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August 7, 1996: Yankees lose in extras to White Sox

Dwight Gooden tossed seven innings and allowed three runs on five hits and struck out six. The only problem was that his opposition, White Sox starter Alex Fernandez, went eight innings and allowed three runs to push the game into extra innings.

New York was down 3-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh. After an E4, walk, sac bunt and a single, Derek Jeter converted on an RBI sac fly to tie the game at three. Mariano Duncan and Wade Boggs combined for four of the Yankees’ seven hits on the night.

The offense couldn’t put anything together after that, and after Mariano Rivera and John Wetteland were used up, a trio of relievers – Jeff Nelson, Dale Polley and Bob Wickman – allowed five runs in the top of the 10th. The Yankees were able to scratch across a run in the bottom half, but they fell 8-4.

The loss coupled with a Baltimore Orioles win cut the Yankees’ lead in the division to nine games. David Weathers starts against Luis Andujar in tomorrow afternoon’s rubber match.

Box score and current stats

 

           1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9 10   R  H  E
           - - -  - - -  - - -  -   -  -  -
White Sox  1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  5   8 10  2
Yankees    0 1 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  1   4  7  1


Batting     AB R H RBI BB SO  BA  OBP  SLG
                                                       
Jeter SS      4 1 0  1  0  0 .306 .367 .419
Boggs 3B      5 1 2  1  0  1 .314 .389 .401
ONeill RF     5 0 0  0  0  1 .303 .419 .462
Fielder DH    4 0 0  1  1  1 .247 .354 .477
Martinez 1B   5 0 0  0  0  1 .290 .352 .446
B.Williams CF 5 1 1  1  0  0 .301 .383 .526
Strawberry LF 2 1 1  0  2  0 .244 .363 .500
Duncan 2B     4 0 2  0  0  0 .333 .348 .474
Girardi C     4 0 1  0  0  0 .312 .365 .385


Pitching         IP H R ER BB SO  ERA
                                           
Gooden            7 5 3  3  4  6 3.93
Rivera            1 0 0  0  0  1 2.19
Wetteland         1 1 0  0  0  0 3.27
Nelson L (4-3)  0.1 1 2  2  1  0 4.47
Polley          0.1 1 2  2  1  1 7.71
Wickman         0.1 2 1  1  0  0 4.57