Yankees @ Twins
May 8, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 5 11 0
Twins 1 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 5 11 0
Twins 1 5 1

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .233
OBP .000 .292
At Bats 3 60
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 13

Jeff Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - May 8, 1998
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Jeff Nelson
Jorge Posada
Tino Martinez
Chuck Knoblauch
Scott Brosius
Derek Jeter
Chad Curtis
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
Orlando Merced

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 5 11 0 10
Minnesota Twins 1 5 1 6
Winning Pitcher Hideki Irabu
Losing Pitcher Brad Radke
Save Jeff Nelson
Game Winning RBI Derek Jeter
Attendance 22,612
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ortiz strikes out.
Top 9 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jeter scores. O'Neill moves to second.
Top 9 Martinez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Eddie Guardado now pitching. O'Neill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brosius scores. Knoblauch scores. Jeter moves to third.
Top 9 Jeter takes first base on ball four. Brosius moves to third. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 9 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hocking fields it and throws to home to get Posada. Brosius moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Brosius hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Posada moves to third.
Top 9 Mike Trombley now pitching. Denny Hocking now playing second base. Posada hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Steinbach fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez fields it and throws to home to get Meares. Ochoa moves to third. Molitor moves to second.
Bottom 8 Molitor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jeff Nelson now pitching. The ball gets by Posada for a passed ball. Meares moves to third. Ochoa moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alex Ochoa pinch hits for Todd Walker. Ochoa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mike Stanton now pitching. Latham bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Posada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Chad Curtis now playing left field. Meares hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Curtis. Meares reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Raines hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Strawberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Greg Swindell now pitching. Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merced hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jeter hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores.
Top 7 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Top 7 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first, with Radke covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lawton hits a line drive for a triple.
Bottom 6 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Raines hits a line drive into left field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Strawberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Latham strikes out.
Bottom 5 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Merced strikes out.
Top 5 O'Neill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Top 5 Knoblauch hits a line drive beyond first. Ortiz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 5 Brosius hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Posada hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lawton scores.
Bottom 4 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lawton bunts in front of the plate. Posada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Raines hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Strawberry hits a fly ball into left field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Martinez moves to second.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Latham hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 O'Neill hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Radke covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Meares strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merced hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz juggles the ball. That's an error on Ortiz. Raines moves to second.
Top 2 Raines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ortiz hits a line drive into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Latham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Neill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.