Game 63: June 15, 1999 (L: 6-2)
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Commentary (by me)

None - don't feel like talking about the Yankee curse.  :)

Commentary (by Jim Meeks)

Oh oh.

The Rangers' slump reached 4 games after the Yankees held the Rangers to just 4 hits. The Rangers lost 6-2.

Ryan Glynn, not to be confused with Nolan Ryan, hasn't had a good outing yet. Glynn who been more like John Glenn - of the astronoimal ERA's.

I think it's time to try someone else on the mound in his stead. (Is Esteban Loaiza ready yet? Would Loaiza do any worse?).

The offense has gone on pre-summer vacation. And it doesn't get any easier. There are 2 more games left with the "Rangers can't beat you but everyone else can" Yankees and then 4 more with the Red Sox.

To top it off, Johnny Oates went nuts in the clubhouse after the game, erupting during a team meeting, ended by him throwing a baseball at a locker in disgust over his team's recent play - especially against the Yankees. The previous time Oates held a closed door team meeting, the team responded positively.

Do they have enough pitching to respond positively again?

Game Recap

BRONX, NEW YORK (TICKER) -- Rookie Ryan Glynn made the world champion New York Yankees look like a second division ballclub during five of the six innings he was on the mound. But in the second, Glynn seemed in awe of his surroundings.

The Yankees scored six times in the decisive second inning, highlighted by Derek Jeter's three-run homer, and continued their mastery of the Texas Rangers with a 6-2 triumph.

Glynn (0-1), who absorbed his first career loss, retired the side in order in the first, third, fourth and fifth and allowed just two harmless singles to Chili Davis and Shane Spencer in the sixth. The second was another story, however, as Glynn allowed three hits, walked two batters and threw a wild pitch that resulted in a run and surrendered Jeter's shot over the right-field fence.

"You do expect it," Yankees manager Joe Torre said of Jeter's success. "He is in such a good groove. He has struck out a few more time in the last couple of games than we would like but we are spoiled by him. He works hard and does not waste time or a day. He looks to play everyday and has a great level of excitement."

That was all David Cone (7-2) would need. The crafty righthander overcame a shaky second of his own to last seven innings, allowing just two runs and four hits with five strikeouts and three walks. Cone beat the Rangers for the second time this season and is 10-3 lifetime versus Texas.

"Getting a six-run inning was huge," said Cone. "I had a really good fastball tonight and having a big lead changes everything. You can afford to make mistakes with a lead. After the lead I tried to minimize the damage, keep it close and put us in position to win the game."

Glynn was the 17th starter looking for his first major league victory against Cone. Those pitchers are 0-13 in that situation.

Including the 1998 Division Series, New York has won six straight at home against the Rangers and 18 of the last 24 since the start of the 1996 season.

"I have no idea (why we beat the Rangers), they have a really good team," added Jeter. "I guess it's because we don't really worry or dwell on what happened in the past."

The Yankees won for the fifth time in six games overall and maintained a 1 1/2-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the American League East.

Glynn breezed threw the first on just 16 pitches and recorded back-to-back strikeouts of Jeter and Paul O'Neill to end the frame. But he walked Bernie Williams leading off the second and Tino Martinez and Davis followed with singles to force a 1-1 tie.

After Spencer flied out, Luis Sojo snapped an 0-for-14 skid with a bloop into left-center field that scored Martinez and sent Davis to third. Center fielder Ruben Mateo bobbled the ball, and Sojo raced into second for a double.

Joe Girardi flied out, but Chuck Knoblauch walked to set the stage for Jeter, who drilled an 0-1 delivery over the wall to give the Yankees a 6-1 lead. It was the 14th time this season that the Yankees have batted around.

"I think the whole team would like to take that inning back," Glynn said. "I didn't execute one pitch. In the bigs, if you don't execute, they hit it out. I wouldn't have gotten away with that pitch (to Jeter) in the minors, it was a bad pitch."

"Unfortunately you can't take back a bad inning or at-bat," said Texas manager Johnny Oates. "Unfortunately, one bad inning or one bad pitch can cost you a ballgame."

The home run was the only hit for Jeter, who had multiple hits in each of his last seven games.

