The 1998 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the San Diego Padres, marking the first time the Yankees had ever faced an expansion team in the Series. The Yankees swept the Series in four games to capture their second championship in three years, and their 24th overall.

Umpires: Rich Garcia (AL), Jerry Crawford (NL), Tim Tschida (AL), Dana DeMuth (NL), Dale Scott (AL), Mark Hirschbeck (NL)

Series MVP: Scott Brosius

Contents

1 Game 1 2 Game 2 3 Game 3 4 Game 4 5 External links

Game 1

 October 17, 1998 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

                                1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
   San Diego Padres             0  0  2    0  3  0    0  1  0     6  8  1
   New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    7  0  X     9  9  1

   PITCHERS: SDP - Brown, Wall (7), Langston (7), Boehringer (8), Myers (8)
             NYY - Wells, Nelson (8), Rivera (8)

              WP - Wells

LP - Wall

            SAVE - Rivera

  HOME RUNS: SDP - Vaughn (2), Gwynn
             NYY - Knoblauch, Martinez

 ATTENDANCE: 56,712

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Game 2

 October 18, 1998 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

                                1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
   San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0     3 10  1
   New York Yankees             3  3  1    0  2  0    0  0  X     9 16  0

   PITCHERS: SDP - Ashby, Boehringer (3), Wall (5), Miceli (8)
             NYY - Hernandez, Stanton (8), Nelson (8)

              WP - Hernandez

LP - Ashby

            SAVE - none

  HOME RUNS: SDP - none
             NYY - Williams, Posada

 ATTENDANCE: 56,692

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Game 3

 October 20, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego Padres)

                                1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
   New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0     5  9  1
   San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  0     4  7  1

   PITCHERS: NYY - Cone, Lloyd (7), Mendoza (7), Rivera (8)
             SDP - Hitchcock, Hamilton (7), Myers (8), Hoffman (8)

              WP - Mendoza

LP - Hoffman

            SAVE - Rivera

  HOME RUNS: NYY - Brosius (2)
             SDP - none

 ATTENDANCE: 64,667

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Game 4

 October 21, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego Padres)

                                1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
   New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0     3  9  0
   San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0

   PITCHERS: NYY - Pettite, Nelson (8), Rivera (8)
             SDP - Brown, Miceli (9), Myers (9)

              WP - Pettite

LP - Brown

            SAVE - Rivera

  HOME RUNS: NYY - none
             SDP - none

 ATTENDANCE: 65,427

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External links

• 1998 World Series by Baseball Almanac
• History of the World Series - 1998
• Baseball-Reference.com - 1998 World Series