June 8, 1991 Texas Rangers at New York Yankees Box Score and Play by Play

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TOR 8
@BAL 4 DET 4
@CAL 3 CHW 14
@KCR 7 MIN 2
CLE 1 NYY 10
TEX 7 BOS 8
@OAK 1 SEA 6
MIL 2 ATL 7
MON 6 CHC 4
LAD 3 PHI 4
@CIN 1 NYM 4
@HOU 3
(11) SDP 11
@PIT 0 STL 3
SFG 2
(10)

Standings at end of play this day

Yankee Stadium, Attendance: 27,969

Saturday, June 8, 1991, (null)
Time of Game: 3:21

Rangers

26-23

Lost 6

5th, 4 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Rangers         0  1  3   0  0  0   0  0  3    7 16  0
Yankees         5  0  0   1  1  1   2  0  X   10 14  0

W: W Taylor (2-0), L: M Petkovsek (0-1), S: S Farr (5)

Yankees

24-27

Won 2

4th, 3½ GB

BATTING

Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Downing DH                  4   0   1   0    1   0  .336  .995   19    0   0   2B
R Palmeiro 1B                 4   1   1   0    0   0  .313  .816   22    6   2   2B
  J Russell PH                1   1   1   0    0   0  .222  .444    1    0   0   
R Sierra RF                   4   2   3   1    1   0  .343  .935   21    1   0   
J Franco 2B                   5   1   1   1    0   1  .300  .802   22    1   0   
J Gonzalez LF                 5   1   4   3    0   1  .324  .962   23    4   0   HR,2B
G Petralli C                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .634   10    4   1   
  M Stanley PH-C              2   0   1   0    0   0  .234  .762   11    1   0   GDP
S Buechele 3B                 4   1   1   0    0   1  .271  .797   12    1   2   
  K Reimer PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .296  .785    1    0   0   
M Diaz SS                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .268  .682   18    3   3   
  D Walling PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .105  .322    5    0   0   
G Pettis CF                   4   0   2   1    0   1  .257  .643   19    2   0   SB

M Petkovsek P                                                            1   0
  J Bitker P                                                             0   0
  R Gossage P                                                            0   0
  M Jeffcoat P                                                           0   0
Totals                       42   7  16   6    2   5              184   24   8

BATTING

2B: J Gonzalez (14, off W Taylor); R Palmeiro (16, off W Taylor); B Downing (6, off W Taylor).

HR: J Gonzalez (7, off W Taylor; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

TB: J Gonzalez 8; R Sierra 3; R Palmeiro 2; G Pettis 2; B Downing 2; M Diaz; S Buechele; M Stanley; J Franco; J Russell.

GIDP: M Stanley (1).

RBI: J Gonzalez 3 (38); G Pettis (9); J Franco (25); R Sierra (38).

2-out RBI: G Pettis.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 11.

FIELDING

PB: M Stanley (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: G Pettis (10, 3rd base off E Plunk/M Nokes).

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Kelly CF                    4   1   2   2    1   1  .264  .720   22    3   0   SB
S Sax 2B                      5   2   4   1    0   0  .271  .676   19    1   2   HR
D Mattingly 1B                5   1   1   1    0   1  .291  .760   12    8   2   2B
K Maas DH                     4   0   1   0    1   0  .264  .863   20    0   0   
M Hall LF                     4   3   2   2    0   0  .270  .852   11    2   0   HR,2B
  H Meulens PH-LF             1   0   0   0    0   0  .210  .573    5    0   0   
J Barfield RF                 5   1   1   3    0   2  .249  .850   21    6   0   HR
M Nokes C                     3   2   2   1    1   0  .285  .828   18    5   0   HR,IW
A Espinoza SS                 4   0   1   0    0   2  .253  .624   12    0   6   
P Kelly 3B                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .214  .672   21    0   0   

W Taylor P                                                               1   0
  E Plunk P                                                              0   0
  S Howe P                                                               0   0
  L Guetterman P                                                         0   0
  S Farr P                                                               1   0
Totals                       38  10  14  10    4   6              161   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Hall (8, off J Bitker); D Mattingly (7, off M Petkovsek).

HR: M Hall (9, off M Petkovsek; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF); S Sax (3, off J Bitker; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF); J Barfield (11, off M Petkovsek; 1st inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF); M Nokes (8, off M Petkovsek; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF).

IBB: M Nokes (1, by J Bitker).

TB: S Sax 7; M Hall 6; M Nokes 5; J Barfield 4; D Mattingly 2; R Kelly 2; A Espinoza; K Maas.

RBI: J Barfield 3 (34); R Kelly 2 (23); M Hall 2 (31); M Nokes (22); D Mattingly (20); S Sax (22).

2-out RBI: R Kelly 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Espinoza-S Sax-D Mattingly.

PB: M Nokes (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: R Kelly (11, 2nd base off M Petkovsek/G Petralli).

