Memorable
Games in 1998
Sunday,
April 5 at Oakland Athletics
First
win of the year when the say,
"They're
not giving up".
Rivera
goes on 15-day DL
9-7 in
10 Nelson-W , Mohler-L
Tuesday,
April 7 at Seattle Mariners
Torre
has a "secret" meeting with team
Knoblauch
leads game off with homerun
Yankees
score five more runs in 1st inning.
Offense
becomes part of team. Begins eight
game winning
streak.
13-7 Wells-W
, Bullinger-L
Wednesday,
April 8 at Seattle Mariners
Irabu
pitches great, gives up one run.
Pitching
becomes a team treasure.
4-3 Lloyd-W
, Ayala-L , Stanton-S
Friday,
April 10 vs. Oakland Athletics
First
game at Yankee Stadium; Runs keep
scoring.
Cone comes out of game after
giving
up GrandSlam in 4th. Yankees
still
win! Cone becomes great pitcher
again
after no decision.
17-13
Buddie-W , Dougherty-L
Wednesday,
April 22 at Toronto Blue Jays
Pettitte
vs. Clemens : Brosius gets five
RBI's.
WOW! Pettitte: Complete game no
earned
runs.
9-1 Pettitte-W
, Clemens-L
Monday,
April 27 vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Rematch
Pettitte vs. Clemens :
Pitching
Duel. Tino wins the game
with a
Sac Fly
1-0 Pettitte-W
, Clemens-L , Rivera-S
Sunday,
April 26 vs. Detroit Tigers
Rain is
pouring. Game called in the
4th inning.
Irabu striking out eight
doesn't
count.
Thursday,
April 30 vs. Seattle Mariners
Wells
pitching a good game till the 8th,
Mariners
in the lead by one, Raines ties
the game
in the bottom of the 9th; Tino
wins the
game win a bases loaded line drive
(only
one RBI).
9-8 in
10 Rivera-W , Ayala-L
Saturday,
May 2 at Kansas City Royals
Controversial
call gives Yankees double play.
Darryl
puts game out of reach, literally, with
a pitch-hit
9th inning GrandSlam approx. 440'
12-6 Pettitte-W
, Haney-L
Sunday,
May 17 vs. Minnesota Twins
OH MY
GOD!!! David Wells has pitched a
PERFECT
GAME!!! 27 up and 27 down
Baseball
Immortality for David Wells
The Imperfect
Man Pitches A Perfect Game.
4-0 Wells-W
, Hawkins-L
Tuesday,
May 19 vs. Baltimore Orioles
Cone losing,
Yankees are being robbed
of hits
and runs by Orioles' defense.
Orioles'
Bullpen comes in the 8th
Yankees
down by three have two on for
Paul O'Neill
vs. The Dreaded Charlton,
O'Neill
gets RBI double, Benitez vs. Bernie
1-2 count
Bernie swings 3-run homerun the
Yankees
take the lead. Benitez in furious
hits Tino
in the with the next pitch. He's
immediately
thrown out of the game, but FIGHT.
Fight
breaks out Lloyd is the first running
out, hits
Benitez in the face then Darryl
pounds
Benitez's left cheek. A few others get
thrown
out, suspended, and fined. Next pitch
2-run
homerun for Tim Raines.
9-5 Stanton-W
, Charlton-L
Sunday,
May 31 vs. Boston Red Sox
Pettitte
vs. Pedro Martinez : Pitching duel...
Nope just
the opposite. Pettitte was having an
awful
inning in the 4th inning, defense was even
under
par. He gave up 8 runs and Holmes gave
up 3.
TERRIBLE...But the Yankees wouldn't give
up. The
Yankees got to Martinez in the 6th when
Joe Girardi
drilled a 3-run homerun the other
way!?!
In the next inning it almost looked like
the Yankees
would win the game. They already had
the bases
loaded with no outs and scored four
runs but
then Brosius struck out. One out for
Posada
screaming line drive up the middle ready
for 1st&3rd
and the winning run at the plate but
the acrobatic
flying of Merloni caught the before
it hit
the outfield, threw to second and then to
first
for a rally ending double play. Erdos gives
up two
more runs in the top of the ninth.
OH! MY
GOD THEY LOST the game.
7-13 Pettitte-L
, Martinez-W
Wednesday,
June 3 vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
The Major
League debut of Orlando "EL Duque"
Hernandez,
the Cuban defector pitches for
Cone because
of a dog bite and wins a spot
in the
rotation after giving up only one run
as cubans
rejoice in America.
7-1 Hernandez-W
, Sanders-L
Wednesday,
June 10 at Montreal Expos
Tim Raines
steals his 800th career base.
6-2 Irabu-W
, Hermanson-L
Monday,
June 22 vs. Atlanta Braves
Pettitte
vs. Maddux: They were pitching
all right.
In the 8th inning the Braves
brought
in the Bullpen, Dave Martinez as
the Yankees
were down 4 to 3, Knoblauch
walked
after Jeter flied out O'Neill walked
and Tino
popped up, Raines doubled driving
in Knoblauch
and O'Neill. Posada walked
for Darryl
and Raines went to third on a wild
pitch
and Curtis drove him in with a single.
6-4 Nelson-W
, Martinez-L , Rivera-S
Friday,
June 27 at New York Mets
First
game of the Subway Series and it
would
be remembered. Battle of the best
ERA's
in their respective league, Irabu
vs. Leiter.
