AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - DETROIT 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 3 CLEVELAND 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 x 11 13 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: DET - BRIAN WILLIAMS, AJ SAGER (3RD), GREGG OLSON (8TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS CLE - CHAD OGEA, PAUL SHUEY (7TH), JULIAN TAVAREZ (9TH) AND SANDY ALOMAR
WP - CHAD OGEA (7-4) LP - BRIAN WILLIAMS (3-10) SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: DET - BRAD AUSMUS (3) OFF OGEA IN THE 3RD, 0 ON CLE - JIM THOME (26) OFF BR WILLIAMS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON JIM THOME (27) OFF OLSON IN THE 8TH, 3 ON
TIME: 3:02 ATT: 42,337
PROBABLES: CHI - JAMES BALDWIN (9-3, 3.83) DET - OMAR OLIVARES (7-8, 4.44)
TEX - ROGER PAVLIK (13-6, 4.63) CLE - JACK MCDOWELL (10-7, 4.82)
DETROIT (3) AT CLEVELAND (11) - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Pride lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .294 Easley 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .224 Fryman 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .260 Sierra rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .254 Higginson cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .310 To Clark 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .253 M Lewis dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 a-Nevin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Cedeno ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Ausmus c 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .252
Totals 32 3 6 3 2 9 7
a-struck out for M Lewis in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Pride (14, Ogea); Fryman (27, Ogea); Higginson (26, Ogea). HR - Ausmus (3, 3rd inning off Ogea 0 on, 1 out). S - Easley. RBI - Ausmus (14), Sierra (60), To Clark (39). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Sierra 1, M Lewis 1, A Cedeno 1. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: E - Sierra 2 (4, bobble, drop foul); A Cedeno (12, pop up). Outfield assists - Sierra (J Vizcaino at 1st base). DP: 1 (Sierra-To Clark).
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Lofton cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .317 Burnitz cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 O Vizquel ss 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .300 Thome 3b 5 3 4 6 0 0 1 .320 Belle lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .295 M Ramirez rf 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 .305 Giles dh 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 .391 S Alomar c 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 .269 Kent 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .156 J Vizcaino 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .263
Totals 35 11 13 11 3 9 16
BATTING: 2B - M Ramirez 3 (37, Br Williams 2, Sager). HR - Thome 2 (27, 3rd inning off Br Williams 0 on, 0 out, 8th inning off Olson 3 on, 2 out). SF - Giles. RBI - Thome 6 (85), M Ramirez (84), Giles (18), S Alomar 2 (41), O Vizquel (52). 2-out RBI - S Alomar 2, O Vizquel, Thome 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kent 1, S Alomar 1. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - Lofton (58, 2nd base off Br Williams/Ausmus). CS - O Vizquel (5, 2nd base by Br Williams/Ausmus).
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era Br Williams (L, 3-10) 2 2/3 7 6 6 1 1 1 6.93 Sager 4 1/3 3 0 0 0 6 0 4.34 Olson 1 3 5 5 2 2 1 5.09
CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era Ogea (W, 7-4) 6 6 3 3 2 5 1 5.38 Shuey (H, 6) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.79 Tavarez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.48
HBP - Belle (by Br Williams). Pitches-strikes: Ogea 97-65; Shuey 27-17; Tavarez 10-6; Br Williams 74-41; Sager 64-43; Olson 33-17. Ground balls-fly balls: Ogea 4-9; Shuey 1-2; Tavarez 0-2; Br Williams 1-4; Sager 3-4; Olson 0-1. Batters faced: Ogea 26; Shuey 6; Tavarez 3; Br Williams 16; Sager 16; Olson 8.
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Mccoy. 1B--Dale Ford. 2B--Chuck Meriwether. 3B--Jim Evans. T--3:02. Att--42,337. Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, in from left.
DETROIT (3) AT CLEVELAND (11) - HOW THEY SCORED
CLEVELAND 1ST: Lofton reached on infield single. O Vizquel fouled out to left. Lofton stole second. Thome singled to right center, Lofton scored. Belle hit by pitch, Thome to second. M Ramirez doubled to left, Thome scored, Belle to third. Giles hit sacrifice fly to right, Belle scored. S Alomar singled to shallow right center, M Ramirez scored. S Alomar to second on right fielder Sierra's fielding error. Kent flied out to center. DETROIT 0, CLEVELAND 4.
DETROIT 3RD: A Cedeno fouled out to catcher. Ausmus homered to left. Pride struck out swinging. Easley flied out to right center. DETROIT 1, CLEVELAND 4.
