clarinews@clarinet.com (09/22/89)
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Don Mattingly clubbed a two-run homer with none out in the 10th inning Thursday night to rally the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory, which salvaged a split of their double-header with the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee, which had gone ahead 4-3 on Rob Deer's homer, sustained a crushing defeat because instead of moving within five games of Toronto, the Brewers picked up no ground and remained six games out in the American League East. Joey Meyer knocked in four runs and Charlie O'Brien had three RBI to power Milwaukee to a 14-1 rout in the opener. The game included a sixth-inning brawl that resulted in the ejection of Brewers starter and winner Mark Knudson, along with Yankee DH Luis Polonia and outfielder Mel Hall. Alvaro Espinoza led off the 10th inning of the nightcap by drawing a walk off Milwaukee relief ace Dan Plesac, 3-4. Mattingly drove the next pitch into the first row of the right-field seats for his 22nd homer. It made a winner of Lee Guetterman, 5-5, who yielded Deer's 26th homer in the top of the 10th. Milwaukee had tied the score 3-3 when Mike Felder belted a two-run homer off reliever Lance McCullers in the eighth inning. McCullers, who had bailed starter Andy Hawkins out of a seventh-inning jam, surrendered a one-out single to B.J. Surhoff. Surhoff stole second and one later Felder hit his second home run, a towering fly into the lower right-field stands. The Yankees had scored three times in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead. Brewers starter Jaime Navarro shut out New York for five innings, then yielded to Tony Fossas. Fossas allowed a leadoff single to Mattingly, who was sacrificed to second by Hall. Chuck Crim relieved and walked Steve Balboni. He hit Jesse Barfield to load the bases. Don Slaught hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score. Randy Velarde reached on an infield hit to third, loading the bases. Roberto Kelly capped the inning with a two-run single. The Brewers had picked up a first-inning run. Felder singled, stole second and scored on Robin Yount's two-out single. With Milwaukee ahead 11-1 in the opener, Knudson, 7-5, hit Polonia in the chest with a pitch. Polonia charged the mound and threw punches at Knudson. Both benches and bullpens emptied. Hall was ejected for renewing hostilities after order had been restored. Polonia was convicted of a misdemeanor for having sex with an underage girl on the Yankees' last visit to Milwaukee. In the seventh inning, Yankees reliever Kevin Mmahat hit O'Brien with a pitch and was ejected by home plate umpire Dale Ford. He was replaced by Jimmy Jones. The Brewers knocked out New York starter Greg Cadaret, 5-5, during a six-run third inning. Milwaukee had taken a 3-0 lead in the second on Meyer's bases-loaded double. In the third, O'Brien doubled home three runs. Milwaukee also scored on an RBI triple by Bill Spiers, a wild pitch by Cadaret and a single by Glenn Braggs. The Brewers bolstered the lead to 11-0 in the fourth on sacrifice flies by Braggs and Gregg Vaughn. Milwaukee added three runs in the seventh. Meyer hit his sixth homer, Paul Molitor ripped an RBI double and another scored on a wild pitch by Jones. Mattingly accounted for New York's run in the fourth with his 21st home run. The Yankees managed four hits off three pitchers, while Milwaukee banged out 14 hits.
clarinews@clarinet.com (09/22/89)
NEW YORK (UPI) -- After suffering a humiliating loss in the first game of a twi-night double-header Thursday night, the New York Yankees wanted to prove a point in the second game. Don Mattingly belted a two-run homer with none out in the 10th inning to rally the Yankees to a 5-4 victory in the nightcap and salvage a split with the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee, which had gone ahead 4-3 on Rob Deer's homer in the top of the 10th, sustained a crushing defeat because instead of moving within 5 1-2 games of Toronto, the Brewers picked up no ground and remained 6 1-2 games out in the AL East. ``I'm glad,'' Mattingly said. ``We managed to hurt them a little bit, especially after that first game. The second one became became very important to us. No one likes to get pushed around.'' Joey Meyer knocked in four runs and Charlie O'Brien had three RBI to power Milwaukee to a 14-1 rout in the opener. With Milwaukee ahead 11-1, Mark Knudson, 7-5, hit Luis Polonia in the chest with a pitch. Polonia charged the mound and threw punches at Knudson. Both benches and bullpens emptied. Mel Hall was ejected for renewing hostilities after order had been restored. Polonia was convicted of a misdemeanor for having sex with an underage girl on the Yankees' last visit to Milwaukee. In the seventh inning, Yankees reliever Kevin Mmahat hit O'Brien with a pitch and was ejected by home plate umpire Dale Ford. He was replaced by Jimmy Jones. New York Manager Buck Dent hopes that his team's performance in the second game can carry over the rest of the way. ``We were on edge in the first game, probably because we haven't been playing good lately,'' said Dent. ``Winning the second game means we'll continue to have a strong effort the rest of the way without a slump.'' Alvaro Espinoza led off the 10th inning of the nightcap by drawing a walk off Milwaukee relief ace Dan Plesac, 3-4. Mattingly drove the next pitch into the first row of the right-field seats for his 22nd homer. It made a winner of Lee Guetterman, 5-5, who yielded Deer's 26th homer in the top of the 10th. With only 10 games remaining time is running short on the Brewers. ``We are going to need help from the other teams,'' said Milwaukee manager Tom Trebelhorn. ``We can't afford to lose too many games. To me, if we had been able to win 12 games in a row, we would have done it already. The second game really hurt.'' Milwaukee had tied the score 3-3 when Mike Felder belted a two-run homer off reliever Lance McCullers in the eighth inning. McCullers, who had bailed starter Andy Hawkins out of a seventh-inning jam, surrendered a one-out single to B.J. Surhoff. Surhoff stole second and one later Felder hit his second home run, a towering fly into the lower right-field stands. The Brewers knocked out New York starter Greg Cadaret, 5-5, during a six-run third inning. Milwaukee had taken a 3-0 lead in the second on Meyer's bases-loaded double. In the third, O'Brien doubled home three runs. Milwaukee also scored on an RBI triple by Bill Spiers, a wild pitch by Cadaret and a single by Glenn Braggs. The Brewers bolstered the lead to 11-0 in the fourth on sacrifice flies by Braggs and Gregg Vaughn. Milwaukee added three runs in the seventh. Meyer hit his sixth homer, Paul Molitor ripped an RBI double and another scored on a wild pitch by Jones. Mattingly accounted for New York's run in the fourth with his 21st home run. The Yankees managed four hits off three pitchers, while Milwaukee banged out 14 hits.