1991 AL Game of Note: NY @ Sea.

May 5, 1991

A baseball rarity occurred in today's game in Seattle where the Mariners defeated the New York Yankees 6-5. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. hit back to back homeruns for Seattle off  Yankee's starter Tim Leary. It is baseball's first father/son duo to hit back to back HR in the same game. For Jr., it was his 4th HR of the year. For Sr., it was his 1st.

BOXSCORE: 1991 New York Yankees At 1991 Seattle Mariners             5/5/1991
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Kelly CF          4  0  0  0 .253     G.Briley RF         5  1  1  0 .286  
  S.Sax 2B            5  0  1  1 .290     H.Reynolds 2B       5  1  1  0 .368  
  D.Mattingly 1B      5  0  2  0 .240     K.Griffey Jr CF     4  1  3  2 .312  
  K.Maas DH           5  1  2  0 .228     K.Griffey  LF       3  2  1  1 .319  
  M.Hall LF           5  2  3  2 .408   A-H.Cotto LF          0  0  0  0 .525  
  M.Nokes C           5  2  2  0 .294     P.O'Brien DH        3  1  1  0 .235  
  J.Barfield RF       3  0  0  0 .219     A.Davis 1B          4  0  1  0 .222  
  J.Leyritz 3B        3  0  0  0 .080     S.Bradley 3B        2  0  0  0 .143  
  R.Velarde SS        4  0  2  2 .200     O.Vizquel SS        3  0  0  1 .229  
                                          M.Sinatro C         3  0  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  5 12  5                 Totals      32  6  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Griffey  In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 2 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  5 12  2
Mariners........ 0 1 3  0 1 1  0 0    -  6  9  1
 
Yankees (5-17)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Leary LOSS(0-4)         5 2/3   8   6   4   4   5   2 123   6.60
S.Howe                    2 1/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  43   1.86
Totals                    8       9   6   4   5   7   2
 
Mariners (16-10)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Hanson                  5       7   4   4   1   4   1  92   5.84
R.Swan HOLD(1st)          0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  17   2.30
B.Krueger W(2-0) BS(2nd)  2 1/3   2   0   0   2   0   0  55   4.60
B.Swift SAVE(2nd)         1       1   0   0   0   0   0  23   1.80
Totals                    9      12   5   5   3   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,708 DATE- Monday, May 6th 1991 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Dale Ford, Vic Voltaggio, Jim Joyce, Jim McKean
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10  Mariners: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Mariners: 0
ERRORS- J.Leyritz, R.Velarde, S.Bradley
DOUBLES- M.Nokes(4th), H.Reynolds(3rd), P.O'Brien(5th), A.Davis(5th)
HOME RUNS- M.Hall(4th), K.Griffey Jr(4th), K.Griffey (1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- O.Vizquel
WALKS- R.Kelly, J.Barfield, J.Leyritz, K.Griffey , P.O'Brien, S.Bradley-2,
       M.Sinatro
STRIKE OUTS- R.Kelly, S.Sax, K.Maas, J.Leyritz, G.Briley-2, H.Reynolds, A.Davis,
             O.Vizquel-2, M.Sinatro
GIDP- A.Davis
WILD PITCHES- T.Leary-3
2-out RBI- R.Velarde-2, S.Sax
RLISP 2-out- M.Sinatro-2, S.Bradley-2, K.Griffey Jr-3, R.Kelly, D.Mattingly-2,
             K.Griffey , J.Barfield, J.Leyritz
 
One run was the difference at The Kingdome as the Seattle Mariners defeated
the New York Yankees 6 to 5.
 
Bill Krueger(2-0) did the job in relief, and he got credit for the win.  He
went 2 and 1/3 innings allowing 2 hits and 2 walks seeing his ERA drop from
4.97 to 4.60.  New York threatened in the 9th but Seattle was able to put
down the rally.  
 
Krueger got help from Bill Swift who earned his 2nd save. The losing pitcher
was Tim Leary(0-4).  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 8 hits and 4 walks in 5
and 2/3 innings.  
 
Stump Merrill was subdued after the ballgame, 'That one really hurts.  If our
guys had simply played more fundamentally sound, we could have won that one.
That is what really ticks me off!'