October 18, 1999 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 5 at Fenway Park Box Score and Play by Play

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1999 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 5
1999 postseason: WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BOS / NLCS: ATL-NYM / Div. Series: BOS-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-HOU / NYM-ARI

Game 1
NYY  4
BOS  3
(10) Game 2
NYY  3
BOS  2
Game 3
BOS 13
NYY  1
Game 4
NYY  9
@BOS  2
Game 5
NYY  6
@BOS  1

Fenway Park, Attendance: 33,589

Monday, October 18, 1999, 8:17PM
Time of Game: 4:09

Yankees

Joe Torre

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         2  0  0   0  0  0   2  0  2    6 11  1
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  1  0    1  5  2

W: O Hernandez (1-0), L: K Mercker (0-1), S: R Mendoza (1)

Red Sox

Jimy Williams

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Knoblauch 2B                5   1   2   0    0   0  .333  .818   12    1   1   
  L Sojo 2B                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
D Jeter SS                    5   2   2   2    0   0  .350  .959   18    0   0   HR
P O'Neill RF                  5   1   2   0    0   1  .286  .604   24    4   0   
B Williams CF                 4   0   0   0    1   2  .250  .768   26    2   0   
C Davis DH                    3   0   1   1    1   1  .091  .377   15    0   0   
  C Bellinger PR              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D Strawberry PH             1   0   1   0    0   0  .333 1.262    3    0   0   
  C Curtis PR                 0   1   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   SB
T Martinez 1B                 4   0   2   1    0   1  .263  .838   17    4   1   HBP
J Posada C                    4   1   1   2    1   2  .100  .582   34   10   0   HR
S Spencer LF                  5   0   0   0    0   3  .111  .311   23    2   0   
S Brosius 3B                  3   0   0   0    1   1  .222  .930   13    3   2   

O Hernandez P                                                            0   0
  M Stanton P                                                            0   0
  J Nelson P                                                             0   0
  A Watson P                                                             0   0
  R Mendoza P                                                            1   0
Totals                       39   6  11   6    4  11              185   27   4

BATTING

HR: J Posada (1, off T Gordon; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); D Jeter (1, off K Mercker; 1st inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF).

HBP: T Martinez (1, by K Mercker).

TB: D Jeter 5; J Posada 4; P O'Neill 2; T Martinez 2; C Knoblauch 2; C Davis; D Strawberry.

RBI: D Jeter 2 (3); J Posada 2 (2); T Martinez (3); C Davis (1).

2-out RBI: J Posada 2.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

FIELDING

E: D Jeter (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Curtis (1, 2nd base off T Gordon/J Varitek).

PO: T Martinez (1st base by K Mercker).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman 2B                 4   0   1   0    1   1  .458 1.022   28    1   1   
J Valentin 3B                 5   0   2   0    0   1  .348  .965   20    2   2   
J Varitek C                   5   1   1   1    0   2  .200  .738   20   11   0   HR
N Garciaparra SS              4   0   1   0    0   1  .400 1.255   12    2   4   2B,SB
T O'Leary LF                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .350  .909   20    1   0   
M Stanley 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .222  .555   20    8   1   
B Daubach DH                  2   0   0   0    1   1  .176  .634   18    0   0   
  B Huskey PH                 0   0   0   0    1   0  .200  .733    5    0   0   
  D Sadler PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
D Lewis CF                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .118  .343   10    1   0   
  S Hatteberg PH              1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    8    0   0   
  D Buford CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .800         0   0   
T Nixon RF                    3   0   0   0    1   2  .286  .762   22    0   0   

K Mercker P                                                              1   1
  D Lowe P                                                               0   0
  R Cormier P                                                            0   0
  T Gordon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       33   1   5   1    6  10              183   27   9

BATTING

2B: N Garciaparra (2, off O Hernandez).

HR: J Varitek (1, off O Hernandez; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).

TB: J Varitek 4; N Garciaparra 2; J Valentin 2; J Offerman.

RBI: J Varitek (1).

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 0 for 10.

FIELDING

E: M Stanley (1); J Offerman (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: N Garciaparra (1, 2nd base off O Hernandez/J Posada).

