Game 114: Aug 12, 1999 (L: 3-1)
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My Commentary

I was at this game, and it turned out to be not as hot as I thought it would be.  Don't get me wrong, it was hot, but it wasn't that bad - but I was in the shade the whole time.  :)

Aaron Sele pitched extremely well throughout 8th innings (actually, 7 innings and a batter).  He struck out a career high 13 batters, but unfortunately, the Tigers pitcher(s) pitched better. We only had 5 hits, and one run.  Detroit had 8 hits with 3 runs, one of which was a solo home run, but this struck me as a rather well pitched games on both sides.

I did score the game, but I was busy taking pictures again - just in case you didn't think I've taken enough.  :)

Not a whole lot to say about this game, except there was some great pitching on both sides - and we never really got going offensively. 

-- Joe Siegler

Game Recap

ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) -- Dave Mlicki and three relievers combined on a five-hitter to overcome Aaron Sele's career high 13 strikeouts and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Mlicki (7-10) pitched 5 2/3 innings to win for the fourth time in five starts. The righthander allowed one run and four hits, walking three and striking out four.

"I didn't have my best stuff, I tried to overthrow a lot," Mlicki said. "I got some ground balls, which was good. I tried throwing breaking balls when I was behind in the count."

Rookie Francisco Cordero replaced Mlicki with two outs in the sixth and struck out all four batters he faced. Doug Brocail allowed one hit and struck out one in a scoreless eighth and closer Todd Jones struck out the side with one walk in the ninth for his 18th save in 21 opportunities.

Tony Clark homered for Detroit, which completed a 3-4 road trip.

Sele (12-7) struck out every starter at least once and became the first Ranger with 13 strikeouts since Roger Pavlik on August 7, 1992. The righthander threw 114 pitches allowing three runs and eight hits with two walks in seven-plus innings.

"I tried to get them to hit some ground balls and they swung above the ball," Sele said. "Strikeouts don't matter. We lost the game. Detroit scored their runs when they had their chances."

Clark struck out in his first at-bat against Sele. But with two outs in the third, he gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead with a 411-foot homer. He also singled twice and has hit 11 of his 19 homers since the All-Star break.

"We were fortunate tonight to get some outstanding pitching," Clark said. "Aaron's got outstanding stuff. He was moving the ball around and hitting his spots."

With one out in the first, Deivi Cruz doubled to left field and Juan Encarnacion followed with an RBI single to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Sele walked Dean Palmer and after Clark struck out, Damion Easley was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But Sele retired Gabe Alvarez on a foulout.

Clark began the second with a base hit to right and moved to second on Easley's single. After Alvarez struck out, Bill Haselman singled to score Clark and give Detroit a 3-0 lead.

The Rangers scored their run in the sixth. Rusty Greer led off with a walk, moved to third one out later on Todd Zeile's single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Lee Stevens. Cordero came on and struck out Roberto Kelly.

Photos
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Ranger starter Aaron Sele	Gabe Alvarez fouls off a pitch in the first	Deivi Cruz strikes out	Juan Encarnacion tries for a ball and misses..	...then goes back to his place when he misses

Tony Clark gets congrats for his home run	Gregg Zaun & Aaron Sele's meeting is broken up

Box Score

Line Score
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
DETROIT             1  0  1   0  0  1   0  0  0     3  8  0
TEXAS               0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0     1  5  0   (FINAL)

BATTERIES:  DET - DAVE MLICKI, FRANCISCO CORDERO (6TH), DOUG
                  BROCAIL (8TH), TODD JONES (9TH) AND BILL
                  HASELMAN
            TEX - AARON SELE, DANNY PATTERSON (8TH), JEFF
                  ZIMMERMAN (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN

             WP - DAVE MLICKI (7-10)
             LP - AARON SELE (12-7)
           SAVE - TODD JONES (18)

HOME RUNS:  DET - TONY CLARK (19) OFF SELE IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
            TEX - NONE

     TIME:  2:51     ATT:  27,209

PROBABLES:  ANA - TIM BELCHER (5-7, 6.85)
            DET - DAVID BORKOWSKI (0-3, 7.67)

            TEX - JOHN BURKETT (3-5, 6.28) AND UNDECIDED
            CHA - KIP WELLS (1-0, 1.69) AND JAMES BALDWIN (5-11, 6.20)

Box Score
DETROIT (3) AT TEXAS (1) - FINAL

DETROIT                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Polonia rf              5  0  0  0   0  1   3  .329
 Kapler rf              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .225
D Cruz ss               5  1  1  0   0  2   1  .267
J Encarnacion lf        3  0  1  1   1  2   0  .270
Palmer 3b               3  0  0  0   1  2   1  .261
To Clark 1b             4  2  3  1   0  1   2  .272
Easley 2b               3  0  1  0   0  1   1  .259
G Alvarez dh            3  0  0  0   0  1   5  .242
 a-K Garcia ph          1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .214
Haselman c              4  0  2  1   0  0   1  .284
K Bartee cf             4  0  0  0   0  3   3  .160

Totals                 35  3  8  3   2 13  18

a-hit into fielder's choice for G Alvarez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - D Cruz (23, Sele). HR - To Clark (19, 3rd inning
off Sele 0 on, 2 out). RBI - J Encarnacion (52), To Clark (69),
Haselman (11). 2-out RBI - To Clark. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - G Alvarez 2, Polonia 1. Team LOB - 8.