PITCHING

Texas Rangers                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Petkovsek, L (0-1)           4.2  10   7   7    2   3   3  13.50   26   88-49   30· 5·14    6·10· 5· 0     17    -     0.67  -0.42
J Bitker                       2     2   3   3    1   3   1   7.27    9   34-20   10· 7· 3    2· 2· 1· 0          2-0    0.26  -0.01
R Gossage                      0.1   1   0   0    1   0   0   2.81    3   17-9     5· 1· 3    1· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.24  -0.02
M Jeffcoat                     1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.54    4   17-13    7· 2· 4    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         8    14  10  10    4   6   4          42  156-91   52·15·24   10·14· 8· 0          4-2

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
W Taylor, W (2-0)              5     8   4   4    1   2   1   6.97   24  105-61   35· 6·20    9· 9· 3· 0     36    -     0.81  -0.04
E Plunk, H (1)                 0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   6.03    4   18-10    5· 1· 4    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.75  -0.00
S Howe, H (2)                  2.1   2   0   0    0   1   0   0.96    8   35-24   15· 1· 8    4· 3· 0· 0          2-0    0.77   0.08
L Guetterman                   0.1   5   3   3    0   0   0   2.57    6   19-11    7· 1· 3    4· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.33  -0.08
S Farr, S (5)                  0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.28    2    6-4     1· 1· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.83   0.08
Totals                         9    16   7   7    2   5   1          44  183-110  63·10·37   18·13· 6· 0          4-0

Balks: E Plunk (2).

WP: None.

IBB: J Bitker (3; M Nokes).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Joyce, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Terry Craft.

Time of Game: 3:21.

Attendance: 27,969.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 84° F, Wind 8mph from Left to Right, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Texas Rangers                 New York Yankees                     
1. B Downing            DH    1. R Kelly              CF 
2. R Palmeiro           1B    2. S Sax                2B 
3. R Sierra             RF    3. D Mattingly          1B 
4. J Franco             2B    4. K Maas               DH 
5. J Gonzalez           LF    5. M Hall               LF 
6. G Petralli           C     6. J Barfield           RF 
7. S Buechele           3B    7. M Nokes              C  
8. M Diaz               SS    8. A Espinoza           SS 
9. G Pettis             CF    9. P Kelly              3B 

   M Petkovsek          P        W Taylor             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   1  5-2  1--  2  -16%  64% J Gonzalez      W Taylor        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Sierra Scores; Gonzalez Scores
   b 1   1  0-2  1-3  2   12%  90% J Barfield      M Petkovsek     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Mattingly Scores; Hall Scores; Barfield Scores
   b 4   0  4-5  ---  3   10%  79% M Nokes         M Petkovsek     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Nokes Scores
   b 1   0  0-0  1-3  2    9%  76% D Mattingly     M Petkovsek     Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Kelly Scores; Sax to 3B
   b 5   1  4-6  ---  5    8%  88% M Hall          M Petkovsek     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Hall Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Wade Taylor facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  B Downing       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   54%  R Palmeiro      Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  7   53%  R Sierra        Walk
   O      1--  5   55%  J Franco        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Petkovsek facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   58%  R Kelly         Single (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
          1--      61%  S Sax           Kelly Steals 2B
          -2-  6   67%  " "             Single (Ground Ball to Deep 2B-1B); Kelly to 3B
   R      1-3  2   76%  D Mattingly     Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Kelly Scores; Sax to 3B
          -23  5   78%  K Maas          Walk
   RO     123  2   78%  M Hall          Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Sax Scores; Mattingly to 3B; Hall to 1B
   RRR    1-3  2   90%  J Barfield      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Mattingly Scores; Hall Scores; Barfield Scores
   O      ---  5   90%  M Nokes         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   90%  A Espinoza      Strikeout Looking
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 5.

Top of the 2nd, Rangers Batting, Behind 0-5, Wade Taylor facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   91%  J Gonzalez      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   92%  G Petralli      Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  6   91%  S Buechele      Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   90%  M Diaz          Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Buechele to 2B
   R      12-  4   85%  G Pettis        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Buechele Scores; Diaz to 2B
   O      12-  4   88%  B Downing       Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5.

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   87%  P Kelly         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   87%  R Kelly         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  2   87%  S Sax           Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   86%  D Mattingly     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5.

Top of the 3rd, Rangers Batting, Behind 1-5, Wade Taylor facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   82%  R Palmeiro      Double to LF (Line Drive)
   R      -2-  3   76%  R Sierra        Single (Line Drive); Palmeiro Scores
   O      1--  5   80%  J Franco        Flyball: CF
   RR     1--  2   64%  J Gonzalez      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Sierra Scores; Gonzalez Scores
   O      ---  3   66%  G Petralli      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   67%  S Buechele      Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-4, Mark Petkovsek facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   65%  K Maas          Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  1   64%  M Hall          Popfly: SS (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   63%  J Barfield      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 5.

