1997 American League Divisional Series
Game 1 @ MNA: Yankees 8, Twins 1 Game 2 @ MNA: Twins 3, Yankees 2 Game 3 @ NYA: Yankees 7, Twins 0 Game 4 @ NYA: Yankees 7, Twins 2 Go to Statistics BOXSCORE: 1997 New York AL Yankees At 1997 Minnesota Twins 9/30/1997 *** 1997 ALDS Game 1 *** Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG C.Knoblauch 2B 5 3 3 0 .600 L.Johnson CF 3 0 2 0 .667 D.Jeter SS 4 0 1 0 .250 P.Meares SS 3 0 0 0 .000 P.O'Neill RF 4 2 3 3 .750 A-S.Stahoviak PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Williams CF 3 1 0 0 .000 B-J.Valentin SS 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Martinez 1B 4 2 3 5 .750 P.Molitor 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Clark DH 4 0 1 0 .250 C.Fielder DH 3 0 0 0 .000 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Lawton LF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Girardi C 4 0 1 0 .250 S.Javier RF 3 0 1 0 .333 Q.McCracken LF 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Coomer 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 G.Myers C 3 1 1 1 .333 D.Cedeno 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 8 12 8 Totals 31 1 5 1 A-Pinch Hit For Meares In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Stahoviak In 8th Inning Yankees......... 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 8 12 0 Twins........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Yankees (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Cone WIN(1-0) 6 4 1 1 4 6 1 94 1.50 A1 C7 R.Mendoza SAVE(1st) 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 52 0.00 C8 Totals 9 5 1 1 6 8 1 Twins (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Radke LOSS(0-1) 6 8 6 6 1 3 2 93 9.00 A1 C8 D.Naulty 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 27.00 C9 D2 T.Ritchie 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 D3 D4 J.Dipoto 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 32 4.50 D5 Totals 9 12 8 8 2 6 2 ATTENDANCE- 45,689 DATE- Tuesday, September 30th 1997 TIME- Day T- 3:05 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Twins:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Twins: 0 ERRORS- G.Myers DOUBLES- C.Knoblauch(1st), P.O'Neill-2(2nd), D.Clark(1st) TRIPLES- C.Knoblauch-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- T.Martinez-2(2nd), G.Myers(1st) STOLEN BASES- P.O'Neill(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- Q.McCracken SACRIFICE FLIES- P.O'Neill WALKS- D.Jeter, B.Williams, L.Johnson-2, C.Fielder, M.Lawton, S.Javier, G.Myers HIT BY PITCH- M.Lawton STRIKE OUTS- D.Jeter-2, T.Martinez, D.Clark, J.Girardi, Q.McCracken, P.Meares-2, P.Molitor-4, C.Fielder, G.Myers GIDP- P.Meares 2-out RBI- T.Martinez-4, P.O'Neill RLISP 2-out- P.Molitor-2, B.Williams, R.Coomer-2, J.Girardi TEAM RISP- Yankees: 4 for 10 Twins: 1 for 6 BOXSCORE: 1997 New York AL Yankees At 1997 Minnesota Twins 10/1/1997 *** 1997 ALDS Game 2 *** Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG C.Knoblauch 2B 4 0 1 0 .444 L.Johnson CF 4 1 1 0 .429 D.Jeter SS 3 0 0 0 .143 C-P.Meares SS 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Davis DH 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Valentin SS 3 0 1 0 .250 B.Williams CF 3 1 1 0 .167 B-G.Williams PH,CF 1 0 1 01.000 T.Martinez 1B 3 0 0 0 .429 P.Molitor 1B 4 0 1 1 .125 E-B.Huskey PR 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Fielder DH 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Curtis LF 3 1 1 2 .333 R.Coomer 3B 4 1 1 0 .250 P.O'Neill RF 3 0 2 0 .714 S.Javier RF 3 1 2 1 .500 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Cordova LF 2 0 1 1 .500 J.Posada C 3 0 0 0 .000 A-M.Lawton PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 D-R.Becker LF 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Cedeno 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Steinbach C 3 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 2 5 2 Totals 32 3 8 3 A-Pinch Hit For Cordova In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Valentin In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Johnson In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lawton In 9th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Martinez In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 5 0 Twins........... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 8 0 Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Pettitte 6 4 1 1 0 4 0 70 1.50 A1 C4 R.Mendoza L(0-1) BS(1st) 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 1 28 4.15 C5 D1 M.Stanton 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 D2 Totals 8 8 3 3 0 5 1 Twins (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Key WIN(1-0) 8 5 2 2 2 1 1 104 2.25 A1 D2 E.Guardado SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 0.00 D3 Totals 9 5 2 2 4 1 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,647 DATE- Wednesday, October 1st 1997 TIME- Day T- 3:01 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Twins: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Twins: 2 DOUBLES- L.Johnson(1st) HOME RUNS- C.Curtis(1st), S.Javier(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Williams(1st), S.Javier(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jeter WALKS- C.Davis, B.Williams, C.Curtis, P.O'Neill HIT BY PITCH- T.Martinez STRIKE OUTS- B.Williams, L.Johnson, J.Valentin, P.Molitor, C.Fielder, M.Cordova GIDP- W.Boggs, J.Posada RLISP 2-out- T.Martinez, J.Posada, M.Cordova, R.Coomer, W.Boggs-2 TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 7 Twins: 3 for 7 BOXSCORE: 1997 Minnesota Twins At 1997 New York AL Yankees 10/3/1997 *** 1997 ALDS Game 3 *** Twins AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG L.Johnson CF 4 0 0 0 .273 C.Knoblauch 2B 3 0 0 1 .333 J.Valentin SS 4 0 0 0 .125 D.Jeter SS 3 1 0 0 .100 P.Molitor 1B 4 0 2 0 .250 P.O'Neill RF 3 1 0 0 .500 C.Fielder DH 3 0 1 0 .100 B.Williams CF 4 0 0 0 .100 R.Coomer 3B 4 0 0 0 .167 T.Martinez 1B 4 1 1 3 .364 S.Javier RF 4 0 1 0 .400 D.Clark DH 4 1 1 0 .250 M.Cordova LF 2 0 0 0 .250 C.Hayes 3B 3 1 0 0 .000 D.Cedeno 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Girardi C 3 1 3 1 .571 T.Steinbach C 3 0 1 0 .167 C.Curtis LF 3 1 3 0 .667 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 30 7 8 5 Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Yankees......... 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 - 7 8 1 Twins (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Person LOSS(0-1) 5 1/3 6 7 5 6 3 1 104 8.44 A1 C9 R.Bottalico 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 D1 D5 T.Ritchie 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0.00 D6 Totals 8 8 7 5 6 4 1 Yankees (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Wells WIN(1-0) 9 5 0 0 2 3 0 115 0.00 A1 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 32,060 DATE- Friday, October 3rd 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 3:09 LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6 Yankees: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Yankees: 2 ERRORS- S.Javier, C.Knoblauch DOUBLES- D.Clark(2nd) HOME RUNS- T.Martinez(3rd) STOLEN BASES- C.Knoblauch(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Knoblauch WALKS- C.Fielder, M.Cordova, C.Knoblauch, D.Jeter, P.O'Neill, C.Hayes, J.Girardi, C.Curtis STRIKE OUTS- J.Valentin-2, D.Cedeno, B.Williams-2, D.Clark, C.Hayes GIDP- R.Coomer 2-out RBI- J.Girardi RLISP 2-out- B.Williams, C.Knoblauch-2, C.Fielder TEAM RISP- Twins: 0 for 3 Yankees: 4 for 12 BOXSCORE: 1997 Minnesota Twins At 1997 New York AL Yankees 10/4/1997 *** 1997 ALDS Game 4 *** Twins AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG L.Johnson CF 5 1 1 0 .250 C.Knoblauch 2B 2 2 0 0 .286 J.Valentin SS 3 1 0 0 .091 D.Jeter SS 3 0 0 0 .077 P.Molitor 1B 3 0 0 0 .200 P.O'Neill RF 4 1 0 1 .357 C.Fielder DH 4 0 2 1 .214 B.Williams CF 5 2 2 1 .200 M.Lawton LF 3 0 2 1 .333 T.Martinez 1B 5 2 3 2 .438 S.Javier RF 2 0 0 0 .333 D.Clark DH 4 0 1 1 .250 R.Coomer 3B 4 0 0 0 .125 W.Boggs 3B 5 0 1 2 .077 G.Myers C 4 0 0 0 .143 J.Posada C 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Cedeno 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 Q.McCracken LF 4 0 1 0 .125 A-M.Cordova PH 0 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 35 7 8 7 A-Pinch Hit For Cedeno In 9th Inning Twins........... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 4 Yankees......... 