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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 4, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 4, 1997 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 4, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 4, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Charles Nagy |
Home Starting Pitcher | Scott Sanders |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 26,832 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Dan Morrison |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Marquis Grissom | Center Fielder |
Brian Giles | Left Fielder |
Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
Jim Thome | First Baseman |
David Justice | DH |
Matt Williams | Third Baseman |
Sandy Alomar | Catcher |
Jeff Branson | Second Baseman |
Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Mike Hargrove | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
Bobby Higginson | Right Fielder |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Bob Hamelin | DH |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Phil Nevin | Left Fielder |
Raul Casanova | Catcher |
Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
Buddy Bell | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 4, 1997
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Sanders
Grissom hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nevin. Grissom reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Giles vs. Sanders
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanders covering, for the out. Grissom moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Ramirez vs. Sanders
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grissom tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Sanders
Thome hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Nagy
Hunter hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Nagy
Higginson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Branson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Nagy
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Sanders
Justice hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Sanders
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Justice moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Alomar vs. Sanders
Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Branson vs. Sanders
Branson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Vizquel vs. Sanders
Vizquel hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Nevin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Nagy
Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Nagy
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Nagy
Easley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to third. Hamelin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Nevin vs. Nagy
Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Clark scores. Easley moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Casanova vs. Nagy
Casanova hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Nagy
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Sanders
Grissom takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Sanders
Giles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Higginson. Giles reaches second base with a double. Grissom goes all the way around to score. Giles moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Ramirez vs. Sanders
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Sanders
Thome hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Sanders
Justice hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Sanders
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Sanders
There goes Williams. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Williams steals second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Sanders
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Nagy
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Nagy
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Nagy
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Nagy
Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fryman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Hamelin vs. Nagy
Hamelin takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to third. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Easley vs. Nagy
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Branson vs. Sanders
Branson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Sanders
Vizquel bunts towards third. Fryman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Branson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Grissom vs. Sanders
Grissom hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Giles vs. Sanders
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ramirez vs. Sanders
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nevin vs. Nagy
Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Nagy
Casanova hits a line drive into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Nagy
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Sanders
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanders covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Sanders
Justice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunter. Justice reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Sanders
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Justice moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Alomar vs. Sanders
Alomar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Justice scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Branson vs. Sager
A.J. Sager now pitching.
Branson hits a line drive towards third. Fryman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Nagy
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Nagy
Higginson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Nagy
Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Nagy
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Nagy
Hamelin strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Sager
Vizquel strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Sager
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Sager
Giles hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Nagy
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nevin vs. Nagy
Nevin strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Nagy
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Sager
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Sager
Thome hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Myers
Mike Myers now pitching.
Justice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Miceli
Dan Miceli now pitching.
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Miceli
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Nagy
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Nagy
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Nagy
Higginson takes first base on ball four. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Fryman vs. Nagy
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Nagy
Clark strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Branson vs. Miceli
Branson hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Miceli
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Miceli covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Miceli
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Lopez
Albie Lopez now pitching.
Hamelin strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Lopez
Easley hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nevin vs. Lopez
Nevin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Casanova vs. Lopez
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Casanova for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Jarvis
Kevin Jarvis now pitching.
Giles hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Jarvis
There goes Giles. The throw from Casanova and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Ramirez vs. Jarvis
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Giles scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Thome vs. Jarvis
Thome hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Justice vs. Jarvis
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Ramirez moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Jarvis
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lopez
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Lopez
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Lopez
Higginson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/4/1997 -- Cleveland at Detroit (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Grissom M, cf 4 2 1 0 Hunter B, cf 5 0 0 0 Giles B, lf 5 2 2 1 Higginson B, rf 3 1 1 1 Ramirez M, rf 4 1 2 4 Fryman T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Thome J, 1b 5 1 2 1 Clark T, 1b 4 1 2 0 Justice D, dh 5 1 3 0 Hamelin B, dh 3 0 1 0 Williams M, 3b 5 0 1 0 Easley D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Alomar Jr. S, c 4 0 1 1 Nevin P, lf 4 0 1 1 Branson J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Casanova R, c 4 0 0 0 Vizquel O, ss 4 0 1 0 Cruz D, ss 4 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 7 13 7 35 2 8 2 Cleveland 103 010 101 -- 7 Detroit 010 010 000 -- 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Nagy C (W) 7.0 7 2 2 3 7 Lopez A 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Sanders S (L) 4.2 8 5 5 2 3 Sager A 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 Myers M* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Miceli D 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 Jarvis K 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Casanova R DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Cleveland 8, Detroit 9 2B -- Grissom M, Giles B, Justice D HR -- Ramirez M, Higginson B, Thome J SB -- Williams M, Giles B SF -- Ramirez M WP -- Sanders S T -- 2:58 A -- 26832
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