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Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-06-07 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 15067 · 72°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:43

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 4th. Todd Ritchie earned the win and Mike Williams picked up the save. Luis Sojo went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Todd Ritchie L: Hideo Nomo SV: Mike Williams

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damion Easley	5	1	2	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	4	0	1	1	0	0
Juan Encarnacion	3	0	0	0	1	0
Juan Gonzalez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Higginson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dean Palmer	4	0	2	1	0	2
Robert Fick	4	0	1	1	0	2
Brad Ausmus	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hideo Nomo	2	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Polonia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Becker	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hideo Nomo	6.0	8	4	7
C. J. Nitkowski	1.1	1	0	1
Matt Anderson	0.2	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	8.0	5	2	6
Mike Williams	1.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Damion Easley: 53/G5
Deivi Cruz: 63/G6
Juan Encarnacion: 13/G15

Bot 1

Abraham Nunez: W
Jason Kendall: K
Wil Cordero: S7/L7LS.1-2
Brian Giles: 6/P4MD
John Vander Wal: K

Top 2

Juan Gonzalez: 7/L7M
Bobby Higginson: W
Dean Palmer: D8/L8RXD+.1-H
Robert Fick: K
Brad Ausmus: 53/G56S

Bot 2

Kevin Young: K
Luis Sojo: 8/F8LM
Mike Benjamin: K/C

Top 3

Hideo Nomo: 13/G13
Damion Easley: S/G5
Deivi Cruz: D7/L7LM.1-H
Juan Encarnacion: W
Juan Gonzalez: 8/F8LD
Bobby Higginson: 3/P4

Bot 3

Todd Ritchie: K
Abraham Nunez: S/G34D
Jason Kendall: S9/L8RS.1-2
Wil Cordero: S7/L7S.2-3;1-2
Brian Giles: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
John Vander Wal: 5/FL
Kevin Young: K/C

Top 4

Dean Palmer: K
Robert Fick: 6/P7S
Brad Ausmus: D9/L89S
Hideo Nomo: K/C

Bot 4

Luis Sojo: HR/F78D+
Mike Benjamin: 7/L78D+
Todd Ritchie: S8/L8LS
Abraham Nunez: 9/F89D+
Jason Kendall: W.1-2
Wil Cordero: S7/L7S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Brian Giles: IW
John Vander Wal: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Damion Easley: S8/L6D
Deivi Cruz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Juan Encarnacion: 9/F9S

Bot 5

Kevin Young: 9/F9M
Luis Sojo: 63/G6
Mike Benjamin: D/L8LM
Todd Ritchie: 43/G4

Top 6

Juan Gonzalez: K
Bobby Higginson: 5/P56S
Dean Palmer: K

Bot 6

Abraham Nunez: K
Jason Kendall: 2/FL/P23F
Wil Cordero: 9/F9M

Top 7

Robert Fick: K
Brad Ausmus: 63/G6
Luis Polonia: 8/F8RD+

Bot 7

Brian Giles: 13/G15
John Vander Wal: 7/F7D
Kevin Young: HR/F8LXD+
Luis Sojo: 13/G13-

Top 8

Damion Easley: 63/G6M
Deivi Cruz: 9/F9D
Juan Encarnacion: 43/G4

Bot 8

Mike Benjamin: K
Bruce Aven: K/C
Abraham Nunez: K

Top 9

Juan Gonzalez: D9/L89M
Bobby Higginson: 9/F9M
Dean Palmer: S.2-2
Robert Fick: S8/G4M.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Brad Ausmus: K
Rich Becker: W
Damion Easley: 63/G6