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Athletics
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 18, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 18, 2000 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Hudson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hideo Nomo |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 39,277 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rick Reed 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt 2B: Al Clark 3B: CB Bucknor |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Menechino | Second Baseman |
| Terrence Long | Center Fielder |
| Jason Giambi | DH |
| Mike Stanley | First Baseman |
| Ben Grieve | Left Fielder |
| Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
| Matt Stairs | Right Fielder |
| Eric Chavez | Third Baseman |
| Ramon Hernandez | Catcher |
| Art Howe | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rich Becker | Right Fielder |
| Juan Encarnacion | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
| Juan Gonzalez | DH |
| Dean Palmer | First Baseman |
| Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
| Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
| Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
| Jose Macias | Third Baseman |
| Phil Garner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
August 18, 2000
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Menechino vs. Nomo
Menechino hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Nomo
Long hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Nomo
Giambi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Nomo
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Encarnacion settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Hudson
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Hudson
Encarnacion strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hudson
Higginson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Hudson
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Hudson
There's a wild pitch. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Palmer vs. Hudson
Palmer strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Nomo
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Nomo
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Nomo
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Hudson
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Easley for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Hudson
Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menechino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Hudson
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Macias vs. Hudson
Macias takes first base on ball four. Ausmus moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Becker vs. Hudson
Becker hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Hudson
Encarnacion is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Nomo
Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Nomo
Hernandez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menechino vs. Nomo
Menechino hits a fly ball into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hudson
Higginson hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Hernandez settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hudson
Higginson hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Hudson
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Hudson
Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Hudson
There goes Palmer. The throw from Hernandez and he is safe. Palmer steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Easley vs. Hudson
Easley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Easley reaches second base with a double. Palmer scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Hudson
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Nomo
Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Nomo
Giambi is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Nomo
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Hudson
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Macias vs. Hudson
Macias hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Hudson
There goes Ausmus. The throw from Hernandez and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Becker vs. Hudson
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Encarnacion vs. Hudson
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ausmus tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Olivares
Omar Olivares now pitching.
Higginson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Nomo
Grieve hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Encarnacion. Grieve reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Nomo
Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Nomo
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Chavez vs. Nomo
Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Olivares
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Long. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Palmer vs. Olivares
Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino misplays the ball. That's an error on Menechino. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Easley vs. Olivares
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gonzalez scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Olivares
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Olivares
Ausmus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Macias vs. Olivares
Macias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Nomo
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Menechino vs. Nomo
Menechino hits a popup towards first. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Nomo
Long strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Olivares
Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Olivares
Encarnacion hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Encarnacion reaches second base with a double. Becker moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Higginson vs. Olivares
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gonzalez vs. Olivares
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out. Becker scores. Encarnacion moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Palmer vs. Olivares
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Easley vs. Olivares
Easley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Easley reaches second base with a double. Encarnacion scores. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Olivares
Cruz hits a line drive towards the mound. Olivares reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Nomo
Dusty Allen now playing first base. Rich Becker now playing left field. Billy McMillon now playing right field.
Giambi is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Nomo
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Nomo
Grieve hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Nomo
Tejada is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cardona vs. Olivares
Javier Cardona pinch hits for Brad Ausmus.
Cardona is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Macias vs. Olivares
Macias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olivares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Olivares
Becker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Olivares
Encarnacion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Becker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
McMillon vs. Olivares
Wendell Magee pinch runs for Juan Encarnacion.
McMillon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Becker scores. Magee moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Olivares
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. McMillon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Allen vs. Olivares
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Bernero
Rich Becker now playing center field. Wendell Magee now playing left field. Javier Cardona now catching. Adam Bernero now pitching.
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Bernero
Chavez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Bernero
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Olivares
Ryan Christenson now playing left field. Adam Piatt now playing right field.
Easley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Olivares
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada throws to second for one, and Menechino throws to first, and Stanley drops the ball. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cardona vs. Olivares
Cardona hits a line drive into right field. Piatt picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Piatt. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Macias vs. Olivares
Macias hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menechino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Menechino vs. Cruz
Nelson Cruz now pitching.
Menechino hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McMillon. Menechino reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Cruz
Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Macias settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Giambi vs. Cruz
Jeremy Giambi pinch hits for Jason Giambi.
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Giambi for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Cruz
Stanley strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/2000 -- Oakland at Detroit (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Menechino F, 2b 4 0 1 0 Becker R, rf-lf-cf 4 3 3 3
Long T, cf 4 0 0 0 Encarnacion J, cf 4 1 2 1
Giambi J, dh 2 0 0 0 Magee W, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Giambi J, ph 1 0 0 0 Higginson B, lf 3 1 1 1
Stanley M, 1b 4 0 0 0 McMillon B, rf 1 0 1 1
Grieve B, lf 3 1 2 1 Gonzalez J, dh 4 1 3 1
Christenson R, lf 0 0 0 0 Palmer D, 1b 4 1 0 0
Tejada M, ss 3 0 0 0 Allen D, 1b 1 0 0 0
Stairs M, rf 3 0 0 0 Easley D, 2b 5 0 3 2
Piatt A, rf 0 0 0 0 Cruz D, ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez E, 3b 3 0 0 0 Ausmus B, c 3 2 3 0
Hernandez R, c 3 0 0 0 Cardona J, ph-c 1 0 1 0
Macias J, 3b 4 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 3 1 38 10 17 9
Oakland 000 000 100 -- 1
Detroit 131 112 10x -- 10
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson T (L) 3.2 7 6 5 2 3
Olivares O 4.1 10 4 4 3 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo H (W) 7.0 2 1 1 1 8
Bernero A 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Cruz N 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Hernandez R 2, Menechino F, Stanley M, Piatt A
DP -- Oakland 3
LOB -- Oakland 3, Detroit 11
2B -- Easley D 2, Grieve B, Gonzalez J, Encarnacion J, Menechino F
HR -- Higginson B, Becker R, Grieve B
SB -- Palmer D, Ausmus B
SF -- Encarnacion J
HBP -- by Olivares O (Cardona J)
WP -- Hudson T
T -- 3:03
A -- 39277
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