October 2, 1996 American League Division Series (ALDS) Game 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards Play by Play and Box Score

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1996 American League Division Series (ALDS) Game 2
1996 postseason: WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BAL / NLCS: ATL-STL / Div. Series: BAL-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-LAD / STL-SDP

Game 1
BAL 10
CLE  4
Game 2
BAL  7
CLE  4
Game 3
CLE  9
BAL  4
Game 4
BAL  4
@CLE  3
(12)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Attendance: 48,970

Wednesday, October 2, 1996, 1:44
Time of Game: 3:27

Indians

Mike Hargrove

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  0   0  0  3   0  1  0    4  8  2
Orioles         1  0  0   0  3  0   0  3  X    7  9  0

W: A Benitez (1-0), L: E Plunk (0-1), S: R Myers (1)

Orioles

Davey Johnson

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .300  .600   20    1   0   2·SB
K Seitzer 1B                  4   0   2   1    0   0  .333  .777   14    7   1   2B,GDP
  J Kent PR-1B                0   1   0   0    0   0  .250  .750         0   1   
J Thome 3B                    4   1   2   0    0   2  .375  .819   13    0   1   
A Belle LF                    3   1   1   2    1   0  .143  .821   14    2   1   HR
J Franco DH                   3   0   0   1    0   2  .143  .268   16    0   0   SF
M Ramirez RF                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .375 1.125   11    2   1   
S Alomar C                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .286   16    7   1   
O Vizquel SS                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .200  .775   19    2   6   SB
J Vizcaino 2B                 3   0   1   0    1   1  .333  .833   21    2   1   

O Hershiser P                                                            1   1
  E Plunk P                                                              0   0
  P Assenmacher P                                                        0   1
  J Tavarez P                                                            0   0
Totals                       33   4   8   4    3   8              144   24  15

BATTING

2B: K Seitzer (1, off S Erickson).

HR: A Belle (1, off S Erickson; 6th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SF: J Franco (1, off A Benitez).

TB: A Belle 4; K Seitzer 3; K Lofton 2; J Thome 2; J Vizcaino.

GIDP: K Seitzer (1).

RBI: A Belle 2 (2); K Seitzer (1); J Franco (1).

2-out RBI: A Belle 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 0 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. O Hershiser-O Vizquel-K Seitzer.

E: K Seitzer (1); S Alomar (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: K Lofton 2 (2, 3rd base off S Erickson/M Parent, 2nd base off S Erickson/M Parent); O Vizquel (2, 2nd base off S Erickson/M Parent).

Baltimore Orioles            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Anderson CF                 4   1   2   2    0   2  .444 1.511   18    2   0   HR,SF
T Zeile 3B                    4   0   0   0    1   0  .250  .650   21    0   0   GDP
R Alomar 2B                   4   1   1   1    1   0  .250  .550   24    2   3   
R Palmeiro 1B                 3   1   1   0    1   1  .286  .873   21   11   0   
B Bonilla RF                  2   1   0   0    2   0  .200 1.356   17    1   0   
  M Devereaux PR-RF           0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
C Ripken SS                   3   1   2   1    0   0  .625 1.542    8    1   4   2B,HBP
E Murray DH                   3   0   2   1    1   1  .286  .804   13    0   0   2B,IW
  M Alexander PR              0   1   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Surhoff LF                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .250 1.250   12    1   0   
  P Incaviglia PR-LF          0   1   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
M Parent C                    3   0   1   0    0   1  .333  .666    9    7   1   
  C Hoiles PH-C               0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .600    4    0   0   IW

S Erickson P                                                             1   3
  J Orosco P                                                             0   0
  A Benitez P                                                            0   0
  R Myers P                                                              0   0
Totals                       30   7   9   5    7   5              147   27  11

BATTING

2B: E Murray (1, off O Hershiser); C Ripken (2, off E Plunk).

HR: B Anderson (2, off O Hershiser; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF).

SF: B Anderson (1, off P Assenmacher).

IBB: E Murray (1, by E Plunk); C Hoiles (1, by P Assenmacher).

HBP: C Ripken (1, by O Hershiser).

TB: B Anderson 5; C Ripken 3; E Murray 3; M Parent; R Palmeiro; R Alomar.

