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August 27, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 12 14 1
Tigers 2 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 12 14 1
Tigers 2 7 1

Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .265
OBP .333 .345
At Bats 3 324
Hits 1 86
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 52

Kent Mercker Season Stats

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3 6 0
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Tiger Stadium - August 27, 1996
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Triple
Kent Mercker
Tony Pena
Jeff Kent
Casey Candaele
Jim Thome
Jose Vizcaino
Albert Belle
Jeromy Burnitz
Manny Ramirez
Melvin Nieves
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs

Nieves hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Burnitz who is chasing the ball. Nieves reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Clark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Candaele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kent Mercker now pitching. Higginson strikes out.
Top 9 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Vizcaino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Burnitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mike Myers now pitching. Phil Nevin now playing third base. Candaele strikes out.
Bottom 8 Eddie Williams pinch hits for Ruben Sierra. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizcaino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Phil Nevin pinch hits for Travis Fryman. Nevin strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lewis hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Pride moves to third.
Bottom 8 Julian Tavarez now pitching. Jeromy Burnitz now playing center field. Jose Vizcaino now playing shortstop. Casey Candaele now playing second base.Pride hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Pride reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pena for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Giles moves to second.
Top 8 Giles takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Belle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Thome takes first base on ball four. Vizcaino moves to second.
Top 8 Vizcaino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lofton scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Lofton moves to second.
Top 8 Joey Eischen now pitching. Lofton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nieves strikes out.
Top 7 Vizquel hits a fly ball into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Giles scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Pena strikes out. The ball gets by Ausmus. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Kent. He's safe.
Top 7 John Cummings now pitching. Giles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ramirez scores. Kent moves to third.
Top 7 Kent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno fields it and throws to third for the out. Thome scores. Ramirez moves to second.
Top 7 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Thome moves to third. Belle moves to second.
Top 7 Belle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thome moves to second.
Top 7 Thome hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Clark hits a line drive towards third. Thome reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Higginson strikes out. There goes Sierra. The throw from Pena to Vizquel, and Sierra is out.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Vizcaino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Lewis covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lewis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pride hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pena strikes out.
Top 5 Giles is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Kent hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pride. Kent reaches second base with a double. Ramirez scores.
Top 5 Ramirez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pride. Ramirez reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Richie Lewis now pitching. Belle hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thome hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Vizcaino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nieves strikes out.
Top 4 Lofton hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Vizquel hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 3 Higginson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pride moves to third. Lewis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lewis is hit by the pitch. Pride moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kent juggles the ball. That's an error on Kent.
Top 3 Giles hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kent takes first base on ball four. Thome moves to third. Belle moves to second.
Top 3 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vizcaino tags and scores.
Top 3 Belle takes first base on ball four. Thome moves to second.
Top 3 Thome hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Vizquel scores. Vizcaino moves to third.
Top 3 Vizcaino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vizquel moves to third.
Top 3 Lofton strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Vizquel. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Vizquel steals second.
Top 3 Vizquel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ausmus strikes out. There goes Cedeno. The throw from Pena to second, and Cedeno is out.
Bottom 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Nieves hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Giles hits a popup towards short. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kent strikes out.
Bottom 1 Albie Lopez now pitching. Clark hits a line drive into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Higginson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ramirez. Higginson reaches second base with a double. Fryman scores. Sierra goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Sierra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Fryman. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Fryman steals second.
Bottom 1 Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lewis hits a line drive towards short. Vizquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kent scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out.
Top 1 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 1 Belle takes first base on ball four. Thome moves to second.
Top 1 Thome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Vizcaino strikes out.
Top 1 Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.