August 31, 2006 · 1:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead DET by 1 · NYY by 4 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1NY Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — |
2MI Twins | 96 | 66 | .593 | 1.0 |
3DE Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 2.0 |
4OA Athletics | 93 | 69 | .574 | 4.0 |
5CW White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7.0 |
6LA Angels | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8.0 |
7TO Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10.0 |
8BO Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11.0 |
9TE Rangers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17.0 |
10CL Guardians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19.0 |
11SE Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19.0 |
12BA Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27.0 |
13KC Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 35.0 |
14TB Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36.0 |
53 balls in play · 19 hits · filled is a hit, hollow is an out
IR Ivan RodriguezC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CMCraig MonroeDH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MTMarcus ThamesLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
MO Magglio OrdonezRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CG Carlos Guillén1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NPNeifi PerezSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BI Brandon Inge3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CG Curtis GrandersonCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
OI Omar Infante2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SC Sean CaseyPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2B: Ordonez
HR: Thames, Ordonez, Infante
RBI: Thames 2, Ordonez, Infante
LOB: 5
| JWJamie Walker | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| JBJeremy BondermanL | 5.1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 103 |
ZM Zach Miner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 150 |
JD Johnny DamonDH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
BA Bobby AbreuRF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
AR Alex Rodriguez3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RC Robinson Canó2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
BW Bernie WilliamsCF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AGAaron Guiel1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MC Melky CabreraLF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
2B: Abreu, Rodriguez, Canó
HR: Rodriguez
RBI: Abreu 2, Rodriguez 2, Williams 2
SB: Damon, Jeter, Rodriguez
LOB: 22
MR Mariano RiveraS | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
RJ Randy JohnsonW | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 106 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 125 |
The Yankees beat the Tigers 6-4 at Yankee Stadium I.
Randy Johnson got the win, Jeremy Bonderman took the loss and Mariano Rivera earned the save. Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-4 for the Yankees, while Magglio Ordonez went 2-for-4 for the Tigers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