TEXAS                  ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Goodwin cf            4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .237
Mclemore 2b             4  0  1  0   0  0   3  .290
Greer lf                3  1  1  0   1  0   0  .280
R Palmeiro dh           4  0  0  0   0  2   2  .343
Zeile 3b                3  0  1  0   1  1   1  .300
L Stevens 1b            3  0  0  1   0  2   2  .276
R Kelly rf              4  0  1  0   0  3   1  .322
Clayton ss              3  0  0  0   1  1   1  .256
Zaun c                  2  0  1  0   1  1   0  .239
 a-I Rodriguez ph       1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .324

Totals                 31  1  5  1   4 12  13

a-struck out for Zaun in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - Zaun (2, Mlicki); R Kelly (12, Mlicki). SF - L Stevens.
RBI - L Stevens (63). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
Mclemore 2, Zeile 1, I Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 8.

DETROIT                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Mlicki (W, 7-10)              5 2/3   4   1   1   3   4   0   5.03
F Cordero (H, 1)              1 1/3   0   0   0   0   4   0   0.00
Brocail (H, 12)               1       1   0   0   0   1   0   2.63
T Jones (S, 18)               1       0   0   0   1   3   0   4.30

TEXAS                        ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Sele (L, 12-7)                7       8   3   3   2  13   1   5.21
D Patterson                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.93
Je Zimmerman                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   1.20

Sele pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP - Easley (by Sele).  Pitches-strikes: Sele 114-80; D Patterson
14-9; Je Zimmerman 13-9; Mlicki 97-58; F Cordero 17-13; Brocail
19-11; T Jones 24-13.  Ground balls-fly balls: Sele 3-5; D Patterson
2-1; Je Zimmerman 1-2; Mlicki 5-8; F Cordero 0-0; Brocail 2-0;
T Jones 0-0.  Batters faced: Sele 32; D Patterson 3; Je Zimmerman 3;
Mlicki 24; F Cordero 4; Brocail 4; T Jones 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Travis Katzenmeier. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Gary
Cederstrom. 3B--Doug Eddings.
T--2:51.  Att--27,209.   Weather: 102 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, right to left.

Game Log

Detroit Starting Lineups -- Luis Polonia RF, Deivi Cruz SS, Juan Encarnacion LF, Dean Palmer 3B, Tony Clark 1B, Damion Easley 2B, Gabe Alvarez DH, Bill Haselman C, Kimera Bartee CF, Dave Mlicki RHP.

Texas Starting Lineups -- Tom Goodwin CF, Mark Mclemore 2B, Rusty Greer LF, Rafael Palmeiro DH, Todd Zeile 3B, Lee Stevens 1B, Roberto Kelly RF, Royce Clayton SS, Gregg Zaun C, Aaron Sele RHP.

Umpires -- Katzenmeier (HP), T Mcclelland (1B), Cederstrom (2B), Eddings (3B).

Gametime Weather: 102 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 15 mph.

DETROIT 1ST: Polonia struck out looking. D Cruz doubled to left. J Encarnacion singled to left, D Cruz scored. Palmer walked, J Encarnacion to second. To Clark struck out swinging. Easley hit by pitch, J Encarnacion to third, Palmer to second. G Alvarez fouled out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 1, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 1ST: T Goodwin lined out to shortstop. Mclemore grounded out to shortstop. Greer singled to left. R Palmeiro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 1, TEXAS 0.

DETROIT 2ND: Haselman singled to center. K Bartee struck out swinging. Polonia flied out to shallow right center. D Cruz struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 1, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 2ND: Zeile grounded out to third. L Stevens grounded out to first. R Kelly struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 1, TEXAS 0.

DETROIT 3RD: J Encarnacion struck out swinging. Palmer struck out swinging. To Clark homered to right center. Easley struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 3RD: Clayton grounded out to second. Zaun doubled to shallow left. T Goodwin flied out to right center, Zaun to third. Mclemore grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

DETROIT 4TH: G Alvarez fouled out to first. Haselman flied out to shallow left. K Bartee struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 4TH: Greer flied out to right. R Palmeiro struck out swinging. Zeile walked. L Stevens struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

DETROIT 5TH: Polonia grounded out to first. D Cruz grounded out to shortstop. J Encarnacion walked. Palmer struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 5TH: R Kelly doubled to left. Clayton lined out to second. Zaun walked. T Goodwin flied out to right. Mclemore flied out to deep left center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 2, TEXAS 0.

DETROIT 6TH: To Clark singled to right. Easley singled to left, To Clark to second. G Alvarez struck out swinging. Haselman singled to left center, To Clark scored, Easley to third. K Bartee struck out looking. Polonia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Haselman out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 6TH: Greer walked. R Palmeiro flied out to deep center. Zeile singled to right, Greer to third. L Stevens hit sacrifice fly to right, Greer scored. Francisco Cordero relieved Dave Mlicki. R Kelly struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

DETROIT 7TH: D Cruz struck out looking. J Encarnacion struck out looking. Palmer flied out to deep right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

TEXAS 7TH: Clayton struck out swinging. Zaun struck out swinging. T Goodwin struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

DETROIT 8TH: To Clark reached on infield single. Danny Patterson relieved Aaron Sele. Easley hit into fielder's choice to second, To Clark out at second. K Garcia hit for G Alvarez. K Garcia grounded into fielder's choice to first, Easley out at second. Haselman grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

TEXAS 8TH: Doug Brocail relieved Francisco Cordero. Mclemore singled to right. Greer grounded out to first, Mclemore to second. R Palmeiro grounded out to first, Mclemore to third. Zeile struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

DETROIT 9TH: Jeff Zimmerman relieved Danny Patterson. K Bartee flied out to center. Polonia lined out to first. D Cruz grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.

TEXAS 9TH: Todd Jones relieved Doug Brocail. Kapler in right. L Stevens struck out swinging. R Kelly struck out swinging. Clayton walked. I Rodriguez hit for Zaun. Clayton to second on fielder indifference. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) DETROIT 3, TEXAS 1.