In 1996, the Indians had the best record in MLB, going 99-62. The Tigers had
the worst, going 53-109. The Indians went 12-0 against the Tigers. Granted, one
of the games went to extra innings, but this was the only one in which
Carlos Baerga’s first inning homer off Felipe Lira put the Tribe up 1-0, but Detroit answered with four, the big blow a three-run shot by Curtis Pride. With two outs in the fourth, Kenny Lofton hit his own three-run homer to tie it up, but Mark Lewis came right back with a solo shot to tie it up.
In the sixth, the Indians loaded the bases with one out, but Richie Lewis was summoned to fan Julio Franco and get Baerga to groundout. In the seventh, Albert Belle walked and stole second (TIL Albert Belle was 11 for 11 on steals in 1996). With two outs Manny Ramirez walked, then Sandy Alomar drove in Belle with a single and pinch-hitter Jeromy Burnitz drove them both in with a double. Melvin Nieves homered in the eighth to make it a one-run game, but Detroit could only muster a one-out single off Jose Mesa in the ninth and fell short, 7-6.
The didactic play-by-play here is to compensate for how hard this scoresheet is to read.
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