Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1999 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 2 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 1 1 2
Ramirez M. rf 2 0 0 0
  Ramirez A. rf 1 0 0 0
  Justice ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 1 1 1
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
  Cabrera pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cordero lf 4 1 1 1
Fryman 3b 3 1 1 1
  Houston ph 1 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 2 0 0 0
  McDonald pr 0 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 4 0 1 1
Ausmus c 5 1 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 2 2
Palmer 3b 5 0 0 0
Easley 2b 3 1 1 0
Encarnacion lf 4 1 2 2
Kapler cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Garcia rf 2 0 0 0
  Bartee ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 2 2 1
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Cleveland 210 000 101561
Detroit 001 041 01x7110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (17-10) 5.0 10 6 6 4 4
  Riske   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Assenmacher   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
6
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  W (3-11) 6.1 4 4 4 4 6
  Cordero   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (26) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
9

  E–S Alomar (5).  DP–Cleveland 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Cleveland Lofton (25,off Blair), Detroit D Cruz 2 (34,off Nagy 2); Ausmus (24,off Nagy); Encarnacion (30,off Nagy); Polonia (20,off Nagy).  3B–Detroit Bartee (3,off Assenmacher).  HR–Cleveland R Alomar (24,1st inning off Blair 1 on, 1 out); Fryman (9,2nd inning off Blair 0 on, 2 out); Cordero (6,7th inning off Blair 0 on, 0 out); Thome (33,9th inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SF–D Cruz (5,off Assenmacher).  IBB–Clark (5,by Reed).  SB–Encarnacion (33,2nd base off Nagy/S Alomar); Polonia (17,2nd base off Reed/S Alomar).  IBB–Reed (5,Clark).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–(none), 3B–Travis Katzenmeier.  T–3:01.  A–34,970.
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