1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	4	2	15	18	0
NY Yankees	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	1

DETROIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Becker rf J Encarnacion cf R Lindsey cf Higginson lf a-Magee ph-lf Palmer 3b Halter 3b Mcmillon dh D Cruz ss H Morris 1b Easley 2b Macias 2b Fick c Totals	5 4 1 4 1 3 1 5 6 5 3 2 4 44	1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 15	1 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 18	1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 14	1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3	1 1 1 2 0 5 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 19	.245 .290 .000 .291 .275 .252 .250 .302 .301 .310 .262 .248 .247

a-homered for Higginson in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: J Encarnacion 3 (24, Gooden, Cone, Grimsley); Mcmillon (6, Gooden); R Becker (14, Cone); H Morris (6, Lilly).
HR: Easley (14, 2nd inning off Gooden 1 on, 2 out); Higginson (28, 3rd inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out); Magee (7, 9th inning off Tessmer 1 on, 1 out).
SF: Palmer, Mcmillon.
Rbi: Easley 2 (57), Higginson 2 (94), H Morris (7), Palmer (97), Mcmillon 2 (23), D Cruz (79), R Becker (39), Macias 2 (24), Magee 2 (30).
2-out rbi: Easley 2, H Morris, Mcmillon, D Cruz, Macias 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Palmer 2, Easley 1, H Morris 1.
Team LOB: 9.

NY YANKEES	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Knoblauch 2b J Vizcaino 2b Jeter ss Soriano ss Oneill rf Bellinger cf Be Williams cf Sojo 1b Justice lf a-Thompson ph-lf Canseco dh T Martinez 1b b-Polonia ph-rf Posada c c-Turner ph-c Brosius 3b Totals	4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 4 38	1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4	3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11	0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 7	0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 18	.282 .270 .337 .174 .286 .209 .307 .297 .292 .283 .255 .257 .278 .293 .241 .232

a-doubled for Justice in the 8th; b-struck out for T Martinez in the 8th; c-struck out for Posada in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Posada (35, S Sparks); Thompson (3, S Sparks); J Vizcaino (7, N Cruz).
HR: Justice (41, 4th inning off S Sparks 1 on, 0 out).
Rbi: Be Williams (118), Justice 2 (118), Jeter (72).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Justice 1, Be Williams 3, Brosius 1, Sojo 1.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Sojo (2, ground ball).


Pitching

DETROIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S Sparks (W, 7-5) N Cruz	8 1	10 1	4 0	4 0	2 0	6 1	1 0	3.86 3.10

NY YANKEES	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gooden (L, 6-5) Dingman Cone Choate Grimsley Lilly Tessmer	2 2/3 1/3 1 1/3 1 2/3 1 2/3 1/3 1	6 0 5 0 3 2 2	5 0 4 0 3 1 2	5 0 4 0 3 1 1	2 0 3 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 1 0 0 1	2 0 0 0 0 0 1	4.64 7.45 6.74 4.50 4.81 9.64 2.08

WP: S Sparks, Cone, Grimsley.
Ibb: Higginson (by Cone).
Pitches-strikes: Gooden 60-33; Dingman 3-2; Cone 49-22; Choate 20-12; Grimsley 27-19; Lilly 7-6; Tessmer 21-13; S Sparks 131-86; N Cruz 14-7.
Ground balls-fly balls: Gooden 2-5; Dingman 0-1; Cone 0-4; Choate 2-2; Grimsley 2-3; Lilly 1-0; Tessmer 0-2; S Sparks 10-8; N Cruz 1-1.
Batters faced: Gooden 16; Dingman 1; Cone 12; Choate 5; Grimsley 8; Lilly 3; Tessmer 6; S Sparks 36; N Cruz 4.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Travis Katzenmeier. 3B--Bill Miller.
T: 3:20.
Att: 32,701.
Weather: 58 degrees, clear.
Wind: 11 mph, left to right.