A lot can change in baseball in just one at bat.
The Yankees were in Detroit on June 21, 1988. With Jack Morris on the mound for the Tigers, the Yankees took an early lead. They scored one run in the first, and then broke it open with four in the second. Morris was chased from the game, and the Yankees opened up a 5-0 lead.
Al Leiter got the start on the mound for the Yankees. He had thrown three scoreless inning, but didn’t exactly do it very economically. After getting an out and allowing two runners in the fourth, his pitch count was already up to 74 and he was taken out.