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Retrosheet Boxscore: Toronto Blue Jays 9, Detroit Tigers 5

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Toronto Blue Jays 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Day

Game Played on Wednesday, May 26, 1999 (N) at Tiger Stadium

TOR A    0  0  0    4  2  0    1  2  0  -   9 12  1
DET A    0  1  2    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
BATTING
Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Stewart cf,lf                 5   0   1   1       0   0       3   0
Grebeck 2b                    5   2   2   0       0   0       3   2
Green rf                      5   1   3   1       0   0       1   0
Delgado 1b                    4   2   1   2       1   0       9   1
Fernandez 3b                  3   0   1   1       0   0       0   1
Hollins dh                    5   2   2   0       0   1       0   0
Lennon lf                     2   1   0   0       2   2       2   0
  Cruz cf                     0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Bush ss                       4   1   2   3       0   1       4   2
Matheny c                     2   0   0   1       1   1       3   1
Escobar p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Hamilton p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Lloyd p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       35   9  12   9       4   5      27   7
FIELDING - 
E: Grebeck (4).
BATTING - 
2B: Grebeck (3,off Blair); Bush (4,off Blair); Hollins (4,off Blair); Fernandez
(19,off Jones).
HR: Delgado (13,5th inning off Blair 1 on 2 out); Green (15,7th inning off
Florie 0 on 1 out).
SF: Fernandez (1,off Blair); Matheny (1,off Anderson).
HBP: Fernandez (6,by Blair).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Bush (5,2nd base off Anderson/Ausmus).
CS: Green (3,2nd base by Blair/Ausmus).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Polonia dh                    4   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Haselman ph,dh              1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Catalanotto 1b                4   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
Easley 2b                     3   2   1   0       0   1       3   1
Higginson rf                  4   2   2   2       0   0       5   0
Palmer 3b                     3   1   1   1       1   0       1   0
K. Garcia lf                  4   0   1   0       0   1       3   1
Kapler cf                     4   0   2   2       0   0       3   0
Ausmus c                      3   0   0   0       1   0       6   2
D. Cruz ss                    3   0   0   0       0   1       2   4
  Jefferies ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Blair p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Florie p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Nitkowski p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Anderson p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Jones p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       34   5   7   5       2   4      27   9
BATTING - 
2B: Kapler (3,off Escobar).
HR: Palmer (9,2nd inning off Escobar 0 on 1 out); Higginson (7,3rd inning off
Escobar 1 on 2 out).
HBP: Easley (5,by Escobar).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Toronto Blue Jays            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Escobar W(4-2)                5.2   6   5   5   1   2   2  25
Hamilton                      0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2
Lloyd SV(3)                   2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  10
Totals                        9     7   5   5   2   4   2  37
HBP: Escobar (4,Easley).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Hamilton 1-0.
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Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Blair L(1-5)                  5     7   6   6   3   2   1  24
Florie                        1.1   1   1   1   1   2   1   6
Nitkowski                     0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
Anderson                      1     3   2   2   0   1   0   6
Jones                         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Totals                        9    12   9   9   4   5   2  42
HBP: Blair (4,Fernandez).
Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Dale Scott
Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 14177
Starting Lineups:

   Toronto Blue Jays             Detroit Tigers           
1. Stewart             cf        Polonia             dh
2. Grebeck             2b        Catalanotto         1b
3. Green               rf        Easley              2b
4. Delgado             1b        Higginson           rf
5. Fernandez           3b        Palmer              3b
6. Hollins             dh        K. Garcia           lf
7. Lennon              lf        Kapler              cf
8. Bush                ss        Ausmus              c
9. Matheny             c         D. Cruz             ss
   Escobar             p         Blair               p

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Stewart flied to right; Grebeck grounded out
(shortstop to first); Green singled to right; Green was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Polonia popped to shortstop; Catalanotto grounded
out (first unassisted); Easley struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Delgado flied to left; Fernandez flied to right;
Hollins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Higginson grounded out (first to pitcher); Palmer
homered to left; K. Garcia struck out; Kapler singled to center;
Ausmus walked [Kapler to second]; D. Cruz lined to center; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Lennon walked; Bush forced Lennon (shortstop to
second); Matheny flied to right; Stewart flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Polonia lined to shortstop; Catalanotto grounded out
(first unassisted); Easley singled to left; Higginson homered to
right [Easley scored]; Palmer flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Grebeck doubled to third; Green singled to left
[Grebeck to third]; Delgado walked [Green to second]; Fernandez
out on a sacrifice fly to center [Grebeck scored, Green to
third]; Hollins reached on a fielder's choice [Green out at
third (catcher to third), Delgado to third]; Lennon walked
[Hollins to second]; Bush doubled to right [Delgado scored,
Hollins scored, Lennon scored, Bush to third]; Matheny was
called out on strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: K. Garcia flied to center; Kapler popped to second;
Ausmus popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Tigers 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Stewart grounded out (pitcher to first); Grebeck
singled to center; Green flied to left; Delgado homered to
right-center [Grebeck scored]; Fernandez was hit by a pitch;
Hollins doubled to left [Fernandez out at home (left to
shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: D. Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Polonia
flied to center; Catalanotto grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Tigers 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: FLORIE REPLACED BLAIR (PITCHING); Lennon struck
out; Bush was called out on strikes; Matheny walked; Stewart
forced Matheny (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Easley was hit by a pitch; Higginson singled to
center [Easley to second]; Palmer lined to left; K. Garcia
grounded out (first unassisted) [Easley to third, Higginson to
second]; Kapler doubled to left [Easley scored, Higginson
scored]; HAMILTON REPLACED ESCOBAR (PITCHING); Ausmus grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Grebeck flied to right; Green homered to center;
NITKOWSKI REPLACED FLORIE (PITCHING); Delgado flied to right;
Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: D. Cruz struck out; LLOYD REPLACED HAMILTON
(PITCHING); Polonia struck out; Catalanotto flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED NITKOWSKI (PITCHING); Hollins
singled to center; Lennon was called out on strikes; Bush
singled to left [Hollins to third]; Bush stole second; Matheny
out on a sacrifice fly to center [Hollins scored, Bush to
third]; Stewart singled to right [Bush scored]; Grebeck popped
to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 9, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: STEWART CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CRUZ
REPLACED LENNON (PLAYING CF); Easley grounded out (second to
first); Higginson popped to second; Palmer walked; K. Garcia
singled to second [Palmer to third (error by Grebeck)]; Kapler
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 9, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: JONES REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Green
grounded out (second to first); Delgado lined to left; Fernandez
doubled to left; Hollins popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 9, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Ausmus lined to shortstop; JEFFERIES BATTED FOR D.
CRUZ; Jefferies grounded out (third to first); HASELMAN BATTED
FOR POLONIA; Haselman lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Blue Jays 9, Tigers 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Blue Jays        9  12   1    6
 Tigers           5   7   0    5
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