Orioles @ Yankees
August 16, 1957

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	3	7	0
Yankees	2	6	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	3	7	0
Yankees	2	6	3

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.247
OBP	.333	.285
At Bats	3	279
Hits	1	69
• Singles	1	46
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	15
RBI’s	0	35

Bill Wight Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	5	0

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Yankee Stadium - August 16, 1957

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Out

Bill Wight

Gus Triandos

Bob Boyd

Billy Gardner

Billy Goodman

Willie Miranda

Bob Nieman

Al Pilarcik

Tito Francona

Elston Howard

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Pilarcik bunts in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 9 Gardner is hit by the pitch.

Top 9 Wight is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Gus Triandos now catching. McDougald is called out on strikes.

Top 8 Miranda strikes out.

Top 8 Goodman is called out on strikes.

Top 8 Gus Triandos pinch hits for Joe Ginsberg. Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubek juggles the ball. That's an error on Kubek. Pilarcik moves to third. Nieman moves to second.

Top 8 Nieman takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 There goes Pilarcik. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Pilarcik steals second.

Top 8 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Billy Goodman now playing third base. Kubek strikes out.

Top 7 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Gardner is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Wight bunts towards the mound. Byrne fields it and throws to first for the out. Miranda moves to second.

Top 7 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores. That run is unearned.

Top 7 Billy Goodman pinch hits for Brooks Robinson. Goodman hits a line drive into left field. Howard picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Howard. Nieman scores. Goodman moves to third.

Top 7 Ginsberg strikes out.

Top 7 There goes Nieman. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Nieman steals second.

Top 7 Nieman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Kucks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Francona hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.

Top 6 Boyd bunts towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McDougald moves to second.

Bottom 5 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores.

Bottom 5 Mantle hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.

Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out.

Top 5 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Wight takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Robinson is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Kucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Ginsberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Francona hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pilarcik for the out.

Bottom 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coleman moves to second.

Bottom 3 Coleman takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kucks fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Gardner strikes out.

Top 3 Wight hits a fly ball towards left. Howard settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Howard. Robinson scores. Wight moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to second.

Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Kucks strikes out.

Bottom 2 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 2 There goes Howard. The throw from Ginsberg and he is out, Miranda applying the tag.

Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Ginsberg strikes out.

Top 2 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Bauer hits a popup towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coleman scores. Mantle moves to third.

Bottom 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Coleman moves to second.

Bottom 1 Coleman takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Kubek strikes out.

Top 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Boyd strikes out. Johnson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Boyd out.

Top 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Orioles @ Yankees
August 16, 1957