D12 BASEBALL Union-News, Friday, October 1, 1999 Yankees clinch crown Associated Press It took a lot longer than last rear, and the final margin won't be early as impressive. Yet the New York Yankees are again the Amercan League East champions. Scott Brosius hit two homers and Bernie Williams reached 200 dits for the first time in his career is the visiting Yankees won their tecond straight division title by deeating the Baltimore Orioles 12-5 ast night for a split of their day. light doubleheader. In the first game, Mike Mussina 3 pitched seven innings of Roundup five-hit ball to lead the to a 5-0 victory.
Williams and Derek Jeter are -he first two Yankee teammates to jave 200 hits in a season since Lou iehrig and Joe DiMaggio did it in 937. Williams scored the gochead run in the fifth inning of the after hit No. 199 and rove in a run in the sixth with No. 00. Hernandez (17-9) alOwed three runs on eight hits in even innings.
New York went up 4-3 in the fth when Williams, Tino Martiez and Chili Davis hit successive ingles off Jim Corsi (1-3). Run-scoring singles by Jeter and Davis made it 6-3 in the sixth. aul O'Neill hit a three-run double the eighth and Brosius hit a 1ree-run homer. Indians 9, Blue Jays 2: Manny Camirez hit a three-run homer to crease his RBIs total to a Cleveind-record 164, and host Cleveand rolled. 97-62, the Indians mainlined the best record in the League going into the final weekend of the season.
43rd homer, a 441- Dot drive to left off John Bale in le sixth inning, broke the previus Indians record of 162 RBIs, set Hal Trosky in 1936. The first major leaguer to reach 50 RBIs since Boston's Jimmie oxx had 175 in 1938, Ramirez tied 'abe Ruth's 1927 total for the 2th-most in one season. Rangers 7, Mariners 0: John Burlett combined with three reliev'S 011 a four-hitter as host Texas a team record with its 95th "ctory. Tigers 6, Twins 5: Gabe Kapler, ean Palmer and Luis Polonia omered for visiting Detroit. 5, Athletics 4: Jeff Huson a tiebreaking single with two -Its in the eighth inning for host naheim.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 4, Mets 3: One night after shn Olerud put the Mets back 'to the NL wild-card race, the Atnta Braves dealt New York's ayoff chances a huge blow. Jordan tripled and scored -1. Ozzie Guillen's sacrifice fly in 11th inning as the Atlanta raves handed the host Mets their -ghth loss in nine games. With three games remaining, dew York trails Houston and Cinnnati by two games in the NL ild-card race. In order to make le postseason for the first time -nice 1988, the Mets likely need to weep Pittsburgh and hope either erAstros or Reds lose at least rice.
After New York tied the game at in the eighth on Edgardo Alfonl's 26th homer, the Braves took elead in the 11th. Diamondbacks 5, Padres 3: In his 1al tuneup for the playoffs, andy Johnson tied Nolan Ryan's ajor league record for most doue-digit strikeout games in a sea'n, fanning 11 in seven innings host Arizona. Johnson (17-9) struck out at ast 10 batters 23 times this sean to tie the record Ryan set with California Angels in 1973. The 364 strikeouts by Johnson is season were the fourth-most "major league history. The only tchers to strike out more were ran with 383 in 1973, Sandy Koux with 382 in 1965 and Ryan with 7 in 1974.
Dodgers 9, Giants 4: The final me at Candlestick Park was ataded by 61,389 fans, the largest "gular-season crowd in park hisry: Raul Mondesi hit a three-run mer and added a bases-loaded alk for the Phillies 2, Cubs 1: Sammy Sosa of siting Chicago was 0 for 3, leavg him with 62 homers. Pirates 3, Brewers 2: Kevin Dung's solo homer in the sixth inng spoiled Hideo Nomo's 10- ikeout performance at Milwaue. FOCUS NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF PICTURE Pct. Red Sox fall, settle for wild card Reds Astros 95 95 64 64 .597 .597 By GARRY BROWN York Yankees won the second After the game started, Red Sox Baltimore relief pitcher. Al Mets 93 66 .585 2 Staff writer game of a doubleheader at Balti- spokesman Kevin Shea said Gar- Reyes hit Garciaparra's wrist SatLAST NIGHT more 12-5.
ciaparra was going to Boston "for urday at Fenway Park. X-rays takBraves 4, Mets 3 (11) CHICAGO One day after cele- Thus, the Yankees repeat as di- tests on his right wrist in prepara- en Sunday showed there to be no Note: Either the Reds or the Astros brating the clinching of a playoff vision champions, and the Red tion for the postseason." Accord- fracture. However, the bone bruise will qualify for the playoffs as the berth, the Boston Red Sox had to Sox are again second and the AL ing to Shea, Garciaparra is goes so deep, he admitted he could Central Division champions. The face up to harsh reality last night, wild-card team. scheduled to rejoin the team in other team or the Mets will qualify as not move the wrist when he awoke the wild card.
White Sox rookie Carlos Lee's Baltimore, where it begins a regu- Monday morning. MILWAUKEE AWARDED GAME: White Sox 5 counts: seventh-inning solo homer off lar-season-ending series tonight. Teammate Darren Lewis, who Milwaukee will be host to the 2002 Red Sox 2 Nomar Brian Rose broke a 2-2 tie. Mag- "We just decided this is the best had a cortisone shot because of a All- Star Game. The game will take Garciaparra glio Ordonez added a two-run shot course to take with Nomar," Wil- similar wrist injury, said, "As long currently Miller under Park, construction.
which is The had to leave the team for a trip off John Wasdin in the eighth. The liams said. "He didn't take batting as there's no break, you can play opening of the park was delayed to back to Boston, where he will have game ended on a sensational catch practice, and we talked about his, through the pain. It's the type of April by a construction accident tests done today on his sore by center fielder Brian Simmons situation. He just felt it was not injury that's not going to heal until that killed three workers in July right healing the way it should." the season Mets suspended reliever for Dennis Cook was wrist.
of a Jason Varitek drive with the Is this one game and fined Their faint hope of finishing in bases full. a matter of major con- Whether or not he plays in by the National League for a tie for the American League cern? more, Garciaparra has a good shot bumping the cap of umpire Alfonzo title disappeared when the East Red Garciaparra came to the ball- Williams evaded the question, at the American League batting tiMarquez. Sox lost park with the team yesterday, but saying the decision to send Garcia- tle. He's hitting .357 for a .007 lead -Combined wire reports 5-2 at to the Chicago White Sox was not in the lineup posted by parra to Boston was made "to put over Yankees shortstop Derek JetComiskey Park and the New manager Jimy Williams. his mind at ease." er.
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