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Tigers
@ Athletics
Network Associates Coliseum
September 5, 1999
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 5, 1999 at Network Associates Coliseum.
Game Summary
Date | September 5, 1999 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 5, 1999 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willie Blair |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jimmy Haynes |
Ballpark | Network Associates Coliseum |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 20,429 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gary Cederstrom 1B: Ted Barrett 2B: Tim McClelland 3B: Eric Cooper |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Luis Polonia | Right Fielder |
Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
Bobby Higginson | DH |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Dean Palmer | Third Baseman |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Bill Haselman | Catcher |
Juan Encarnacion | Left Fielder |
Gabe Kapler | Center Fielder |
Larry Parrish | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rich Becker | Center Fielder |
Randy Velarde | Second Baseman |
Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
John Jaha | DH |
Matt Stairs | Right Fielder |
Ben Grieve | Left Fielder |
Scott Spiezio | Third Baseman |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Ramon Hernandez | Catcher |
Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Network Associates Coliseum
September 5, 1999
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Haynes
Polonia hits a line drive into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Haynes
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Haynes
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tejada. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Haynes
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Haynes
Palmer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Blair
Becker hits a line drive into right field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Velarde vs. Blair
Velarde hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Blair
Giambi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Polonia. Giambi reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jaha vs. Blair
Jaha hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Haynes
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Haselman vs. Haynes
Haselman hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Haynes
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kapler vs. Haynes
Kapler hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Blair
Stairs 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 -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Blair
Grieve hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Blair
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Blair
Tejada hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Haynes
Polonia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Haynes
Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Polonia goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Higginson vs. Haynes
Higginson hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Haynes
Clark hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Haynes
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Haynes
Easley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Haselman vs. Haynes
Haselman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Haselman reaches second base with a double. Easley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Encarnacion vs. Oquist
Mike Oquist now pitching.
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oquist fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Blair
Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Blair
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Velarde vs. Blair
Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Oquist
Kapler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Kapler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Polonia vs. Oquist
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Polonia for the out. Kapler moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Cruz vs. Oquist
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Higginson vs. Oquist
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Blair
Giambi hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jaha vs. Blair
Jaha hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Blair
Stairs hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Polonia. Stairs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Blair
Grieve hits a fly ball into center field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Spiezio vs. Blair
Spiezio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stairs scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Blair
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blair fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Oquist
Clark hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Oquist
Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Oquist
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oquist fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Blair
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Blair
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Velarde vs. Blair
Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Haselman vs. Oquist
Haselman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Oquist
Encarnacion hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kapler vs. Oquist
Kapler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Blair
Giambi 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 -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jaha vs. Blair
Jaha strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Blair
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Oquist
Polonia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Oquist
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Polonia moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Higginson vs. Oquist
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Clark vs. Oquist
Clark is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Palmer vs. Oquist
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Easley vs. Oquist
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Blair
Kimera Bartee now playing center field. Gabe Kapler now playing right field.
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Blair
Spiezio hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kapler. Spiezio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Blair
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Blair
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Encarnacion. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Spiezio scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Becker vs. Anderson
Matt Anderson now pitching.
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Velarde vs. Brocail
Doug Brocail now pitching.
Velarde strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Haselman vs. Oquist
Haselman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Oquist
Encarnacion hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Encarnacion reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Kapler vs. Worrell
Tim Worrell now pitching.
Kapler hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Bartee vs. Worrell
Bartee strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Brocail
Giambi strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jaha vs. Brocail
Jaha hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Stairs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bartee. Stairs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Jones
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark juggles the ball. That's an error on Clark. Stairs scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Jones
Ryan Christenson pinch runs for Ben Grieve.
Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Bartee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Worrell
Rich Becker now playing left field. Ryan Christenson now playing center field.
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Worrell
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Worrell
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Jones
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Jones
Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Jones
Becker strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/5/1999 -- Detroit at Oakland (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Polonia L, rf 4 1 2 0 Becker R, cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Bartee K, cf 1 0 0 0 Velarde R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Cruz D, ss 5 2 3 1 Giambi J, 1b 4 1 2 1 Higginson B, dh 5 0 0 0 Jaha J, dh 4 0 0 0 Clark T, 1b 3 1 1 3 Stairs M, rf 4 2 2 0 Palmer D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Grieve B, lf 4 0 0 0 Easley D, 2b 3 1 0 0 Christenson R, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Haselman B, c 4 0 1 1 Spiezio S, 3b 4 1 3 1 Encarnacion J, lf 4 0 2 0 Tejada M, ss 4 0 0 0 Kapler G, cf-rf 4 0 1 0 Hernandez R, c 4 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 5 10 5 35 4 8 3 Detroit 104 000 000 -- 5 Oakland 000 200 110 -- 4 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Blair W (W) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 Anderson M* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Brocail D 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Jones T (S) 1.1 1 1 0 0 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Haynes J (L) 2.2 6 5 4 1 3 Oquist M 4.2 4 0 0 1 2 Worrell T 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Tejada M, Clark T 2 DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Detroit 8, Oakland 6 2B -- Giambi J, Cruz D 2, Haselman B, Kapler G, Stairs M 2, Spiezio S, Hernandez R, Encarnacion J HR -- Clark T, Giambi J SF -- Clark T T -- 3:02 A -- 20429
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