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Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-06-06 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 13174 · 54°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph R to L · 2:58

Detroit Tigers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. C.J. Nitkowski earned the win and Todd Jones picked up the save. Deivi Cruz went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: C.J. Nitkowski L: Jimmy Anderson SV: Todd Jones

Umpires — HP: Mark Hirschbeck · 1B: Wally Bell · 2B: Brian O'Nora · 3B: Dan Iassogna · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brad Ausmus	3	1	0	0	1	0
Robert Fick	2	0	0	0	2	0
Juan Encarnacion	3	0	1	0	1	0
Juan Gonzalez	4	0	1	1	0	2
Dean Palmer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Damion Easley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	3	1	1	1	0	1
Willie Blair	2	0	1	0	0	1
Shane Halter	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wendell Magee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Abraham Nunez	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	2	0	1	0	2	0
Wil Cordero	5	0	3	0	0	0
Brian Giles	5	0	1	0	0	3
John Vander Wal	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Young	4	0	2	0	0	1
Luis Sojo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Benjamin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Aven	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Blair	4.1	7	0	2
C. J. Nitkowski	1.2	1	0	1
Danny Patterson	0.2	1	1	1
Doug Brocail	1.1	2	0	2
Todd Jones	1.0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmy Anderson	7.0	3	2	3
Josias Manzanillo	0.2	2	2	0
Rich Loiselle	0.1	0	0	1
Jason Christiansen	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brad Ausmus: W
Robert Fick: W.1-2
Juan Encarnacion: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Juan Gonzalez: S8/L8RM+.3-H;1-3
Dean Palmer: 54(1)/FO/G5
Bobby Higginson: 6/P78S

Bot 1

Abraham Nunez: S9/L4D
Jason Kendall: HP.1-2
Wil Cordero: 3/P3S
Brian Giles: S9/L34.2-3;1-2
John Vander Wal: K/C
Kevin Young: 7/F78M

Top 2

Damion Easley: 13/G
Deivi Cruz: K
Willie Blair: K

Bot 2

Luis Sojo: 63/G6
Mike Benjamin: 13/G13
Jimmy Anderson: 13/G15

Top 3

Brad Ausmus: 63/G6
Robert Fick: 13/G15
Juan Encarnacion: 3/G34S

Bot 3

Abraham Nunez: 43/G34S
Jason Kendall: 63/G6
Wil Cordero: S8/L8RS
Brian Giles: PO1(E3).1-2
Brian Giles: K23

Top 4

Juan Gonzalez: K
Dean Palmer: 4/P9S
Bobby Higginson: 43/G4

Bot 4

John Vander Wal: 43/G4
Kevin Young: S9/L9LM
Luis Sojo: 54(1)/FO/G56
Mike Benjamin: S7/L78M.1-2
Jimmy Anderson: 7/F7LM

Top 5

Damion Easley: 63/G6
Deivi Cruz: 4/L4D
Willie Blair: S8/G4M
Brad Ausmus: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Abraham Nunez: 43/G4
Jason Kendall: S8/G4M+
Wil Cordero: S/G5.1-2
Brian Giles: K
John Vander Wal: 3/G3

Top 6

Robert Fick: 63/G6
Juan Encarnacion: S8/L4M+
Juan Gonzalez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 6

Kevin Young: S8/L8RM
Luis Sojo: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Mike Benjamin: 2/FL/P23F-

Top 7

Dean Palmer: 3/G34
Bobby Higginson: 13/G
Damion Easley: 53/G5

Bot 7

Bruce Aven: K
Abraham Nunez: 3/FL/P3F
Jason Kendall: W
Wil Cordero: S9/L6MD.1-2
Brian Giles: K/C

Top 8

Deivi Cruz: HR/F78XD+
Shane Halter: S8/L6M
Brad Ausmus: CS2(24)
Brad Ausmus: 13/G13
Robert Fick: W
Juan Encarnacion: W.1-2
Juan Gonzalez: K

Bot 8

John Vander Wal: D7/F78D+
Kevin Young: K/C
Luis Sojo: 43/G4.2-3
Mike Benjamin: T9/L89D.3-H
Adrian Brown: 43/G4

Top 9

Dean Palmer: 13/G13-
Bobby Higginson: 53/G56
Wendell Magee: 53/G5

Bot 9

Abraham Nunez: K
Jason Kendall: W
Wil Cordero: 4/P4
Brian Giles: 43/G34D