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Detroit Tigers @ Milwaukee Brewers

1996-09-21 · Night game · County Stadium · Att: 33106 · 65°F, night, wet · 3:04

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Detroit Tigers 13–6. Milwaukee Brewers put up 6 in the 2nd. Jeff D'Amico earned the win and Ron Villone picked up the save. Phil Nevin went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	9
ML4	4	6	0	3	0	0	0	0		13	13

W: Jeff D'Amico L: Todd Van Poppel SV: Ron Villone

Umpires — HP: Ken Kaiser · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Joe Brinkman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Higginson	2	1	1	1	2	0
Brad Ausmus	2	0	1	0	1	0
Travis Fryman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ruben Sierra	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Clark	4	2	2	1	0	1
Melvin Nieves	4	1	1	1	0	2
Phil Nevin	3	2	3	3	1	0
Fausto Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kimera Bartee	4	0	0	0	0	3
Raul Casanova	1	0	0	0	1	1
Shannon Penn	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Vina	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jeff Cirillo	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dave Nilsson	5	2	3	2	0	0
John Jaha	3	3	0	0	2	2
Jose Valentin	2	2	1	3	3	1
Marc Newfield	5	1	2	0	0	2
Jeromy Burnitz	4	2	2	5	1	1
Gerald Williams	5	0	2	1	0	3
Jesse Levis	4	1	1	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Van Poppel	1.2	7	3	2
C. J. Nitkowski	3.1	3	3	4
Joey Eischen	1.0	0	0	2
Richie Lewis	1.0	2	0	2
Brian Williams	1.0	1	2	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff D'Amico	6.0	8	2	4
Ron Villone	3.0	1	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Higginson: 3/L3
Brad Ausmus: S6/G56D/R3
Travis Fryman: 4/P3D
Ruben Sierra: 31/G34

Bot 1

Fernando Vina: D7/L7LM/R6
Jeff Cirillo: 43/G34.2-3
Dave Nilsson: S9/L9S/R4.3-H
John Jaha: W.1-2
Jose Valentin: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Marc Newfield: D9/L89D/R4
Jeromy Burnitz: 53/G5
Gerald Williams: K

Top 2

Tony Clark: S9/L34D
Melvin Nieves: K
Phil Nevin: HR/F78XD.1-H
Fausto Cruz: 9/F9M
Kimera Bartee: K23

Bot 2

Jesse Levis: D9/L9LM/R4
Fernando Vina: WP.2-3
Fernando Vina: 7/SF/L7M.3-H
Jeff Cirillo: W
Dave Nilsson: WP/R6.1-2
Dave Nilsson: S9/G4M/R4.2-H
John Jaha: E5/G5S.1-2;B-1
Jose Valentin: W.2-3;1-2
Marc Newfield: K
Jeromy Burnitz: HR/L9D.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Gerald Williams: S8/G6M/R4
Jesse Levis: 31/G3

Top 3

Bobby Higginson: W
Brad Ausmus: W.1-2
Travis Fryman: 5(B)4(2)/LDP/L5
Ruben Sierra: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Fernando Vina: 43/G4
Jeff Cirillo: 5/P25F
Dave Nilsson: 63/G6M

Top 4

Tony Clark: 43/G4
Melvin Nieves: HR/F7D
Phil Nevin: D9/L89XDW/R46
Fausto Cruz: FC6/G6.2X3(654);B-1
Kimera Bartee: K

Bot 4

John Jaha: W
Jose Valentin: W.1-2
Marc Newfield: 54(1)/FO/G56/R3.2-3;B-1
Jeromy Burnitz: S7/G56/R6.3-H;1-2
Gerald Williams: S9/G34/R6.2-H;1-2
Jesse Levis: K
Fernando Vina: E3/G3L.2-H(UR)(NR);1-3;B-1
Jeff Cirillo: K

Top 5

Bobby Higginson: HR/F9LD
Brad Ausmus: 7/F78M
Travis Fryman: 3/P3DF
Ruben Sierra: 9/L9M

Bot 5

Dave Nilsson: 63/G6M
John Jaha: K
Jose Valentin: W
Marc Newfield: K

Top 6

Tony Clark: HR/F89XD
Melvin Nieves: K
Phil Nevin: HR/L7LD
Fausto Cruz: 7/F7DW
Kimera Bartee: 6/P5D

Bot 6

Jeromy Burnitz: K
Gerald Williams: K
Jesse Levis: 13/G15

Top 7

Bobby Higginson: W
Raul Casanova: W.1-2
Travis Fryman: S9/L9M/R4.2-3;1-2
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8RM/R1
Tony Clark: K
Melvin Nieves: 4/P4D

Bot 7

Fernando Vina: 1/L13
Jeff Cirillo: S8/G6M/R6
Dave Nilsson: S7/G6/R6.1-2
John Jaha: K
Jose Valentin: K

Top 8

Phil Nevin: W
Fausto Cruz: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Kimera Bartee: K

Bot 8

Marc Newfield: S8/G6M/R4
Jeromy Burnitz: W.1-2
Gerald Williams: K
Jesse Levis: W.2-3;1-2
Fernando Vina: 46(1)3/GDP/G4D

Top 9

Shannon Penn: 8/F8LS
Raul Casanova: K
Travis Fryman: K