DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Cedeno cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .279
Easley 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .274
Higginson lf 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 .298
Fick c 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 .310
To Clark 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 .307
M Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Halter ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .325
J Encarnacion rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .248
Macias 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .302
Holt p 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Simon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
W Blair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Jackson ph-1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .233
Totals 40 8 15 8 1 6 12
a-lined to right for Nitkowski in the 7th; b-singled for W Blair
in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Holt (1, Jo Acevedo); Halter (15, Jo Acevedo);
Easley (18, Jo Acevedo). HR - Fick 2 (16, 4th inning off
Jo Acevedo 1 on, 0 out, 9th inning off Nichting 0 on, 2 out);
Higginson (11, 9th inning off Nichting 2 on, 2 out). RBI - Fick
3 (42), Macias (30), R Cedeno (23), Higginson 3 (46). 2-out RBI
- Macias, Higginson 3, Fick. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - Easley 1, To Clark 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: CS - R Cedeno (9, 2nd base by Jo Acevedo/J Larue).
FIELDING: E - Halter (9, throw). PB - Fick 2.
DP: 2 (Halter-Easley-To Clark, Easley-Halter-To Clark).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Reese ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .232
M Tucker lf-rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .246
F Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Griffey Jr cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 .233
D Young 1b 3 1 1 0 2 2 1 .321
A Boone 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .290
Ochoa rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 .294
Nichting p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ru Rivera rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256
J Larue c 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .232
J Castro 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 .205
Jo Acevedo p 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .182
Mercado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Clark lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .349
Totals 35 5 11 4 6 8 17
BATTING: 2B - Ochoa 2 (20, Holt, W Blair). HR - Griffey Jr (5,
3rd inning off Holt 0 on, 0 out); A Boone (9, 3rd inning off
Holt 1 on, 0 out). S - Reese. RBI - Reese (25), Griffey Jr (15),
A Boone 2 (35). 2-out RBI - Reese. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Boone 1, M Tucker 1, Ochoa 2, D Young 1,
Griffey Jr 1. GIDP - J Castro 2. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - Reese 2 (18, 2nd base off Holt/Fick, 3rd base
off Nitkowski/Fick).
FIELDING: Outfield assists - Ochoa (To Clark at home).
DP: 1 (Ochoa-J Larue).
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Detroit - 000 300 005 -- 8
Cincinnati - 023 000 000 -- 5
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
Holt 5 10 5 4 4 4 2 5.90
Nitkowski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.54
W Blair (W, 1-4) 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 10.71
M Anderson (S, 10) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.20
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
Jo Acevedo 7 9 3 3 1 5 1 5.14
Mercado (H, 4) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.48
Nichting (L, 0-3; BS, 1) 1 5 5 5 0 1 2 4.98
F Rodriguez 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.12
Holt pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Pitches-strikes: Jo Acevedo 105-75; Mercado 7-5; Nichting 33-21;
F Rodriguez 4-3; Holt 97-57; Nitkowski 8-5; W Blair 32-16;
M Anderson 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: Jo Acevedo 4-10; Mercado 1-1;
Nichting 1-1; F Rodriguez 1-0; Holt 7-4; Nitkowski 0-2;
W Blair 4-1; M Anderson 0-1. Batters faced: Jo Acevedo 29;
Mercado 3; Nichting 8; F Rodriguez 1; Holt 28; Nitkowski 3;
W Blair 8; M Anderson 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Matt Hollowell. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Mark Hirschbeck.
3B--Marty Foster.
T--3:07. Att--24,719. Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 5 mph,
out to center.
Reds second. Ochoa doubled to left. LaRue walked on a full count. Castro grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Easley to shortstop Halter, Ochoa to third, LaRue out. On Halter's error, Ochoa scored. On Fick's passed ball, Castro to second. Acevedo struck out. Reese singled to right, Castro scored. Reese stole second. Tucker grounded out, second baseman Easley to first baseman Clark. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Reds 2, Tigers 0.
Reds third. Griffey Jr. homered to center on the first pitch. Young infield single to short. Boone homered to left on a 1-0 count, Young scored. Ochoa struck out. LaRue grounded out, second baseman Easley to first baseman Clark. Castro singled to left. Acevedo struck out. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 5, Tigers 0.
Tigers fourth. Higginson singled to right. Fick homered to right on a full count, Higginson scored. Clark singled to right. Halter doubled to right, Clark to third. Encarnacion flied out to right fielder Ochoa. Clark was out advancing, right fielder Ochoa to catcher LaRue, Clark out, Halter to third. Macias singled to right, Halter scored. Holt struck out. 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 5, Tigers 3.
Tigers ninth. Encarnacion struck out. Macias singled to center. Jackson pinch-hitting for Blair. Jackson singled to right, Macias to second. Cedeno singled to center, Macias scored, Jackson to second. Easley flied out to right fielder Tucker, Jackson to third. Higginson homered to right on a 2-1 count, Jackson scored, Cedeno scored. Fick homered to right on a 1-0 count. Rodriguez pitching. Rivera in as right fielder. Clark grounded out, second baseman Castro to first baseman Young. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 8, Reds 5.
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