GIDP: T Zeile (1).

RBI: B Anderson 2 (3); C Ripken (2); R Alomar (2); E Murray (1).

2-out RBI: C Ripken; R Alomar; E Murray.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. S Erickson-R Alomar-R Palmeiro.

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Hershiser                    5     7   4   3    3   3   1   5.40   25   85-52   34· 2·16    8· 3· 7· 0     39    -     0.90  -0.09
E Plunk, L (0-1)               2     1   3   3    2   2   0  13.50    9   41-23   13· 2· 8    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    1.12  -0.14
P Assenmacher                  0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    3   11-4     2· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          3-2    1.53  -0.06
J Tavarez                      0.1   1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    2   10-5     3· 0· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          2-1    0.69  -0.03
Totals                         8     9   7   6    7   5   1          39  147-84   52· 4·28   11· 7· 8· 0          5-3

Baltimore Orioles             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Erickson                     6.2   6   3   3    2   6   1   4.05   27   94-57   27· 6·24   14· 3· 2· 0     54    -     0.99   0.16
J Orosco, H (1)                0.1   2   1   1    0   1   0  27.00    3    9-6     2· 1· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    2.91  -0.12
A Benitez, BS (1), W (1-0)     1     0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   21-15    9· 2· 4    0· 2· 0· 0          2-1    3.96   0.10
R Myers, S (1)                 1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   11-7     4· 0· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.48   0.04
Totals                         9     8   4   4    3   8   1          37  135-85   42· 9·34   15· 7· 4· 0          4-1

E Plunk faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
J Orosco faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: P Assenmacher (1; C Hoiles); E Plunk (1; E Murray).

HBP: O Hershiser (1; C Ripken).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - John Shulock.

Time of Game: 3:27.

Attendance: 48,970.

Field Condition: Wet.

Weather: 67° F, Wind 3mph out to Centerfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Baltimore Orioles                    
1. K Lofton             CF    1. B Anderson           CF 
2. K Seitzer            1B    2. T Zeile              3B 
3. J Thome              3B    3. R Alomar             2B 
4. A Belle              LF    4. R Palmeiro           1B 
5. J Franco             DH    5. B Bonilla            RF 
6. M Ramirez            RF    6. C Ripken             SS 
7. S Alomar             C     7. E Murray             DH 
8. O Vizquel            SS    8. B Surhoff            LF 
9. J Vizcaino           2B    9. M Parent             C  

