August 31, 1992 Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score

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CLE 4
@CAL 3 MIN 5
@DET 3
(10) KCR 5
TEX 2 MIL 4
NYY 1 BAL 4
@OAK 0 SEA 15
BOS 2 TOR 9
CHW 2 CHC 2
LAD 0 MON 8
@CIN 4 HOU 9
PHI 2 ATL 8
@NYM 6
(14) ATL 7
@NYM 5 STL 6
SDP 2

Standings at end of play this day

Kingdome, Attendance: 14,017

Monday, August 31, 1992, (null)
Time of Game: 2:53

Red Sox

60-71

Lost 1

6th, 14½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         1  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  0    2  4  2
Mariners        3  4  0   0  1  2   5  0  X   15 16  0

W: R Johnson (11-12), L: F Viola (11-11)

Mariners

55-77

Won 1

7th, 24½ GB

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hatcher LF                  3   1   0   0    1   2  .286  .709   12    2   0   SB
J Reed 2B                     1   0   0   0    2   1  .252  .657   20    3   0   
  L Rivera 2B                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .218  .558    1    1   0   
B Zupcic CF-RF                3   0   1   1    1   0  .276  .688   15    3   0   
T Brunansky RF                3   0   0   0    0   1  .279  .850   14    1   0   
  H Winningham PH-CF          1   0   0   0    0   1  .223  .548    6    0   0   
E Wedge DH                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .269  .887   14    0   0   
J Valentin SS                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .242  .695   16    0   7   2B
M Vaughn 1B                   4   1   2   1    0   2  .234  .727   14    9   2   HR
T Pena C                      2   0   0   0    0   0  .240  .583    9    3   0   
  J Marzano C                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .095  .326    8    0   0   
S Cooper 3B                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .259  .657   13    0   3   

F Viola P                                                                0   1
  P Quantrill P                                                          1   1
  J Hesketh P                                                            0   0
  K Ryan P                                                               1   0
  T Fossas P                                                             0   0
Totals                       31   2   4   2    4   9              142   24  14

BATTING

2B: J Valentin (7, off R Johnson).

HR: M Vaughn (10, off R Johnson; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF).

TB: M Vaughn 5; J Valentin 2; B Zupcic.

RBI: B Zupcic (32); M Vaughn (41).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

FIELDING

E: B Zupcic (5); J Valentin (6).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Hatcher (3, 2nd base off R Johnson/D Valle).

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Cotto LF-CF                 5   0   1   1    0   2  .274  .686   20    3   0   SF
E Martinez 3B                 4   3   3   2    1   0  .349  .975   23    0   1   HR,2·2B
  M Blowers 3B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .211  .505    3    0   1   
K Griffey CF                  4   2   1   2    0   0  .308  .914   11    2   0   HR
  J Moses LF                  1   1   0   0    1   0  .182  .581   10    0   0   
K Mitchell DH                 4   3   2   1    1   0  .286  .779   21    0   0   
J Buhner RF                   2   2   1   3    3   1  .242  .750   23    3   0   HR
L Parrish 1B                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .245  .762   10    4   0   
  P O'Brien PH-1B             1   1   1   2    0   0  .207  .646    5    2   0   2B
D Valle C                     5   2   4   4    0   0  .250  .698   12   10   0   HR,2B
B Boone 2B                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .211  .584   20    2   1   
O Vizquel SS                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .311  .725   17    1   2   SH

R Johnson P                                                              0   0
  M Schooler P                                                           0   0
  S Barton P                                                             0   0
Totals                       40  15  16  15    6   3              175   27   5

BATTING

2B: E Martinez 2 (46, off F Viola, off J Hesketh); D Valle (15, off T Fossas); P O'Brien (11, off T Fossas).

HR: E Martinez (18, off K Ryan; 7th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line); D Valle (8, off J Hesketh; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF); J Buhner (21, off F Viola; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); K Griffey (24, off F Viola; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

SF: H Cotto (1, off F Viola).

SH: O Vizquel (8, off F Viola).

TB: E Martinez 8; D Valle 8; K Griffey 4; J Buhner 4; B Boone 2; K Mitchell 2; P O'Brien 2; H Cotto; L Parrish.

RBI: D Valle 4 (28); J Buhner 3 (68); E Martinez 2 (71); P O'Brien 2 (46); K Griffey 2 (82); K Mitchell (67); H Cotto (23).