"When I think about that (the home run), you saw what happened the rest of the game," Jeter said.

The game's offbeat moment occurred in Texas' half of the sixth, when with two outs, Juan Gonzalez hit a soft fly ball to center that Williams inexplicably dropped. But Williams scampered after the ball and fired to first baseman Martinez, who was standing on the second base bag and easily tagged out Gonzalez.

Cone walked Palmeiro leading off the second and Lee Stevens doubled to left-center to give Texas the lead. Gregg Zaun had a sacrifice fly in the seventh but that was was essentially the night's offense for the Rangers, who went down in order in the third, fourth and fifth.

Stevens broke an 0-for-19 slump at Yankee Stadium with the RBI double.

Palmeiro extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the seventh inning.

Photos
(Click on any of them for a larger image

Joe Torre & Johnny Oates before the game	Yankee starter David Cone	Ranger starter Ryan Glynn	Ryan Glynn again after the home run to Jeter	Juan is out at second

Derek Jeter getting congrats for his home run	Derek Jeter getting congrats for his home run

Box Score

Line Score
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
TEXAS               0  1  0   0  0  0   1  0  0     2  4  0
NY YANKEES          0  6  0   0  0  0   0  0  x     6  6  1   (FINAL)

BATTERIES:  TEX - RYAN GLYNN, TIM CRABTREE (7TH), MIKE VENAFRO
                  (8TH) AND GREGG ZAUN
            NYY - DAVID CONE, RAMIRO MENDOZA (8TH) AND JOE
                  GIRARDI

             WP - DAVID CONE (7-2)
             LP - RYAN GLYNN (0-1)
           SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS:  TEX - NONE
            NYY - DEREK JETER (12) OFF GLYNN IN THE 2ND, 2 ON

     TIME:  2:27     ATT:  28,200

PROBABLES:  TEX - RICK HELLING (5-6, 4.52)
            NYY - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (7-5, 4.48)


Box Score
TEXAS (2) AT NY YANKEES (6) - FINAL

TEXAS                  ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Mclemore 2b             4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .298
Mateo cf                4  0  1  0   0  2   0  .250
Greer lf                4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .283
J Gonzalez rf           4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .307
R Palmeiro dh           3  2  1  0   1  0   0  .359
L Stevens 1b            3  0  2  1   1  1   0  .306
Alicea 3b               3  0  0  0   0  1   4  .139
Zaun c                  2  0  0  1   0  0   2  .214
Clayton ss              3  0  0  0   0  1   2  .238

Totals                 30  2  4  2   2  8   9

BATTING: 2B - Mateo (2, Cone); L Stevens 2 (18, Cone 2). SF - Zaun.
RBI - L Stevens (32), Zaun (4). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Gonzalez 1, Clayton 2. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (Mclemore-Clayton-L Stevens).

NY YANKEES             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Knoblauch 2b            3  1  0  0   1  0   0  .249
Jeter ss                4  1  1  3   0  3   0  .380
Oneill rf               4  0  0  0   0  2   0  .271
B Williams cf           3  1  0  0   1  1   0  .326
T Martinez 1b           4  1  1  0   0  0   0  .251
C Davis dh              3  1  2  1   0  0   0  .332
Spencer lf              3  0  1  0   0  0   2  .214
Sojo 3b                 2  1  1  1   1  0   2  .200
Girardi c               3  0  0  0   0  0   3  .198

Totals                 29  6  6  5   3  6   7

BATTING: 2B - Sojo (2, Glynn). HR - Jeter (12, 2nd inning off
Glynn 2 on, 2 out). RBI - C Davis (42), Sojo (4), Jeter 3 (46).
2-out RBI - Jeter 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
Sojo 1. GIDP - Girardi. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: E - B Williams (3, fly ball). Outfield assists - B Williams
(J Gonzalez at 2nd base).

