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Oakland Athletics @ New York Yankees

2001-10-15 · 2001 Division Series · Game 5 of 5 ◀ Game 4 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 56642 · 63°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph to RF · 3:23

New York Yankees defeated Oakland Athletics 5–3. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 2nd. Mike Stanton earned the win and Mariano Rivera picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7
NYA	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0		5	10

W: Mike Stanton L: Mark Mulder SV: Mariano Rivera

Umpires — HP: Ed Rapuano · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Dana DeMuth · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: Paul Schrieber · RF: Rick Reed

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Miguel Tejada	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	4	0	4	2	0	0
Eric Chavez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Terrence Long	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Giambi	2	0	1	1	0	0
Ramon Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Menechino	2	1	0	0	1	2
Greg Myers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Olmedo Saenz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Byrnes	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	5	1	2	0	0	0
Randy Velarde	2	0	1	0	0	0
Derek Jeter	3	0	2	1	0	0
Bernie Williams	3	1	0	0	1	1
Tino Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jorge Posada	4	1	2	0	0	0
Shane Spencer	3	1	1	0	1	2
Scott Brosius	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alfonso Soriano	4	0	1	2	0	1
David Justice	2	1	1	1	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Mulder	4.1	7	2	2
Tim Hudson	1.2	2	0	2
Jim Mecir	2.0	1	0	4

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Clemens	4.1	5	1	5
Mike Stanton	1.2	1	0	0
Ramiro Mendoza	1.0	0	0	1
Mariano Rivera	2.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: D9/9S
Miguel Tejada: K
Jason Giambi: S9.2-H
Eric Chavez: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 6/L6
Randy Velarde: S8
Derek Jeter: S/89.1-3
Bernie Williams: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Terrence Long: D/89
Ron Gant: K
Jeremy Giambi: S9/9S.2-H
Ramon Hernandez: K+SB2
Frank Menechino: K

Bot 2

Tino Martinez: 43/G
Jorge Posada: S7/7S
Shane Spencer: S8.1-2
Scott Brosius: HP.2-3;1-2
Alfonso Soriano: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: 9/F9
Randy Velarde: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Johnny Damon: 163/G
Miguel Tejada: K
Jason Giambi: S8
Eric Chavez: 3/G3L

Bot 3

Derek Jeter: 63/G
Bernie Williams: K.B-1(E2/TH1)
Tino Martinez: HP.1-2
Jorge Posada: 8/F8.2-3
Shane Spencer: W.1-2
Scott Brosius: E5/G5.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Alfonso Soriano: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Terrence Long: 9/F9
Ron Gant: 53/G
Jeremy Giambi: E5/G
Greg Myers: 7/L7

Bot 4

Chuck Knoblauch: S8
Randy Velarde: POCS2(1E3).1-2
Randy Velarde: 34/SH/BG13.2-3
Derek Jeter: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Bernie Williams: W
Tino Martinez: POCS2(136)

Top 5

Frank Menechino: W
Johnny Damon: 7/F7
Miguel Tejada: WP.1-2
Miguel Tejada: HP
Jason Giambi: S9.2-H;1-2
Eric Chavez: 9/F9.2-3
Terrence Long: 8/F8

Bot 5

Tino Martinez: K
Jorge Posada: S8/G6M
Shane Spencer: K+SB2
Scott Brosius: 6/P6

Top 6

Ron Gant: 13/G
Olmedo Saenz: 9/F9D
Greg Myers: 7/F7

Bot 6

Alfonso Soriano: K
Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G
David Justice: HR/9
Derek Jeter: D9/9D
Bernie Williams: 63/G

Top 7

Frank Menechino: K
Johnny Damon: 5/FL
Miguel Tejada: 13/G

Bot 7

Tino Martinez: K/C
Jorge Posada: 7/F7
Shane Spencer: K

Top 8

Jason Giambi: S9/G34
Eric Chavez: 36(1)/FO
Terrence Long: 6/FL.1-2
Ron Gant: 53/G

Bot 8

Scott Brosius: K/C
Alfonso Soriano: 53/G
Chuck Knoblauch: D7
David Justice: SB3
David Justice: K

Top 9

Olmedo Saenz: 43/G
Greg Myers: K/C
Eric Byrnes: K

Notes & reviews

Ramon Hernandez left with sprained right wrist
hit on hand
Derek Jeter fell into the seats as he caught the ball; Eric Chavez was awarded 2B because Jeter carried the ball out of play

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