Rangers @ Yankees
May 8, 1997

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 11 1
Yankees 5 10 0
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Rangers 4 11 1
Yankees 5 10 0

Juan Gonzalez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .240
OBP .250 .286
At Bats 3 25
Hits 0 6
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 0 5

Mariano Rivera Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - May 8, 1997
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Strikeout
Mariano Rivera
Joe Girardi
Tino Martinez
Luis Sojo
Charlie Hayes
Derek Jeter
Tim Raines
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
Juan Gonzalez
Rusty Greer
Ivan Rodriguez
Mark McLemore

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 4 11 1 9
New York Yankees 5 10 0 7
Winning Pitcher Andy Pettitte
Losing Pitcher Darren Oliver
Save Mariano Rivera
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 17,483
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Gonzalez strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Greer takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 9 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McLemore moves to third.
Top 9 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sojo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Dean Palmer pinch hits for Benji Gil. Palmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stevens scores.
Top 9 Lee Stevens pinch hits for Billy Ripken. Stevens hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Stevens reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Buford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sojo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Girardi strikes out. Rodriguez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Girardi out.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Warren Newson now playing right field. Xavier Hernandez now pitching. O'Neill strikes out.
Top 8 Warren Newson pinch hits for Mike Simms. Newson strikes out.
Top 8 Clark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Clark reaches second base with a double. McLemore scores. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 8 Mariano Rivera now pitching. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Greer hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gil scores. McLemore moves to second.
Top 8 McLemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gil moves to third.
Top 8 Gil hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Gil reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Fielder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Patterson Jeter scores. Williams moves to third. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Martinez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Williams reaches second base with a double. Jeter moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Raines strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sojo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ripken hits a line drive towards short. Jeter catches it and throws to first to double up Buford.
Top 7 Buford bunts towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Simms strikes out.
Bottom 6 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Danny Patterson now pitching. Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Neill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greer. O'Neill reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Fielder moves to third.
Bottom 6 Fielder is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Martinez strikes out. Rodriguez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Martinez out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 6 Greer hits a ball on the ground into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sojo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gil fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Raines hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sojo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gil strikes out.
Top 5 Ripken hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hayes strikes out.
Bottom 4 O'Neill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fielder hits a line drive into center field. Buford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Buford. Jeter scores. Williams goes all the way around to score. Fielder moves to second.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McLemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams takes first base on ball four. Jeter moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Raines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buford strikes out.
Top 4 Simms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez scores. Clark moves to second.
Top 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sojo fields it and throws to second for the out. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 4 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Greer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greer for the out. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sojo hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McLemore hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gil strikes out.
Top 3 Ripken hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sojo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Neill strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fielder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gil fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Simms strikes out.
Top 2 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Raines strikes out.
Top 1 Greer hits a line drive towards third. Hayes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pettitte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.