AMERICAN LEAGUE : NEW YORK 6, TEXAS 4 NEW YORK WINS SERIES 3-1 SERIES SUMMARY.The Rangers, after stunning the Yankees 6-2 in Game 1 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , had leads in each of the next three games. They led 4-1 after three innings in Game 2, 2-1 into the ninth inning in Game 3 and 4-0 after three innings Saturday. Except for Juan Gonzalez, the Rangers' bats decided to rest and all three games slipped away, bouncing the Rangers out of their first postseason. GAME SUMMARY Run-scoring singles by Mickey Tettleton
But the Yankees tied it with a three-run fourth against Bobby Witt THE HERO Williams' leadoff homer in the fifth tied the game. His second homer in the top of the ninth - for a total of three in the two games in Texas - off Mike Stanton William Michael (Mike) Stanton (born June 2, 1967 in Houston, Texas) is a left-handed specialist relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. From 1989 through 2006, Stanton has posted a 67-60 record with a 3. extended New York's lead to 6-4. THE OTHER HEROES The New York bullpen.Kenny Rogers scarcely got more than a cameo appearance in his playoff appearance against his old team. He was gone after allowing two runs on five hits in two innings. But his saviors - Brian Boehringer Brian Edward Boehringer (born January 8, 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an American Major league baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees (1995-1997, 2001), the San Diego Padres (1998-2000, the San Francisco Giants (2001), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2002-2004). , David Weathers John David Weathers (born September 25, 1969 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee) is a major league pitcher and currently closes games for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed. He attended Motlow State Community College in Moore County, Tennessee. , Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969, in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian baseball player. He is a relief pitcher for Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. He throws and bats right-handed. and John Wetteland - combined to limit the Rangers to two runs (one earned) on four hits in seven innings, allowing the Yankees to rally for the victory. Boehringer gave up the runs, the first against a Yankees reliever in the series. Weathers pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out three batters to earn the victory. Rivera pitched two innings, giving up just a walk. And Wetteland worked the ninth for his second save of the series. THE GOATS The Texas bats. The Rangers hit .218 in the divisional series, 66 points below their season average. The bats of Darryl Hamilton, Rusty Greer, Will Clark, Dean Palmer, Tettleton and McLemore were a combined 14 for 97 (.144) with five runs batted in. The $10 million foursome of Greer, Clark, Palmer and Tettleton - the club's No. 3, 5, 6 and 7 hitters - went 2 for 17. BY THE NUMBERS Gonzalez hit his fifth home run in four games, tying a postseason series record. THE BOTTOM LINE Again unable to hold a lead, unable to get a hit after the sixth inning and unable to put it together in The Ballpark at Arlington in front of 50,066 foot-stomping fans, the Rangers were eliminated. ``Woulda, coulda, shoulda,'' McLemore said. ``It doesn't matter. Having the lead and losing it doesn't matter. What matters is losing; that's the bottom line.'' TEAM EFFORT ``I don't think any one part of this team lost this series,'' pitcher Mike Stanton said. ``We didn't get any clutch hits, we didn't make any clutch pitches, we didn't make any clutch plays. The Yankees are a scrappy team, and they keep coming at you and coming at you.'' QUOTABLE quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot ``It's so disappointing, because every one of the games was so close, and every one could have gone either way.'' Dean Palmer, Rangers third baseman. QUOTABLE ``I just told the guys, `Thanks for the journey.' ``Now we start making a commitment to making it a little longer next year. We gave it a battle. Certainly we're disappointed we're not playing tomorrow, but we'll walk out of here with our heads up and start looking forward to next year.'' Johnny Oates, Texas manager. UPCOMING After Texas took Game 1 in New York, the Yankees came back to win three and will play the wild-card Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS ALCS American League Championship Series (baseball) ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (UK) ALCS Airborne Launch Control System , beginning Tuesday in New York. BALTIMORE 4, CLEVELAND 3 BALTIMORE WINS SERIES 3-1 SERIES SUMMARY After going up 2-0 in the series against the Cleveland Indians, the Birds had to fly away from home and land in front of thousands of hostile, Roberto Alomar-taunting, booing and hissing fans for Game 3. The Indians responded to the hometown supporters. They took advantage of a Baltimore bullpen that had difficulty finding the plate and broke open a 4-4 tie with an Albert Belle grand slam, winning Game 3. But Game 4 was different. Bad-boy Alomar tied it up in the ninth on a single and won it in the 12th on a home run. ``I've been through a lot of tough times,'' Alomar said. ``And I did what I had to do.'' GAME SUMMARY After tying the score in the ninth inning with a single, Alomar turned the jeers jeer v. jeered, jeer·ing, jeers v.intr. To speak or shout derisively; mock. v.tr. To abuse vocally; taunt: jeered the speaker off the stage. into tears with a home run in the 12th to give the Orioles a 4-3 victory, ending the season for the Indians and their fans. Baltimore won the best-of-five American League division series THE HERO After booing him for five hours, all the 44,280 Indians fans could do was watch in stunned silence as Alomar, of all people, stood at the plate with two outs in the ninth and hit a single to tie the game. And then in the 12th inning, the fallout from the spitting incident sliding off his brow, Alomar smacked the winning homer. ``The only way to answer those boos,'' Johnson said, ``was to do what he did.'' THE OTHER HERO And in case you didn't notice, Cal Ripken was on a run of some of the best baseball of his career. Ripken had eight hits, including two doubles, in 18 at-bats through the series. His .444 batting average was highest on the team. And he made three stellar plays at shortstop. THE GOATS The Cleveland fans. Enough said. THE OTHER GOATS The Indians found a way to strike out 23 Orioles hitters - and still lost. They found a way to lose even with Ripken pulling a boneheaded bone·head n. Informal A stupid person; a dunce. bone  head move and being thrown out by Manny Manny may refer to:In nobility:
BY THE NUMBERS According to the Elias Sports Bureau The Elias Sports Bureau is a company that provides historical research and statistical services in the field of professional sports. In 1913, Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City. , no team in the history of baseball There are a number of articles about the history of baseball:
They struck out 12 times in six innings against Indians starter Charles Nagy - the biggest strikeout game by any starter in the postseason since Nolan Ryan punched out 12 in a game a decade ago. They struck out 18 times in the first nine innings - the biggest nine-inning strikeout total in postseason history. They struck out 23 times - breaking the previous record in any of those 821 postseason games by six - and won. QUOTABLE ``Two strikes on Robbie Alomar,'' Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel repeated. ``Jose threw a pitch. It was strike three, down the middle. They called it a ball. I couldn't believe it. He was struck out, but they called it a ball. You'd think that the umpires were mad at us instead of at him.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Juan Gonzalez buries his head in his hand after the Rangers were eliminated by the Yankees. Associated Press |
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