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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 15, 1999
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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 May 15, 1999 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 15, 1999 |
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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 | May 15, 1999 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Burba |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Mlicki |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 39,769 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Dan Morrison 2B: Ed Hickox 3B: Larry Barnett |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kenny Lofton | Center Fielder |
Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Roberto Alomar | Second Baseman |
Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
Jim Thome | First Baseman |
Wil Cordero | DH |
David Justice | Left Fielder |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Einar Diaz | Catcher |
Mike Hargrove | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Juan Encarnacion | Left Fielder |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Bobby Higginson | Right Fielder |
Dean Palmer | DH |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Gabe Kapler | Center Fielder |
Frank Catalanotto | Third Baseman |
Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
Jason Wood | Shortstop |
Larry Parrish | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 15, 1999
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Mlicki
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Mlicki
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vizquel for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Mlicki
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Burba
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Burba
Easley strikes out. Diaz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Easley out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Burba
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Burba
Palmer strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Mlicki
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Catalanotto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Mlicki
Thome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cordero vs. Mlicki
Cordero is hit by the pitch. Thome moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Justice vs. Mlicki
Justice hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thome scores. Cordero moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Fryman vs. Mlicki
Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cordero scores. Justice moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Diaz vs. Mlicki
Diaz hits a line drive towards left. Encarnacion catches it and throws to second to double up Justice. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Burba
Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kapler vs. Burba
Kapler takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Catalanotto vs. Burba
Catalanotto hits a popup towards first. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Ausmus vs. Burba
Ausmus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lofton. Ausmus reaches second base with a double. Clark scores. Kapler moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Wood vs. Burba
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kapler scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Encarnacion vs. Burba
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Ramirez. Encarnacion reaches second base with a double. Ausmus scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Easley vs. Burba
Easley strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Mlicki
Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Mlicki
Vizquel hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Higginson who is chasing the ball. Vizquel reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Alomar vs. Mlicki
Alomar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Ramirez vs. Mlicki
Ramirez hits a line drive into right field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vizquel tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thome vs. Mlicki
Thome hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Cordero vs. Mlicki
Cordero takes first base on ball four. Alomar moves to third. Thome moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Justice vs. Mlicki
Justice hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Mlicki
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Burba
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higginson for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Burba
Palmer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Burba
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Kapler vs. Burba
Kapler hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Mlicki
Diaz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Encarnacion. Diaz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Lofton vs. Mlicki
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Diaz moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Vizquel vs. Mlicki
Vizquel hits a fly ball into right field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Diaz tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Mlicki
Alomar hits a popup towards third. Catalanotto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Burba
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Burba
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Fryman, and into shallow left field. Ausmus reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Burba
There's a wild pitch. Ausmus moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Wood vs. Burba
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ausmus scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Burba
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Florie
Bryce Florie now pitching.
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Florie
Thome strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Florie
Cordero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Burba
Easley hits a line drive towards short. Vizquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Burba
Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Burba
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Burba
Clark hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Justice vs. Florie
Justice strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Florie
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Catalanotto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Florie
Diaz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Burba
Kapler hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Burba
Catalanotto hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Burba
Ausmus is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Burba
Wood strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Florie
Lofton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Vizquel vs. Florie
Vizquel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lofton moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Alomar vs. Florie
Alomar bunts towards the mound. Florie juggles the ball. That's an error on Florie. Lofton moves to third. Vizquel moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Ramirez vs. Florie
Ramirez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lofton scores. Vizquel moves to third. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thome vs. Anderson
Matt Anderson now pitching.
Thome hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vizquel tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Cordero vs. Anderson
Cordero hits a line drive into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Justice vs. Anderson
Justice hits a line drive into left field. Encarnacion picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Encarnacion. Alomar scores. Ramirez moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Fryman vs. Anderson
Fryman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Burba
Jolbert Cabrera now playing center field.
Encarnacion strikes out. Diaz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Encarnacion out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Burba
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Assenmacher
Paul Assenmacher now pitching.
Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Assenmacher
Palmer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Assenmacher
Clark strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Anderson
Diaz hits a popup in front of the plate. Ausmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Anderson
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Anderson
Vizquel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Anderson
Enrique Wilson pinch hits for Roberto Alomar.
Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Reed
Enrique Wilson now playing second base. Steve Reed now pitching.
Kapler hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Reed
Catalanotto hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Reed
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Reed
Wood strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 11 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Jones
Thome hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kapler. Thome reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cordero vs. Jones
Cordero hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thome moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Justice vs. Jones
Justice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Easley covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Fryman vs. Jones
Fryman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Reed
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed juggles the ball. That's an error on Reed. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Macias vs. Reed
Jose Macias pinch hits for Damion Easley.
Macias hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Reed
Higginson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Reed
Karim Garcia pinch hits for Dean Palmer.
Garcia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Reed
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kapler vs. Reed
Kapler strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/15/1999 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Lofton K, cf 4 1 1 0 Encarnacion J, lf 5 1 1 1 Cabrera J, cf 1 0 0 0 Easley D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Vizquel O, ss 3 2 2 1 Macias J, ph 1 1 1 2 Alomar R, 2b 2 2 0 0 Higginson B, rf 4 0 2 0 Wilson E, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Palmer D, dh 4 0 1 0 Ramirez M, rf 4 1 2 3 Garcia K, ph 1 0 1 0 Thome J, 1b 3 2 2 1 Clark T, 1b 4 1 1 0 Cordero W, dh 3 2 0 0 Kapler G, cf 4 1 0 0 Justice D, lf 5 1 3 5 Catalanotto F, 3b 4 1 1 1 Fryman T, 3b 5 0 1 1 Ausmus B, c 3 2 2 1 Diaz E, c 4 1 1 0 Wood J, ss 4 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 12 12 11 38 7 10 7 Cleveland 025 100 301 -- 12 Detroit 030 100 012 -- 7 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Burba D (W) 6.2 5 4 4 3 8 Assenmacher P 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 Reed S 2.0 3 3 2 0 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Mlicki D (L) 4.0 6 8 8 3 1 Florie B* 2.0 3 3 2 0 4 Anderson M 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Jones T 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th E -- Florie B, Encarnacion J, Reed S DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Cleveland 5, Detroit 8 2B -- Ausmus B 2, Encarnacion J, Diaz E, Thome J 3B -- Vizquel O HR -- Justice D, Catalanotto F, Ramirez M, Macias J SH -- Alomar R SF -- Ramirez M, Vizquel O, Thome J HBP -- by Mlicki D (Cordero W), by Burba D (Ausmus B) WP -- Burba D T -- 3:07 A -- 39769
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