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September 2, 1998

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Athletics 2 6 0
Yankees 0 5 0
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Athletics 2 6 0
Yankees 0 5 0

Ed Sprague Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .222
OBP .000 .281
At Bats 3 455
Hits 0 101
• Singles 0 58
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 56

Mariano Rivera Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 33
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Yankee Stadium - September 2, 1998
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Mariano Rivera
Jorge Posada
Tino Martinez
Chuck Knoblauch
Scott Brosius
Derek Jeter
Tim Raines
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
Ed Sprague
Rafael Bournigal
Count: 2-1, 1 Out
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs

Sprague hits a popup, foul, towards first. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bournigal takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bip Roberts pinch runs for Ben Grieve. Rivera fires to first and picks off Roberts.
Top 9 Mariano Rivera now pitching. Jorge Posada now catching. Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Knoblauch hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jorge Posada pinch hits for Joe Girardi. Posada hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brosius hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McDonald. Brosius reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Raines hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stairs strikes out.
Top 8 Giambi strikes out.
Top 8 Christenson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Mike Stanton now pitching. McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanton covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heredia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Neill strikes out.
Top 7 Hinch hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Heredia fires to first and picks off Jeter.
Bottom 6 Jeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Knoblauch hits a fly ball into left field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Girardi strikes out. Hinch drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Girardi out.
Top 6 Bournigal hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grieve hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brosius hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Raines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heredia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 5 Giambi strikes out.
Top 5 Christenson strikes out.
Top 5 McDonald takes first base on ball four. Tejada moves to second.
Top 5 Hinch strikes out.
Top 5 Tejada hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heredia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Christenson. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 O'Neill hits a fly ball into left field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sprague strikes out.
Top 4 Bournigal takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first, with Cone covering, for the out.
Top 4 Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 3 Knoblauch hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brosius strikes out.
Top 3 Giambi strikes out.
Top 3 There goes McDonald. The throw from Girardi and he is safe. McDonald steals second.
Top 3 Christenson strikes out.
Top 3 McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hinch hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Raines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Strawberry hits a fly ball into left field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Christenson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tejada strikes out.
Top 2 Sprague hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Girardi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bournigal hits a line drive towards short. Jeter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rafael Bournigal now playing second base. O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heredia fields it and throws to first for the out. Jeter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grieve strikes out.
Top 1 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Christenson scores. Giambi moves to second.
Top 1 Giambi hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Christenson moves to third.
Top 1 Christenson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 McDonald strikes out.