> I posted the report about today's game below from the Yankees website. Read on if you would like to read how the game went.
> Yanks' Texas-Sized Offense Prevails
> By SPENCER FORDIN
> YANKEES.COM
> 8/21/00
> With all due respect to Yogi Berra, this one was over a long time before it ended. The Yankees wound up on the high side of a 12-3 rout on Monday, a game that was effectively over in the third inning. That was when Texas gave it all away, allowing six unearned runs in one inning.
> The home team took that cushion and inflated it, ending any semblance of a competitive game. By the end of the fourth inning, the score was 9-1. By the end of the sixth, it was 12-2. With odds like that, Texas had a better chance at the Alamo than they did today in Yankee Stadium.
> "You just gotta keep fighting," said Yankee catcher Jorge Posada, who drove in four runs. "Today was a perfect example of what we can do."
> Yes it was, if they're planning on having six runs handed to them every time out. If nothing else, the Yanks proved they can accept such a gift without the compulsion to give it back. They ruthlessly kicked the Rangers once they had them down, leaving only the intrigue of how one-sided the score would end up.
> That's the way it ended, but it certainly didn't start that way. In fact, Texas took the first lead of the game, courtesy of a home run by Rafael Palmeiro. The first baseman put the Rangers on the board in the top of the second, smashing a shot into the top deck of right field.
> It was a short-lived advantage, as the game completely changed an inning-and-a-half later. That frame, the bottom of the third, started innocently enough. Clay Bellinger reached on an infield single and moved to second on an errant throw by pitcher Brian Sikorski. After a walk, Derek Jeter hit a ball that looked like a tailor-made double play - until Royce Clayton completely flubbed it. As he tried to shovel the ball towards second, Clayton lost the handle, and all hands were safe.
> With the bases loaded, Sikorski (1-1) appeared to settle down. He got two straight outs before walking Tino Martinez, allowing the tying run to score. After that, he gave up four straight dink-and-dunk singles, chasing another five runs across the plate.
> "We got some bloop singles, some lucky base hits," said Yankee skipper Joe Torre. "(Sikorski) doesn't back off, he doesn't give in. You've gotta admire him for that."
> Along the same lines, the Yankees didn't back off either. They added another three runs in the fourth, depositing another load of dirt on the Rangers' fresh grave. Paul O'Neill got a one-out single and scored on a screaming line-drive double by Glenallen Hill. Off the bat, Hill's hit looked like a routine single, but then it picked up speed and bounced all the way to the wall.
> Anyway, Hill came around to score two batters later, on a two-out homer by Posada. It was his 23rd of the season, and it gave the Yanks a hefty 9-1 lead.
> Texas cut into that lead, barely at least, in the sixth inning. Rusty Greer took Orlando Hernandez (9-10) downtown, smashing a solo homer. That shot to right field didn't really change the complexion of the game, although it might have made the Yankees mad.
> They scored three more times in the bottom of that frame, taking advantage of two home runs. The first one was by Jeter, his 12th of the season. He led off the sixth with a jack job over the right-field fence, touching them all for a 10-2 lead. That advantage was immediately augmented - after O'Neill walked, Hill hit another homer, his fifth in his last five games. The designated hitter now has 11 homers in 18 games with the Yankees, an amazing amount of production for less than 60 at-bats.
> "It is amazing what he's done," Torre said. "It's fun to watch him on our side. If you make a mistake, he's going to hit it hard."
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