ML FINAL WORLD SERIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 9 1 SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: NYY - DAVID CONE, GRAEME LLOYD (7TH), RAMIRO MENDOZA (7TH), MARIANO RIVERA (8TH) AND JOE GIRARDI, JORGE POSADA (7TH) SDG - STERLING HITCHCOCK, JOEY HAMILTON (7TH), RANDY MYERS (8TH), TREVOR HOFFMAN (8TH) AND JIM LEYRITZ, CARLOS HERNANDEZ (7TH)
WP - RAMIRO MENDOZA (1-0) LP - TREVOR HOFFMAN (0-1) SAVE - MARIANO RIVERA (2)
HOME RUNS: NYY - SCOTT BROSIUS (1) OFF HITCHCOCK IN THE 7TH, 0 ON SCOTT BROSIUS (2) OFF HOFFMAN IN THE 8TH, 2 ON SDG - NONE
TIME: 3:14 ATT: 64,667
PROBABLES: NYY - ANDY PETTITTE (NR) SDG - KEVIN BROWN (0-0, 5.69)
Extended BoxNY YANKEES (5) AT SAN DIEGO (4) WORLD SERIES - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .455 Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 4 .308 Oneill rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .143 Williams cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 Martinez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .364 Brosius 3b 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 .538 Spencer lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 .333 c-Ledee ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 Girardi c 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 a-Posada ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 Cone p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 b-Davis ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Bush pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lloyd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 M Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 5 9 5 4 8 19
a-struck out for Girardi in the 7th; b-reached on error for Cone in the 7th; c-grounded to second for Spencer in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Spencer (1, Hitchcock). HR - Brosius 2 (2, 7th inning off Hitchcock 0 on, 0 out, 8th inning off Hoffman 2 on, 1 out). RBI - Brosius 4 (5), Davis (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Martinez 2. GIDP - Oneill. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: E - Oneill (1, throw). Outfield assists - Spencer (Gomez at 2nd base).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Veras 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .250 Gwynn rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500 R Rivera pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Vaughn lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .182 Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 .100 Joyner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Finley cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .083 Leyritz c 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 C Hernandez c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 Vander Wal pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .444 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Hitchcock p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sheets ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Totals 31 4 7 3 3 7 8
a-singled for C Hernandez in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Veras (2, Mendoza). SF - Caminiti, Vaughn. RBI - Gwynn (3), Caminiti (1), Vaughn (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Leyritz 1, Sheets 1. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - Finley (1, 2nd base off Cone/Girardi).
FIELDING: E - Caminiti (2, ground ball). PB - Leyritz. DP: 2 (Gomez-Veras-Joyner, Gomez-Veras).
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era Cone 6 2 3 2 3 4 0 3.00 Lloyd 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Mendoza (W, 1-0) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 9.00 M Rivera (S, 2) 1 2/3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era Hitchcock 6 7 2 1 1 7 1 1.50 Hamilton (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 R Myers (H, 1) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.50 Hoffman (L, 0-1; BS, 1) 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 9.00
Hitchcock pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. R Myers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Pitches-strikes: Hitchcock 92-60; Hamilton 19-11; R Myers 6-2; Hoffman 37-21; Cone 87-47; Lloyd 1-1; Mendoza 12-11; M Rivera 22-19. Ground balls-fly balls: Hitchcock 5-6; Hamilton 0-1; R Myers 0-0; Hoffman 4-2; Cone 6-8; Lloyd 1-0; Mendoza 1-0; M Rivera 1-2. Batters faced: Hitchcock 25; Hamilton 4; R Myers 1; Hoffman 9; Cone 23; Lloyd 1; Mendoza 4; M Rivera 8.
UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Dana Demuth. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jerry Crawford. LF--Rich Garcia. RF--Mark Hirschbeck. T--3:14. Att--64,667. Weather: 72 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.
