BATTING - HR: Jason Giambi 2 (2,1st inning off Nomo 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Brocail
0 on 2 out); Stairs (1,4th inning off Nomo 0 on 1 out); Menechino (1,5th
inning off Nomo 0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPNomo W(1-0) 7 3 3 3 3 8 3 27
Brocail 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
Jones SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 9 4 4 4 3 9 4 34
WP: Nomo (1).
Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPAppier L(0-1) 6 8 6 3 4 7 1 32
Vizcaino 1.2 3 1 1 2 3 0 10
Tam 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 11 7 4 6 10 1 46
Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics
1. Polonia rf Becker cf
2. Ausmus c Tejada ss
3. Higginson lf Jason Giambi 1b
4. Gonzalez dh Jaha dh
5. Clark 1b Stairs rf
6. Palmer 3b Grieve lf
7. Easley 2b Hernandez c
8. Encarnacion cf Chavez 3b
9. D. Cruz ss Menechino 2b
Nomo p Appier p
TIGERS 1ST: Polonia struck out; Ausmus flied to right in foul
territory; Higginson singled to center; Gonzalez reached on an
error by Chavez [Higginson to second]; Clark grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Becker struck out (catcher to first); Tejada
flied to left; Jason Giambi homered to right; Jaha walked; Nomo
threw a wild pitch [Jaha to second]; Stairs walked; Grieve flied
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 2ND: Palmer homered to left-center; Easley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Encarnacion struck out; D. Cruz doubled to
left; Polonia singled to center [D. Cruz scored, Polonia out at
second (center to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Chavez
lined to left; Menechino flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Ausmus was hit by a pitch; Higginson flied to left;
Gonzalez struck out; Clark flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Becker grounded out (second to first); Tejada
flied to left; Jason Giambi lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 4TH: Palmer struck out; Easley grounded out (first
unassisted); Encarnacion singled to center; D. Cruz doubled to
right [Encarnacion to third]; Polonia was walked intentionally;
Ausmus walked [Encarnacion scored, D. Cruz to third, Polonia to
second]; Higginson reached on an error by Becker [D. Cruz scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Polonia scored (unearned) (no RBI), Ausmus
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Higginson to third]; Gonzalez was
called out on strikes; 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Jaha was called out on strikes; Stairs homered to
right; Grieve struck out; Hernandez flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics 2.
TIGERS 5TH: Clark lined to first; Palmer doubled to right;
Easley walked; Encarnacion struck out; D. Cruz walked [Palmer to
third, Easley to second]; Polonia flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Chavez struck out; Menechino homered to center;
Becker struck out; Tejada struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 6, Athletics 3.
TIGERS 6TH: Ausmus doubled; Higginson struck out; Gonzalez
popped to first in foul territory; Clark flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Jason Giambi popped to third in foul territory;
Jaha walked; Stairs flied to left; Grieve struck out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics 3.
TIGERS 7TH: VIZCAINO REPLACED APPIER (PITCHING); Palmer singled
to right; Easley flied to left; Encarnacion struck out; D. Cruz
singled to center [Palmer to second]; Polonia grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 7TH: GARCIA REPLACED POLONIA (PLAYING RF); Hernandez
flied to center; Chavez grounded out (second to first);
Menechino struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Athletics
3.
TIGERS 8TH: Ausmus was called out on strikes; Higginson struck
out; Gonzalez walked; Clark walked [Gonzalez to second]; Palmer
singled to left [Gonzalez scored, Clark to second]; TAM REPLACED
VIZCAINO (PITCHING); Easley grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: BROCAIL REPLACED NOMO (PITCHING); Becker grounded
out (second to first); Tejada grounded out (third to first);
Jason Giambi homered to left-center; Jaha grounded out (pitcher
to second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics
4.
TIGERS 9TH: Encarnacion grounded out (second to first); D. Cruz
grounded out (third to first); Garcia grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 4.
ATHLETICS 9TH: JONES REPLACED BROCAIL (PITCHING); Stairs
grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve struck out; Hernandez
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Athletics 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 7 11 0 12
Athletics 4 4 2 3
