New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
September 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 0
Jeter ss 4 0 3 2
Williams cf 5 1 1 0
Davis dh 5 0 2 0
  Bush pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Posada c 5 0 1 0
Raines lf 3 0 1 1
  Ledee rf 1 0 0 0
  Spencer ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Curtis rf,lf 4 1 0 0
Lowell 3b 5 1 3 0
Sojo 1b 4 0 2 1
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 16 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 3 1
Anderson cf 5 0 0 0
Greene rf 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 0 1 1
  Kingsale pr 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 0 0
Pickering dh 3 0 1 0
  Mouton ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Minor 3b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 1 2
Webster c 2 1 1 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoiles c 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fussell p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
New York 010 010 0215160
Baltimore 000 010 021480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (11-4) 6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Nelson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Stanton   1.0 0 1 1 3 0
  Holmes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Mendoza   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rivera  SV (36) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johns  L (3-3) 4.1 10 2 2 2 2
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Fussell   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Key   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–New York Davis (5,off Johns); Raines (13,off Johns); Spencer (5,off Key), Baltimore Webster (16,off Hernandez); Alomar (36,off Rivera).  3B–New York Jeter (8,off Fussell).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff (18,8th inning off Lloyd 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bordick (15,off Nelson).  SB–Alomar (17,2nd base off Hernandez/Posada).  WP–Hernandez (4).  BK–Hernandez (2).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:33.  A–48,013.
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