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Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 18, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers, played on June 18, 1989 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Charlie Hough |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave LaPoint |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 42,825 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Reilly 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Dale Scott 3B: Larry McCoy |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sammy Sosa | Left Fielder |
| Scott Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Rafael Palmeiro | First Baseman |
| Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
| Julio Franco | Second Baseman |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Mike Stanley | DH |
| Steve Buechele | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Kunkel | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Wayne Tolleson | Second Baseman |
| Don Mattingly | First Baseman |
| Ken Phelps | DH |
| Mike Pagliarulo | Third Baseman |
| Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
| Don Slaught | Catcher |
| Alvaro Espinoza | Shortstop |
| Roberto Kelly | Center Fielder |
| Dallas Green | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 18, 1989
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. LaPoint
Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. LaPoint
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Fletcher reaches second base with a double. Sosa moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Palmeiro vs. LaPoint
Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tolleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sosa scores. Fletcher moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Sierra vs. LaPoint
Sierra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Franco vs. LaPoint
Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tolleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson hits a popup into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Hough
Tolleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Hough
Mattingly hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. LaPoint
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. LaPoint
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. LaPoint
Buechele hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Hough
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Hough
Pagliarulo hits a fly ball into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hough
Barfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Slaught vs. Hough
Slaught hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kunkel vs. LaPoint
Kunkel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kelly. Kunkel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Sosa vs. LaPoint
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. LaPoint
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Palmeiro vs. LaPoint
Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off LaPoint, and towards Espinoza, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Kunkel moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Sierra vs. LaPoint
Sierra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kunkel scores. Fletcher scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Franco vs. LaPoint
Franco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sierra moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sundberg vs. LaPoint
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Espinoza vs. Hough
Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Hough
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. LaPoint
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Barfield throws the ball in to Espinoza who tags Stanley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. LaPoint
Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kunkel vs. LaPoint
Kunkel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo juggles the ball. That's an error on Pagliarulo. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. LaPoint
Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kunkel moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. LaPoint
Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tolleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Hough
Tolleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Hough
Mattingly hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Hough
Phelps hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Hough
Pagliarulo hits a popup towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. LaPoint
Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. LaPoint
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tolleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Franco vs. LaPoint
Franco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hough
Barfield hits a fly ball into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Slaught vs. Hough
Slaught hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Espinoza vs. Hough
Espinoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Hough
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. LaPoint
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. LaPoint
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buechele vs. LaPoint
Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Hough
Tolleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Mattingly vs. Hough
Mattingly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tolleson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Phelps vs. Hough
Phelps hits a line drive towards first. Palmeiro catches it and steps on first to double up Mattingly. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kunkel vs. LaPoint
Kunkel hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. LaPoint
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. LaPoint
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Palmeiro vs. LaPoint
The umpire calls a balk on LaPoint Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Palmeiro vs. LaPoint
Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tolleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Hough
Pagliarulo hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hough
Barfield hits a fly ball into center field. Kunkel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Slaught vs. Hough
Slaught hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. LaPoint
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Franco vs. LaPoint
Franco hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. LaPoint
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. LaPoint
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Buechele vs. LaPoint
Buechele hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Slaught settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Espinoza vs. Hough
Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Hough
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson hits a line drive into left field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Leach vs. McCullers
Lance McCullers now pitching. Rick Leach pinch hits for Jeff Kunkel.
Leach hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Sosa vs. McCullers
Sosa bunts towards the mound. McCullers fields it and throws to first for the out. Leach moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. McCullers
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Leach tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmeiro vs. McCullers
Palmeiro hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Russell
Rick Leach now playing left field. Sammy Sosa now playing center field. Jeff Russell now pitching.
Tolleson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Mattingly vs. Russell
Mattingly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tolleson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Phelps vs. Russell
Phelps strikes out. There goes Tolleson. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Mattingly. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Pagliarulo vs. Russell
Pagliarulo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tolleson scores. Mattingly moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Barfield vs. Russell
Barfield strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/18/1989 -- Texas at New York (D)
Texas AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Sosa S, lf-cf 4 1 2 0 Henderson R, lf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher S, ss 3 2 2 1 Tolleson W, 2b 3 1 1 0
Palmeiro R, 1b 5 0 0 1 Mattingly D, 1b 4 0 2 0
Sierra R, rf 4 0 2 3 Phelps K, dh 4 1 1 1
Franco J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Pagliarulo M, 3b 4 0 0 1
Sundberg J, c 4 0 2 0 Barfield J, rf 3 0 0 0
Stanley M, dh 3 0 1 0 Slaught D, c 3 0 0 0
Buechele S, 3b 4 0 0 0 Espinoza A, ss 3 0 1 0
Kunkel J, cf 3 1 1 0 Kelly R, cf 3 0 0 0
Leach R, ph-lf 1 1 1 0
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35 5 12 5 31 2 5 2
Texas 202 000 001 -- 5
New York 000 100 001 -- 2
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Hough C (W) 8.0 4 1 1 1 1
Russell J 1.0 1 1 0 1 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint D (L) 8.0 11 4 4 2 1
McCullers L 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
E -- Pagliarulo M
DP -- Texas 1, New York 2
LOB -- Texas 7, New York 4
2B -- Fletcher S, Kunkel J, Sundberg J, Leach R
HR -- Phelps K
SH -- Sosa S
SF -- Fletcher S
Balk -- LaPoint D
PB -- Sundberg J
T -- 2:34
A -- 42825
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