   O Hershiser          P        S Erickson           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   0  4-4  1--  1   17%  85% C Ripken        E Plunk         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Devereaux to 3B
   t 6   2  4-1  1--  2  -16%  71% A Belle         S Erickson      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thome Scores
   t 8   0  4-3  12-  8  -14%  38% A Belle         A Benitez       Walk; Kent to 3B; Thome to 2B
   t 8   1  4-4  1-3  3   14%  51% M Ramirez       A Benitez       Strikeout Swinging
   t 8   0  4-3  1--  3  -12%  52% J Thome         J Orosco        Single to CF (Pop Fly); Kent to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Scott Erickson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  K Lofton        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  2   49%  K Seitzer       Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   52%  J Thome         Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   55%  A Belle         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Orel Hershiser facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   58%  B Anderson      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   OO     1--  4   51%  T Zeile         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Left)
          ---  6   52%  R Alomar        Walk
          1--  5   54%  R Palmeiro      Walk; Alomar to 2B
   R      12-  1   64%  B Bonilla       Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Alomar Scores/unER/No RBI; Palmeiro to 3B
          1-3  4   66%  C Ripken        Hit By Pitch; Bonilla to 2B
   O      123  5   59%  E Murray        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Erickson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   62%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   64%  M Ramirez       Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   65%  S Alomar        Groundout: P unassisted (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Orel Hershiser facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   63%  B Surhoff       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  1   65%  M Parent        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  4   62%  B Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   60%  T Zeile         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Erickson facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   63%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   60%  J Vizcaino      Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--  1   56%  K Lofton        Single to C (Bunt); Vizcaino to 2B
   OO     12-  1   66%  K Seitzer       Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Orel Hershiser facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   64%  R Alomar        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   62%  R Palmeiro      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   61%  B Bonilla       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Erickson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   64%  J Thome         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   66%  A Belle         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   68%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Orel Hershiser facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   65%  C Ripken        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   68%  E Murray        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
   O      1--  4   66%  B Surhoff       Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B); Murray to 2B
   O      -2-  2   62%  M Parent        Popfly: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Erickson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   66%  M Ramirez       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   68%  S Alomar        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   70%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Orel Hershiser facing 1-2-3
   R      ---  2   80%  B Anderson      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   78%  T Zeile         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   77%  R Alomar        Lineout: LF (Short LF)
          ---  6   78%  R Palmeiro      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--  6   79%  B Bonilla       Walk; Palmeiro to 2B
   R      12-  1   86%  C Ripken        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Palmeiro Scores; Bonilla to 2B
   RO     12-  1   90%  E Murray        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Bonilla Scores; Ripken out at Hm/LF-SS-C
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 4.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-4, Scott Erickson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   92%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   90%  K Lofton        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      89%  K Seitzer       Lofton Steals 2B
          -2-      88%  " "             Lofton Steals 3B
   RO     --3  5   89%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Lofton Scores
          ---  3   87%  J Thome         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--  2   71%  A Belle         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thome Scores
   O      ---  4   73%  J Franco        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 4-3, Eric Plunk facing 8-9-1
                  Eric Plunk replaces Orel Hershiser pitching
   O      ---  4   70%  B Surhoff       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  6   69%  M Parent        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   67%  B Anderson      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Orioles 4.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Scott Erickson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   72%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   75%  S Alomar        Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  5   73%  O Vizquel       Walk
          1--      71%  J Vizcaino      Vizquel Steals 2B
          -2-  7   69%  " "             Walk
                  Jesse Orosco replaces Scott Erickson pitching
   O      12-  5   78%  K Lofton        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 4-3, Eric Plunk facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   75%  T Zeile         Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   74%  R Alomar        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   72%  R Palmeiro      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Orioles 4.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Jesse Orosco facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   64%  K Seitzer       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
                  Jeff Kent pinch runs for Kevin Seitzer batting 2nd
          1--  3   52%  J Thome         Single to CF (Pop Fly); Kent to 2B
                  Armando Benitez replaces Jesse Orosco pitching
          12-  8   38%  A Belle         Walk; Kent to 3B; Thome to 2B
   RO     123  3   37%  J Franco        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Kent Scores; Thome to 3B
   O      1-3  3   51%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  7   62%  S Alomar        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Orioles 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Tied 4-4, Eric Plunk facing 5-6-7
                  Jeff Kent moves to 1B
          ---  6   68%  B Bonilla       Walk
                  Mike Devereaux pinch runs for Bobby Bonilla batting 5th
          1--  1   85%  C Ripken        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Devereaux to 3B
          -23  4   87%  E Murray        Intentional Walk
                  Paul Assenmacher replaces Eric Plunk pitching
   RO     123  2   91%  B Surhoff       Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm (P's Right); Ripken Scores/Adv on E2 (throw to 1B)/No RBI; Murray to 3B; Surhoff to 2B
                  Chris Hoiles pinch hits for Mark Parent batting 9th; Pete Incaviglia pinch runs for B.J. Surhoff batting 8th; Manny Alexander pinch runs for Eddie Murray batting 7th
          -23  4   91%  C Hoiles        Intentional Walk
   RO     123  5   93%  B Anderson      Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Alexander Scores; Incaviglia to 3B
                  Julian Tavarez replaces Paul Assenmacher pitching
          1-3  5   93%  T Zeile         Walk; Hoiles to 2B
   RO     123  5   96%  R Alomar        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B); Incaviglia Scores; Hoiles to 3B; Zeile to 2B; Alomar out at 1B/RF-C-1B-SS
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Orioles 7.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-7, Randy Myers facing 8-9-1
                  Randy Myers replaces Armando Benitez pitching; Chris Hoiles moves to C; Pete Incaviglia moves to LF; Mike Devereaux moves to RF
   O      ---  6   98%  O Vizquel       Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  3  100%  J Vizcaino      Lineout: RF
   O      ---  2  100%  K Lofton        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Orioles 7.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:BAL199610020

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OTHER

LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation