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Rangers 1 @ Indians 2
Jacobs Field
April 16, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers, played on April 16, 2000 at Jacobs Field. The home team Indians beat the visiting Rangers with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

Date	April 16, 2000
Visiting Team	Texas Rangers R: 1 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 7 Runs: 1 Hits: 5 Errors: 0 Left On Base: 7
Home Team	Cleveland Indians R: 2 H: 4 E: 2 LOB: 5 Runs: 2 Hits: 4 Errors: 2 Left On Base: 5
Winning Pitcher	—Chuck Finley
Losing Pitcher	—John Wetteland
Save	—
Game Winning RBI	—Jim Thome

Game Info

Date	April 16, 2000
Day of Week	Sun
Day / Night	D
Visiting Team	Texas Rangers
Home Team	Cleveland Indians
Visiting Starting Pitcher	Esteban Loaiza
Home Starting Pitcher	Chuck Finley
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland
State	OH
Attendance	40,626
Time of Game	2 hours 41 minutes
Umpires	HP:Greg Bonin 1B:Travis Katzenmeier 2B:Jerry Meals 3B:Larry Young

Texas RangersLineup

Name	Position
Royce Clayton	Shortstop
Chad Curtis	Left Fielder
Ivan Rodriguez	Catcher
Rafael Palmeiro	First Baseman
David Segui	DH
Ruben Mateo	Center Fielder
Gabe Kapler	Right Fielder
Luis Alicea	Second Baseman
Tom Evans	Third Baseman
Johnny Oates	Manager

Cleveland IndiansLineup

Name	Position
Jacob Cruz	Center Fielder
Omar Vizquel	Shortstop
Roberto Alomar	Second Baseman
Manny Ramirez	Right Fielder
Jim Thome	First Baseman
Richie Sexson	Left Fielder
David Justice	DH
Travis Fryman	Third Baseman
Einar Diaz	Catcher
Charlie Manuel	Manager

All Plays in Game (back to top)

Rangers 1 @ Indians 2
Jacobs Field
April 16, 2000

Top 1

Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: --- Clayton vs. Finley Clayton takes first base on ball four. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-- Curtis vs. Finley Curtis strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-- Rodriguez vs. Finley Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. ViewPlay

Bottom 1

Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: --- Cruz vs. Loaiza Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Vizquel vs. Loaiza Vizquel takes first base on ball four. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-- Alomar vs. Loaiza Alomar hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-- Ramirez vs. Loaiza Ramirez strikes out. ViewPlay

Top 2

Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: --- Palmeiro vs. Finley Palmeiro hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --- Segui vs. Finley Segui takes first base on ball four. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-- Mateo vs. Finley Mateo hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-- Kapler vs. Finley Kapler strikes out. ViewPlay

Bottom 2

Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: --- Thome vs. Loaiza Thome is called out on strikes. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --- Sexson vs. Loaiza Sexson strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --- Justice vs. Loaiza Justice takes first base on ball four. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-- Fryman vs. Loaiza Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Mateo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay

Top 3

Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: --- Alicea vs. Finley Alicea hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-- Evans vs. Finley Evans strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-- Clayton vs. Finley Clayton strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-- Curtis vs. Finley There goes Alicea. The throw from Diaz and he is safe. Alicea steals second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2- Curtis vs. Finley Curtis strikes out. There goes Alicea. Here's the throw, and he's safe. ViewPlay
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3 Rodriguez vs. Finley Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alicea scores. Curtis moves to second. That run is unearned. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12- Palmeiro vs. Finley Palmeiro is called out on strikes. ViewPlay

Bottom 3

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Diaz vs. Loaiza Diaz hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Cruz vs. Loaiza Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --- Vizquel vs. Loaiza Vizquel hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay

Top 4

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --- Segui vs. Finley Segui hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --- Mateo vs. Finley Mateo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-- Kapler vs. Finley Kapler strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-- Alicea vs. Finley Finley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Finley. Mateo moves to second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2- Alicea vs. Finley Alicea hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay

Bottom 4

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Alomar vs. Loaiza Alomar hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --- Ramirez vs. Loaiza Ramirez strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --- Thome vs. Loaiza Thome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay

