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Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers

2001-04-27 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 16458 · 58°F, sunny · Wind 14 mph L to R · 2:49

Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Dave Mlicki earned the win and Todd Jones picked up the save. Jose Macias went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dave Mlicki L: Ryan Rupe SV: Todd Jones

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerald Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Greg Vaughn	3	0	0	0	1	1
Fred McGriff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Grieve	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vinny Castilla	4	1	2	0	0	0
John Flaherty	3	1	2	1	0	0
Felix Martinez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Macias	5	3	4	1	0	0
Ryan Jackson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Higginson	0	0	0	1	3	0
Tony Clark	3	0	0	1	1	0
Wendell Magee	3	0	1	0	1	0
Juan Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	0	2
Damion Easley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Halter	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brandon Inge	3	0	0	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Rupe	5.0	6	5	2
Doug Creek	1.0	0	2	1
Rusty Meacham	2.0	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Mlicki	7.0	6	3	2
Danny Patterson	1.0	0	0	0
Todd Jones	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gerald Williams: 53/G5S-
Russ Johnson: K/C
Greg Vaughn: K

Bot 1

Jose Macias: S
Ryan Jackson: S9/L89S+.1-3
Bobby Higginson: 9/SF/F9LDF.3-H
Tony Clark: 9(B)3(1)/LDP/L89M+

Top 2

Fred McGriff: 8/L8RD+
Ben Grieve: 8/F8RXD+
Jose Guillen: 53/G5

Bot 2

Wendell Magee: S7/L6D
Juan Encarnacion: K
Damion Easley: 54(1)/FO/G56
Shane Halter: SB2
Shane Halter: W
Brandon Inge: 4/P34D-

Top 3

Vinny Castilla: D7
John Flaherty: S8/L8LS.2-H
Felix Martinez: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS
Gerald Williams: 7/F7S-

Bot 3

Jose Macias: D9
Ryan Jackson: T/L89XD+.2-H
Bobby Higginson: W
Tony Clark: 36(1)/FO/G3S.3-H
Wendell Magee: 64(1)/FO/G6
Juan Encarnacion: K

Top 4

Russ Johnson: D/F89XD+
Greg Vaughn: W
Fred McGriff: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Jose Guillen: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 4

Damion Easley: 8/F8RXD
Shane Halter: 9/L89S
Brandon Inge: 8/F8RD

Top 5

Vinny Castilla: 63/G6
John Flaherty: S/L78M
Felix Martinez: 6/P6D-
Gerald Williams: E5/G5.1-2
Russ Johnson: S7/G56.2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(24)

Bot 5

Jose Macias: HR/F9LD+
Ryan Jackson: 43/G4S
Bobby Higginson: W
Tony Clark: W.1-2
Wendell Magee: PO1(E2).2-3;1-2
Wendell Magee: W
Juan Encarnacion: 9(B)6(2)/LDP/L89D+

Top 6

Greg Vaughn: 53/G56
Fred McGriff: 9/F89S
Ben Grieve: 7/F78D+

Bot 6

Damion Easley: HP
Shane Halter: K
Brandon Inge: W.1-2
Jose Macias: 9/F89M
Ryan Jackson: 43/G4

Top 7

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Vinny Castilla: S7/L6D+
John Flaherty: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L5+

Bot 7

Bobby Higginson: W
Tony Clark: WP.1-2
Tony Clark: 8/F8RM
Wendell Magee: 6/P6-
Juan Encarnacion: 3/FL/P3F-

Top 8

Felix Martinez: W
Gerald Williams: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Russ Johnson: 63/G6

Bot 8

Damion Easley: E5/G5+
Shane Halter: 16(1)/FO/BG15
Brandon Inge: K/C
Jose Macias: S9/G34.1-3
Ryan Jackson: 63/G6

Top 9

Greg Vaughn: 63/G6MD
Fred McGriff: S7/G56+
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Steve Cox: 43/G4S-.2-3;1-2
Vinny Castilla: 9/F9S