Albert Belle smashed 3 homeruns and drove in 8 as the Cleveland Indians crushed the Detroit Tigers 17-3. Belle's total of 8 RBI is the most by any player this 1991 MLB season. The loss by Detroit allows the Toronto Blue Jays to pull within 1 game of the AL East leaders.
BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Cleveland Indians 9/17/1991
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
M.Cuyler CF 5 1 1 0 .256 A.Cole CF 4 3 2 1 .306
L.Whitaker 2B 4 1 2 2 .258 M.Lewis SS 6 1 2 1 .265
A.Trammell SS 4 0 2 1 .253 C.Baerga 2B 5 2 1 1 .308
C.Fielder 1B 4 0 1 0 .264 A.Belle LF 4 3 3 8 .309
M.Tettleton C 3 0 0 0 .229 M.Aldrete 1B 4 2 1 2 .280
T.Fryman 3B 4 0 1 0 .276 C.Martinez DH 5 1 2 1 .303
R.Deer RF 4 0 1 0 .223 J.Thome 3B 4 2 2 2 .205
P.Incaviglia DH 4 0 0 0 .217 J.Skinner C 5 2 3 0 .284
L.Moseby LF 4 1 2 0 .197 W.Kirby RF 5 1 1 1 .143
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Totals 36 3 10 3 Totals 42 17 17 17
Tigers.......... 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 3
Indians......... 3 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 - 17 17 0
Tigers (85-59) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Terrell LOSS(9-8) 2 9 7 7 1 1 1 70 5.56
J.Kaiser 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 9 9.00
D.Haas 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 27 10.38
P.Gibson 4 3 4 0 2 3 1 72 2.82
J.Cerutti 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 3.93
J.Gleaton 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.49
Totals 8 17 17 13 6 5 3
Indians (65-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Jones WIN(1-7) 9 10 3 3 1 6 0 140 4.25
Totals 9 10 3 3 1 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 7,140 DATE- Tuesday, September 17th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Vic Voltaggio, Jim Joyce, Jim McKean, Dale Ford
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7 Indians: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Indians: 1
ERRORS- A.Trammell, R.Deer, J.Cerutti
DOUBLES- L.Whitaker-2(26th), A.Trammell(26th), C.Fielder(25th), C.Baerga(36th),
C.Martinez(13th), J.Thome(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Belle-3(29th)
RBIs- L.Whitaker-2(66th), A.Trammell(43rd), A.Cole(27th), M.Lewis(24th),
C.Baerga(70th), A.Belle-8(83rd), M.Aldrete-2(15th), C.Martinez(15th),
J.Thome-2(4th), W.Kirby(1st)
WALKS- M.Tettleton, A.Cole-2, C.Baerga, A.Belle, M.Aldrete, J.Thome
STRIKE OUTS- C.Fielder, M.Tettleton, T.Fryman, R.Deer, P.Incaviglia, L.Moseby,
A.Belle, M.Aldrete-2, J.Thome, W.Kirby
GIDP- M.Cuyler, C.Baerga
2-out RBI- M.Aldrete-2, C.Martinez, A.Belle-3, A.Trammell
RLISP 2-out- J.Skinner, R.Deer, C.Fielder-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 10 Indians: 8 for 16
Albert Belle ripped 3 homeruns and had 8 RBI while Doug Jones went the distance
as the Cleveland Indians destroyed the Detroit Tigers by a score of 17 to 3 at
Municipal Stadium.
Belle was really 'in the zone'. He smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the
3rd inning, launched a Grand Slam homerun in the 3rd inning and lofted a
three-run bomb in the 4th inning. Cleveland lit up the scoreboard in the 3rd
inning which saw them plate 9 runs on 7 hits and the 4th inning tallying 5
runs. Cleveland totaled 17 hits on the night.
Jones(1-7) lasted until the end allowing 3 runs for the win. Walt Terrell(9-8)
was the loser. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 7 runs in 2
innings.
'I didn't feel that good when I came to the park tonight,' Belle said. 'I'm
glad I decided to play!'