The Yankees were down by one
two outs
into the 7th against Al Leiter
when Knoblauch
walked then Jeter hit slow
roller
just to the right of the pitchers
mound
to far for the 1st basemen to take
himself
so he throws to Leiter and Jeter
dives
into the base betting it out and
the same
time Leiter pulled a muscle in
the play
and took himself out of the game.
Rojas
came from the Bullpen to face O'Neill
who on
the first pitch hit a shot over
the left
center wall for a Yankee lead.
They would
score two more runs that inning.
8-4 Mendoza-W
, Leiter-L , Rivera-S
Thursday,
July 2 vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Irabu
and the Bullpen were having a bad day
giving
up runs and homeruns. Early in the
game the
Yankees had a 5-0 deficit. The
Yankees
kept climbing a greased hill as the
Phillies
scored some more and the Yankees hit
solo homeruns
from Tino and Jeter. The were
down 7-2
in the 8th as Paul O'Neill hit a
two-run
homerun and Posada had an rbi single.
The Phillies
scored another in the top of the
9th. Looking
quiet two outs into the bottom
of the
ninth for the Yankees with no one on.
Jeter
doubles and O'Neill walks against Mark
Leiter.
Then he fell behind in the count
against
Tino 2-1, came inside and hit a game
tying
homerun into the upper deck of rightfield.
Extra
inning. Buddie was pitching good.
The Yankees
had the bases loaded in the 10th
but didn't
score. In the 11th the Yankees won
after
O'Neill single, Tino single, Darryl walked,
and then
Ricky Ledee who had pitch-run for Raines
in the
10th singled to win.
9-8 in
11 Buddie-W , Spradlin-L
Sunday,
July 5 vs. Baltimore Orioles
Last game
of the first half, exactly.
If they
would win they would be tied with
the 1903
Pirates and 1906 Cubs with the most
wins 81
games into the season. The Yankees
were batting
against Erickson who they barely
score
runs off of just like that day when
the Yankees
won 1-0 by a bases loaded hit
bats men
of Chad Curtis.
1-0 Cone-W
, Erickson-L , Rivera-S
Thursday,
July 30 at Anaheim Angels
A great
match-up Pettitte vs. Finley
Neither
had their best stuff but always
kept working
out of trouble. Pettitte went
seven
shutout innings and Finley went eight.
It was
0-0 in the top of the tenth when the
bases
were walked full and Tino served up
a two-run
single. Rivera finished them off.
3-0 in
10 Mendoza-W , Delucia-L , Rivera-S
Tuesday,
August 4 at Oakland Athletics
Game
2
Pettitte
was supposed to start against the
A's ace
Rogers but he missed the start due
to muscular
pain so Mike Buddie took his
place.
The Yanks already won the first game
10-4.
Buddie was pumped up as he gave up
five runs
in the first inning but went five
more shutout
two hit inning. The Yankees had
one in
the inning by an rbi single from Derek
Jeter
but they were robbed of another one as
Spiezio
took a sure single and rbi from Bernie
in the
inning to end it. Top of the 9th, Rogers
still
pitching and leading 5-1, not a save
situation
yet. First Tino singles and then Raines
singles
on the first pitch, Taylor came on for
the save.
Curtis was at the plate scolds a hot
shot to
Blowers(3b) that was line drive parallel
to ground
could have one out, a double play, or
even a
triple play but it went through his legs.
Tying
run would be at the plate in Joe Girardi
but Darryl
was pitch hitting for him just missed
a double
down the line for strike two but Darryl
didn't
let it stop him from hitting a game tying
pitch-hit
GrandSlam over the dead center field wall.
Posada
came up next to pitch-hit for Sojo but
grounded
out. Knoblauch singles and then Taylor
balks
putting him at second. Jeter hit a hard ground
ball that
Spiezio made another great play by
smothering
it and throwing to Giambi for the out
but after
touching the bag fell down and Jeter
accidentally
kneed him in the head and Knoblauch
scored
the go ahead run. Paul O'Neill then hit a
solo homerun,
Tim Worrel came in to relieve Taylor,
Bernie
singled, Tino hit a two-run homer to right
field,
Raines singles, Spencer came in to run for
Raines,
Curtis doubled, Spencer scored, Groom came
in to
relieve Worrel, and finally struck out
Strawberry.
In all nine hits and nine runs in the
top of
the ninth for the Bronx Bombers.
10-5 loyd-W
, Taylor-L
Tuesday,
August 11 vs. Minnesota Twins
David
vs. the Twins since the Perfect Game
and shuts
them out.
7-0 Wells-W
, Milton-L
Thursday,
August 13 vs. Texas Rangers
Orlando
Hernadez had already struck the side
out in
the second but he would go on to pitch
8 1/3
scoreless innings as he broke the old
Yankee
record for strikeouts by a rookie
pitcher
with 13, three of which were Juan
Gonzalez
in front of a capacity of about
54,000
people cheering him on.
2-0 Hernandez-W
, Helling-L , Rivera-S
Sunday,
August16 vs. Texas Rangers
Fourth
game of the series, the Yankees
were beaten
baddly yesterday 5-16 and
they were
sore about it. It was a game
of homeruns
as it should be on the
Babe's
50th Annerversery of his death.
The Yanks
had chances to score runs in
every
inning but failed many, with the
game tied
in the late inning they had
great
chances to score on a fly ball but
didn't.
The game was tied bottom of the
ninth,
Rangers' pitcher Hernandez had
struckout
O'Neill and had to strikes on
Bernie
until he swang at a low pitch and
sent it
sailing 401' away into the upper-
deck in
right. What a finish!
As the
Yankees are 90-30.
6-5 Rivera-W
, Hernandez-L