2-out RBI: D Valle 3; J Buhner 3; E Martinez 2; K Griffey 2; P O'Brien 2.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 8 for 15.

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Viola, L (11-11)             1.2   5   7   7    2   1   2   3.40   13   48-31   18· 3·10    5· 3· 2· 0     16    -     0.82  -0.46
P Quantrill                    2.1   1   0   0    1   1   0   2.28   10   39-24   14· 4· 6    8· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.20   0.02
J Hesketh                      2     5   3   3    1   1   1   4.67   12   42-28   12· 6·10    3· 3· 4· 0          0-0    0.04  -0.01
K Ryan                         0.2   2   4   4    2   0   1  54.00    6   25-9     5· 1· 3    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
T Fossas                       1.1   3   1   1    0   0   0   3.13    7   21-14   10· 1· 3    5· 1· 1· 0          3-3    0.00  -0.00
Totals                         8    16  15  15    6   3   4          48  175-106  59·15·32   23· 9· 7· 0          4-3

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Johnson, W (11-12)           7     3   2   2    4   8   1   3.89   28  116-72   34·11·27    4· 9· 3· 0     67    -     0.55   0.04
M Schooler                     1     0   0   0    0   1   0   4.98    3   13-8     4· 3· 1    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
S Barton                       1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.60    4   10-6     5· 0· 1    2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     4   2   2    4   9   1          35  139-86   43·14·29    6·11· 5· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Vic Voltaggio.

Time of Game: 2:53.

Attendance: 14,017.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Seattle Mariners                     
1. B Hatcher            LF    1. H Cotto              LF 
2. J Reed               2B    2. E Martinez           3B 
3. B Zupcic             CF    3. K Griffey            CF 
4. T Brunansky          RF    4. K Mitchell           DH 
5. E Wedge              DH    5. J Buhner             RF 
6. J Valentin           SS    6. L Parrish            1B 
7. M Vaughn             1B    7. D Valle              C  
8. T Pena               C     8. B Boone              2B 
9. S Cooper             3B    9. O Vizquel            SS 

