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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1996-08-26 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 22349 · 86°F, night, dry · Wind 8 mph to LF · 2:14

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Charles Nagy earned the win. Jim Thome went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charles Nagy L: Felipe Lira SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Omar Vizquel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Thome	2	2	2	1	2	0
Albert Belle	4	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Ramirez	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jeromy Burnitz	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sandy Alomar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	3	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curtis Pride	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Fryman	3	1	1	1	1	1
Ruben Sierra	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Clark	3	0	1	0	0	1
Melvin Nieves	3	0	1	0	0	1
Andujar Cedeno	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Ausmus	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charles Nagy	9.0	3	1	7

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felipe Lira	9.0	4	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: 3/G3
Omar Vizquel: 8/F8LM
Jim Thome: W
Albert Belle: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 1

Curtis Pride: 9/F89M
Mark Lewis: 53/G5
Travis Fryman: W
Ruben Sierra: 6/P56D

Top 2

Manny Ramirez: W
Jeromy Burnitz: K
Sandy Alomar: 8/F8LXD
Jeff Kent: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Bobby Higginson: 43/G4M
Tony Clark: S8/G4M
Melvin Nieves: 6/L6
Andujar Cedeno: 63/G6

Top 3

Jose Vizcaino: 63/G6
Kenny Lofton: 3/L3
Omar Vizquel: 3/G3

Bot 3

Brad Ausmus: 53/G5
Curtis Pride: 63/G6
Mark Lewis: 53/G5S

Top 4

Jim Thome: W
Albert Belle: 13/G13.1-2
Manny Ramirez: WP.2-3
Manny Ramirez: S9/F9LS.3-H
Jeromy Burnitz: 7/F7M
Sandy Alomar: 63/G6

Bot 4

Travis Fryman: 3/P3DF
Ruben Sierra: 31/G34
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8LM

Top 5

Jeff Kent: 6/P6M
Jose Vizcaino: 7/F7LM
Kenny Lofton: K

Bot 5

Tony Clark: 43/G4
Melvin Nieves: K
Andujar Cedeno: 63/G6

Top 6

Omar Vizquel: 7/F78M
Jim Thome: S7/G6
Albert Belle: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 6

Brad Ausmus: 63/G6
Curtis Pride: K
Mark Lewis: 9/F89M

Top 7

Manny Ramirez: 9/F9LS
Jeromy Burnitz: 3/G3
Sandy Alomar: 9/F9D

Bot 7

Travis Fryman: HR/F9D.B-H
Ruben Sierra: 8/F89D
Bobby Higginson: K
Tony Clark: K

Top 8

Jeff Kent: 53/G5
Jose Vizcaino: 43/G4
Kenny Lofton: S8/L78S
Omar Vizquel: CS2(26)

Bot 8

Melvin Nieves: S8/F8LS
Andujar Cedeno: 16(1)4/GDP/BG15S
Brad Ausmus: 8/F8RS

Top 9

Omar Vizquel: 7/L7S
Jim Thome: HR/L7D.B-H
Albert Belle: 7/F7M
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9M

Bot 9

Curtis Pride: K
Mark Lewis: K
Travis Fryman: K