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August 20, 2000

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Top 11 R H E
Athletics 5 14 2
Tigers 4 9 1
Top 11 R H E
Athletics 5 14 2
Tigers 4 9 1

Frank Menechino Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .238
OBP .400 .319
At Bats 4 126
Hits 1 30
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 16
RBI’s 0 19

Nelson Cruz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 0 0
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Comerica Park - August 20, 2000
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Out
Nelson Cruz
Brad Ausmus
Dean Palmer
Damion Easley
Jose Macias
Deivi Cruz
Bobby Higginson
Wendell Magee
Billy McMillon
Frank Menechino
Eric Chavez
Matt Stairs
Mike Stanley
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Menechino hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Chavez takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 There's a wild pitch. Giambi scores. Stanley moves to third. Stairs moves to second.
Top 11 Christenson strikes out.
Top 11 Jeremy Giambi pinch runs for Ben Grieve. Stairs takes first base on ball four. Giambi moves to third. Stanley moves to second.
Top 11 Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grieve moves to second.
Top 11 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Nelson Cruz now pitching. Tejada strikes out.
Bottom 10 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to home to get Higginson. Gonzalez moves to third. Palmer moves to second.
Bottom 10 Palmer is walked intentionally. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 10 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Higginson moves to third.
Bottom 10 Higginson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Magee hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chavez moves to third.
Top 10 Menechino strikes out.
Top 10 Chavez takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Christenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McMillon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Ausmus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jason Isringhausen now pitching. Macias takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 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.
Top 9 Todd Jones now pitching. Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Magee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grieve takes first base on ball four. Tejada moves to second.
Top 9 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Easley.
Top 9 Wendell Magee now playing center field. C.J. Nitkowski now pitching. Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Easley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Christenson. Easley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Palmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Wendell Magee pinch runs for Juan Encarnacion. Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Encarnacion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ryan Christenson now playing left field. Jim Mecir now pitching. McMillon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Menechino takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Chavez strikes out.
Top 8 Brad Ausmus now catching. Piatt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rich Becker pinch hits for Javier Cardona. Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Macias bunts towards first. Stanley fields the ball and throws to Appier covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Easley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stairs hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Matt Anderson now pitching. Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grieve hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McMillon. Grieve reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Menechino hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chavez hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Encarnacion strikes out.
Bottom 5 McMillon strikes out. There goes Macias. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 Cardona hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Macias takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Piatt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blair fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Easley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McMillon. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Chavez scores. Menechino goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Menechino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chavez moves to third.
Top 4 Chavez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Piatt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Higginson takes first base on ball four. Encarnacion moves to second.
Bottom 3 Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Chavez.
Bottom 3 McMillon hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardona hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 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.
Top 3 Stanley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Encarnacion. Stanley reaches second base with a double. Grieve scores.
Top 3 Grieve hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Grieve reaches second base with a double. Long goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Tejada hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Macias hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piatt. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Easley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Easley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Palmer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Menechino strikes out.
Top 2 Chavez hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Piatt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first, with Appier covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stanley settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Stanley.
Bottom 1 Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards second. Menechino scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 McMillon hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. McMillon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grieve for the out. Tejada moves to third.
Top 1 Tejada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Tejada reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.