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Hernandez, W (1-0)           7     5   1   1    4   9   1   1.80   31  138-82   40·13·29    5· 6· 2· 5     68    -     1.16   0.33
M Stanton                      0     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    1    7-3     2· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.90  -0.08
J Nelson, H (2)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    5-2     1· 0· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          2-0    3.28   0.09
A Watson                       0     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    1    5-1     0· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.86  -0.10
R Mendoza, S (1)               1.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    5   26-18   11· 3· 4    1· 3· 0· 0          3-0    1.80   0.24
Totals                         9     5   1   1    6  10   1          39  181-106  54·16·36    6· 9· 3· 5          8-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Mercker, L (0-1)             3.2   6   2   2    2   3   1   4.70   19   79-47   29· 7·11    2· 4· 1· 6     42    -     0.78  -0.04
D Lowe                         2.2   1   2   0    1   3   0   1.42   11   44-29   12· 5·12    6· 0· 0· 1          3-0    0.75   0.11
R Cormier                      1.2   2   0   0    1   3   0   0.00    9   37-23   12· 6· 5    3· 0· 0· 2          2-2    0.64  -0.05
T Gordon                       1     2   2   2    0   2   1  13.50    5   17-11    4· 2· 5    0· 1· 0· 2          0-0    0.16  -0.03
Totals                         9    11   6   4    4  11   2          44  177-110  57·20·33   11· 5· 1·11          5-2

O Hernandez faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
M Stanton faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
A Watson faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: K Mercker (1; T Martinez, 1st base).

HBP: K Mercker (1; T Martinez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dale Scott, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Dan Morrison.

Time of Game: 4:09.

Attendance: 33,589.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 49° F, Wind 18mph in from Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Boston Red Sox                       
1. C Knoblauch          2B    1. J Offerman           2B 
2. D Jeter              SS    2. J Valentin           3B 
3. P O'Neill            RF    3. J Varitek            C  
4. B Williams           CF    4. N Garciaparra        SS 
5. C Davis              DH    5. T O'Leary            LF 
6. T Martinez           1B    6. M Stanley            1B 
7. J Posada             C     7. B Daubach            DH 
8. S Spencer            LF    8. D Lewis              CF 
9. S Brosius            3B    9. T Nixon              RF 

   O Hernandez          P        K Mercker            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  4   13%  66% D Jeter         K Mercker       Home Run; Knoblauch Scores
   b 8   1  4-1  123  8   12%  84% S Hatteberg     R Mendoza       Strikeout Swinging
   b 8   2  4-1  123  4   11%  96% T Nixon         R Mendoza       Foul Flyball: 3B
   b 8   1  4-1  12-  5  -10%  73% B Huskey        A Watson        Walk; Garciaparra to 3B; O'Leary to 2B
   b 8   0  4-1  12-  5    9%  82% M Stanley       J Nelson        Lineout: CF

