New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers
May 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1998 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 0
Jeter ss 5 1 3 1
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 4
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
  Raines ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Curtis lf 3 1 1 0
Brosius 3b 4 1 1 0
Girardi c 4 2 2 1
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 2 1 1 1
Greer lf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Stevens dh 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 0
Alicea 3b 4 0 1 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 1
New York 300 030 0017130
Texas 100 010 000240
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (4-1) 5.0 3 2 2 3 4
  Holmes   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (2-4) 4.1 7 6 5 2 4
  Bailes   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Gunderson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Crabtree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Rodriguez (4).  2B–New York Knoblauch (2,off Burkett); Williams (7,off Gunderson).  3B–New York Girardi (1,off Patterson).  CS–Knoblauch (4,2nd base by Burkett/Rodriguez).  WP–Cone (1), Bailes (1).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:26.  A–31,693.
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