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Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers

1996-07-07 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 15784 · 88°F, overcast, dry · Wind 15 mph L to R · 2:26

Detroit Tigers defeated Toronto Blue Jays 9–0. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 1st. Felipe Lira earned the win. Cecil Fielder went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
DET	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		9	8

W: Felipe Lira L: Jeff Ware SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Mike Reilly · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	4	0	0	0
Shawn Green	4	1	0	0
Carlos Delgado	3	0	1	1
Joe Carter	4	2	0	0
Ed Sprague	4	1	0	1
John Olerud	4	0	0	0
Sandy Martinez	3	0	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	3	0	0	1
Tomas Perez	3	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Higginson	4	1	0	0	1	0
Brad Ausmus	5	1	2	1	0	2
Travis Fryman	4	2	1	0	1	1
Cecil Fielder	2	2	1	4	2	0
Tony Clark	3	1	1	1	1	0
Mark Lewis	3	1	2	2	1	0
Melvin Nieves	3	0	0	0	1	1
Andujar Cedeno	4	0	1	1	0	1
Kimera Bartee	3	1	0	0	1	1

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Ware	2.2	5	4	2
Tony Castillo	2.1	1	1	3
Scott Brow	2.0	2	3	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felipe Lira	9.0	6	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: 63/G6M
Shawn Green: 43/G4
Carlos Delgado: 5/P5F

Bot 1

Bobby Higginson: W
Brad Ausmus: S7/F78S.1-3
Travis Fryman: W.1-2
Cecil Fielder: HR/L9LD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tony Clark: 5/P6S
Mark Lewis: 63/G6
Melvin Nieves: 43/G6

Top 2

Joe Carter: D9/F9LS
Ed Sprague: S9/F9S.2-3
John Olerud: 5/P5SF
Sandy Martinez: K
Alex Gonzalez: WP.1-2
Alex Gonzalez: K

Bot 2

Andujar Cedeno: K23
Kimera Bartee: W
Bobby Higginson: 9/L9LM
Brad Ausmus: SB2
Brad Ausmus: S8/L6M.2-H
Travis Fryman: 7/F7M

Top 3

Tomas Perez: S6/G6S
Otis Nixon: 7/F7S
Shawn Green: S7/L6D.1-2
Carlos Delgado: PB.2-3;1-2
Carlos Delgado: W
Joe Carter: 9/F89S/DP.3XH(965)

Bot 3

Cecil Fielder: 8/F8RM
Tony Clark: HR/F78XD
Mark Lewis: W
Melvin Nieves: K
Andujar Cedeno: T8/L78D.1-H
Kimera Bartee: K

Top 4

Ed Sprague: K
John Olerud: 43/G4
Sandy Martinez: 6/L6MD

Bot 4

Bobby Higginson: 43/G4
Brad Ausmus: K
Travis Fryman: K

Top 5

Alex Gonzalez: 8/F8RD
Tomas Perez: S6/G6MS
Otis Nixon: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 5

Cecil Fielder: W
Tony Clark: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M
Mark Lewis: S8/L8RM
Melvin Nieves: 8/F8RD

Top 6

Shawn Green: E6/G6
Carlos Delgado: K
Joe Carter: 54(1)/FO/G5L
Ed Sprague: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Andujar Cedeno: 53/G56
Kimera Bartee: 9/F89S
Bobby Higginson: 53/G6

Top 7

John Olerud: 9/F9D
Sandy Martinez: 43/G4
Alex Gonzalez: 7/L7D

Bot 7

Brad Ausmus: 9/F9LM
Travis Fryman: S8/L8RS
Cecil Fielder: W.1-2
Tony Clark: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Lewis: D9/F89XD.3-H;2-H;1-3
Melvin Nieves: I
Andujar Cedeno: 9/F9S
Kimera Bartee: 31/G3

Top 8

Tomas Perez: 5/P5SF
Otis Nixon: 53/G56
Shawn Green: 63/G6M

Bot 8

Bobby Higginson: 6/P6MD
Brad Ausmus: K
Travis Fryman: 63/G56

Top 9

Carlos Delgado: 8/L78M
Joe Carter: S9/L89S
Ed Sprague: 6/P6
John Olerud: 9/F9D