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APRIL 14, 1998
Tonight is the second game in the series in New York between the Yankees and the Anaheim Angels. Last night, the Angels ended the Yankees four-game winning streak.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SP Chris Holt to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota Twins 6-6 at Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-8
Oakland Athletics 3-8 at Boston Red Sox 4-8
Chicago White Sox 7-4 at Baltimore Orioles 8-3
Seattle Mariners 10-2 at Cleveland Indians 6-5
Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 at Kansas City Royals 4-8
Detroit Tigers 6-6 at Texas Rangers 4-8
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh Pirates 4-9 at Atlanta Braves 9-3
Milwaukee Brewers 6-7 at Montreal Expos 7-5
Chicago Cubs 5-7 at New York Mets 6-6
Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 at St Louis Cardinals 2-9
Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 at Colorado Rockies 7-7
San Diego Padres 6-6 at San Francisco Giants 7-6
ANAHEIM ANGELS (3-9) AT NEW YORK YANKEES (9-3)
MATCHUPS
SP Allen Watson vs Hideki Irabu Advantage Push
C Todd Greene vs Joe Girardi Advantage New York
1B Cecil Fielder vs Tino Martinez Advantage New York
2B Randy Velarde vs Chuck Knoblauch Advantage Push
3B Dave Hollins vs Scott Brosius Advantage Push
SS Gary Disarcina vs Derek Jeter Advantage New York
LF Orlando Palmeiro vs Chad Curtis Advantage New York
CF Damon Mashore vs Bernie F Williams Advantage New York
RF Garret Anderson vs Paul O'Neill Advantage New York
DH Tim Salmon vs Tim Raines Sr Advantage New York
Overall Advantage New York
In the top of the first, Hollins put the Angels on the board with a two-out RBI single.
After three: Anaheim 1 New York 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Martinez put the Yankees in the lead with a 331 foot two-run homer with two out. Raines followed with a triple and then scored when Watson was called for a balk.
After six: New York 3 Anaheim 1.
In the top of the seventh, Fielder led off with a 356 foot home run to make it a one-run game. Greene made it back-to-back home runs when he sent the game-tying shot 433 feet. With runners at the corners and one out, Darren Holmes took the mound for the Yankees. He walked Palmeiro to load the bases with one out. Salmon put the Angels back in the lead with a two-run single. Another walk reloaded the bases with still one out. Graeme Lloyd took the mound for the Yankees. Lloyd sent Anderson down on strikes for the second out. Jason Grimsley then took the mound for the Yankees and got Fielder, in his second at-bat of the inning, to fly to right to retire the side.
In the bottom of the seventh, Mike Holtz took the mound for the Angels.
In the top of the ninth, with runners at first and second and one out, Mariano Rivera took the mound for the Yankees and prevented the Angels from adding to their lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Troy Percival took the mound for the Angels. Palmeiro injured his back catching a fly ball for the second out and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Reggie B Williams. The Yankees loaded the bases with two out. Pinch hitter Chili Davis tied it with a two-run single. Girardi then won it with his own RBI single.
The Angels had 10 hits in the loss.
Final score: New York 6 Anaheim 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Allen Watson 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota Twins 8 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 11 innings
Oakland Athletics 7 Boston Red Sox 2
Chicago White Sox 5 Baltimore Orioles 4
Cleveland Indians 16 Seattle Mariners 4
Toronto Blue Jays 8 Kansas City Royals 2
Texas Rangers 9 Detroit Tigers 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta Braves 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Montreal Expos 3 Milwaukee Brewers 0
New York Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 0
St Louis Cardinals 7 Arizona Diamondbacks 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Colorado Rockies 3
San Diego Padres 4 San Francisco Giants 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Manny Ramirez Cleveland Indians 4 for 6, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R
2. Andres Galarraga Atlanta Braves 3 for 5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 R
3. Kent Mercker St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, W
Bobby J Jones of the New York Mets pitched a complete game shutout.
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