NYA @ OAK

New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics, October 14, 2001

This box score records a 9-2 win for the New York Yankees over the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, October 14, 2001 in the Division Series. The New York Yankees won comfortably. Retrosheet records a crowd of 43,681, a running time of 253 minutes, and a day start for this game. Conditions were recorded as 89 degrees, cloudy skies, and a 9 mph wind. The New York Yankees' runs came in the second, third, fourth, and ninth innings, 3 of them in the fourth. All of the Oakland Athletics scoring came in one inning, 2 runs in the third. The New York Yankees had 11 hits and the Oakland Athletics 11, with 1 and 1 errors. The win went to Orlando Hernandez, allowing 2 earned runs on 8 hits in 5.2 innings. The loss was charged to Cory Lidle after 3.1 innings and 6 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Orlando Hernandez, who had 5. The New York Yankees used Orlando Hernandez, Ramiro Mendoza, and Mike Stanton on the mound. The Oakland Athletics' pitching table lists Chad Bradford, Mark Guthrie, Erik Hiljus, Cory Lidle, and Mike Magnante. The New York Yankees' top hitter was Bernie Williams, 3 for 4, 2 doubles, and 5 RBI. For the Oakland Athletics, Miguel Tejada went 4 for 5 and 1 double. Behind the plate was umpire Jerry Layne.