Top 5

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --- Evans vs. Finley Evans strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --- Clayton vs. Finley Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Finley juggles the ball. That's an error on Finley. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-- Curtis vs. Finley Curtis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clayton moves to second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12- Rodriguez vs. Finley Rodriguez hits a fly ball towards center. Cruz catches it and throws to third to double up Clayton. ViewPlay

Bottom 5

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --- Sexson vs. Loaiza Sexson strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --- Justice vs. Loaiza Justice hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mateo. Justice reaches second base with a double. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2- Fryman vs. Loaiza Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2- Diaz vs. Loaiza Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay

Top 6

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --- Palmeiro vs. Finley Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Palmeiro for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --- Segui vs. Finley Segui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --- Mateo vs. Finley Mateo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay

Bottom 6

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: --- Cruz vs. Loaiza Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --- Vizquel vs. Loaiza Vizquel is called out on strikes. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --- Alomar vs. Loaiza Alomar strikes out. ViewPlay

Top 7

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Kapler vs. Finley Kapler strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Alicea vs. Finley Alicea is called out on strikes. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --- Evans vs. Finley Evans is called out on strikes. ViewPlay

Bottom 7

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --- Ramirez vs. Loaiza Ramirez is called out on strikes. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Thome vs. Loaiza Thome strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --- Sexson vs. Loaiza Sexson strikes out. ViewPlay

Top 8

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --- Clayton vs. Finley Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --- Curtis vs. Finley Curtis takes first base on ball four. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-- Rodriguez vs. Finley Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Curtis moves to second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2- Palmeiro vs. Finley There goes Curtis. The throw from Diaz and he is out, Fryman applying the tag. ViewPlay

Bottom 8

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --- Justice vs. Loaiza Justice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alicea scoops it up and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --- Fryman vs. Loaiza Fryman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-- Alomar vs. Zimmerman Sandy Alomar pinch hits for Einar Diaz. Jeff Zimmerman now pitching. Alomar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alicea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-- Cruz vs. Zimmerman Cruz takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12- Vizquel vs. Zimmerman Vizquel strikes out. ViewPlay

Top 9

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --- Palmeiro vs. Finley Sandy Alomar now catching. Palmeiro strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Segui vs. Finley Segui strikes out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Mateo vs. Finley Mateo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-- Kapler vs. Finley Kapler takes first base on ball four. Mateo moves to second. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12- Alicea vs. Finley Alicea hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. ViewPlay

Bottom 9

Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --- Alomar vs. Wetteland John Wetteland now pitching. Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alicea scoops it up and throws to first for the out. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0 Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --- Ramirez vs. Wetteland Ramirez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. ViewPlay
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 1 Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --- Thome vs. Wetteland Thome hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. ViewPlay

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Box Score (back to top)

 Game of 4/16/2000 -- Texas at Cleveland (D) Texas AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBIClayton R, ss 3 0 0 0 Cruz J, cf 3 0 0 0 Curtis C, lf 3 0 1 0 Vizquel O, ss 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez I, c 4 0 1 1 Alomar R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Palmeiro R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ramirez M, rf 4 1 1 1 Segui D, dh 3 0 0 0 Thome J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Mateo R, cf 4 0 2 0 Sexson R, lf 3 0 0 0 Kapler G, rf 3 0 0 0 Justice D, dh 2 0 1 0 Alicea L, 2b 4 1 1 0 Fryman T, 3b 3 0 1 0 Evans T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Diaz E, c 2 0 0 0 Alomar S, ph-c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 5 1 29 2 4 2Texas 001 000 000 -- 1Cleveland 000 000 002 -- 2 1 out when winning run was scored. Texas IP H R ER BB SOLoaiza E 7.1 2 0 0 2 10Zimmerman J 0.2 0 0 0 1 1Wetteland J (L) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SOFinley C (W) 9.0 5 1 0 4 13E -- Finley C 2DP -- Cleveland 2LOB -- Texas 7, Cleveland 52B -- Justice DHR -- Ramirez M, Thome JSB -- Alicea LCS -- Curtis CPB -- Diaz ET -- 2:41A -- 40626

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