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May 23, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 12 15 0
Red Sox 3 5 3
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Yankees 12 15 0
Red Sox 3 6 3

John Valentin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .240
OBP .333 .314
At Bats 3 167
Hits 1 40
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 2 21

Jeff Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 2
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Fenway Park - May 23, 1998
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Double
Jeff Nelson
Jorge Posada
Dale Sveum
Luis Sojo
Scott Brosius
Derek Jeter
Chad Curtis
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
John Valentin
Keith Johns
Count: 0-0, 1 Out
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Valentin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Curtis. Valentin reaches second base with a double. Johns moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 O'Leary strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jeff Nelson now pitching. Keith Johns pinch hits for Jim Leyritz. Johns takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Homer Bush pinch runs for Darryl Strawberry. Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Avery fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Strawberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lewis. Strawberry reaches second base with a double. Williams scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Williams moves to second.
Top 9 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Benjamin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Steve Avery now pitching. Jeter hits a line drive into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bragg hits a line drive into left field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Graeme Lloyd now pitching. Luis Sojo now playing second base. Lewis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sojo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Luis Sojo pinch hits for Chuck Knoblauch. Sojo strikes out.
Top 8 Sveum strikes out.
Top 8 Brosius strikes out.
Top 8 Curtis hits a line drive beyond third. Valentin can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 7 Merloni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to first for the out. Benjamin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Benjamin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Valentin hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Posada strikes out.
Top 7 Strawberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bragg. Strawberry reaches second base with a double. Jeter scores.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 7 O'Neill hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jeter moves to third.
Top 7 Jeter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Jeter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Leyritz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Vaughn hits a popup towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sveum hits a popup towards short. Benjamin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brosius takes first base on ball four. Williams scores. Posada moves to third. Curtis moves to second.
Top 6 Curtis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The ball gets by Varitek for a passed ball. O'Neill scores. Williams moves to third. Posada moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Posada is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Strawberry for the out. O'Neill moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive beyond third. Valentin can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. O'Neill moves to second.
Top 6 Rich Garces now pitching. O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merloni misplays the ball. That's an error on Merloni.
Bottom 5 Bragg strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Merloni hits a popup towards third. Brosius settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Benjamin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sveum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merloni scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brosius moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Brosius. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. Brosius steals second.
Top 5 Brosius hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Benjamin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Valentin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sveum fields the ball and throws to Wells covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Leyritz strikes out.
Bottom 4 Vaughn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Posada for the out. Jeter scores. Williams moves to third. Strawberry moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Strawberry is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lewis. Williams reaches second base with a double. Jeter moves to third.
Top 4 O'Neill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valentin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jeter hits a line drive towards short. Benjamin misplays the ball. That's an error on Benjamin.
Bottom 3 Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lewis hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merloni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Knoblauch strikes out.
Top 3 Sveum hits a line drive into right field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brosius hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lewis. Brosius reaches second base with a double. Posada scores. Curtis goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Curtis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Posada moves to second.
Top 3 Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Strawberry strikes out.
Bottom 2 Varitek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Benjamin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merloni fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 John Wasdin now pitching. Jeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Knoblauch hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 2 Sveum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lowe fields it and throws to home to get Posada. Curtis moves to third. Brosius moves to second.
Top 2 Brosius bunts towards the mound. Lowe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Posada moves to third. Curtis moves to second.
Top 2 Curtis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strawberry scores. Posada moves to second.
Top 2 Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Strawberry moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Strawberry. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. Strawberry steals second.
Top 2 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 O'Leary hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Leyritz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Bragg. The throw from Posada and he is safe. Bragg steals second.
Bottom 1 Bragg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams strikes out.
Top 1 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lowe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin throws to second for one, and Merloni throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Jeter moves to second.
Top 1 Knoblauch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.