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Series Summary

1998 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 6
CLE 2 Final
NYY 7
Game 2, October 7
CLE 4 Final
NYY 1 (12)
Game 3, October 9
NYY 1 Final
CLE 6
Game 4, October 10
NYY 4 Final
CLE 0
Game 5, October 11
NYY 5 Final
CLE 3
Game 6, October 13
CLE 5 Final
NYY 9

Series Summary

Game Summary

Tuesday, October 6, 1998
Start Time: 8:07 p.m. Local
Attendance: 57,138
Venue: Yankee Stadium II
Game Duration: 3:31
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
New York Yankees 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 7 11 0
WP: David Wells (2-0) • LP: Jaret Wright (0-2)

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Kenny Lofton CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.300 0.333 0.650 0.983 0.000 0.000
Joey Cora 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.077 0.294 0.077 0.371 0.000 0.500
David Justice LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.300 0.286 0.650 0.936 0.000 0.000
Manny Ramirez RF 4 1 2 2 0 1 4 0.389 0.476 1.000 1.476 0.000 1.500
Travis Fryman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.118 0.250 0.176 0.426 0.000 0.000
Jim Thome DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.111 0.238 0.444 0.683 0.000 0.000
Richie Sexson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.000 0.286 0.000 0.286 0.000 0.000
Sandy Alomar C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.188 0.235 0.375 0.610 0.000 0.000
   Einar Diaz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Omar Vizquel SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.111 0.158 0.111 0.269 0.000 0.000
Jaret Wright P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Chad Ogea P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jim Poole P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Steve Reed P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Paul Shuey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 31 2 5 2 1 8 33 0.161 0.212 0.258 0.470 0.000 2.000

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Chuck Knoblauch 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 0.125 0.176 0.125 0.301 0.099 0.693
Derek Jeter SS 4 1 2 0 1 0 5 0.231 0.375 0.231 0.606 0.099 0.693
Paul O’Neill RF 5 2 2 1 0 1 5 0.375 0.412 0.750 1.162 0.185 1.362
Bernie Williams CF 4 0 2 2 1 1 5 0.133 0.235 0.200 0.435 0.151 1.126
Tino Martinez 1B 5 1 0 0 0 2 5 0.188 0.188 0.313 0.500 0.056 0.245
Tim Raines DH 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.167 0.444 0.333 0.778 0.000 0.000
Shane Spencer LF 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.375 0.444 1.125 1.569 0.054 0.433
   Ricky Ledee PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jorge Posada C 3 1 2 2 1 0 4 0.400 0.571 1.000 1.571 0.287 1.871
Scott Brosius 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 4 0.429 0.429 0.643 1.071 0.070 0.576
David Wells P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jeff Nelson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 35 7 11 6 6 6 41 0.314 0.415 0.457 0.872 1.000 7.000

Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Jaret Wright, L (0-2) 0.2 5 5 5 1 1 0 19.80 8 36 18 12 3 3 4 2 2 0 22 -0.306 1.20 -4.46% 31.46 -4.0
Chad Ogea 5.1 5 2 2 2 2 1 3.38 23 88 59 39 9 11 9 10 6 0 2 1 0.006 0.21 0.07% 5.46 -0.4
Jim Poole 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 2 9 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.001 0.02 0.01% 0.52 0.2
Steve Reed 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.25 2 7 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0.002 0.03 0.02% 0.78 1.0
Paul Shuey 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.00 6 24 10 4 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.000 0.01 0.00% 0.22 0.5
Team Totals 8 11 7 7 6 6 1 7.88 41 164 95 60 15 20 13 16 11 0 22 5 1 -0.297 0.36 -4.36% 9.51 -2.6

Chad Ogea faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

New York Yankees

New York Yankees Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
David Wells, W (2-0) 8.1 5 2 2 1 7 1 1.10 31 10 12 5 0 71 0.200 0.40 2.89% 10.40 2.7
Jeff Nelson 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2 12 6 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.003 0.05 0.04% 1.30 0.3
Team Totals 9 5 2 2 1 8 1 2.00 33 12 6 2 2 2 10 13 5 0 71 0 0 0.203 0.38 2.93% 9.86 2.9

Balks: None.
WP: Jaret Wright (1); Paul Shuey (1).
HBP: David Wells (1; Jim Thome).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ David Wells facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 3,(0-2) SFC O CLE Kenny Lofton David Wells 2% 52% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) BCCBBFB CLE Joey Cora David Wells -2% 50% Walk 0.0
t1 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X OO CLE David Justice David Wells 5% 55% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Jaret Wright facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 5,(2-2) BBCFX NYY Chuck Knoblauch Jaret Wright 3% 58% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.6929
b1 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) CFBX NYY Derek Jeter Jaret Wright 5% 64% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Knoblauch to 2B 0.6929
b1 0-0 0 12- 7,(3-2) SFBFBBX R NYY Paul O’Neill Jaret Wright 11% 75% Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Knoblauch Scores; Jeter to 3B 0.8619
b1 1-0 0 1-3 2,(1-0) BX R NYY Bernie Williams Jaret Wright 4% 79% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Jeter Scores; O’Neill to 2B 0.6262
b1 2-0 0 12- 3,(2-0) BBX O NYY Tino Martinez Jaret Wright -2% 77% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); O’Neill to 3B 0.2452
b1 2-0 1 1-3 7,(3-2) BBSFFBS O NYY Tim Raines Jaret Wright -4% 73% Strikeout Swinging, Martinez Steals 2B -0.0
b1 2-0 2 -23 3,(1-1) CBB R NYY Shane Spencer Jaret Wright 6% 79% Wild Pitch; O’Neill Scores; Martinez to 3B 0.4333
b1 3-0 2 –3 5,(3-1) CBB.BB NYY Shane Spencer Jaret Wright 1% 80% Walk 0
b1 3-0 2 1-3 3,(2-0) BBX R NYY Jorge Posada Jaret Wright 6% 86% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Martinez Scores; Spencer to 3B 0.8714
  Chad Ogea replaces Jaret Wright pitching
b1 4-0 2 1-3 5,(1-2) CSFBX R NYY Scott Brosius Chad Ogea 4% 90% Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Spencer Scores; Posada to 2B 0.5762
b1 5-0 2 12- 2,(0-1) CX O NYY Chuck Knoblauch Chad Ogea -1% 88% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0
  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Yankees’ David Wells facing 4-5-6
t2 0-5 0 — 5,(1-2) FFFBX CLE Manny Ramirez David Wells -2% 86% Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t2 0-5 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Travis Fryman David Wells 2% 88% Flyball: CF 0.0
t2 0-5 1 1– 3,(1-1) BCX O CLE Jim Thome David Wells 1% 90% Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B); Ramirez to 2B 0.0
t2 0-5 2 -2- 4,(2-1) BBSX O CLE Richie Sexson David Wells 2% 91% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 2-3-4
b2 5-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X NYY Derek Jeter Chad Ogea 1% 92% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.0
b2 5-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BC NYY Paul O’Neill Chad Ogea 1% 93% Jeter Steals 2B 0.0
b2 5-0 0 -2- 5,(1-2) BC.FFX O NYY Paul O’Neill Chad Ogea 0% 93% Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Jeter to 3B 0
b2 5-0 1 –3 6,(2-2) BBFFFS O NYY Bernie Williams Chad Ogea -2% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 5-0 2 –3 3,(0-2) CFX O NYY Tino Martinez Chad Ogea -1% 90% Lineout: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Yankees’ David Wells facing 8-9-1
t3 0-5 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX O CLE Sandy Alomar David Wells 1% 91% Flyball: RF (Short RF) 0.0
t3 0-5 1 — 2,(0-1) CX CLE Omar Vizquel David Wells -2% 90% Single to 1B (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B) 0.0
t3 0-5 1 1– 6,(1-2) 1BC1CFFS O CLE Kenny Lofton David Wells 2% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 0-5 2 1– 2,(0-1) CB CLE Joey Cora David Wells 0% 91% Vizquel Steals 2B 0.0
t3 0-5 2 -2- 5,(1-2) CB.CFC O CLE Joey Cora David Wells 2% 93% Strikeout Looking 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 6-7-8
b3 5-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O NYY Tim Raines Chad Ogea -1% 92% Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B) 0.0
b3 5-0 1 — 6,(3-2) BCBSBS O NYY Shane Spencer Chad Ogea 0% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 5-0 2 — 5,(3-1) SBBBB NYY Jorge Posada Chad Ogea 0% 92% Walk 0.0
b3 5-0 2 1– 4,(1-2) CFBX O NYY Scott Brosius Chad Ogea -1% 91% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Yankees’ David Wells facing 3-4-5
t4 0-5 0 — 3,(2-0) BBX O CLE David Justice David Wells 1% 93% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t4 0-5 1 — 4,(0-2) SFFS O CLE Manny Ramirez David Wells 1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 0-5 2 — 5,(2-2) CFBBX O CLE Travis Fryman David Wells 1% 94% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 1-2-3
b4 5-0 0 — 4,(0-2) CFFX O NYY Chuck Knoblauch Chad Ogea -1% 94% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b4 5-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYY Derek Jeter Chad Ogea 0% 93% Flyball: RF 0.0
b4 5-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYY Paul O’Neill Chad Ogea 0% 93% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Yankees’ David Wells facing 6-7-8
t5 0-5 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O CLE Jim Thome David Wells 1% 94% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t5 0-5 1 — 4,(1-2) BFCC O CLE Richie Sexson David Wells 1% 95% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t5 0-5 2 — 6,(3-2) FBFBBX O CLE Sandy Alomar David Wells 0% 96% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 4-5-6
b5 5-0 0 — 8,(2-2) SSFBFBFX O NYY Bernie Williams Chad Ogea 0% 95% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
b5 5-0 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O NYY Tino Martinez Chad Ogea 0% 95% Foul Popfly: C 0.0
b5 5-0 2 — 7,(3-2) BBCBFFB NYY Tim Raines Chad Ogea 0% 95% Walk 0.0
b5 5-0 2 1– 3,(1-1) SBX O NYY Shane Spencer Chad Ogea 0% 95% Lineout: LF (Short LF Line) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-5, Yankees’ David Wells facing 9-1-2
t6 0-5 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX O CLE Omar Vizquel David Wells 1% 96% Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B) 0.0
t6 0-5 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O CLE Kenny Lofton David Wells 1% 97% Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B) 0.0
t6 0-5 2 — 1,(0-0) X O CLE Joey Cora David Wells 0% 97% Lineout: LF (Deep LF) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 5.
Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 5-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 8-9-1
b6 5-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X R NYY Jorge Posada Chad Ogea 1% 98% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line) 1.0
b6 6-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CBSX O NYY Scott Brosius Chad Ogea 0% 98% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
b6 6-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O NYY Chuck Knoblauch Chad Ogea 0% 98% Popfly: 1B (P’s Left) 0.0
b6 6-0 2 — 2,(0-1) FX O NYY Derek Jeter Chad Ogea 0% 98% Groundout: 2B-1B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 6.
Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-6, Yankees’ David Wells facing 3-4-5
t7 0-6 0 — 2,(0-1) CX CLE David Justice David Wells -1% 97% Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF) 0.0
t7 0-6 0 1– 1,(0-0) X O CLE Manny Ramirez David Wells 1% 98% Flyball: CF 0.0
t7 0-6 1 1– 4,(1-2) CCBS O CLE Travis Fryman David Wells 1% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 0-6 2 1– CLE Jim Thome David Wells 0% 98% Hit By Pitch; Justice to 2B 0.0
t7 0-6 2 12- 5,(1-2) FCBFS O CLE Richie Sexson David Wells 1% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 6.
Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 6-0, Indians’ Chad Ogea facing 3-4-5
b7 6-0 0 — 6,(2-2) FFBBFX NYY Paul O’Neill Chad Ogea 0% 99% Double to RF (Line Drive) 0.5
b7 6-0 0 -2- 4,(3-0) BBBX R NYY Bernie Williams Chad Ogea 0% 100% Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); O’Neill Scores 0.5
  Jim Poole replaces Chad Ogea pitching
b7 7-0 0 -2- 4,(1-2) BCFC O NYY Tino Martinez Jim Poole 0% 100% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b7 7-0 1 -2- 5,(3-1) BBFBB NYY Tim Raines Jim Poole 0% 100% Walk -0.0
  Steve Reed replaces Jim Poole pitchingRicky Ledee pinch hits for Shane Spencer (LF) batting 7th
b7 7-0 1 12- 2,(0-1) FX O NYY Ricky Ledee Steve Reed 0% 100% Flyball: CF -0.0
b7 7-0 2 12- 5,(3-1) CBBBX O NYY Jorge Posada Steve Reed 0% 100% Lineout: RF (Deep RF) -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 7.
Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-7, Yankees’ David Wells facing 8-9-1
  Ricky Ledee moves from PH to LF
t8 0-7 0 — 7,(2-2) BFBSFFX O CLE Sandy Alomar David Wells 0% 100% Foul Popfly: C 0.0
t8 0-7 1 — 1,(0-0) X O CLE Omar Vizquel David Wells 0% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
t8 0-7 2 — 6,(2-2) CBCBFX O CLE Kenny Lofton David Wells 0% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 7.
Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-0, Indians’ Paul Shuey facing 9-1-2
  Paul Shuey replaces Steve Reed pitchingEinar Diaz replaces Sandy Alomar playing C batting 8th
b8 7-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X NYY Scott Brosius Paul Shuey 0% 100% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
b8 7-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O NYY Chuck Knoblauch Paul Shuey 0% 100% Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
b8 7-0 1 1– 4,(3-0) BBBB NYY Derek Jeter Paul Shuey 0% 100% Walk; Brosius to 2B 0.0
b8 7-0 1 12- 4,(1-2) SFBB NYY Paul O’Neill Paul Shuey 0% 100% Wild Pitch; Brosius to 3B; Jeter to 2B 0.0
b8 7-0 1 -23 6,(3-2) SFBB.BS O NYY Paul O’Neill Paul Shuey 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0
b8 7-0 2 -23 6,(3-2) CBBCBB NYY Bernie Williams Paul Shuey 0% 100% Walk 0.0
b8 7-0 2 123 5,(2-2) CBFBS O NYY Tino Martinez Paul Shuey 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 7.
Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-7, Yankees’ David Wells facing 2-3-4
t9 0-7 0 — 4,(1-2) FSBX CLE Joey Cora David Wells 0% 100% Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole) 0.5
t9 0-7 0 1– 3,(1-1) BFX O CLE David Justice David Wells 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B; Cora to 2B 0.0
t9 0-7 1 -2- 4,(2-1) BFBX RR CLE Manny Ramirez David Wells 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Cora Scores 1.5
  Jeff Nelson replaces David Wells pitching
t9 2-7 1 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX O CLE Travis Fryman Jeff Nelson 0% 100% Foul Popfly: C -0.0
t9 2-7 2 — 7,(3-2) SBCFBBS O CLE Jim Thome Jeff Nelson 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Yankees 7.