Top of the 4th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-5, Wade Taylor facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   65%  M Diaz          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  6   67%  G Pettis        Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   65%  B Downing       Ground-rule Double (Ground Ball to Deep 3B)
   O      -2-  6   69%  R Palmeiro      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-4, Mark Petkovsek facing 7-8-9
   R      ---  3   79%  M Nokes         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Nokes Scores
   O      ---  4   77%  A Espinoza      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   76%  P Kelly         Lineout: 3B
          ---  5   77%  R Kelly         Walk
          1--  2   79%  S Sax           Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Kelly to 3B
   O      1-3  3   76%  D Mattingly     Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 6.

Top of the 5th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-6, Wade Taylor facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   78%  R Sierra        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  7   80%  J Franco        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  3   78%  J Gonzalez      Double to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF Line)
   O      -2-  4   82%  G Petralli      Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 6-4, Mark Petkovsek facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   80%  K Maas          Groundout: 1B-P
   R      ---  5   88%  M Hall          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Hall Scores
   O      ---  5   87%  J Barfield      Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  6   88%  M Nokes         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
          1--  1   88%  A Espinoza      Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS); Nokes to 2B
                  Joe Bitker replaces Mark Petkovsek pitching
   O      12-  6   87%  P Kelly         Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 7.

Top of the 6th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-7, Eric Plunk facing 7-8-9
                  Eric Plunk replaces Wade Taylor pitching
   O      ---  3   89%  S Buechele      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   91%  M Diaz          Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
          ---  4   89%  G Pettis        Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--      89%  B Downing       Balk; Pettis to 2B
          -2-  5   87%  " "             Walk, Pettis Steals 3B
                  Steve Howe replaces Eric Plunk pitching
   O      1-3  4   91%  R Palmeiro      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-4, Joe Bitker facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   91%  R Kelly         Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  3   95%  S Sax           Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Sax Scores
   O      ---  3   95%  D Mattingly     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   94%  K Maas          Lineout: 1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 8.

Top of the 7th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-8, Steve Howe facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   92%  R Sierra        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   94%  J Franco        Strikeout Looking
          1--  7   90%  J Gonzalez      Single (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Sierra to 3B
                  Mike Stanley pinch hits for Geno Petralli batting 6th
   OO     1-3  6   97%  M Stanley       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 8-4, Joe Bitker facing 5-6-7
                  Mike Stanley moves to C
          ---  3   98%  M Hall          Ground-rule Double (Ground Ball to Deep 1B)
   O      -2-  5   97%  J Barfield      Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  4   98%  M Nokes         Intentional Walk
   O      12-  3   97%  A Espinoza      Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole); Hall to 3B; Nokes to 2B
                  Rich Gossage replaces Joe Bitker pitching
          -23  7   97%  P Kelly         Walk
   RR     123  8   99%  R Kelly         Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Hall Scores; Nokes Scores; Kelly to 3B
   O      1-3  2   99%  S Sax           Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); Sax to 1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 10.

Top of the 8th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-10, Steve Howe facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2  100%  S Buechele      Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4  100%  M Diaz          Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  5  100%  G Pettis        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 10-4, Mike Jeffcoat facing 3-4-5
                  Mike Jeffcoat replaces Rich Gossage pitching
   O      ---  1  100%  D Mattingly     Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
          ---  6  100%  K Maas          Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
                  Hensley Meulens pinch hits for Mel Hall batting 5th
          1--     100%  H Meulens       Passed Ball; Maas to 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole); Maas stays at 2B
   O      -2-  6  100%  J Barfield      Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Yankees 10.

Top of the 9th, Rangers Batting, Behind 4-10, Lee Guetterman facing 1-2-3
                  Lee Guetterman replaces Steve Howe pitching; Hensley Meulens moves to LF
   O      ---  5  100%  B Downing       Groundout: SS-1B
                  John Russell pinch hits for Rafael Palmeiro batting 2nd
          ---  1  100%  J Russell       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3  100%  R Sierra        Single (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole); Russell to 2B
   R      12-  1   99%  J Franco        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Russell Scores; Sierra to 3B
   R      1-3      98%  J Gonzalez      Passed Ball; Sierra Scores; Franco to 2B
   R      -2-  4   96%  " "             Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Franco Scores
          1--  5   92%  M Stanley       Single (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole); Gonzalez to 2B
                  Steve Farr replaces Lee Guetterman pitching; Kevin Reimer pinch hits for Steve Buechele batting 7th
   O      12-  1   96%  K Reimer        Groundout: 1B-P; Gonzalez to 3B; Stanley to 2B
                  Denny Walling pinch hits for Mario Diaz batting 8th
   O      -23  5  100%  D Walling       Strikeout Swinging
        3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, Yankees 10.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation