Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
May 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1998 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Yankees 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 1 0
Hammonds rf 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 3 1
Carter dh 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 0
Webster c 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 1 2 0
Jeter ss 3 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 1
Williams cf 4 0 1 1
Raines dh 3 0 0 0
Curtis lf 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 1 1 0
Sveum 1b 3 1 1 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 2
Baltimore 000 100 000182
New York 000 001 02x350
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (4-5) 7.2 5 3 2 2 9
  Rhodes   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
3
9
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W (6-4) 8.0 8 1 1 2 6
  Rivera  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
7

  E–Alomar (4), Ripken (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (9,4th inning off Pettitte 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Knoblauch (2,off Erickson).  SB–Bordick (2,3rd base off Pettitte/Girardi); Anderson (6,2nd base off Pettitte/Girardi); Curtis (7,2nd base off Erickson/Webster).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:49.  A–34,588.
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