CLEVELAND 3RD: Thome homered to left. Belle grounded out to shortstop. M Ramirez doubled to deep left. Giles struck out swinging. S Alomar singled to right center, M Ramirez scored. Aj Sager relieved Brian Williams. Kent continued to bat after dropped foul ball by right fielder Sierra. Kent struck out swinging. DETROIT 1, CLEVELAND 6.
DETROIT 6TH: Fryman doubled to deep left. Sierra singled to right center, Fryman scored. Higginson doubled to deep right, Sierra to third. To Clark grounded out to first, Sierra scored, Higginson to third. M Lewis lined out to shortstop. A Cedeno grounded out to third. DETROIT 3, CLEVELAND 6.
CLEVELAND 8TH: Gregg Olson relieved Aj Sager. Giles walked. S Alomar walked, Giles to second. Kent struck out swinging. J Vizcaino singled to center, Giles to third, S Alomar to second. Lofton struck out looking. O Vizquel singled to right, Giles scored, S Alomar to third, J Vizcaino to second. Thome homered to deep right, S Alomar, J Vizcaino and O Vizquel scored. Belle fouled out to first. DETROIT 3, CLEVELAND 11.
GAME RECAPJim Thome homered twice, including his first career grand slam, and drove in a career-high six runs and Chad Ogea allowed three runs over six innings as the Cleveland Indians continued their dominance over the Detroit Tigers with an 11-3 victory.
Thome had an RBI single in the first inning, a disputed solo homer, his 26th, in the third and capped Cleveland's scoring with a grand slam in the eighth. He recorded his third career two-homer game and fourth multi-homer performance. Thome's 27 round-trippers are the most by an Indians left-handed hitter since Boog Powell also blasted 27 in 1975.
"It was one of those days where everything worked out," Thome said. "To have a big day like that and to hit a grand slam like that is special. We played very well and I managed to hit the ball very hard (in the series)."
Ogea (7-4) gave up six hits and two walks with five strikeouts for just his second win in his last seven starts. He improved to 5-1 at home, but won there for the first time since July 7th against Chicago.
"I made a few mistakes in the sixth and it cost me a couple of runs," Ogea said. "I was physically getting tired but I didn't hit the wall. Now that I am pitching every fifth day, I get a second wind. It was exactly 24 curves because I looked at the chart. I knew coming out of the bullpen that I didn't have a great changeup today."
Paul Shuey pitched two hitless innings and Julian Tavarez worked a 1-2-3 ninth for the Indians, who improved to 9-0 overall against the Tigers this year and 18-1 all-time versus Detroit at Jacobs Field. Cleveland has won 27 of the last 32 meetings, dating back to the start of the 1994 season and recorded its fourth straight three-game home sweep of Detroit.
The Indians jumped on Brian Williams (3-10) for four runs in the first. Kenny Lofton led off with an infield single, stole second one out later and came home on a single by Thome. After Manny Ramirez doubled in a run and Albert Belle was hit by a pitch, Brian Giles hit a sacrifice fly and Alomar added a run-scoring single for a 4-0 lead.
Williams surrendered six runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings to fall to 0-3 this year against Cleveland. He has won just one of his last eight starts, lasting less than five innings on five occasions.
Brad Ausmus' third home run in the third put Detroit on the board in the third inning, but Cleveland responded with two more runs in the bottom half. Thome led off with a homer down the left field line and Alomar singled in Ramirez two outs later to make it 6-1.
Thome's homer was originally called a double because of fan interference, but Indians manager Mike Hargrove argued the call and the call was reversed. Detroit manager Buddy Bell than contested the call, but to no avail.
The home run by Ausmus snapped a six-game homerless streak by Detroit, which has dropped seven games in a row after winning four straight and 10 of 12.
"I just think we disrespected this game in general and the game of baseball," Bell said. "We lost the first two games of this series and to be honest with you I don't think they gave a (bleep) about playing today. I think they wanted to go home and they really didn't give a (bleep) about it. I talked to them a little bit. If you think you can just throw your gloves on the field against the Cleveland, you are mistaken."
An RBI single by Ruben Sierra and a run-scoring groundout by Tony Clark in the sixth cut the gap to 6-3 before the Indians put the game away with five runs in the eighth off Gregg Olson, including the grand slam by Thome to deep right.
Ramirez collected a career-high three doubles while Thome had his first four-hit game. Thome went 7-for-11 with three homers and eight RBI in the three-game series and has hit in 13 of his last 14 contests, batting .469 with five homers and 19 RBI.