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PRINT THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Monday, August 17, 1998 Yanks beat Rangers in last inning NEW YORK - Bernie Williams hit a solo home run into the upper deck with one out in the ninth inning Sunday and the New York Yankees won their 90th game, beating the Texas Rangers 6-5. At 90-30, the Yankees joined the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals as the only teams in major league history to reach that win total in their first 120 games. New York also prevented Texas - which won 16-5 a day earlier - from matching Boston as the only clubs to win two straight games at Yankee Stadium this season. New York finished 10-1 on its homestand and improved to 48-9 at The House That Ruth Built. Before the game, the Yankees paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of Babe Ruth's death. Williams' fourth hit marked the Yankees' first game-ending homer of the season. He connected off Xavier Hernandez (5-2), spoiling the reliever's 33rd birthday. Darryl Strawberry and Derek Jeter also homered for the Yankees. Roberto Kelly hit two homers for Texas and Royce Clayton also connected. After Mariano Rivera (2-0) retired Will Clark on a bases-loaded grounder to end the top of the ninth, Williams thrilled a crowd of 50,304 with a drive to right field for his 18th home run. It was the Yankees' first game-ending homer since Tino Martinez did it in the 10th inning last Sept. 21. Kelly, who played for the Yankees from 1987-92, hit a two-run drive in the third and led off the fifth with his 10th home run. He has four multihomer games in his career, two this season. New York made it 5-all in the fifth, scoring a run on Tino Martinez's double-play grounder. The score was still tied in the seventh when Martinez grounded into an inning-ending double play with runners at the corners. Martinez hit into a total of three double plays, although bad baserunning by Paul O'Neill on a fly ball caused one of them. Jeter homered into the upper-deck in right field, a rare drive for a right-handed hitter, for a 2-0 lead in the first off Esteban Loaiza. Strawberry hit his team-leading 22nd home run - and 10th in only 45 at-bats - for a 3-0 lead in the third. Martinez had an RBI single in the third for a 4-2 lead. Texas tied it in the fourth against David Wells. Ivan Rodriguez doubled, stole third and continued home on catcher Jorge Posada's throwing error, and then Clayton hit his first AL home run. Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below: texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local Sports Texas Sports Copyright ©1998, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:

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