August 31, 2007 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians Box Score and Play by Play

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LAA 7
TEX 6
(10) BAL 9
@BOS 8 CLE 8
CHW 5 KCR 9
@MIN 4 MIN 5
KCR 0 TBD 9
@NYY 1 OAK 5
DET 4
(10) TOR 7
SEA 5 COL 7
@ARI 3
(10) NYM 7
@ATL 1 HOU 6
@CHC 1 PHI 9
@FLA 2 MIL 3
PIT 2 SDP 6
LAD 4 STL 8
CIN 5 SFG 3
@WSN 2

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 38,325

Friday, August 31, 2007, 7:06PM
Time of Game: 3:01

White Sox

57-78

Lost 4

5th, 20½ GB

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

W: A Fultz (4-2), L: M MacDougal (1-5), S: R Betancourt (1)

Indians

77-57

Won 7

1st

BATTING

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Owens CF                    3   1   1   0    1   0  .239  .586   14    4   0   2B,SB,SH
J Fields LF                   4   0   1   2    0   1  .240  .745   20    4   0   SF
  P Konerko 1B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .855         1   0   
J Thome DH                    3   0   1   1    2   0  .273  .940   18    0   0   IW
J Dye RF                      5   0   1   1    0   2  .248  .802   20    1   0   
A Pierzynski C                5   0   0   0    0   2  .259  .713   17    4   0   
A Gonzalez 3B                 3   0   0   0    1   1  .220  .634   15    0   3   
D Erstad 1B-LF                3   1   1   0    1   0  .264  .664   14    5   1   
J Uribe SS                    4   1   1   1    0   0  .216  .630   11    2   1   2B
D Richar 2B                   3   2   2   0    1   1  .198  .636   15    3   2   2B

M Buehrle P                                                              0   0
  E Wassermann P                                                         0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
  M MacDougal P                                                          0   0
  B Logan P                                                              0   0
Totals                       33   5   8   5    6   7              144   24   7

BATTING

2B: D Richar (3, off A Fultz); J Owens (6, off F Carmona); J Uribe (12, off F Carmona).

SF: J Fields (3, off F Carmona).

SH: J Owens (2, off F Carmona).

IBB: J Thome (9, by F Carmona).

TB: D Richar 3; J Owens 2; J Uribe 2; J Thome; J Dye; J Fields; D Erstad.

RBI: J Fields 2 (53); J Uribe (53); J Dye (67); J Thome (71).

2-out RBI: J Thome.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 11.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Owens (22, 3rd base off F Carmona/V Martinez).

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 5   2   1   0    0   0  .279  .862   17    2   0   
F Gutierrez RF                4   0   1   1    0   1  .274  .818   17    3   0   
T Hafner DH                   2   1   1   0    1   0  .255  .809   13    0   0   HBP
V Martinez C                  4   0   1   2    0   0  .306  .886   18    6   0   
  C Gomez PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .314  .743         0   0   
  K Shoppach C                0   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .788         1   0   
R Garko 1B                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .303  .850   19   13   0   
J Peralta SS                  3   1   0   0    1   0  .271  .768   11    0   3   
J Michaels LF                 3   0   0   0    0   1  .264  .717   16    1   0   
  K Lofton PH-LF              0   1   0   1    1   0  .299  .789    4    0   0   
C Blake 3B                    4   1   2   3    0   1  .265  .769   15    0   5   2B
J Barfield 2B                 2   0   1   0    0   0  .244  .598    5    1   3   
  A Cabrera PH-2B             1   0   0   0    1   0  .286  .757    9    0   1   

F Carmona P                                                              0   1
  A Fultz P                                                              0   0
  R Betancourt P                                                         0   0
Totals                       32   8   8   8    4   4              144   27  13

BATTING

2B: C Blake (30, off M MacDougal).

HBP: T Hafner (7, by M Buehrle).

TB: C Blake 3; F Gutierrez; G Sizemore; R Garko; V Martinez; J Barfield; T Hafner.

RBI: C Blake 3 (64); V Martinez 2 (96); K Lofton (31); F Gutierrez (25); R Garko (50).

