1991 AL Player of Note: Chuck Finley

May 7, 1991

California pitcher Chuck Finley struck out a league high 15 batters in the Angels 13-3 victory over the New York Yankee tonight. Finley went the distance while getting his 2nd win of the season. The 15 K's matched Nolan Ryan's performance earlier last month and is a MLB high for the season.

BOXSCORE: 1991 New York Yankees At 1991 California Angels            5/7/1991
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Kelly CF          4  0  0  0 .242     L.Polonia LF        3  3  1  1 .324  
  S.Sax 2B            4  0  1  0 .289     W.Joyner 1B         4  2  2  1 .219  
  D.Mattingly 1B      3  0  1  0 .242     D.Winfield RF       5  1  3  4 .325  
  K.Maas DH           4  0  0  0 .219     D.Parker DH         5  1  1  0 .151  
  J.Barfield RF       4  2  3  2 .250     G.Gaetti 3B         5  1  1  0 .247  
  H.Meulens LF        4  0  0  0 .161     L.Parrish C         4  0  1  0 .200  
  J.Leyritz 3B        4  1  1  0 .103     J.Felix CF          4  2  1  1 .299  
  B.Geren C           2  0  1  1 .294     L.Sojo 2B           4  1  2  2 .338  
A-M.Blowers PH        1  0  0  0 .242     D.Schofield SS      4  2  1  0 .154  
  R.Velarde SS        4  0  0  0 .172                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  7  3                 Totals      38 13 13  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Geren In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 1 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  7  3
Angels.......... 0 010  0 1 0  2 0    - 13 13  1
 
Yankees (5-18)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Hawkins LOSS(1-2)       2 2/3   5   7   7   3   0   1  55   8.82
G.Cadaret                 0       3   3   0   0   0   0  18   2.33
E.Plunk                   4       4   3   1   1   2   0  68   4.76
J.Habyan                  1 1/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  19   3.38
Totals                    8      13  13   8   4   4   1
 
Angels (13-13)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Finley WIN(2-2)         9       7   3   2   2  15   2 137   5.40
Totals                    9       7   3   2   2  15   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,927 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Angels: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Angels: 0
ERRORS- S.Sax, D.Mattingly, R.Velarde, D.Schofield
DOUBLES- D.Parker(3rd)
TRIPLES- L.Sojo(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Barfield-2(7th), D.Winfield(3rd)
WALKS- D.Mattingly, B.Geren, L.Polonia-2, W.Joyner, L.Parrish
HIT BY PITCH- J.Felix
STRIKE OUTS- R.Kelly, S.Sax-3, K.Maas-3, J.Barfield, H.Meulens, J.Leyritz-3,
             M.Blowers, R.Velarde-2, G.Gaetti, L.Parrish, J.Felix, D.Schofield
WILD PITCHES- E.Plunk
2-out RBI- J.Felix, L.Sojo-2, W.Joyner
RLISP 2-out- D.Schofield, W.Joyner, J.Felix, D.Winfield, D.Parker
 
Chuck Finley racked up an impressive total of 15 strikeouts and right fielder
Dave Winfield collected 4 RBI with one swing of the bat at Anaheim Stadium as
the California Angels, running on all cylinders, ripped the slumping New York
Yankees by a large 13 to 3 margin.
 
Winfield enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He electrified the crowd with a
Grand Slam home run in the 3rd inning, hit a single in the 6th inning and
banged out a one-base hit in the 7th inning.  California banged out 13 hits
on the night.  
 
The victory was credited to Finley(2-2) who went the distance, allowing 3
runs. Andy Hawkins(1-2) was hit with the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 5
hits and 3 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.  
 
Everyone seemed to enjoy the performance of Finley - except New York.  Stump
Merrill lamented, 'He just was 'on' tonight.  He was keeping our guys off
balance all game.  A fine game by a good strikeout pitcher - makes it a fun
game for the hometown fans - unfortunately we were the visitors!'