   F Viola              P        R Johnson            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  1-0  12-  1   28%  71% J Buhner        F Viola         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Griffey Scores; Mitchell Scores; Buhner Scores
   t 1   0  0-0  12-  3   -9%  32% B Zupcic        R Johnson       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Hatcher Scores; Reed to 2B
   b 2   2  1-5  -2-  1    7%  95% K Griffey       F Viola         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Martinez Scores; Griffey Scores
   b 2   2  1-4  -2-  3    6%  88% E Martinez      F Viola         Double (Line Drive); Boone Scores
   t 1   0  0-1  12-  4    5%  37% T Brunansky     R Johnson       Flyball: RF (Short RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Randy Johnson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   46%  B Hatcher       Walk
          1--      44%  J Reed          Hatcher Steals 2B
          -2-  7   41%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  3   32%  B Zupcic        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Hatcher Scores; Reed to 2B
   O      12-  4   37%  T Brunansky     Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      12-  4   40%  E Wedge         Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  7   44%  J Valentin      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-1, Frank Viola facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   42%  H Cotto         Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   44%  E Martinez      Walk
   O      1--  3   42%  K Griffey       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B); Griffey to 1B
          1--  7   44%  K Mitchell      Walk; Griffey to 2B
   RRR    12-  1   71%  J Buhner        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Griffey Scores; Mitchell Scores; Buhner Scores
   O      ---  3   71%  L Parrish       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 3.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Randy Johnson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   73%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   74%  T Pena          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   75%  S Cooper        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Ahead 3-1, Frank Viola facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   78%  D Valle         Single (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--  6   81%  B Boone         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Valle to 2B
   O      12-  2   81%  O Vizquel       Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Valle to 3B; Boone to 2B
   RO     -23  4   82%  H Cotto         Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Valle Scores
   R      -2-  3   88%  E Martinez      Double (Line Drive); Boone Scores
   RR     -2-  1   95%  K Griffey       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Martinez Scores; Griffey Scores
          ---  5   95%  K Mitchell      Reached on E8 (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Mitchell to 2B
                  Paul Quantrill replaces Frank Viola pitching
          -2-  8   95%  J Buhner        Walk
          12-  2   96%  L Parrish       Single (Ground Ball to P's Right); Mitchell to 3B; Buhner to 2B
   O      123  3   95%  D Valle         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Valle to 1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Randy Johnson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   95%  B Hatcher       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   96%  J Reed          Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   95%  B Zupcic        Walk
   O      1--  3   96%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Ahead 7-1, Paul Quantrill facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   96%  B Boone         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  5   97%  O Vizquel       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Vizquel to 2B
   O      -2-  3   96%  H Cotto         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Vizquel stays at 2B
   O      -2-  2   96%  E Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Randy Johnson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   96%  E Wedge         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  5   95%  J Valentin      Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   96%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  6   97%  T Pena          Lineout: 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Bottom of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 7-1, Paul Quantrill facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   97%  K Griffey       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   97%  K Mitchell      Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
   O      ---  4   97%  J Buhner        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Randy Johnson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   97%  S Cooper        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   98%  B Hatcher       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   97%  J Reed          Walk
   O      1--  1   98%  B Zupcic        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); Zupcic to 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 7-1, Joe Hesketh facing 6-7-8
                  Joe Hesketh replaces Paul Quantrill pitching; Luis Rivera replaces Jody Reed playing 2B batting 2nd
   O      ---  3   98%  L Parrish       Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---  3   99%  D Valle         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Valle Scores
          ---  3   99%  B Boone         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   99%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Vizquel to 1B
   O      1--  3   99%  H Cotto         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 8.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-8, Randy Johnson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   99%  T Brunansky     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   99%  E Wedge         Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   99%  J Valentin      Lineout: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 8-1, Joe Hesketh facing 2-3-4
                  John Marzano replaces Tony Pena playing C batting 8th
          ---  7  100%  E Martinez      Double (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  2  100%  K Griffey       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF); Martinez to 3B
   R      --3  3  100%  K Mitchell      Single to LF (Line Drive); Martinez Scores
          1--  6  100%  J Buhner        Walk; Mitchell to 2B
   O      12-  2  100%  L Parrish       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      12-  2  100%  D Valle         Single to CF (Line Drive); Mitchell Scores; Buhner to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  B Boone         Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Mariners 10.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-10, Randy Johnson facing 7-8-9
                  John Moses replaces Ken Griffey playing LF batting 3rd; Henry Cotto moves to CF
   R      ---  3  100%  M Vaughn        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Vaughn Scores
   O      ---  3  100%  J Marzano       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3  100%  S Cooper        Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3  100%  B Hatcher       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Mariners 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 10-2, Ken Ryan facing 9-1-2
                  Ken Ryan replaces Joe Hesketh pitching
   O      ---  3  100%  O Vizquel       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4  100%  H Cotto         Groundout: 1B-P
   R      ---  5  100%  E Martinez      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Martinez Scores
          ---  5  100%  J Moses         Walk
          1--  4  100%  K Mitchell      Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Moses to 2B
          12-  4  100%  J Buhner        Walk; Moses to 3B; Mitchell to 2B
                  Tony Fossas replaces Ken Ryan pitching; Pete O'Brien pinch hits for Lance Parrish batting 6th
   RR     123  5  100%  P O'Brien       Double to RF (Ground Ball thru 1B Foul); Moses Scores; Mitchell Scores; Buhner to 3B
   RR     -23  1  100%  D Valle         Double (Fly Ball); Buhner Scores; O'Brien Scores
   O      -2-  2  100%  B Boone         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Mariners 15.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-15, Mike Schooler facing 2-3-4
                  Mike Schooler replaces Randy Johnson pitching; Pete O'Brien moves to 1B; Mike Blowers replaces Edgar Martinez playing 3B batting 2nd
   O      ---  1  100%  L Rivera        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6  100%  B Zupcic        Foul Popfly: C
                  Herm Winningham pinch hits for Tom Brunansky batting 4th
   O      ---  6  100%  H Winningham    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Mariners 15.

Bottom of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 15-2, Tony Fossas facing 9-1-2
                  Herm Winningham moves to CF; Bob Zupcic moves to RF
   O      ---  3  100%  O Vizquel       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  2  100%  H Cotto         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  3  100%  M Blowers       Lineout: RF
   O      1--  5  100%  J Moses         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Mariners 15.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-15, Shawn Barton facing 5-6-7
                  Shawn Barton replaces Mike Schooler pitching
   O      ---  1  100%  E Wedge         Lineout: SS
   O      ---  1  100%  J Valentin      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3  100%  M Vaughn        Single (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  5  100%  J Marzano       Groundout: 3B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Mariners 15.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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