July 6, 1999 · 7:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead NYY by 5 · DET by 1 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1NY Yankees | 98 | 64 | .605 | — |
2CL Guardians | 97 | 65 | .599 | 1.0 |
3TE Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 3.0 |
4BO Red Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4.0 |
5OA Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 11.0 |
6TO Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14.0 |
7SE Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19.0 |
8BA Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20.0 |
9CW White Sox | 75 | 86 | .466 | 22.5 |
10LA Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 28.0 |
11DE Tigers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 28.5 |
12TB Rays | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29.0 |
13KC Royals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 33.5 |
14MI Twins | 63 | 97 | .394 | 34.0 |
CK Chuck Knoblauch2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
PO Paul O'NeillRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
BW Bernie WilliamsCF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TM Tino Martinez1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
CD Chili DavisDH | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| CCChad CurtisLF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
SB Scott Brosius3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LSLuis Sojo2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RLRicky LedeePR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
2B: Jeter, O'Neill, Martinez, Davis
RBI: Knoblauch, Jeter, O'Neill 2, Williams, Martinez, Davis, Posada, Brosius
SB: Curtis
CS: Martinez, Curtis
LOB: 27
| HIHideki Irabu | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 112 |
MR Mariano RiveraW | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| MSMike Stanton | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| RMRamiro MendozaS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 162 |
| LPLuis PoloniaLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BA Brad AusmusC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BHBobby HigginsonRF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
DP Dean PalmerDH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TC Tony Clark1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
DE Damion Easley2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FCFrank Catalanotto3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JEJuan EncarnacionCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DCDeivi CruzSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GKGabe KaplerCF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KGKarim GarciaLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GJ Gregg JefferiesPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JWJason WoodSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
2B: Encarnacion
3B: Ausmus 2
HR: Higginson
RBI: Higginson 2, Catalanotto 3, Encarnacion 3
LOB: 11
| BMBrian Moehler | 1.2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| DBDoug Brocail | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
TJ Todd JonesL | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| WBWill Brunson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| WBWillie Blair | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 200 |
The Yankees outlasted the Tigers 9-8 in 10 innings at Tiger Stadium.
Mariano Rivera got the win, Todd Jones took the loss and Ramiro Mendoza earned the save. Tino Martinez went 3-for-4 for the Yankees, while Brad Ausmus went 2-for-4 for the Tigers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
