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New York Yankees @ Oakland Athletics

1998-08-05 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 22458 · 72°F, night, dry · Wind 15 mph from LF · 2:16

Oakland Athletics defeated New York Yankees 3–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Tom Candiotti earned the win. Rickey Henderson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tom Candiotti L: Hideki Irabu SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Shulock · 1B: Tim Tschida · 2B: Fieldin Culbreth · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jason McDonald	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Grieve	2	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Stairs	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Sprague	2	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Blowers	2	1	0	0	1	1
Miguel Tejada	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rafael Bournigal	3	0	1	1	0	0
A. J. Hinch	2	0	0	1	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hideki Irabu	8.0	2	2	5

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Candiotti	9.0	4	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 6/F56
Derek Jeter: D7/L7LD
Paul O'Neill: 7/F7M
Bernie Williams: SB3
Bernie Williams: 5/P5SF

Bot 1

Rickey Henderson: K
Jason McDonald: 7/F78S
Ben Grieve: 6/L6

Top 2

Tino Martinez: 43/G4
Darryl Strawberry: 5/P5SF
Chad Curtis: K

Bot 2

Matt Stairs: 63/G6
Ed Sprague: 6/F6
Mike Blowers: K

Top 3

Jorge Posada: 13/G13S
Scott Brosius: K
Chuck Knoblauch: 8/F8LS

Bot 3

Miguel Tejada: 13/G1
Rafael Bournigal: 4/L4
A. J. Hinch: K

Top 4

Derek Jeter: 53/G5
Paul O'Neill: 7/F7LD
Bernie Williams: 43/G4

Bot 4

Rickey Henderson: 53/G5
Jason McDonald: 3/G34S
Ben Grieve: W
Matt Stairs: K

Top 5

Tino Martinez: HR/F9LD
Darryl Strawberry: 8/F89M
Chad Curtis: K
Jorge Posada: 43/G4

Bot 5

Ed Sprague: HP
Mike Blowers: W.1-2
Miguel Tejada: 13/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Rafael Bournigal: S4/L34D.3-H;2-3
A. J. Hinch: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H
Rickey Henderson: 8/F89M

Top 6

Scott Brosius: 9/F9LS
Chuck Knoblauch: 8/L8LD
Derek Jeter: 6/L56

Bot 6

Jason McDonald: 8/F8LD
Ben Grieve: 8/F8RD
Matt Stairs: 3/G3

Top 7

Paul O'Neill: S7/L78D
Bernie Williams: S9/G3.1-3
Tino Martinez: K
Darryl Strawberry: W.1-2
Chad Curtis: 8/F8LS
Jorge Posada: 8

Bot 7

Ed Sprague: 8/F78XD
Mike Blowers: 4/F3D
Miguel Tejada: K

Top 8

Scott Brosius: 6/P6MS
Chuck Knoblauch: 7/F78M
Derek Jeter: K

Bot 8

Rafael Bournigal: 8/F6MD
A. J. Hinch: 7/F7D
Rickey Henderson: HR/F7LD
Jason McDonald: 9/F9M

Top 9

Paul O'Neill: 43/G4
Bernie Williams: 5/P56S
Tino Martinez: W
Darryl Strawberry: K