2-out RBI: C Blake 3; R Garko; V Martinez; K Lofton.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 4 for 8.

PITCHING

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Buehrle                      7     4   2   2    0   4   0   3.47   26   98-65   36· 9·20    8·10· 3· 0     65    -     0.99   0.31
E Wassermann, H (4)            0.2   1   1   1    0   0   0   3.12    3    9-5     4· 0· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.12   0.04
M Myers                        0     1   2   2    1   0   0   4.03    2    8-2     1· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-1    1.40  -0.12
M MacDougal, BS (3), L (1-5)   0     2   3   3    3   0   0   6.49    5   25-7     2· 0· 5    2· 0· 0· 0          2-2    4.34  -0.79
B Logan                        0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.40    1    4-2     1· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.24   0.01
Totals                         8     8   8   8    4   4   0          37  144-81   44· 9·28   12·13· 3· 0          5-3

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Carmona                      6     7   5   5    6   4   0   3.31   31  103-61   38· 6·17   13· 4· 4· 0     36    -     1.19  -0.14
A Fultz, W (4-2)               2     1   0   0    0   2   0   2.70    7   27-19   10· 2· 7    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.34   0.05
R Betancourt, S (1)            1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.52    3   12-9     4· 0· 5    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.04
Totals                         9     8   5   5    6   7   0          41  142-89   52· 8·29   16· 8· 4· 0           -

M Myers faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
M MacDougal faced 5 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: F Carmona (2; J Thome).

HBP: M Buehrle (5; T Hafner).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Laz Diaz, 2B - Mike DiMuro, 3B - Chris Guccione.

Time of Game: 3:01.

Attendance: 38,325.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 10mph in from Leftfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Chicago White Sox             Cleveland Indians                    
1. J Owens              CF    1. G Sizemore           CF 
2. J Fields             LF    2. F Gutierrez          RF 
3. J Thome              DH    3. T Hafner             DH 
4. J Dye                RF    4. V Martinez           C  
5. A Pierzynski         C     5. R Garko              1B 
6. A Gonzalez           3B    6. J Peralta            SS 
7. D Erstad             1B    7. J Michaels           LF 
8. J Uribe              SS    8. C Blake              3B 
9. D Richar             2B    9. J Barfield           2B 

   M Buehrle            P        F Carmona            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  5-5  123  6   33%  97% C Blake         M MacDougal     Double to RF (Ground Ball); Garko Scores; Peralta Scores; Lofton Scores
   b 8   2  5-4  123  4   26%  64% K Lofton        M MacDougal     Walk; Gomez Scores; Garko to 3B; Peralta to 2B
   b 8   2  5-3  1-3  6   14%  32% R Garko         M MacDougal     Single to LF (Ground Ball); Hafner Scores; Gomez to 3B
   t 5   0  0-0  1--  3  -13%  33% J Owens         F Carmona       Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Richar to 3B
   t 6   0  0-2  1--  1   -9%  12% J Uribe         F Carmona       Double to RF (Ground Ball); Erstad Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   47%  J Owens         Walk
          1--  2   38%  J Fields        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Owens to 3B
          1-3  6   35%  J Thome         Walk; Fields to 2B
   O      123  5   41%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   48%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   55%  A Gonzalez      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Buehrle facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  G Sizemore      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  5   51%  F Gutierrez     Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   50%  T Hafner        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   52%  D Erstad        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   54%  J Uribe         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3   55%  D Richar        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Buehrle facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   53%  V Martinez      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   51%  R Garko         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  3   50%  J Peralta       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   53%  J Owens         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   55%  J Fields        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   56%  J Thome         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Buehrle facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   53%  J Michaels      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  3   51%  C Blake         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   50%  J Barfield      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   53%  J Dye           Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  6   55%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  9   53%  A Gonzalez      Walk
          1--  3   51%  D Erstad        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Gonzalez to 2B
   O      12-  2   56%  J Uribe         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Buehrle facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  G Sizemore      Popfly: SS (Short LF Line)
   O      ---  5   51%  F Gutierrez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   53%  T Hafner        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  2   50%  V Martinez      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Fausto Carmona facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   45%  D Richar        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  3   33%  J Owens         Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Richar to 3B
   RO     -23  5   35%  J Fields        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Richar Scores
          -2-  4   33%  J Thome         Intentional Walk
          12-      30%  J Dye           Owens Steals 3B
   R      1-3  3   23%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Owens Scores; Thome to 2B
   O      12-  1   26%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 1B unassisted; Thome to 3B; Dye to 2B
   O      -23  1   31%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Mark Buehrle facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   27%  R Garko         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  1   25%  J Peralta       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   23%  J Michaels      Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0.

