Monday, June 23, 1997

OMG! WHAT A GAME!

NEW YORK (AL) AT DETROIT
Yankees......... 1 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 0  0 -  4 10  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 3  1 -  5 11  3
Win:Myers(4-0) Loss:Stanton(3-4)
Homeruns- D.Jeter(4th), T.Martinez(20th), P.O'Neill(10th), T.Fryman(8th)

DETROIT -- The Tigers scored 3 runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against Mariano Rivera and won the game in walk-off fashion in the 10th in an ABSOLUTE THRILLER!


Tigers prospects were looking grim heading into the 9th.  But they used three pinch hitters to pull of a miracle.  Here's how it happened: Damion Easley walked to begin in the inning and then stole second in ballsy fashion.  Juan Encarnacion singled to put runners at first and third.  Melvin Nieves and Brian Hunter were retired back to back.  Then, with two outs, Travis Fryman (4-for-5 on the day) smacked a deep home run into the upper deck in left!  Absolute jubilation in the crowd!

In the 10th inning, Bobbo Higginson doubled and raced home on a Walbeck single!  Incredible game folks.  It was Mariano Rivera's 5th blown save of the season.  Total bedlam at the plate as the Tigers' bench cleared out to watch Bobbo win it!



BOXSCORE: 1997 New York (AL) Yankees At 1997 Detroit Tigers         6/23/1997

  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Jeter SS          4  1  1  1 .324     B.Hunter CF         5  0  0  0 .246 
  C.Hayes 3B          5  0  1  0 .293     T.Fryman 3B         5  1  4  3 .295 
  T.Martinez 1B       5  1  3  2 .328     P.Nevin DH          5  1  1  0 .205 
  P.O'Neill RF        5  1  1  1 .332     T.Clark 1B          5  0  0  0 .245 
  C.Curtis CF         4  0  1  0 .267     B.Higginson LF      4  1  2  0 .282 
  C.Fielder DH        5  0  0  0 .235     M.Walbeck C         5  0  2  1 .317 
  L.Sojo 2B           3  0  2  0 .281     B.Trammell RF       2  0  1  0 .218 
  P.Incaviglia LF     4  0  0  0 .239   B-D.Easley PH,2B      0  1  0  0 .254 
  J.Girardi C         4  1  1  0 .225     D.Cruz SS           3  0  0  0 .248 
A-M.Stanley C         0  0  0  0 .248   C-J.Encarnacion PH    1  1  1  0 .171 
                                        E-O.Miller SS         0  0  0  0 .203 
                                          J.Reed 2B           2  0  0  0 .203 
                                        D-M.Nieves PH,RF      1  0  0  0 .238 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      39  4 10  4                 Totals      38  5 11  4

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Girardi In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Trammell In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cruz In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Reed In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Encarnacion In 10th Inning

INJURY: Joe Girardi INJURED (for 7 more games) in 9th inning

Yankees......... 1 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 0  0 -  4 10  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 3  1 -  5 11  3

Yankees (51-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Rogers                  7       6   0   0   2   4   0 109   4.42  A1 D1
R.Mendoza                 0 2/3   1   1   0   1   1   0  17   5.75  D2 D5
M.Rivera BS(5th)          1 1/3   2   3   3   1   2   1  28   3.48  D6 E3
M.Stanton LOSS(3-4)       0 1/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  13   2.27  E4
Totals                    9 1/3  11   5   4   4   8   1

Tigers (33-39)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Blair                   5       9   4   4   0   1   3  87   4.93  A1 C7
A.Sager                   2 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  36   3.35  C8 D6
D.Brocail                 1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   3.96  D7 E2
M.Myers WIN(4-0)          1       0   0   0   1   1   0  13   3.33  E3
Totals                   10      10   4   4   1   3   3

ATTENDANCE- 29,464 DATE- Monday, June 23rd 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8  Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Tigers: 2
ERRORS- C.Curtis, T.Fryman, D.Cruz, J.Reed
DOUBLES- T.Fryman-2(17th), P.Nevin(8th), B.Higginson(14th)
HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(4th), T.Martinez(20th), P.O'Neill(10th), T.Fryman(8th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Sojo(2nd), D.Easley(12th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jeter
WALKS- C.Curtis, B.Higginson, B.Trammell, D.Easley, J.Reed
HIT BY PITCH- L.Sojo
STRIKE OUTS- C.Hayes, C.Fielder, P.Incaviglia, B.Hunter, P.Nevin-2, T.Clark-5
GIDP- P.O'Neill, P.Incaviglia, B.Trammell

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