How They ScoredNY YANKEES (5) AT SAN DIEGO (4) WORLD SERIES - HOW THEY SCORED
SAN DIEGO 6TH: Hitchcock singled to right center. Veras walked, Hitchcock to second. Gwynn singled to right, Hitchcock scored, Veras to third. Gwynn to second advancing on throw. Veras scored, Gwynn to third on right fielder Oneill's throwing error. Vaughn grounded out to shortstop. Caminiti hit sacrifice fly to deep center, Gwynn scored. Joyner grounded out to first. NY YANKEES 0, SAN DIEGO 3.
NY YANKEES 7TH: Brosius homered to left. Spencer doubled to deep left center. Joey Hamilton relieved Sterling Hitchcock. Posada hit for Girardi. Spencer to third on Leyritz passed ball. Posada struck out swinging. Davis hit for Cone. Davis safe at first on 3rd baseman Caminiti's fielding error, Spencer scored. Bush ran for Davis. Knoblauch walked, Bush to second. Jeter lined into double play, shortstop to second, Bush doubled off second. NY YANKEES 2, SAN DIEGO 3.
NY YANKEES 8TH: Randy Myers relieved Joey Hamilton. Oneill walked. Trevor Hoffman relieved Randy Myers. Williams flied out to deep right. Martinez walked, Oneill to second. Brosius homered to center, Oneill and Martinez scored. Ledee hit for Spencer. Ledee grounded out to second. Posada singled to center. Mendoza grounded out to shortstop. NY YANKEES 5, SAN DIEGO 3.
SAN DIEGO 8TH: Sheets grounded out to third. Veras doubled to left center. Mariano Rivera relieved Ramiro Mendoza. Gwynn singled to left, Veras to third. R Rivera ran for Gwynn. Vaughn hit sacrifice fly to deep right center, Veras scored. Caminiti struck out swinging. NY YANKEES 5, SAN DIEGO 4.
Game StorySAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Scott Brosius silenced Hell's Bells and the New York Yankees are on the verge of their 24th World Series title.
Brosius hit his second homer of the game, a stunning three-run blast in the eighth inning off closer Trevor Hoffman, as the Yankees overcame another strong outing by old friend Sterling Hitchcock to defeat the San Diego Padres, 5-4, and take a commanding 3-0 series lead.
"It was the Scott Brosius show tonight," said Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn. "He just did us in."
No team has ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a postseason series and the Yankees will try to close out the Padres -- and perhaps the greatest season in major-league history -- in Game Four on Wednesday night.
The Padres finally had an opportunity to use Hoffman, who led the major leagues with 53 saves during the season but was not used in a pair of poundings in New York. With AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" ringing from the sound system at Qualcomm Stadium, the right-hander came on to protect a 3-2 lead.
"I thought that was the music from the funeral director in WWF wrestling," noted Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
With the tying run on base, Hoffman was immediately shaky as he allowed a flyout to the warning track in right field by Bernie Williams. He walked Tino Martinez and Brosius followed by belting a 2-2 pitch over the center field fence, silencing the crowd and giving the Yankees a 5-3 lead.
"This is the type of thing that as a kid you dream about," said Brosius. "With Trevor on the mound, my only thoughts were trying to pick the ball up and just see the ball as good as I could and put a good swing on the ball."
Hoffman allowed a homer for just the third time in 1998. After blowing just one save opportunity in the regular season, he has let two get away in the postseason, including this one, which the Padres had to have if they were going to challenge the powerful Yankees.
"I put myself in the hole by not making quality pitches," said Hoffman. "I paid for it. It was a football up over the plate."
It was the fourth postseason homer for Brosius, who also homered off Hitchcock to lead off the seventh and cut the deficit to 3-1. He is batting .538 (7-for-13) with five RBI and is on the verge of a World Series Most Valuable Player award after batting .203 last season with Oakland.
Brosius posted the 41st multi-homer game in World Series history and the first by a Yankee since Reggie Jackson went deep three times on October 18th, 1977 against Los Angeles.
