battle 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Pitching: LHP German Jimenez
Batting: LHB Brent Mayne 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Howard Battle scores
Batting: RHB Russ Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Adrian Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 10th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 9 - Toronto 8
BOTTOM OF THE 10TH
Toronto Blue Jays batting - Pitching for Detroit Tigers : LHP Rigo Beltran
Pitching: LHP Steve J Kline
Batting: RHB Ellis Burks 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dean Palmer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 10th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 9 - Toronto 8
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