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Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers, played on August 15, 1997 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 15, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 15, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Terry Clark |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dwight Gooden |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 36,231 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Shulock 1B: Ray DiMuro 2B: Fieldin Culbreth 3B: Tim Tschida |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
Mark McLemore | Second Baseman |
Rusty Greer | Left Fielder |
Juan Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
Will Clark | First Baseman |
Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
Lee Stevens | DH |
Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
Benji Gil | Shortstop |
Johnny Oates | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Derek Jeter | Shortstop |
Tim Raines | DH |
Bernie Williams | Center Fielder |
Tino Martinez | First Baseman |
Paul O'Neill | Right Fielder |
Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
Chad Curtis | Left Fielder |
Jorge Posada | Catcher |
Pat Kelly | Second Baseman |
Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1997
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Gooden
McLemore hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Gooden
Greer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Clark
Jeter hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Jeter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Raines vs. Clark
Raines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jeter moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Clark
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jeter scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Clark
Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
O'Neill vs. Clark
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Gooden
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jeter. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Gooden
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Stevens vs. Gooden
Stevens hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Clark
Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Curtis vs. Clark
Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to first for the out. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Posada vs. Clark
Posada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark fields the ball and throws to Clark covering. Safe. Hayes moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Clark
Kelly hits a line drive towards third. Tatis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Jeter vs. Clark
Jeter hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Posada moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Raines vs. Clark
Raines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Raines for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Gooden
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gil vs. Gooden
Gil strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Clark
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Clark
Martinez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Clark
O'Neill hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Gooden
McLemore hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Gooden
The ball gets by Posada for a passed ball. McLemore moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Greer vs. Gooden
Greer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Gooden
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McLemore scores. Greer moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark hits a line drive into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Gooden
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greer scores. Gonzalez moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Stevens vs. Gooden
Stevens strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Tatis vs. Gooden
Tatis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Clark
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Clark
Curtis strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Posada vs. Clark
Posada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Clark
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gil vs. Gooden
Gil hits a line drive into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Gooden
McLemore hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Gooden
There's a wild pitch. McLemore moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Greer vs. Gooden
Greer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Clark
Jeter hits a line drive into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Raines vs. Clark
Raines hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Clark
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Clark
Martinez hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
O'Neill vs. Clark
O'Neill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Clark
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Gooden
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Gooden
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Stevens vs. Gooden
Stevens hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Tatis vs. Gooden
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Clark
Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Posada vs. Clark
Posada takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Clark
Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Clark
Jeter hits a line drive towards short. Gil reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gil vs. Stanton
Mike Stanton now pitching.
Gil hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Stanton
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Stanton
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Stanton
Greer hits a popup towards first. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Raines vs. Clark
Raines hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Clark
Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple. Raines goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Martinez vs. Bailes
Scott Bailes now pitching.
Martinez hits a popup off the glove of Gil, and into shallow left field. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
O'Neill vs. Bailes
O'Neill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Helling
Rick Helling now pitching.
Hayes hits a line drive towards third. Tatis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Curtis vs. Helling
There's a wild pitch. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Curtis vs. Helling
Curtis strikes out. There goes O'Neill. The throw from Rodriguez to McLemore, and back to Clark, who tags O'Neill out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Stanton
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Stanton
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanton covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Stanton
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Stanton
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Posada vs. Helling
Posada hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Helling
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Helling
Jeter strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Rivera
Mariano Rivera now pitching.
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Leyritz vs. Rivera
Jim Leyritz pinch hits for Benji Gil.
Leyritz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Rivera
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Rivera
McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/15/1997 -- Texas at New York (N) Texas AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Goodwin T, cf 5 0 0 0 Jeter D, ss 5 1 2 1 McLemore M, 2b 5 1 2 0 Raines T, dh 4 1 1 0 Greer R, lf 3 1 0 0 Williams B, cf 3 2 2 2 Gonzalez J, rf 4 0 1 1 Martinez T, 1b 4 0 3 1 Clark W, 1b 3 0 0 0 O'Neill P, rf 3 0 1 1 Rodriguez I, c 2 0 1 1 Hayes C, 3b 4 1 1 0 Stevens L, dh 4 0 0 0 Curtis C, lf 4 0 0 0 Tatis F, 3b 4 0 0 0 Posada J, c 3 0 2 0 Gil B, ss 3 0 1 0 Kelly P, 2b 4 0 0 0 Leyritz J, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 5 2 34 5 12 5 Texas 000 200 000 -- 2 New York 110 010 20x -- 5 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Clark T (L)* 6.0 11 5 5 2 3 Bailes S+ 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 Helling R 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gooden D (W) 6.0 4 2 2 3 5 Stanton M 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 Rivera M (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th E -- Jeter D DP -- Texas 2 LOB -- Texas 9, New York 8 2B -- Jeter D, Martinez T 3B -- Williams B CS -- O'Neill P WP -- Gooden D, Helling R PB -- Posada J T -- 3:12 A -- 36231
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