October 4, 1996 · ALDS · Game 3 · 8:05 PM EDT
NYY leads 2-1
Biggest lead NYY by 1 · TEX by 1 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1CL Guardians | 99 | 62 | .615 | — |
2NY Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | 7.5 |
3TE Rangers | 90 | 72 | .555 | 9.5 |
4BA Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11.5 |
5SE Mariners | 85 | 76 | .528 | 14.0 |
6BO Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
7CW White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
8MI Brewers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19.5 |
9MI Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
10OA Athletics | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
11KC Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24.0 |
12TO Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25.5 |
13LA Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 29.0 |
14DE Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 46.5 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TR Tim Raines Sr.LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BW Bernie WilliamsCF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CFCecil FielderDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TM Tino Martinez1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MDMariano Duncan2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PO Paul O'NeillRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CHCharlie Hayes3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JG Joe GirardiC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LSLuis Sojo2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RRRuben RiveraRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
HR: Williams
RBI: Williams 2, Duncan
CS: Williams, Hayes
LOB: 13
JN Jeff NelsonW | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| JKJimmy Key | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 101 |
JW John WettelandS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 157 |
DH Darryl HamiltonCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RGRusty GreerLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
WC Will Clark1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
DP Dean Palmer3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MTMickey TettletonDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MMMark McLemore2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KEKevin ElsterSS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DBDamon BufordPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WNWarren NewsonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
2B: Rodriguez
HR: Gonzalez
RBI: Rodriguez, Gonzalez
SB: Elster
LOB: 13
The Yankees edged the Rangers 3-2 at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Jeff Nelson got the win, Darren Oliver took the loss and John Wetteland earned the save. Bernie Williams went 2-for-3 for the Yankees, while Juan Gonzalez went 2-for-4 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
