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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 15 0
Red Sox 5 12 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 15 0
Red Sox 5 12 3

Lou Merloni Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .340
OBP .750 .358
At Bats 4 100
Hits 3 34
• Singles 2 23
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 15

Bob Wickman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 28
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Fenway Park - September 21, 2000
Out
Bob Wickman
Sandy Alomar
Jim Thome
John McDonald
Travis Fryman
Omar Vizquel
Dave Roberts
Kenny Lofton
Jolbert Cabrera
Lou Merloni
Midre Cummings

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 8 15 0 10
Boston Red Sox 5 12 3 10
Winning Pitcher Chuck Finley
Losing Pitcher Tim Wakefield
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kenny Lofton
Attendance 32,743
Time of Game 3 hours 29 minutes
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Merloni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Midre Cummings pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Cummings hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Lewis scores.
Bottom 9 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nixon scores. Lewis moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lewis hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bob Wickman now pitching. Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Merloni picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Merloni. Fryman moves to third.
Top 9 Fryman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bernard Gilkey now playing left field. Jason Varitek now catching. Israel Alcantara now playing first base. Mike Lansing now playing second base. Segui hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carl Everett pinch hits for Donnie Sadler. Paul Shuey now pitching. Everett strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jason Varitek pinch hits for Scott Hatteberg. Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Rincon covering, for the out. Merloni moves to third. Alcantara moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Israel Alcantara pinch hits for Brian Daubach. Alcantara takes first base on ball four. Merloni moves to second.
Bottom 8 Merloni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alexander scores.
Bottom 8 Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bernard Gilkey pinch hits for Troy O'Leary. Steve Karsay now pitching. That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alexander hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dave Roberts now playing left field. Jolbert Cabrera now playing right field. John McDonald now playing second base. Bichette hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Dave Roberts pinch runs for Manny Ramirez. Thome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sadler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rich Croushore now pitching. Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Croushore fields it and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to third. Vizquel moves to second.
Top 8 Vizquel takes first base on ball four. Alomar moves to second.
Top 8 Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Manny Alexander now playing shortstop. Donnie Sadler now playing second base. Darren Lewis now playing center field. Alomar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sadler hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hatteberg hits a fly ball into left field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Merloni fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Segui hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thome hits a popup, foul, towards third. Merloni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Daubach strikes out.
Bottom 6 Merloni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 O'Leary hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jolbert Cabrera now playing left field. Garciaparra hits a line drive towards third. Fryman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sang-Hoon Lee now pitching. Ramirez strikes out.
Top 6 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lofton scores. Vizquel moves to second.
Top 6 Vizquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Lofton moves to third.
Top 6 Lofton takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Jolbert Cabrera pinch runs for Russell Branyan. Alomar hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Sadler. Alomar reaches second base with a double. Cabrera scores.
Top 6 Branyan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ramirez scores. Fryman scores. Branyan moves to second.
Top 6 Fryman hits a line drive to right field. Nixon throws towards the plate. Hatteberg fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hatteberg. Alomar scores. Ramirez moves to third. Fryman moves to second.
Top 6 Segui strikes out.
Top 6 Thome hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Alomar moves to second.
Top 6 Alomar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Vizquel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hatteberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lofton hits a fly ball into center field. Sadler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alomar strikes out. Hatteberg drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Alomar out.
Bottom 4 Sadler hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatteberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Daubach hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merloni is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Branyan hits a fly ball into right field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fryman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Segui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubach scoops it up and throws to first, with Wakefield covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Leary hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garciaparra hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Finley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alomar hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hatteberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Vizquel moves to second.
Top 3 Vizquel strikes out. There goes Lofton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Lofton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Lofton reaches second base with a double. Fryman scores. Alomar goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Merloni juggles the ball. That's an error on Merloni. Fryman moves to second.
Top 3 Branyan hits a fly ball into center field. Sadler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fryman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Offerman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hatteberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sadler hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merloni tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Hatteberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Daubach hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merloni moves to third.
Bottom 2 Merloni hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lofton. Merloni reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Segui hits a fly ball into center field. Sadler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thome hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 2 Ramirez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 O'Leary strikes out.
Bottom 1 Garciaparra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bichette is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Offerman hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Leary throws the ball in to Offerman who tags Alomar, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.