Rickey Henderson hit leadoff home runs in the 1st and 5th innings against David Wells, and Scott Sanderson allowed just one run in 7 innings, but the 1998 New York Yankees came back big in the 8th to pull ahead and top the 1990 Oakland Athletics 7-3, pulling ahead 2-1 in the best-of-5 series. Oakland added a run in the 4th to go with Henderson’s two RBI to take a 3-0 lead into the 6th. Sanderson had kept the Yankees off-balance all day. They stranded the bases loaded in the 1st. Paul O’Neill doubled to lead off the 6th, and scored on Bernie Williams’ single. Tino Martinez and Darryl Strawberry walked to load the bases. But Sanderson struck out Chad Curtis, and got Jorge Posada to ground into a double play to end the inning, leaving New York down 3-1. Rick Honeycutt came on in relief in the 8th, but didn’t have as much luck. Williams and Martinez led off with singles, and Curtis added another to cut the lead to 3-2. That’s when Posada drilled one to the gap, clearing the bases and putting New York on top. Gene Nelson struck out Scott Brosius, but walked Chuck Knoblauch. Derek Jeter followed with a 3-run homer. Darren Holmes pitched a perfect 9th to give the Yankees a 7-3 win. Jeter finished 4 for 5. Posada’s 2 RBI give him 20 in the Tournament.