New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
April 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1999 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 0 1 1
Jeter ss 3 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 2 0 0 0
  Curtis pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Ledee lf 4 0 1 0
Sojo 3b 3 0 1 0
Girardi c 3 1 1 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 2 0
Jefferies dh 4 1 1 0
Higginson rf 4 0 2 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 1
Easley 2b 4 1 1 0
Encarnacion lf 4 1 2 1
Haselman c 1 0 0 0
  Garcia L. pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Garcia K. ph 0 0 0 0
  Ausmus ph,c 1 0 1 1
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
New York 001 000 000162
Detroit 000 000 21x3100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte   6.0 5 0 0 1 3
  Nelson  L (1-1) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Stanton   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Grimsley   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair   6.2 6 1 1 3 1
  Anderson  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Jones  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
7
3

  E–Jeter (2), Nelson (1).  DP–New York 2, Detroit 1.  2B–New York Girardi (3,off Blair).  SH–Sojo (1,off Blair).  HBP–Knoblauch (3,by Blair).  SB–Higginson (1,2nd base off Pettitte/Girardi); Encarnacion 2 (4,2nd base off Nelson/Girardi,3rd base off Nelson/Girardi).  CS–Hunter (2,2nd base by Pettitte/Girardi).  WP–Blair (1).  BK–Brocail (1).  HBP–Blair (1,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:07.  A–17,821.
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