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 7 8 0 Twins (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Radke LOSS(0-2) 0 2/3 3 4 1 1 0 0 23 9.45 A1 A7 J.Dipoto 1 1/3 0 1 0 1 0 0 34 2.70 A8 B5 F.Rodriguez 3 2 1 1 0 6 0 46 3.00 B6 C8 R.Bottalico 1 2/3 1 0 0 4 2 0 44 0.00 C9 E1 T.Ritchie 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 3.00 E2 Totals 8 8 7 3 7 8 0 Yankees (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Cone WIN(2-0) 7 5 2 2 5 5 0 124 2.08 A1 D3 W.Blair 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.00 D4 Totals 9 5 2 2 5 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,661 DATE- Saturday, October 4th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 3:39 LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8 Yankees:13 DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0 Yankees: 0 ERRORS- J.Valentin-2, P.Molitor, D.Cedeno DOUBLES- B.Williams(1st), T.Martinez-2(2nd), W.Boggs(1st) STOLEN BASES- J.Valentin(1st), C.Knoblauch(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Lawton SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jeter WALKS- J.Valentin, P.Molitor, M.Lawton, S.Javier-2, C.Knoblauch-3, P.O'Neill, D.Clark, J.Posada-2 HIT BY PITCH- M.Cordova, D.Jeter STRIKE OUTS- J.Valentin, S.Javier, R.Coomer, D.Cedeno-2, C.Knoblauch, D.Jeter, B.Williams, D.Clark-2, J.Posada-2, Q.McCracken WILD PITCHES- J.Dipoto, D.Cone 2-out RBI- W.Boggs, M.Lawton RLISP 2-out- Q.McCracken, D.Cedeno-2, T.Martinez-3, R.Coomer-2, S.Javier, D.Jeter-2, J.Posada TEAM RISP- Twins: 3 for 10 Yankees: 5 for 19
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Tino Martinez 4 16 5 7 2 0 3 10 0 1 .438 .471 1.125 0 Bernie Williams 4 15 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 .200 .294 .267 1 Chuck Knoblauch 4 14 5 4 1 2 0 1 4 1 .286 .421 .643 2 Paul O'Neill 4 14 4 5 2 0 0 4 3 0 .357 .444 .500 1 Derek Jeter 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .250 .077 0 Wade Boggs 3 13 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .077 .077 .154 0 Dave Clark 3 12 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 .250 .308 .417 0 Quinton McCracken 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 0 Joe Girardi 2 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .571 .625 .571 0 Chad Curtis 2 6 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 .667 .750 1.167 0 Jorge Posada 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 0 Charlie Hayes 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 Chili Davis 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 Butch Huskey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ David Cone 2 2.08 2-0 0 2 13.0 9 3 9 11 David Wells 1 0.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 5 0 2 3 Andy Pettitte 1 1.50 0-0 0 1 6.0 4 1 0 4 Willie Blair 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 Mike Stanton 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 .2 2 0 0 1 Ramiro Mendoza 2 4.15 0-1 1 0 4.1 3 2 2 2
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Ron Coomer 4 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 Lance Johnson 4 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .333 .312 0 Paul Molitor 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 .200 .250 .200 0 Cecil Fielder 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .214 .312 .214 0 Domingo Cedeno 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 Stan Javier 4 12 1 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 .333 .467 .583 1 Jose Valentin 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 1 Matt Lawton 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .333 .556 .333 0 Marty Cordova 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .500 .250 0 Greg Myers 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .143 .250 .571 0 Terry Steinbach 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 Pat Meares 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 Gerald Williams 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 Scott Stahoviak 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Rich Becker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Jimmy Key 1 2.25 1-0 0 1 8.0 5 2 2 1 Ricky Bottalico 2 0.00 0-0 0 0 3.1 1 0 4 3 Jerry Dipoto 2 2.70 0-0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 3 Frankie Rodriguez 1 3.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 6 Todd Ritchie 3 3.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 Eddie Guardado 1 0.00 0-0 1 0 1.0 0 0 2 0 Dan Naulty 1 27.00 0-0 0 0 .1 1 1 1 0 Robert Person 1 8.44 0-1 0 1 5.1 6 5 6 3 Brad Radke 2 9.45 0-2 0 2 6.2 11 7 2 3