Yankees @ Senators
August 9, 1956

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 7 R H E
Yankees 13 17 0
Senators 5 9 1
Top 7 R H E
Yankees 15 18 0
Senators 5 9 1

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .362
OBP .750 .475
At Bats 2 378
Hits 1 137
• Singles 1 81
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 38
Walks 2 82
RBI’s 0 95

Hal Griggs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Griffith Stadium - August 9, 1956
•
Home Run
Hal Griggs
Clint Courtney
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Eddie Yost
Tony Roig
Roy Sievers
Whitey Herzog
Jim Lemon
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Hal Griggs now pitching. Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Tom Morgan now pitching. Courtney hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yost tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oravetz scores. Yost moves to third. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Oravetz moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 6 Yost takes first base on ball four. Oravetz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Bob Chakales. Oravetz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey scores.
Top 6 Kucks strikes out.
Top 6 Coleman strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Carey. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Carey steals second.
Top 6 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Roig hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Plews hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Runnels tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sievers is hit by the pitch. Runnels moves to third. Courtney moves to second.
Bottom 5 Courtney takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 5 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bob Chakales now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yost takes first base on ball four. Berberet moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lou Berberet pinch hits for Connie Grob. Berberet hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Plews scores. Roig moves to third.
Bottom 4 Roig takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to third. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Coleman is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Coleman moves to third.
Top 4 Kucks strikes out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog. Coleman reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Carey goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grob fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skowron scores.
Top 4 There goes Skowron. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Skowron steals second.
Top 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kucks scores. Bauer moves to third.
Top 3 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kucks moves to second.
Top 3 Kucks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Connie Grob now pitching. Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Connie Grob pinch hits for Bob Wiesler. Grob hits a line drive towards the mound. Kucks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Wiesler covering, for the out.
Top 2 Bob Wiesler now pitching. Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 The ball gets by Courtney for a passed ball. Berra moves to second.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bauer scores.
Top 2 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels throws to second for one, and Roig throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bauer moves to second.
Top 2 Kucks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Courtney hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a popup towards short. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yost is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Coleman strikes out.
Top 1 Carey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle moves to third.
Top 1 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.