Texas Rangers (8) New York Yankees (5)

| 1997

Date of Game: Saturday, August 16, 1997
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Texas Rangers (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 59-63	Record: 72-49
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Attendance: 41,634 Time of Game: 4:13

Game Notes:

Homer Bush - 1st career game

Best at-bats

Chad Curtis HR in 8th inning (39.22)

Joe Girardi 3B in 6th inning (36.56)

Lee Stevens HR in 8th inning (34.79)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Texas Rangers	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	8	14	0
New York Yankees	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	5	6	3

Texas Rangers Batting Stats

Texas Rangers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Damon Buford	cf	27.065	4	0	1	0	0	0	.213	107	322	6	33	17
Tom Goodwin	ph-cf	29.020	2	0	0	0	0	0	.260	115	496	2	27	40
Ivan Rodriguez	dh-c	25.260	4	1	1	1	1	2	.317	115	842	12	50	5
Rusty Greer	lf	28.207	5	1	2	0	0	1	.321	119	469	18	59	9
Juan Gonzalez	rf	27.304	4	1	3	3	0	0	.289	96	913	28	97	0
Jim Leyritz	c-1b	33.233	4	0	0	0	0	2	.293	98	620	11	59	2
Fernando Tatis	3b	22.227	4	0	1	0	0	1	.230	21	21	3	12	1
Domingo Cedeno	ph-2b	28.285	1	1	1	1	0	0	.279	74	276	2	20	3
Lee Stevens	1b	30.037	4	1	2	1	0	1	.290	98	316	13	48	1
John Wetteland	p	30.360	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	418	0	1	0
Billy Ripken	2b-3b	32.243	5	0	0	0	0	1	.281	50	862	3	21	0
Benji Gil	ss	24.314	4	2	2	1	1	0	.224	85	242	5	24	1
Matt Whiteside	p	30.008	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	28	209	0	0	0
Eric Gunderson	p	31.140	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	54	162	0	0	0
Danny Patterson	p-p	26.180	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	41	48	0	0	0
Totals:			42	8	14	8	2	8	.333	1150	6216

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Derek Jeter	ss	23.051	5	0	1	1	0	1	.296	120	292	5	48	17
Tim Raines	lf	37.335	4	1	0	0	1	0	.305	45	2156	1	21	7
Bernie Williams	cf	28.337	5	0	2	0	0	0	.325	91	772	15	66	10
Tino Martinez	1b	29.253	3	1	0	1	1	0	.302	121	819	39	115	3
Mike Stanley	dh	34.052	4	1	0	0	1	1	.295	98	1068	13	53	0
Charlie Hayes	3b	32.079	4	0	0	0	1	2	.269	76	1165	11	44	3
Chad Curtis	rf	28.283	4	2	1	1	1	1	.298	79	775	11	40	8
Joe Girardi	c	32.306	2	0	2	2	2	0	.261	91	823	1	45	2
Pat Kelly	2b	29.307	3	0	0	0	0	2	.242	67	589	2	10	3
Darryl Strawberry	ph	35.157	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	6	1452	0	0	0
Homer Bush	pr-2b	24.277	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Nelson	p	30.272	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	61	361	0	0	0
Mariano Rivera	p	27.260	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	52	122	0	0	0
Ramiro Mendoza	p	25.062	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	17	18	0	0	0
Totals:			34	5	6	5	8	7	.176	925	10413

Game Stats

2B: Joe Girardi (18), Juan Gonzalez (18), John Wetteland (1), Bernie Williams (25)
3B: Joe Girardi (1)
HR: Chad Curtis (11), Lee Stevens (13)
RBIs: Domingo Cedeno (20), Chad Curtis (40), Benji Gil (24), Joe Girardi 2 (45), Juan Gonzalez 3 (97), Derek Jeter (48), Tino Martinez (115), Ivan Rodriguez (50), Lee Stevens (48), John Wetteland (1)
SB: Charlie Hayes (3), Jim Leyritz (2)
CS: Bernie Williams (7)
SH: Jim Leyritz (4)
SF: Juan Gonzalez (7), Tino Martinez (9)
GDP: Damon Buford (8), Billy Ripken (6)

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Darren Oliver	26.314	5	2	3	3	6	1	0	3.98	1.43	95	48	47	25	117
Matt Whiteside	30.008	1.1	2	1	1	1	4	0	6.51	1.68	35	19	16	29	210
Eric Gunderson	31.140	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.98	4	2	2	54	163
Danny Patterson	26.180	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3.70	1.29	32	21	11	41	48
John Wetteland (W 7-2)	30.360	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.21	1.04	25	18	7	49	419
Pitching Totals:		10	6	5	5	8	7	1			191	108	83	198	957

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Andy Pettitte	25.062	6	9	4	3	1	5	0	3.16	1.29	105	73	32	27	93
Jeff Nelson	30.272	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2.49	1.03	30	22	8	61	361
Mariano Rivera	27.260	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.77	1.11	12	8	4	52	132
Ramiro Mendoza (L 4-5)	25.062	1	4	3	3	0	0	0	4.55	1.48	25	17	8	28	40
Pitching Totals:		10	14	8	7	2	8	1			172	120	52	168	626

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Danny Patterson;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Darren Oliver 95-48-47; Matt Whiteside 35-19-16; Eric Gunderson 4-2-2; Danny Patterson 32-21-11; John Wetteland 25-18-7; Andy Pettitte 105-73-32; Jeff Nelson 30-22-8; Mariano Rivera 12-8-4; Ramiro Mendoza 25-17-8;
Batters Faced: Darren Oliver 23; Matt Whiteside 7; Eric Gunderson 1; Danny Patterson 6; John Wetteland 6; Andy Pettitte 28; Jeff Nelson 8; Mariano Rivera 3; Ramiro Mendoza 7;
Time of Game: 4:13 Attendance: 41,634
Umpires: Home: Ray DiMuro 1B Fieldin Culbreth 2B Tim Tschida 3B John Shulock

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