New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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)
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New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Jeter ss 4 0 2 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
Davis dh 3 1 0 0
Spencer lf 4 0 1 0
Girardi c 4 0 1 1
Bellinger 3b 4 0 0 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 1 0
Jefferies dh 3 1 0 0
Higginson rf 2 2 2 0
Clark 1b 4 1 2 4
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Cruz ss 3 1 1 0
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
New York 010 000 000161
Detroit 102 000 20x591
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza  L (1-1) 7.0 9 5 5 3 3
  Naulty   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  W (1-0) 5.0 4 1 0 3 2
  Nitkowski   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rojas   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Runyan   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
3
5

  E–Knoblauch (3), Palmer (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Girardi (4,off Rojas), Detroit Higginson (5,off Mendoza).  HR–Detroit Clark (2,7th inning off Mendoza 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hunter (1,off Mendoza).  HBP–Easley (2,by Mendoza).  HBP–Mendoza (1,Easley).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:35.  A–16,503.
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