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Detroit Tigers @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-05-18 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10443 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind R to L · 3:00

Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 18–2. Detroit Tigers put up 9 in the 5th. Victor Santos earned the win. Juan Encarnacion went 2-for-6 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	6	0	18	19
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4

W: Victor Santos L: Tanyon Sturtze SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Jim Reynolds · 3B: John Shulock · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Cedeno	5	3	3	2	0	0
Jose Macias	5	1	3	4	1	1
Bobby Higginson	3	2	0	1	1	0
Tony Clark	3	2	2	1	0	1
Robert Fick	5	2	1	2	0	2
Dean Palmer	4	0	2	1	0	1
Juan Encarnacion	6	2	2	4	0	1
Damion Easley	4	2	3	0	1	0
Shane Halter	4	2	1	0	1	1
Billy McMillon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	1
Javier Cardona	2	1	1	2	0	0
Brandon Inge	1	0	1	1	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damian Rolls	3	1	1	0	1	1
Gerald Williams	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ben Grieve	2	0	1	0	0	0
Fred McGriff	4	0	0	1	0	2
Steve Cox	4	0	0	0	0	1
Randy Winn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	2	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Difelice	2	0	1	0	1	1
Andy Sheets	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Tyner	2	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Victor Santos	6.0	3	2	8
Dave Borkowski	1.0	1	0	0
Heath Murray	1.0	0	1	0
C. J. Nitkowski	1.0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	4.2	9	2	3
Dan Wheeler	0.1	4	0	0
Jeff Wallace	2.2	3	1	4
Tony Fiore	1.1	3	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Cedeno: S8/L6MD+
Jose Macias: W.1-3(E2/TH2)
Bobby Higginson: 36(1)/FO/G34S.3-H
Tony Clark: SB2
Tony Clark: S9/G34.2-3
Robert Fick: 7/SF/F7LM.3-H;1-2
Dean Palmer: S7/L7S.2-H;B-2(THH)
Juan Encarnacion: 9/F9D

Bot 1

Damian Rolls: 63/G6
Gerald Williams: K
Ben Grieve: 9/F9M

Top 2

Damion Easley: S9/L89S
Shane Halter: 1/G34S-.1-2
Roger Cedeno: 43/G4.2-3
Jose Macias: K

Bot 2

Fred McGriff: K/C
Steve Cox: 13/G13-
Randy Winn: 7/F7M

Top 3

Bobby Higginson: 7/F7LM
Tony Clark: K/C
Robert Fick: 3/G3

Bot 3

Aubrey Huff: W
Mike Difelice: W.1-2
Andy Sheets: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Damian Rolls: K
Gerald Williams: 9/F89D

Top 4

Dean Palmer: K
Juan Encarnacion: 3/FL/P3F
Damion Easley: 9/F9D

Bot 4

Ben Grieve: D/F8LXD+
Fred McGriff: K
Steve Cox: 43/G4.2-3
Randy Winn: 5/FL/P7LSF

Top 5

Shane Halter: 3/FL/P3DF
Roger Cedeno: D/F78D+
Jose Macias: T8/F8RXD+.2-H
Bobby Higginson: W
Tony Clark: SB2
Tony Clark: S9/G34+.3-H;2-3
Robert Fick: S9/L9LS.3-H;1-3
Dean Palmer: 8/F8LM
Juan Encarnacion: HR/F7LD+.3-H;1-H
Damion Easley: S7/L7M+
Shane Halter: S9/G34.1-2
Roger Cedeno: T/L89XD+.2-H;1-H
Jose Macias: S7/L6D.3-H
Bobby Higginson: 9/F9D+

Bot 5

Aubrey Huff: K
Mike Difelice: K
Andy Sheets: K

Top 6

Billy McMillon: 7/F78XD+
Robert Fick: K/C
Dean Palmer: S8/G4MD+
Juan Encarnacion: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 6

Damian Rolls: D7/L7LM+
Gerald Williams: D9/L9LM.2-H
Jason Tyner: 43/G4.2-3
Fred McGriff: 53/G6S.3-H
Steve Cox: K/C

Top 7

Damion Easley: W
Shane Halter: K
Roger Cedeno: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Randy Winn: 43/G4S-
Aubrey Huff: 3/G3
Mike Difelice: S9/L89S
Andy Sheets: 8/F8RM

Top 8

Jose Macias: 53/G56S
Ryan Jackson: K+WP.B-1
Billy McMillon: K
Robert Fick: E4/TH/G4.1-3
Javier Cardona: D/L78S+.3-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Juan Encarnacion: D7/G5+.2-H(UR)
Damion Easley: S/G56.2-3
Shane Halter: WP.1-2
Shane Halter: W
Brandon Inge: S7/G56.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jose Macias: S7/G5.3-H(TUR);2-H(TUR);1-2
Ryan Jackson: HP.2-3;1-2
Billy McMillon: K

Bot 8

Damian Rolls: W
Gerald Williams: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Jason Tyner: 7/FL/F7LMF

Top 9

Robert Fick: K/C
Javier Cardona: 6/P8LS
Juan Encarnacion: K

Bot 9

Fred McGriff: 31/G3
Steve Cox: 8/F8RD+
Randy Winn: 8/F8LM