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Tigers
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
July 4, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 4, 2000 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 4, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 4, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Mlicki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Cory Lidle |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 18,011 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Justin Klemm 1B: Lance Barksdale 2B: Terry Craft 3B: Larry Young |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | DH |
| Rich Becker | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
| Dean Palmer | Third Baseman |
| Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
| Robert Fick | First Baseman |
| Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
| Juan Encarnacion | Center Fielder |
| Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
| Phil Garner | Manager |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Randy Winn | Center Fielder |
| Gerald Williams | DH |
| Bubba Trammell | Left Fielder |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Bob Smith | Second Baseman |
| Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
| John Flaherty | Catcher |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Felix Martinez | Shortstop |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
July 4, 2000
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Lidle
Polonia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Lidle
Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Polonia moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Higginson vs. Lidle
Higginson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Lidle
Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Lidle
Easley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fick vs. Lidle
There goes Easley. The throw from Flaherty and he is safe. Easley steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Fick vs. Lidle
Fick strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ausmus vs. Lidle
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lidle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Winn vs. Mlicki
Winn 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, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mlicki
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Mlicki
Trammell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Mlicki
McGriff strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Lidle
Encarnacion hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Trammell. Encarnacion reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Lidle
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Polonia vs. Lidle
Polonia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Encarnacion moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Becker vs. Lidle
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Encarnacion scores. Polonia moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higginson vs. Lidle
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Mlicki
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Mlicki
Flaherty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Mlicki
Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Lidle
Palmer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Lidle
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fick vs. Lidle
Fick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Lidle
Ausmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fick moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Encarnacion vs. Sturtze
Tanyon Sturtze now pitching.
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Sturtze
Cruz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Sturtze
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Mlicki
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Winn vs. Mlicki
Winn 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, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mlicki
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Mlicki
Trammell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Sturtze
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Sturtze
Higginson hits a fly ball into left field. Trammell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Sturtze
Palmer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Sturtze
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Mlicki
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGriff for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Mlicki
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Mlicki
Flaherty hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Fick vs. Sturtze
Fick hits a fly ball into left field. Trammell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Sturtze
Ausmus hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Winn, who is chasing the ball. Ausmus reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Encarnacion vs. Sturtze
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Cruz vs. Sturtze
Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Mlicki
Guillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Mlicki
Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Winn vs. Mlicki
Winn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley fields it and throws to second for the out. Guillen moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Mlicki
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Trammell vs. Mlicki
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Sturtze
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Polonia for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Sturtze
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Sturtze
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Mlicki
McGriff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Mlicki
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Mlicki
Flaherty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Sturtze
Palmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Sturtze
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Fick vs. Sturtze
Fick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Mlicki
Guillen hits a popup towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Mlicki
Martinez 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, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Winn vs. Mlicki
Winn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Mlicki
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Winn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Mlicki
Williams strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Sturtze
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Sturtze
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturtze fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Sturtze
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Nitkowski
Wendell Magee now playing left field. Shane Halter now catching. C.J. Nitkowski now pitching.
Trammell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Nitkowski
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Nitkowski
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Creek
Doug Creek now pitching.
Polonia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Creek
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Magee vs. Creek
Magee hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Polonia moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Palmer vs. Creek
Palmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Creek
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Easley for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Fick vs. Creek
Fick hits a fly ball into center field. Winn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Sparks
Robert Fick now catching. Shane Halter now playing first base. Steve Sparks now pitching.
Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Sparks
Flaherty is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Sparks
Guillen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Sparks
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Halter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/4/2000 -- Detroit at Tampa Bay (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Polonia L, dh 4 2 2 0 Winn R, cf 4 0 1 0
Becker R, rf 4 1 1 1 Williams G, dh 4 0 1 0
Higginson B, lf 4 1 1 3 Trammell B, lf 4 0 2 0
Magee W, lf 1 1 1 0 McGriff F, 1b 4 0 1 0
Palmer D, 3b 5 2 3 4 Smith B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Easley D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Castilla V, 3b 4 0 1 0
Fick R, 1b-c 4 1 0 0 Flaherty J, c 4 0 1 0
Ausmus B, c 4 1 2 0 Guillen J, rf 3 0 1 0
Halter S, c-1b 0 0 0 0 Martinez F, ss 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion J, cf 4 1 1 0
Cruz D, ss 4 1 1 3
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 11 12 11 35 0 9 0
Detroit 314 000 003 -- 11
Tampa Bay 000 000 000 -- 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki D (W) 7.0 8 0 0 0 4
Nitkowski C 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Sparks S 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle C (L) 2.1 7 7 7 2 1
Sturtze T 5.2 3 1 1 1 3
Creek D 1.0 2 3 3 1 1
DP -- Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1
LOB -- Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 9
2B -- Encarnacion J
3B -- Ausmus B
HR -- Higginson B, Palmer D 2, Cruz D
SB -- Easley D
T -- 2:46
A -- 18011
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