TEXAS                        ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Glynn (L, 0-1)                6       6   6   6   3   5   1   8.39
Crabtree                      1       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.00
Venafro                       1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.17

NY YANKEES                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Cone (W, 7-2)                 7       4   2   2   2   6   0   2.77
Mendoza                       2       0   0   0   0   2   0   4.57

WP - Glynn, Cone.  Pitches-strikes: Cone 118-75; Mendoza 20-15;
Glynn 99-58; Crabtree 19-12; Venafro 10-8.  Ground balls-fly balls:
Cone 2-12; Mendoza 3-1; Glynn 6-7; Crabtree 1-1; Venafro 2-1.
Batters faced: Cone 27; Mendoza 6; Glynn 26; Crabtree 3; Venafro 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Terry Craft. 1B--Jim Joyce. 2B--Eric Cooper.
3B--Brian Onora.
T--2:27.  Att--28,200.   Weather: 79 degrees, clear.   Wind: 7 mph,
left to right.


AL       TEXAS AT NY YANKEES
         NOTE:  THE SINGLE BY TEXAS' RAFAEL PALMEIRO IN THE SEVENTH
                INNING EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES.

Game Log

Texas Starting Lineups -- Mark Mclemore 2B, Ruben Mateo CF, Rusty Greer LF, Juan Gonzalez RF, Rafael Palmeiro DH, Lee Stevens 1B, Luis Alicea 3B, Gregg Zaun C, Royce Clayton SS, Ryan Glynn RHP.

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- Chuck Knoblauch 2B, Derek Jeter SS, Paul Oneill RF, Bernie Williams CF, Tino Martinez 1B, Chili Davis DH, Shane Spencer LF, Luis Sojo 3B, Joe Girardi C, David Cone RHP.

Umpires -- T Craft (HP), Joyce (1B), Cooper (2B), Onora (3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Clear, wind left to right at 7 mph.

TEXAS 1ST: Mclemore flied out to left center. Mateo doubled to left. Greer flied out to right, Mateo to third. J Gonzalez flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 1ST: Knoblauch grounded out to third. Jeter struck out looking. Oneill struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, NY YANKEES 0.

TEXAS 2ND: R Palmeiro walked. L Stevens doubled to left center, R Palmeiro scored. Alicea flied out to center. Zaun fouled out to third. Clayton flied out to shallow right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: B Williams walked. T Martinez singled to center, B Williams to second. C Davis singled to right center, B Williams scored, T Martinez to second. Spencer flied out to left. Sojo doubled to left center, T Martinez scored, C Davis to third. Girardi flied out to right. Knoblauch walked. C Davis scored, Sojo to third on Glynn wild pitch. Jeter homered to right center, Sojo and Knoblauch scored. Oneill struck out looking. (6 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 3RD: Mclemore flied out to deep center. Mateo struck out looking. Greer struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 3RD: B Williams struck out looking. T Martinez flied out to shallow right center. C Davis grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 4TH: J Gonzalez grounded out to third. R Palmeiro grounded out to first. L Stevens walked. Alicea flied out to shallow left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 4TH: Spencer grounded out to shortstop. Sojo walked. Girardi grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Sojo out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 5TH: Zaun popped out to shallow left. Clayton lined out to right. Mclemore struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 5TH: Knoblauch flied out to deep left. Jeter struck out swinging. Oneill flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 6TH: Mateo struck out looking. Greer flied out to center. J Gonzalez safe at first on center fielder B Williams' fielding error. J Gonzalez out at second attempting to advance. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 6TH: B Williams grounded out to first. T Martinez lined out to left. C Davis singled to left. Spencer singled to shallow center, C Davis to second. Sojo flied out to shallow center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 7TH: R Palmeiro singled to right. L Stevens doubled to deep right center, R Palmeiro to third. Alicea struck out swinging. Zaun hit sacrifice fly to left, R Palmeiro scored. L Stevens to third on Cone wild pitch. Clayton struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 7TH: Tim Crabtree relieved Ryan Glynn. Girardi grounded out to pitcher. Knoblauch flied out to right center. Jeter struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 8TH: Ramiro Mendoza relieved David Cone. Mclemore grounded out to first. Mateo grounded out to second. Greer grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, NY YANKEES 6.

NY YANKEES 8TH: Mike Venafro relieved Tim Crabtree. Oneill flied out to left center. B Williams grounded out to first. T Martinez grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, NY YANKEES 6.

TEXAS 9TH: J Gonzalez struck out swinging. R Palmeiro flied out to left. L Stevens struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, NY YANKEES 6.