In the most tense game of the series, New York's bullpen again was a factor, bailing out starter David Cone, who pitched five hitless innings before allowing three runs in the sixth.
Ramiro Mendoza (1-0) relieved after Graeme Lloyd retired the only batter he faced in the seventh and left after allowing a one-out double to Quilvio Veras in the eighth.
Mariano Rivera came on and actually showed he was human, giving up a single to Gwynn and a sacrifice fly to Greg Vaughn that cut the deficit to 5-4. In the ninth, Rivera surrendered a pair of two-out singles before striking out Andy Sheets for his second save of the series.
In the postseason, Rivera has allowed four hits in 12 scoreless innings, striking out 11. His career postseason ERA of 0.53 over 33 2/3 innings is the lowest of all time.
The Yankees have won seven straight World Series games since losing Game Two to the Braves in 1996, the longest current streak behind Cincinnati, which has won its last nine. The Padres have lost six straight games in the Fall Classic dating to 1984.
Hitchcock, a former Yankee, was outstanding for the fourth time in as many postseason starts, allowing just two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in six-plus innings, striking out seven. The MVP of the National League Championship Series has a 1.23 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 22 postseason innings.
After defeating Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine in his first three playoff outings, Hitchcock was trying to beat his fourth Cy Young winner this postseason in Cone, who won the 1994 American League Cy Young Award for Kansas City.
Cone, forced to run the bases in the top of the sixth when the Yankees loaded the bases but failed to score, did not allow a hit until he took the mound for the bottom of the inning and surrendered a leadoff single to Hitchcock.
Veras walked and Gwynn grounded a run-scoring single past first baseman Tino Martinez. An awful throw by right fielder Paul O'Neill scored Veras and a sacrifice fly by Ken Caminiti to deep center field made it 3-0.
The Yankees answered quickly in the seventh when Brosius homered to left-center field and Shane Spencer doubled, finishing Hitchcock. Joey Hamilton, mentioned as a possible Game Four starter if Kevin Brown was not ready, took over and catcher Jim Leyrtiz could not handle his first pitch for a passed ball.
Chili Davis' slow grounder to third was misplayed by Caminiti and Spencer scored, making it 3-2. Chuck Knoblauch walked, but the Padres escaped further damage when Derek Jeter lined out to shortstop.
"Letting them back in the game after we scored three runs is frustrating," said Hitchcock. "Anytime you give it back like that is a momentum-turner."
Cone had opened the sixth with a leadoff single to left field. Knoblauch dropped a bunt up the third-base line and was credited with an infield single when Caminiti threw high to first. Jeter struck out before Paul O'Neill grounded a one-out single up the middle to load the bases.
But Hitchcock bore down, striking out Williams and inducing a popout from Tino Martinez, whose grand slam blew open Game One.
The closest anyone came to scoring in the first five innings was when a fan in a white T-shirt and camouflage pants sprinted out of the seats along the first-base side and dove headfirst into the plate before being apprehended by security.
Using off-speed stuff, Hitchcock was dominant. The only Yankees to reach base in that span were Jeter, who walked in the first and singled in the fourth, and Brosius, who singled in the fifth. Many of the normally patient Yankees hitters appeared to be anxious, swinging at pitches in the dirt.
Center fielder Steve Finley made an outstanding defensive play in each of the first two innings. In the first, he made a sliding catch on a shallow fly by Knoblauch, grabbing the ball out of the air and pressing it against his body after it momentarily popped out of his glove. An inning later, Finley ran down a long fly ball by Brosius before crashing into the fence.
Cone allowed a mere two base runners in the first five innings, walking Wally Joyner in the second and Caminiti in the fourth.
Teams have taken a 3-0 lead on 18 previous occasions and 15 of them ended in sweeps. In winning an AL-record 114 games during the season, the Yankees did not lose four in a row until late August.
"This feels good," said Jeter. "It will feel even better after one more game."
"I know the history. Nobody has come back from 3-0," countered Gwynn. "Tomorrow, we'll come back and fight again. I refuse to quit."