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Kent Mercker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   53%  C Knoblauch     Single to CF
   RR     1--  4   66%  D Jeter         Home Run; Knoblauch Scores
   O      ---  9   64%  P O'Neill       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   63%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   64%  C Davis         Single to LF
          1--  2   66%  T Martinez      Single to LF; Davis to 2B
   O      12-  6   62%  J Posada        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   59%  J Offerman      Single to RF
          1--  4   51%  J Valentin      Single to CF; Offerman to 3B
   O      1-3  4   56%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  2   62%  N Garciaparra   Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      1-3  2   67%  T O'Leary       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kent Mercker facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   65%  S Spencer       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  1   64%  S Brosius       Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   63%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   59%  M Stanley       Walk
   O      1--  6   63%  B Daubach       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   65%  D Lewis         Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B; Stanley to 2B
          -2-  7   64%  T Nixon         Walk
   O      12-  5   69%  J Offerman      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kent Mercker facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   67%  D Jeter         Popfly: 1B
          ---  1   69%  P O'Neill       Single to CF
   O      1--  5   66%  B Williams      Popfly: SS
   O      1--  5   64%  C Davis         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   67%  J Valentin      Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4   69%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   70%  N Garciaparra   Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kent Mercker facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   73%  T Martinez      Hit By Pitch
   O      1--      68%  J Posada        Martinez Picked off 1B (P-1B)
          ---  9   70%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  6   68%  S Spencer       Lineout: LF
          1--  6   69%  S Brosius       Walk; Posada to 2B
          12-  3   72%  C Knoblauch     Single to RF; Posada to 3B; Brosius to 2B
                  Derek Lowe replaces Kent Mercker pitching
   O      123  6   65%  D Jeter         Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B; Knoblauch to 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   69%  T O'Leary       Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---  4   71%  M Stanley       Flyball: LF
          ---  7   69%  B Daubach       Walk
   O      1--  4   72%  D Lewis         Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Derek Lowe facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   70%  P O'Neill       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   69%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   70%  C Davis         Walk
   O      1--  2   67%  T Martinez      Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   71%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  8   73%  J Offerman      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   72%  J Valentin      Single to LF
   O      1--  4   75%  J Varitek       Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Derek Lowe facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   73%  J Posada        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   71%  S Spencer       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   70%  S Brosius       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   64%  N Garciaparra   Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
          1--      61%  T O'Leary       Garciaparra Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   65%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Garciaparra to 3B
   O      --3  4   73%  M Stanley       Foul Flyball: RF
   O      --3  5   79%  B Daubach       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-0, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   77%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   80%  D Jeter         Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Jeter to 2B
          -2-  3   84%  P O'Neill       Single to RF; Jeter to 3B
                  Rheal Cormier replaces Derek Lowe pitching
          1-3  8   85%  B Williams      Walk; O'Neill to 2B
   R      123  2   91%  C Davis         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Jeter Scores/unER; O'Neill to 3B; Williams to 2B
                  Clay Bellinger pinch runs for Chili Davis batting 5th
   R      123  3   95%  T Martinez      Single to CF; O'Neill Scores/unER; Williams to 3B; Bellinger to 2B
   O      123  5   93%  J Posada        Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  5   90%  S Spencer       Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Orlando Hernandez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   93%  D Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   94%  T Nixon         Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   93%  J Offerman      Walk
   O      1--  4   95%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 4-0, Rheal Cormier facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   95%  S Brosius       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   94%  C Knoblauch     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   94%  D Jeter         Single to CF
   O      1--  7   94%  P O'Neill       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Orlando Hernandez facing 3-4-5
                  Luis Sojo replaces Chuck Knoblauch playing 2B batting 1st
   R      ---  3   89%  J Varitek       Home Run
          ---  1   81%  N Garciaparra   Double to LF
                  Mike Stanton replaces Orlando Hernandez pitching
          -2-  7   74%  T O'Leary       Walk
                  Jeff Nelson replaces Mike Stanton pitching
   O      12-  5   82%  M Stanley       Lineout: CF
                  Allen Watson replaces Jeff Nelson pitching; Butch Huskey replaces Brian Daubach playing DH batting 7th
          12-  5   73%  B Huskey        Walk; Garciaparra to 3B; O'Leary to 2B
                  Ramiro Mendoza replaces Allen Watson pitching; Scott Hatteberg pinch hits for Darren Lewis batting 8th; Donnie Sadler pinch runs for Butch Huskey batting 7th
   O      123  8   84%  S Hatteberg     Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4   96%  T Nixon         Foul Flyball: 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tom Gordon facing 4-5-6
                  Tom Gordon replaces Rheal Cormier pitching; Damon Buford replaces Scott Hatteberg playing CF batting 8th
   O      ---  2   95%  B Williams      Popfly: 3B
                  Darryl Strawberry replaces Clay Bellinger playing DH batting 5th
          ---  3   95%  D Strawberry    Single to RF
                  Chad Curtis pinch runs for Darryl Strawberry batting 5th
          1--      96%  T Martinez      Curtis Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   95%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -2-  2   99%  J Posada        Home Run; Curtis Scores
   O      ---  6   99%  S Spencer       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-6, Ramiro Mendoza facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4  100%  J Offerman      Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5  100%  J Valentin      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5  100%  J Varitek       Flyball: LF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Red Sox 1.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:BOS199910180

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation