September 22, 1990 · 7:05 PM EDT
W: Eric PlunkL: Jeff GrayS: Dave Righetti
Biggest lead BOS by 1 · NYY by 3 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BO Red Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
2TO Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2.0 |
3DE Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9.0 |
4CL Guardians | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11.0 |
5BA Orioles | 76 | 85 | .472 | 11.5 |
6MI Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14.0 |
7NY Yankees | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21.0 |
| JRJody Reed2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CQCarlos Quintana1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WBWade Boggs3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
EB Ellis BurksCF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MGMike GreenwellLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
DE Dwight EvansDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TBTom BrunanskyRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JMJohn MarzanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LRLuis RiveraSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TPTony Peña Sr.C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KRKevin RominePH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
2B: Peña Sr.
HR: Burks
RBI: Reed, Burks
SB: Peña Sr.
CS: Brunansky, Rivera
LOB: 20
| SSSteve Sax2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OAOscar AzocarRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DMDon MattinglyDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| KMKevin Maas1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JBJesse BarfieldRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MNMatt NokesC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HMHensley MeulensLF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RVRandy Velarde3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| WTWayne TollesonSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
RK Roberto KellyCF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BGBob GerenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MHMel HallPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AEAlvaro EspinozaSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2B: Sax, Meulens
3B: Sax
RBI: Sax 2, Maas, Barfield
SB: Azocar
LOB: 22
The Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-2 at Yankee Stadium I.
Eric Plunk got the win, Jeff Gray took the loss and Dave Righetti earned the save. Steve Sax went 2-for-5 for the Yankees, while Ellis Burks went 2-for-4 for the Red Sox.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
