The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers, 8 to 5, on August 16, 1997.

1997 New York Yankees

Final

TEX

Rangers

59-63

8

NYY

Yankees

72-49

5

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

3

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

2

7

1

1

8

1

1

9

0

0

10

3

0

R

8

5

H

14

6

E

0

3

Top 3rd

TEX

NYY

Rangers

Single by Ivan Rodriguez; Benji Gil scored.

1

0

Rangers

Double by Juan Gonzalez; Ivan Rodriguez and Rusty Greer scored.

3

0

Bottom 5th

TEX

NYY

Yankees

Single by Derek Jeter; Chad Curtis scored.

3

1

Bottom 6th

TEX

NYY

Yankees

Triple by Joe Girardi; Tino Martinez and Mike Stanley scored.

3

3

Top 7th

TEX

NYY

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Juan Gonzalez; Benji Gil scored.

4

3

Bottom 7th

TEX

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Tino Martinez; Tim Raines scored.

4

4

Top 8th

TEX

NYY

Rangers

Home run by Lee Stevens.

5

4

Bottom 8th

TEX

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Chad Curtis.

5

5

Top 10th

TEX

NYY

Rangers

Single by Domingo Cedeno; Juan Gonzalez scored.

6

5

Rangers

Double by John Wetteland; Domingo Cedeno scored.

7

5

Rangers

Single by Benji Gil; John Wetteland scored.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Damon Buford CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Goodwin PH,CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Rodriguez DH,C 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Rusty Greer LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Juan Gonzalez RF 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Leyritz C,1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Fernando Tatis 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Domingo Cedeno PH,2B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Stevens 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Danny Patterson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wetteland P 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Billy Ripken 2B,3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Benji Gil SS 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 42 8 14 8 1 2 8 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Darren Oliver 5.0 2 3 3 6 1 0
Matt Whiteside 1.1 2 1 1 1 4 0
Eric Gunderson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Patterson 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 1
John Wetteland (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 6 5 5 8 7 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Derek Jeter SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tim Raines LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bernie Williams CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Tino Martinez 1B 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Stanley DH 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Charlie Hayes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Chad Curtis RF 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Joe Girardi C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
Pat Kelly 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Darryl Strawberry PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Homer Bush PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 5 1 8 7 1 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Pettitte 6.0 9 4 3 1 5 0
Jeff Nelson 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1
Mariano Rivera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ramiro Mendoza (L) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 14 8 7 2 8 1

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Stanton

Giancarlo Stanton

RBI

15

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.373

Volpe

Anthony Volpe

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Weaver

Luke Weaver

K

20

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

2.12

Stroman

Marcus Stroman

Team Rankings

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HR

19

8th

R

80

14th

SO

136

21st

ERA

2.93

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
12 5 .706
Orioles Orioles
10 6 .625 1.5
Red Sox Red Sox
9 8 .529 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
9 8 .529 3.0
Rays Rays
9 8 .529 3.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
4/17
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Fri
4/19
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Sat
4/20
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Sun
4/21
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
1:35 PM

Last Game

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3

Final

1

NYY Yankees

12-5

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/15
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
2-4
Sun
4/14
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
4-3
Sun
4/14
STL STL
@
OAK OAK
3-1
Sun
4/14
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
3-2
Sun
4/14
CIN CIN
@
SEA SEA
3-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/16
COL COL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Tue
4/16
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM