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| Yanks Fall to Angels in Divisional Series! |
The 26 Time World Champions of baseball ended their season winning the American League East Division for the 38th time in the team's history.
After winning 103 games during the regular season, the Yankees finished with the best record in baseball and faced the Anaheim Angels in the American League Division Series. An exciting series between the two teams resulted in a 3 games to 1 victory by the Angels. The Anaheim team moved on to the American League Championship Series.
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| REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS (MLB Rank) |
| YANKEES |
vs. |
Angels |
| .275 (3) |
BA |
.282 (1) |
| 897 (1) |
R |
851 (4) |
| 1540 (3) |
H |
1603 (1) |
| 223 (2) |
HR |
152 (21) |
| 640 (2) |
BB |
462 (26) |
| 100 (11) |
SB |
117 (5) |
| Pitching Statistics |
| 3.87 (8) |
ERA |
3.69 (4) |
| 53 (4) |
Saves |
54 (3) |
| 403 (1) |
Walks |
509 (9) |
| 1135 (5) |
K |
999 (20) |
| THE 2002 DIVISIONAL SERIES vs. ANAHEIM ANGELS |
| Game |
Team |
Score |
Pitcher |
| Game 1 - Home |
Yankees |
8 |
W - Karsay
S - Rivera |
| Tue. 10/1-8:17pm |
Angels |
5 |
L - Weber |
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| Game 2 - Home |
Yankees |
6 |
L - Hernandez |
| Wed. 10/2-8:17pm |
Angels |
8 |
W - Rodriguez
S - Percival |
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| Game 3 - Away |
Yankees |
6 |
L - Stanton |
| Fri. 10/4-8:17pm |
Angels |
9 |
W - Rodriguez
S - Percival |
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| Game 4 - Away |
Yankees |
5 |
L - Wells |
| Sat. 10/5-12:01pm |
Angels |
9 |
W - Washburn |
Game 1 - It Must Be October!
On Tuesday, October 1st, the Yankees began their American League Divisional Series with an Anaheim Angels team that had not made a postseason appearance in 16 seasons. Continuing their October dramatics from last season, the Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels by a score of 8-5. After trading leads throughout the game, Anaheim took the lead in the top of the eighth inning after a solo home run by Troy Glaus, putting the Angels ahead by a score of 5-4. In the bottom of the eighth, Angels reliever Ben Weber retired the first two Yankee batters quickly. In stepped MVP candidate Alfonso Soriano, who fought off a two-strike count to earn a walk and begin the Yankee rally. After another walk to Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi delivered a game-tying RBI single off reliever Scott Schoeneweis. Before the level of euphoria had an opportunity to subside, Bernie Williams stepped to the plate. After working the count to 1-2 against reliever Brendan Donnelly, Williams belted the next pitch into the right-center field seats. Williams’ 17th postseason home run proved to be the game winner after Mariano Rivera entered the game in the ninth inning to shut the door. Game Two will be played on Wednesday night at the Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 8:17 p.m., as Angel starter Kevin Appier will face Andy Pettitte.
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Game 2 - Angels Return the Favor & Even Series
On Wednesday, October 2nd, the Angels looked to even this best-of-five series at one game apiece after watching the Yankees steal away the series opener nearly 24 hours earlier. After jumping out to an early 4-0 lead against Yankee starter Andy Pettitte, the Angels relinquished yet another lead as the Yankees scored five unanswered runs over the next four innings. Having appeared to secure another postseason victory, Yankee reliever Orlando Hernandez allowed back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning by Garret Anderson and Troy Glaus. Later in that inning, Adam Kennedy added an RBI sacrifice fly off of reliever Mike Stanton to give the Angels a two-run cushion. That was all the Angels would need as their bullpen, anchored by closer Troy Percival, held on to hand the New York Yankees their first postseason loss at Yankee Stadium when leading after the seventh inning. Game Three will be held on Friday, October 4th, in Anaheim. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:17 p.m. ET, as Mike Mussina (18-10, 4.05 ERA) will face Angels’ starter Ramon Ortiz (15-9, 3.77 ERA).
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Game 3 - Bombers Fall to Angels; Now Face Elimination
On Friday, October 4th, the Yankees watched another lead slip away as their pitching has been unable to hold down the Angels. After jumping out to an early 6-1 lead in the third inning, Yankees’ starter Mike Mussina proved to be ineffective against the Angels’ lineup, allowing four runs in four innings. The Angels’ bullpen, however, performed in brilliant fashion, as it allowed only three hits over the course of the next 6 1/3 innings. As the Yankee offense stalled, the Angels began to scrape and claw their way back into the ballgame, when Scott Spiezio laced an RBI single in the seventh inning off of losing pitcher Mike Stanton to tie the game at six. In the eighth inning, Darin Erstad gave Anaheim a lead they would not relinquish with an RBI double that scored Adam Kennedy from third base. Tim Salmon completed the Angels’ rally with a two-run homer that ultimately led to a Game Three victory by a score of 9-6. Game Four will be played on Saturday, October 5th, in Edison International Field of Anaheim. Yankee starter David Wells (19-7, 3.75 ERA) will oppose Jarrod Washburn (18-6, 3.15 ERA), as the Yankees will try to avoid elimination and send this best-of-five series back to the Bronx.
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Game 3 - Angels Eliminate Yankees in Four
On Saturday, October 5th, a crowd of 45,067 celebrated in Anaheim, as their Angels won their first postseason series in franchise history. Since being born as an expansion franchise in 1961, the closest the Angels ever came to winning a series was in 1986 when they were one strike away from eliminating Boston. They were never able to close out the Red Sox, as Boston moved on to face the New York Mets in the 1986 Fall Classic. Again, it was the Yankees’ pitching staff that got roughed up by a hungry Angel lineup. David Wells, who entered the game with an 8-1 postseason record, continued the poor Yankee pitching by allowing eight runs on 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings. After Anaheim’s eight-run fifth inning, in which the Angels hit a postseason record-tying 10 hits, the Yankees’ season had all but ended. In this series, the Angels’ offense had an amazing .376 batting average—the highest in a postseason series—against a Yankee pitching staff that had an 8.21 ERA, which was their highest in 57 postseason series. The Angels will now face the Minnesota Twins in the American League Championship Series. This is the first time since 1997 that the Yankees have not advanced to the ALCS.
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Last Updated On: Wednesday,
October 3, 2002 GO YANKS!!
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