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09-22-2002, 04:17 PM
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Pick up win with only three regulars in starting lineup
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
DETROIT -- And on the 155th day, they rested. But still won.
A day after celebrating clinching the AL East title, the Yankees returned to Comerica Park to finish off the Tigers, 4-3, in a Sunday noon game.
The Yankees used a stripped-down lineup, but they also had David Wells and that's all they needed.
Wells (18-7) had all the runs he would get by the third inning and protected the early lead with eight dogged innings.
Mike Stanton worked the ninth inning to pick up his fifth save. The workhorse left-hander retired the side in order in his team-high 77th appearance of the season.
Rondell White and Raul Mondesi, two of only three regulars in Joe Torre's lineup, did the rest.
Both delivered run-scoring doubles in the first, as the Yankees jumped to a 3-0 lead over left-hander Mike Maroth (6-9). White again doubled for a run in the third inning, giving Wells a 4-1 lead.
While Maroth steeled, the Tigers kept chipping away at Wells.
Damion Easley, whose second-inning infield single with two outs had delivered Detroit's first run, lined his eighth homer in the fifth to bring the Tigers within 4-3.
The Tigers had also scored an unearned run in the third when Robert Fick's sacrifice fly scored Craig Monroe, who had reached base on Coomer's double-error. Coomer booted Monroe's leadoff grounder, then compounded the error by hastily retrieving the ball and heaving it past first.
The New York offense petered out following White's second RBI double. Maroth, who also went eight innings, and Jamie Walker combined to retire 16 of the last 17 Yankees. White's third double of the game was the only interruption in that streak.
Alfonso Soriano went hitless in four at-bats, but came within a few hundred miles of making the day memorable. All he needed for his second-inning drive to turn into his 40th homer would've been to hit it in any other ballpark.
In spacious Comerica Park, however, the drive into the left-center gap did not even make it off the grass. Center fielder Andres Torres handled it in front of the warning track.
Wells allowed seven hits, with one of the three runs off him unearned. He struck out five, and did not issue a walk.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Pick up win with only three regulars in starting lineup
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
DETROIT -- And on the 155th day, they rested. But still won.
A day after celebrating clinching the AL East title, the Yankees returned to Comerica Park to finish off the Tigers, 4-3, in a Sunday noon game.
The Yankees used a stripped-down lineup, but they also had David Wells and that's all they needed.
Wells (18-7) had all the runs he would get by the third inning and protected the early lead with eight dogged innings.
Mike Stanton worked the ninth inning to pick up his fifth save. The workhorse left-hander retired the side in order in his team-high 77th appearance of the season.
Rondell White and Raul Mondesi, two of only three regulars in Joe Torre's lineup, did the rest.
Both delivered run-scoring doubles in the first, as the Yankees jumped to a 3-0 lead over left-hander Mike Maroth (6-9). White again doubled for a run in the third inning, giving Wells a 4-1 lead.
While Maroth steeled, the Tigers kept chipping away at Wells.
Damion Easley, whose second-inning infield single with two outs had delivered Detroit's first run, lined his eighth homer in the fifth to bring the Tigers within 4-3.
The Tigers had also scored an unearned run in the third when Robert Fick's sacrifice fly scored Craig Monroe, who had reached base on Coomer's double-error. Coomer booted Monroe's leadoff grounder, then compounded the error by hastily retrieving the ball and heaving it past first.
The New York offense petered out following White's second RBI double. Maroth, who also went eight innings, and Jamie Walker combined to retire 16 of the last 17 Yankees. White's third double of the game was the only interruption in that streak.
Alfonso Soriano went hitless in four at-bats, but came within a few hundred miles of making the day memorable. All he needed for his second-inning drive to turn into his 40th homer would've been to hit it in any other ballpark.
In spacious Comerica Park, however, the drive into the left-center gap did not even make it off the grass. Center fielder Andres Torres handled it in front of the warning track.
Wells allowed seven hits, with one of the three runs off him unearned. He struck out five, and did not issue a walk.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.