After getting injured in the 1st game of the Tournament, Oakland’s Carney Lansford finally returned to the lineup, and he had an immediate impact. Paul O’Neill gave the 1998 New York Yankees an early lead over the 1990 Oakland Athletics with a 2-run home run off Dave Stewart in the 1st inning. Lansford hit an RBI double off Andy Pettitte in the 2nd to cut that lead in half. After Bernie Williams drove in a run for the Yankees in the 3rd, the Athletics scored again thanks to O’Neill letting Terry Steinbach’s single get under his glove and roll to the wall. Scott Brosius committed another error to lead off the 6th, and Oakland followed it with the next four batters reaching base against Pettitte. Lansford’s RBI single marked the go-ahead run, and Willie Randolph laced a 2-run single against Hideki Irabu to give the A’s a 6-3 lead. Dave Stewart put two on in the 7th, and Joe Klink fell apart in relief. Jorge Posada and Scott Brosius hit back-to-back doubles to give the Yankees a shocking 8-6 lead heading to the 9th, thanks to a 5-run inning. But Mariano Rivera couldn’t save it. Willie McGee hit a leadoff single, and José Canseco belted a 2-run blast to tie the game. Mark McGwire and Dave Henderson followed with seeing-eye singles before Walt Weiss grounded out. That’s when Lansford came through again, this time with a 2-run single through the drawn-in infield, giving the Athletics a 10-8 lead. The Yankees made it interesting against Dennis Eckersley. O’Neill doubled, and Williams singled before Tino Martinez grounded into a double-play, and the Yankees came up a run short, dropping Game 1 of the series 10-9. Lansford finished 3 for 5 with 4 RBI. It was the 2nd blown save of the Tournament for Rivera.