May 12, 2000 · 7:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead DET by 6
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1CW White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — |
2OA Athletics | 91 | 70 | .565 | 3.5 |
3SE Mariners | 91 | 71 | .562 | 4.0 |
4CL Guardians | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5.0 |
5NY Yankees | 87 | 74 | .540 | 7.5 |
6BO Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10.0 |
7TO Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12.0 |
8LA Angels | 82 | 80 | .506 | 13.0 |
9DE Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
10KC Royals | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18.0 |
11BA Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21.0 |
12TE Rangers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24.0 |
13TB Rays | 69 | 92 | .429 | 25.5 |
14MI Twins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26.0 |
CK Chuck Knoblauch2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SB Scott Brosius3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PO Paul O'NeillRF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
BW Bernie WilliamsCF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TM Tino Martinez1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SSShane SpencerLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JLJim LeyritzDH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CBClay BellingerSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RLRicky LedeePH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LJ Lance JohnsonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2B: Martinez, Spencer
3B: Williams
HR: O'Neill
RBI: O'Neill 2, Posada, Martinez 2, Leyritz 2
LOB: 14
| DEDarrell Einertson | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| JGJason Grimsley | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
RC Roger ClemensL | 4.2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| TETodd Erdos | 1.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 160 |
| LPLuis PoloniaDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| RBRich BeckerLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| JEJuan EncarnacionCF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JG Juan GonzalezRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TC Tony Clark1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DP Dean Palmer3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RF Robert FickC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JMJose Macias2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DCDeivi CruzSS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GJ Gregg Jefferies1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
2B: Gonzalez
3B: Cruz
HR: Palmer
RBI: Polonia, Becker, Encarnacion 3, Gonzalez, Palmer, Cruz 2
CS: Polonia
LOB: 27
| CNC.J. NitkowskiW | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 |
| DBDoug BrocailH | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| JPJim Poole | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
TJ Todd JonesS | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| WBWillie BlairH | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 145 |
The Tigers beat the Yankees 9-7 at Comerica Park.
C.J. Nitkowski got the win, Roger Clemens took the loss and Todd Jones earned the save. Deivi Cruz went 4-for-5 for the Tigers, while Paul O'Neill went 1-for-4 for the Yankees.
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