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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1996-08-28 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 21091 · 72°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 7 mph · 3:14

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 9–3. Cleveland Indians put up 6 in the 6th. Orel Hershiser earned the win. Albert Belle went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	9	12
DET	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	11

W: Orel Hershiser L: A.J. Sager SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	1	1	0	1	0
Omar Vizquel	5	3	3	0	0	1
Jim Thome	3	2	1	1	2	1
Albert Belle	4	1	2	4	1	0
Manny Ramirez	5	0	2	2	0	1
Brian Giles	4	1	0	0	1	2
Sandy Alomar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Kent	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	1	0	0	0	0	1
Casey Candaele	3	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curtis Pride	5	1	2	0	0	2
Mark Lewis	4	0	0	1	1	2
Travis Fryman	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ruben Sierra	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Higginson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Clark	4	1	2	1	0	1
Melvin Nieves	4	0	1	0	0	2
Phil Nevin	4	1	2	0	0	1
Brad Ausmus	4	0	1	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Orel Hershiser	7.0	8	1	5
Paul Assenmacher	1.0	2	0	2
Eric Plunk	1.0	1	1	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
A. J. Sager	5.0	8	1	5
Richie Lewis	1.0	2	2	0
Greg Keagle	3.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: 3/G3
Omar Vizquel: K
Jim Thome: HR/F9D
Albert Belle: 8/F8XD

Bot 1

Curtis Pride: K
Mark Lewis: K
Travis Fryman: S8/G
Ruben Sierra: 3/G3L

Top 2

Manny Ramirez: K
Brian Giles: K
Sandy Alomar: 53/G5

Bot 2

Bobby Higginson: 3/G3
Tony Clark: S7/G56
Melvin Nieves: S9/G34.1-2
Phil Nevin: K
Brad Ausmus: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 3

Jeff Kent: 13/G1
Jose Vizcaino: K
Kenny Lofton: 13/G1

Bot 3

Curtis Pride: S8/L
Mark Lewis: W.1-2
Travis Fryman: 43/G4MS.2-3;1-2
Ruben Sierra: 3/G3.3-H;2-3
Bobby Higginson: 8/F89M

Top 4

Omar Vizquel: S9/L
Jim Thome: K
Albert Belle: S9/G4.1-3
Manny Ramirez: S9/L.3-H;1-3;BX2(96)
Brian Giles: 43/G4

Bot 4

Tony Clark: HR/F9D
Melvin Nieves: 7/F7M
Phil Nevin: D7/L7LM
Brad Ausmus: 9/F89D.2-3
Curtis Pride: K

Top 5

Sandy Alomar: 53/G56
Jeff Kent: S8/L
Jose Vizcaino: CS2(26)
Casey Candaele: 43/G4

Bot 5

Mark Lewis: 8/F8
Travis Fryman: 7/F7M
Ruben Sierra: 43/G4

Top 6

Kenny Lofton: S8/G
Omar Vizquel: S9/G34.1-3
Jim Thome: W.1-2
Albert Belle: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9M
Brian Giles: W
Sandy Alomar: 8/F8RM/R3
Jeff Kent: HR/F9D.1-H
Casey Candaele: S8/L
Kenny Lofton: W.1-2
Omar Vizquel: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Bobby Higginson: 7/F78D
Tony Clark: 43/G4
Melvin Nieves: K

Top 7

Jim Thome: 31/G1
Albert Belle: 63/G6M
Manny Ramirez: 43/G4

Bot 7

Phil Nevin: S8/L
Brad Ausmus: S8/L.1-2
Curtis Pride: 1/G34S.2-3;1-2
Mark Lewis: 53/G5.3-H
Travis Fryman: 63/G6

Top 8

Brian Giles: 63/G6M
Sandy Alomar: K
Jeff Kent: 63/G6

Bot 8

Ruben Sierra: S7/L
Bobby Higginson: S9/L/R5.1-3
Tony Clark: K
Melvin Nieves: K
Phil Nevin: 8/F8XD

Top 9

Casey Candaele: 1/L1
Kenny Lofton: 6/P6D
Omar Vizquel: D8/L8S
Jim Thome: W
Albert Belle: WP.2-3
Albert Belle: W.1-2
Manny Ramirez: S7/G56.3-H;2-3;1-2
Brian Giles: K

Bot 9

Brad Ausmus: K
Curtis Pride: S9/G34
Mark Lewis: SB2
Mark Lewis: K
Travis Fryman: W
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8

Notes & reviews

Tigers 1B coach Oester ejected by HP umpire Cederstrom for complaining that umpire yelled at pitcher to throw strikes after Keagle threw pitch at Ramirez

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