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Anaheim Angels @ New York Yankees

1998-04-15 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 40743 · 50°F, overcast, dry · Wind 9 mph to RF · 2:53

New York Yankees defeated Anaheim Angels 6–3. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 1st. David Wells earned the win and Jeff Nelson picked up the save. Darryl Strawberry went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ANA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	4
NYA	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		6	13

W: David Wells L: Ken Hill SV: Jeff Nelson

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Al Clark · 2B: Jim Joyce · 3B: Terry Craft · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darin Erstad	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dave Hollins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Salmon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cecil Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Edmonds	3	0	1	0	0	1
Phil Nevin	3	1	1	1	0	1
Garret Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Norberto Martin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Disarcina	3	1	1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	4	1	2	0	1	1
Derek Jeter	3	1	1	0	0	0
Paul O'Neill	4	2	3	2	0	0
Bernie Williams	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tino Martinez	4	0	2	2	0	0
Darryl Strawberry	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chad Curtis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jorge Posada	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dale Sveum	4	0	0	0	0	1

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Hill	4.0	10	1	2
Omar Olivares	2.0	2	0	1
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	0.1	0	0	0
Mike James	1.2	1	1	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Wells	8.0	4	1	8
Jeff Nelson	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darin Erstad: 3/G34S
Dave Hollins: 53/G5
Tim Salmon: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: S7/G56
Derek Jeter: 13/SH/BG15S.1-2
Paul O'Neill: S8/L8LS.2-H
Bernie Williams: SB2
Bernie Williams: W
Tino Martinez: D8/L89D.2-H;1-3
Darryl Strawberry: 8/F8RS
Chad Curtis: K

Top 2

Cecil Fielder: K
Jim Edmonds: S7/L7M
Phil Nevin: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Jorge Posada: 8/F8RD
Dale Sveum: 6/P56
Chuck Knoblauch: K

Top 3

Garret Anderson: K
Norberto Martin: 63/G6
Gary Disarcina: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Derek Jeter: 63/G6
Paul O'Neill: D9/L9LS
Bernie Williams: 8/F8LM
Tino Martinez: D8/L89M.2-H
Darryl Strawberry: S5/G5.2-3
Chad Curtis: 8/F8LD

Top 4

Darin Erstad: 8/F8LD
Dave Hollins: K
Tim Salmon: 6/P6

Bot 4

Jorge Posada: D8/F8LXD
Dale Sveum: 8/F8RD.2-3
Chuck Knoblauch: WP.3-H
Chuck Knoblauch: S9/G34
Derek Jeter: S9/G34.1X3(95)
Paul O'Neill: SB2
Paul O'Neill: T7/L7LD.2-H
Bernie Williams: 3/G34

Top 5

Cecil Fielder: K
Jim Edmonds: K
Phil Nevin: K

Bot 5

Tino Martinez: 2/P2RF
Darryl Strawberry: HR/F78XD
Chad Curtis: S8/L6MD
Jorge Posada: K
Dale Sveum: 7/F7M

Top 6

Garret Anderson: 7/F7M
Norberto Martin: 8/F8LD
Gary Disarcina: 7/F7M

Bot 6

Chuck Knoblauch: 8/F8LD
Derek Jeter: 63/G6
Paul O'Neill: 8/F8LD

Top 7

Darin Erstad: HR/F9D
Dave Hollins: 63/G6
Tim Salmon: K
Cecil Fielder: 6/P6

Bot 7

Bernie Williams: 13/G13
Tino Martinez: 43/G4
Darryl Strawberry: S8/L8LS
Chad Curtis: 63/G56

Top 8

Jim Edmonds: 7/F7M
Phil Nevin: HR/F9D
Garret Anderson: 7/F7LMF
Norberto Martin: K23

Bot 8

Jorge Posada: 8/F8RM
Dale Sveum: K
Chuck Knoblauch: W
Derek Jeter: CS2(24)

Top 9

Gary Disarcina: HR/F78XD
Darin Erstad: W
Dave Hollins: 43/G4.1-2
Tim Salmon: WP.2-3
Tim Salmon: 3/P3SF
Cecil Fielder: 4/P4

Notes & reviews

This game was moved from Yankee Stadium due to structural problems at Yankee Stadium; a steel beam fell into the seats on April 13, causing two postponements and this site change

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