After dropping the first game against the Detroit Tigers, the Yankees won their next two, snapping a six-game losing streak so decisively that it was fair to wonder if the team had put its bad baseball behind them and gotten themselves back on track for October. Unfortunately, as Dwight Gooden made his first start since the beginning of August, with the Yankees sending embattled starter David Cone to the bullpen, September 25th reminded the Yankees that they were not out of the woods just yet.

September 25: Yankees 4, Tigers 15 (box score)

Record: 87-68 (1st in AL East, 5.5 games ahead)

Despite such a lopsided final score, it was the Yankees who actually struck first against Detroit. After Gooden tossed a scoreless opening frame, Chuck Knoblauch and Derek Jeter led off the bottom of the

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