September 17, 1997 · 7:05 PM EDT
LF1-4H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 1 RTop hitterJP
Jorge Posada
C3-4H-ABHR · 2B · 4 RBI · 1 RP6.0IP2 ER · 3 K · WP4.0IP4 ER · 1 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead NYY by 4
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BA Orioles | 98 | 64 | .605 | — |
| 2NYYankees | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2.0 |
| 3DETigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19.0 |
4BO Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20.0 |
5TO Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | .469 | 22.0 |
| BLBrian L. HunterCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
DE Damion EasleySS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BHBobby HigginsonLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TC Tony Clark1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TF Travis Fryman3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BHBob HamelinDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RCRaul CasanovaC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JHJimmy HurstRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DCDeivi CruzSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MNMelvin NievesRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FCFrank Catalanotto2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2B: Easley
HR: Higginson
RBI: Higginson, Clark
LOB: 9
TR Tim Raines Sr.LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
PO Paul O'NeillRF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TM Tino Martinez1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MS Mike StanleyDH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CHCharlie Hayes3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CCChad CurtisCF | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JPJorge PosadaC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AFAndy Fox2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SPScott PoseLF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2B: O'Neill, Curtis, Posada
3B: Raines Sr.
HR: Posada
RBI: Jeter, Curtis, Posada 4
SB: Curtis 2
CS: O'Neill
LOB: 18
| BBBrian Boehringer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
JN Jeff Nelson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| RMRamiro MendozaW | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 123 |
The Yankees beat the Tigers 6-2 at Yankee Stadium I.
Ramiro Mendoza got the win and Brian Moehler took the loss. Jorge Posada went 3-for-4 for the Yankees, while Bobby Higginson went 1-for-4 for the Tigers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
