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September 19, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 12 1
Tigers 3 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 12 1
Tigers 3 11 1

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .249
OBP .250 .323
At Bats 3 398
Hits 0 99
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 1 39
RBI’s 0 55

Mark Brandenburg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 19, 1996
Out
Mark Brandenburg
Bill Haselman
Mo Vaughn
Jeff Frye
John Valentin
Nomar Garciaparra
Troy O'Leary
Lee Tinsley
Darren Bragg
Melvin Nieves
Travis Fryman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 8 12 1 13
Detroit Tigers 3 11 1 12
Winning Pitcher Tom Gordon
Losing Pitcher Trever Miller
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rudy Pemberton
Attendance 7,666
Time of Game 3 hours 22 minutes
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Nieves hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fryman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 9 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 9 Frye hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bragg hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Bragg reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Mike Myers now pitching. Garciaparra hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Casanova moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bartee hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Casanova hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Troy O'Leary now playing left field. Lee Tinsley now playing center field. Darren Bragg now playing right field. Mark Brandenburg now pitching. Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brandenburg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Haselman strikes out.
Top 8 Lee Tinsley pinch runs for Mike Greenwell. Troy O'Leary pinch hits for Rudy Pemberton. O'Leary takes first base on ball four. Tinsley moves to second.
Top 8 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Valentin strikes out.
Top 8 Brian Williams now pitching. Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 7 Nieves strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fryman hits a popup towards third. Valentin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clark hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Sierra moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sierra takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Higginson strikes out.
Top 7 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 7 Frye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Frye reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Bragg hits a popup towards short. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eischen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Joey Eischen now pitching. Haselman hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Bartee strikes out.
Bottom 6 Casanova hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. Fryman moves to third.
Bottom 6 Nieves strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fryman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Fryman reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Pemberton hits a popup towards short. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greenwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Canseco is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Vaughn. Higginson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Higginson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bartee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frye settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Richie Lewis now pitching. Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frye hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Haselman scores. Garciaparra scores. Bragg moves to third.
Top 5 Bragg takes first base on ball four. Haselman moves to third. Garciaparra moves to second.
Top 5 Garciaparra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haselman moves to second.
Top 5 Haselman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pemberton hits a line drive into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Bartee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nevin hits a line drive towards the mound. Gordon catches it and throws to third to double up Clark.
Bottom 4 Nieves takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fryman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Canseco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Vaughn is walked intentionally.
Top 4 There goes Frye. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Frye steals second.
Top 4 Frye takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bragg hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a line drive towards third. Valentin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz bunts in front of the plate. Haselman fields it and throws to first for the out. Higginson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Higginson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bartee hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garciaparra hits a line drive into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Haselman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pemberton scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 There goes Pemberton. The throw from Casanova and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 3 Pemberton hits a popup beyond short. Fryman can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Top 3 Greenwell strikes out.
Top 3 Valentin hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Casanova hits a line drive towards short. Garciaparra reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nevin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keagle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 2 Greg Keagle now pitching. Frye takes first base on ball four. Haselman scores. Garciaparra moves to third. Bragg moves to second.
Top 2 Bragg takes first base on ball four. Haselman moves to third. Garciaparra moves to second.
Top 2 Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Pemberton scores. Haselman moves to second.
Top 2 Haselman takes first base on ball four. Greenwell moves to third. Pemberton moves to second.
Top 2 Pemberton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Valentin scores. Greenwell moves to second.
Top 2 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Valentin moves to third.
Top 2 Valentin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nevin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higginson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 1 Frye strikes out.
Top 1 Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.