April 30, 1998 · 7:05 PM EDT
Ken Griffey Jr.
CF2-4H-AB2 HR · 2 RBI · 3 RTop hitterTM
Tino Martinez
1B2-5H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 2 R
Mariano RiveraP1.0IP0 ER · 1 K · WP1.1IP2 ER · 2 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead SEA by 1 · NYY by 4 · 5 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1NYYankees | 114 | 48 | .704 | — |
2BO Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | 22.0 |
3CL Guardians | 89 | 73 | .549 | 25.0 |
4TE Rangers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 26.0 |
5TO Blue Jays | 88 | 74 | .543 | 26.0 |
6LA Angels | 85 | 77 | .525 | 29.0 |
7CW White Sox | 80 | 82 | .494 | 34.0 |
8BA Orioles | 79 | 83 | .488 | 35.0 |
| 9SEMariners | 76 | 85 | .472 | 37.5 |
10OA Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 40.0 |
11KC Royals | 72 | 89 | .447 | 41.5 |
12MI Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 44.0 |
13DE Tigers | 65 | 97 | .401 | 49.0 |
14TB Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 51.0 |
| JCJoey Cora2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
AR Alex RodriguezSS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| KGKen Griffey Jr.CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
EM Edgar MartinezDH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DSDavid Segui1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GHGlenallen HillLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DW Dan WilsonC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RDRuss Davis3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RPRobert PérezRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RARich AmaralLF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RDRob DuceyRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
2B: Hill
HR: Rodriguez, Griffey Jr. 2
RBI: Rodriguez, Griffey Jr. 2, Martinez, Segui, Hill, Davis 2
SB: Rodriguez, Amaral
CS: Rodriguez
LOB: 14
CK Chuck Knoblauch2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PO Paul O'NeillRF | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TMTino Martinez1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
BW Bernie WilliamsCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DSDarryl StrawberryDH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| CCChad CurtisLF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
SB Scott Brosius3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TR Tim Raines Sr.PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
2B: O'Neill, Brosius
HR: Martinez, Strawberry, Raines Sr.
RBI: O'Neill 2, Martinez 2, Strawberry, Curtis 2, Raines Sr. 2
LOB: 20
| DHDarren Holmes | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
DW David Wells | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 94 |
JN Jeff Nelson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| MRMariano RiveraW | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| MSMike Stanton | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 168 |
The Yankees outlasted the Mariners 9-8 in 10 innings at Yankee Stadium I.
Mariano Rivera got the win and Bobby Ayala took the loss. Tino Martinez went 2-for-5 for the Yankees, while Ken Griffey Jr. went 2-for-4 for the Mariners.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
