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July 21, 1996

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Tigers 4 10 2
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Melvin Nieves Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .247
OBP .250 .330
At Bats 4 255
Hits 1 63
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 33

Paul Spoljaric Season Stats

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SkyDome - July 21, 1996
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Out
Paul Spoljaric
Sandy Martinez
Joe Carter
Tomas Perez
Ed Sprague
Alex Gonzalez
Robert Perez
Otis Nixon
Jacob Brumfield
Melvin Nieves
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Nieves hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Fielder strikes out.
Bottom 10 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 10 There goes Perez. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Perez steals second.
Bottom 10 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Curtis hits a fly ball into right field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Paul Spoljaric now pitching. Higginson hits a fly ball into left field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cedeno fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 9 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to home to get Nixon. Perez moves to third. Samuel moves to second.
Bottom 9 Juan Samuel pinch hits for Carlos Delgado. Richie Lewis now pitching. Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno fields it and throws to home to get Gonzalez. Nixon moves to third. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Nixon bunts towards short. Cedeno fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cedeno. Gonzalez moves to third. Nixon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards second. Perez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Perez. Ausmus moves to second.
Top 9 Lewis hits a fly ball into right field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Carter now playing first base. Jacob Brumfield now playing right field. Robert Perez now playing left field. Nieves strikes out.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Robert Perez pinch hits for Shawn Green. Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jacob Brumfield pinch hits for John Olerud. Mike Myers now pitching. Brumfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sprague hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Carter takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Clark hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fielder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fryman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Brad Ausmus now catching. Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Curtis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Higginson trying to get to home. Green throws the ball in to Martinez who tags Higginson who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 7 Higginson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Higginson reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green who is chasing the ball. Cedeno reaches third base with a triple. Nieves scores. Lewis scores.
Top 7 Curtis Pride pinch hits for Mark Parent. Tim Crabtree now pitching. Pride strikes out. There goes Lewis. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 7 Lewis hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Nieves moves to third.
Top 7 Nieves hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Clark hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Green throws the ball in to Gonzalez who tags Clark trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out.
Top 6 Fielder is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Fryman strikes out.
Top 6 Curtis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Olerud for the out.
Bottom 5 Sprague hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Carter strikes out.
Bottom 5 Delgado strikes out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Castillo covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Parent hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Tony Castillo now pitching. Lewis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out.
Bottom 4 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out.
Top 4 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clark takes first base on ball four. Fielder moves to second.
Top 4 Fielder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Scott Brow now pitching. Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Olerud hits a line drive into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sprague hits a line drive towards right. Nieves chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Nieves. Carter moves to third.
Bottom 3 Carter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nixon scores.
Bottom 3 Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Perez bunts towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nixon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Higginson hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Parent hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Green moves to third.
Bottom 2 Green hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Green reaches second base with a double. Olerud scores.
Bottom 2 Olerud hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Curtis. Olerud reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sprague hits a popup, foul, towards short. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lewis strikes out.
Top 2 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lewis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams spins and fires to second, and Nixon is picked off.
Bottom 1 Delgado strikes out.
Bottom 1 Perez takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fielder strikes out.
Top 1 Fryman strikes out.
Top 1 Curtis strikes out.
Top 1 Higginson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Higginson reaches second base with a double.