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MAY 6, 1998
The Yankees will conclude their short series in Texas tonight with a game against the Rangers. The Yankees have won six straight.
The Yankees activated RF Paul O'Neill from the disabled list.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles 19-11 at Cleveland Indians 15-16
Minnesota Twins 14-17 at Boston Red Sox 14-17
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16-15 at Kansas City Royals 10-22
Toronto Blue Jays 19-13 at Anaheim Angels 10-23
Detroit Tigers 16-14 at Oakland Athletics 14-17
Chicago White Sox 17-15 at Seattle Mariners 21-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles Dodgers 18-13 at Atlanta Braves 23-9
Colorado Rockies 17-16 at Philadelphia Phillies 13-18
Houston Astros 16-15 at Chicago Cubs 12-19
San Diego Padres 16-15 at Milwaukee Brewers 16-16
Cincinnati Reds 11-21 at Montreal Expos 18-14
Arizona Diamondbacks 17-15 at New York Mets 21-11
St Louis Cardinals 11-20 at Pittsburgh Pirates 11-21
San Francisco Giants 18-14 at Florida Marlins 16-17
NEW YORK YANKEES (21-10) AT TEXAS RANGERS (13-18)
MATCHUPS
SP David Wells vs John Burkett Advantage Texas
C Jorge Posada vs Ivan Rodriguez Advantage Texas
1B Tino Martinez vs Will Clark Advantage Push
2B Chuck Knoblauch vs Mark T McLemore Advantage New York
3B Scott Brosius vs Fernando Tatis Advantage Texas
SS Derek Jeter vs Kevin Elster Advantage New York
LF Chad Curtis vs Rusty Greer Advantage Texas
CF Bernie F Williams vs Tom Goodwin Advantage New York
RF Paul O'Neill vs Juan Gonzalez Advantage Texas
DH Tim Raines Sr vs Lee Stevens Advantage New York
Overall Advantage New York
In the top of the first, Martinez put the Yankees on the board with authority as he mashed a 371 foot three-run homer. Brosius added an RBI double. Knoblauch scored when Curtis grounded to short. The Yankees batted around the order and put up five runs in the first.
In the bottom of the first, Greer put the Rangers on the board with a two-out RBI single.
In the bottom of the third, Rodriguez scored on a two-out passed ball. David Wells left the game with a leg injury after getting the third out.
After three: New York 5 Texas 2.
In the top of the fourth, Jeter added to the Yankees lead with an RBI triple. Raines brought Jeter home with a double to put the lead back at five. Martinez then brought Raines home with a single.
In the bottom of the fourth, Ramiro Mendoza took the mound for the Yankees. With runners at second and two out, Mendoza left the game with a shoulder injury. Jason Grimsley took the mound for the Yankees and got Elster to ground out to end the inning.
In the top of the fifth, Posada helped the Yankees pour it on with a two-out RBI double.
In the top of the sixth, with a runner on first and two out, Jason Isringhausen took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the sixth, Stevens hit a two-out RBI single. A walk followed to load the bases with two out. But Goodwin lined to first to end the inning.
After six: New York 9 Texas 3.
In the bottom of the seventh, with runners at the corners and nobody out, Graeme Lloyd took the mound for the Yankees. Gonzalez brought the two runners home with a double and the Rangers had some life.
In the top of the eighth, with runners at first and second and one out, Eric Gunderson took the mound for the Rangers and got Martinez to ground into a double play.
In the top of the ninth, John Wetteland took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the ninth, Mariano Rivera took the mound for the Yankees. Greer hit a two-out RBI double. With runners at the corners and two out, Clark flew to right to end the game.
The two teams combined for 30 hits in the contest.
Final score: New York 9 Texas 6.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tino Martinez 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles 5 Cleveland Indians 2
Boston Red Sox 6 Minnesota Twins 0
Kansas City Royals 4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3
Anaheim Angels 11 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Detroit Tigers 2 Oakland Athletics 1
Seattle Mariners 5 Chicago White Sox 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta Braves 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Colorado Rockies 7 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Chicago Cubs 17 Houston Astros 0
San Diego Padres 8 Milwaukee Brewers 2
Montreal Expos 4 Cincinnati Reds 1
New York Mets 7 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
St Louis Cardinals 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
San Francisco Giants 7 Florida Marlins 6
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 3 for 5, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, BB
2. Tim Salmon Anaheim Angels 3 for 3, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
3. Jeff Blauser Chicago Cubs 4 for 5, 2B, 5 RBI, BB
Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox pitched a complete game shutout.
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