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August 11, 2000

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 11 15 2
Athletics 4 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 11 15 2
Athletics 4 9 2

Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .217
OBP .250 .320
At Bats 4 350
Hits 1 76
• Singles 1 42
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 53
RBI’s 0 56

Nelson Cruz Season Stats

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4 0 0
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Network Associates Coliseum - August 11, 2000
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Out
Nelson Cruz
Javier Cardona
Dean Palmer
Damion Easley
Jose Macias
Shane Halter
Bobby Higginson
Rich Becker
Wendell Magee
Matt Stairs
Ben Grieve
Randy Velarde
Count: 1-2, 1 Out
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Stairs hits a popup towards short. Halter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Velarde moves to third.
Bottom 9 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. Velarde moves to second.
Bottom 9 Velarde takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Halter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Macias moves to second.
Top 9 Macias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cardona hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mike Magnante now pitching. Easley hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nelson Cruz now pitching. Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Easley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Macias settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chavez hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Danny Patterson now pitching. Wendell Magee now playing right field. Tejada hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McMillon is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Becker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Giambi.
Bottom 7 Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Halter. Giambi moves to third. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 7 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Javier Cardona now catching. Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jeff Tam now pitching. Macias hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Macias for the out.
Top 7 Ausmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Easley scores.
Top 7 Easley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Easley reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Stanley pinch hits for Jeremy Giambi. Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 C.J. Nitkowski now pitching. Chavez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tejada hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Tejada reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McMillon hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Becker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Grieve hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Velarde takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Halter hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doug Jones now pitching. Macias hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Macias reaches second base with a double. Easley scores. Ausmus moves to third.
Top 5 Ausmus takes first base on ball four. Easley moves to second.
Top 5 Easley hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Palmer hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Higginson tags and scores.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. Higginson moves to third.
Top 5 Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Chavez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tejada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grieve moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Giambi hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McMillon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ausmus scores. Macias moves to third.
Top 4 Halter bunts towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. Ausmus moves to third. Macias moves to second.
Top 4 Macias takes first base on ball four. Ausmus moves to second.
Top 4 Ausmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Velarde strikes out.
Bottom 3 Long is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 3 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Palmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McMillon scores. Higginson scores. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 3 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. McMillon moves to third. Higginson moves to second.
Top 3 Higginson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McMillon moves to second.
Top 3 McMillon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Velarde scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Giambi is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 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. Stairs moves to third.
Bottom 2 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macias fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Weaver fires over to first and Palmer drops the ball. That's an error on Palmer. Stairs moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 There goes Halter. The throw from Hernandez and he is out, Tejada applying the tag.
Top 2 Halter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Macias hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 1 Giambi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Velarde hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long hits a line drive towards short. Halter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Easley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Palmer is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field. Long picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Long. McMillon scores. Higginson goes all the way around to score. Gonzalez moves to third.
Top 1 Higginson takes first base on ball four. McMillon moves to second.
Top 1 McMillon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Becker is called out on strikes.