Top of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Fausto Carmona facing 7-8-9
          ---  6   21%  D Erstad        Walk
   R      1--  1   12%  J Uribe         Double to RF (Ground Ball); Erstad Scores
          -2-  5   10%  D Richar        Walk
   O      12-  4   10%  J Owens         Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Uribe to 3B; Richar to 2B
   RO     -23  2   10%  J Fields        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Uribe Scores
   R      -2-  2    6%  J Thome         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Richar Scores
   O      1--  3    7%  J Dye           Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Mark Buehrle facing 8-9-1
          ---  4    9%  C Blake         Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  1   13%  J Barfield      Single to CF (Ground Ball); Blake to 2B
   O      12-  3   10%  G Sizemore      Lineout: 1B-2B/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Blake to 3B
   R      1-3  4   17%  F Gutierrez     Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Blake Scores; Sizemore to 3B
          1-3  1   21%  T Hafner        Hit By Pitch; Gutierrez to 2B
   RO     123  6   18%  V Martinez      Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Sizemore Scores; Gutierrez to 3B
   O      1-3  5   12%  R Garko         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 2.

Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-2, Aaron Fultz facing 5-6-7
                  Aaron Fultz replaces Fausto Carmona pitching
   O      ---  4   13%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   14%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   14%  D Erstad        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-5, Mark Buehrle facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   11%  J Peralta       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6    9%  J Michaels      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2    8%  C Blake         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 2.

Top of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-2, Aaron Fultz facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5    9%  J Uribe         Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          ---  5    7%  D Richar        Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line)
   O      -2-  1    8%  J Owens         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); Richar to 3B
   O      --3  7   10%  J Fields        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-5, Ehren Wassermann facing 9-1-2
                  Ehren Wassermann replaces Mark Buehrle pitching; Paul Konerko replaces Josh Fields playing 1B batting 2nd; Darin Erstad moves to LF; Asdrubal Cabrera pinch hits for Josh Barfield batting 9th
   O      ---  4    7%  A Cabrera       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  2   10%  G Sizemore      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  3    6%  F Gutierrez     Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  Mike Myers replaces Ehren Wassermann pitching
          1--  4    9%  T Hafner        Walk; Sizemore to 2B
   R      12-  4   18%  V Martinez      Single to RF (Fly Ball to RF Line); Sizemore Scores; Hafner to 3B
                  Mike MacDougal replaces Mike Myers pitching; Chris Gomez pinch runs for Victor Martinez batting 4th
   R      1-3  6   32%  R Garko         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Hafner Scores; Gomez to 3B
          1-3  4   38%  J Peralta       Walk; Garko to 2B
                  Kenny Lofton pinch hits for Jason Michaels batting 7th
   R      123  4   64%  K Lofton        Walk; Gomez Scores; Garko to 3B; Peralta to 2B
   RRR    123  6   97%  C Blake         Double to RF (Ground Ball); Garko Scores; Peralta Scores; Lofton Scores
          -2-  5   97%  A Cabrera       Walk
                  Boone Logan replaces Mike MacDougal pitching
   O      12-  4   96%  G Sizemore      Flyball: LF (LF Line)
                  6 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 8.

Top of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-8, Rafael Betancourt facing 3-4-5
                  Rafael Betancourt replaces Aaron Fultz pitching; Kelly Shoppach replaces Chris Gomez playing C batting 4th; Asdrubal Cabrera moves to 2B; Kenny Lofton moves to LF
   O      ---  5   98%  J Thome         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  4  100%  J Dye           Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3  100%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Indians 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CLE200708310

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