September 5, 2002 · 7:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead DET by 1 · NYY by 6 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1NY Yankees | 103 | 58 | .640 | — |
2OA Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 | 0.5 |
3LA Angels | 99 | 63 | .611 | 4.5 |
4MI Twins | 94 | 67 | .584 | 9.0 |
5BO Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | 10.5 |
6SE Mariners | 93 | 69 | .574 | 10.5 |
7CW White Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 22.5 |
8TO Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 25.5 |
9CL Guardians | 74 | 88 | .457 | 29.5 |
10TE Rangers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 31.5 |
11BA Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36.5 |
12KC Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 41.5 |
13DE Tigers | 55 | 106 | .342 | 48.0 |
14TB Rays | 55 | 106 | .342 | 48.0 |
| HBHiram BocachicaCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DE Damion Easley2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BHBobby HigginsonLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RSRandall SimonDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RF Robert FickRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CP Carlos Pena1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SHShane HalterSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CTChris Truby3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BI Brandon IngeC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2B: Easley 2, Fick, Truby 2
RBI: Easley 2, Higginson
LOB: 10
AS Alfonso Soriano2B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JG Jason Giambi1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
BW Bernie WilliamsDH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RV Robin Ventura3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RM Raúl MondesiCF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RW Rondell WhiteLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JRJuan RiveraRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NJNick Johnson1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DHDrew HensonPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2B: Posada, Ventura, Mondesi
HR: Mondesi
RBI: Giambi 2, Williams, Posada, Ventura 2, Mondesi 3
SB: Soriano, Jeter
LOB: 20
The Yankees routed the Tigers 9-3 at Yankee Stadium I.
Orlando Hernandez got the win and Steve Sparks took the loss. Raúl Mondesi went 2-for-4 for the Yankees, while Damion Easley went 2-for-4 for the Tigers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
