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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 21, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 21, 1968 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 21, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 21, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Stottlemyre |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Frank Umont |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Russ Snyder | Left Fielder |
Lee Maye | Right Fielder |
Duke Sims | First Baseman |
Joe Azcue | Catcher |
Vern Fuller | Third Baseman |
Dave Nelson | Second Baseman |
Larry Brown | Shortstop |
Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick Howser | Second Baseman |
Roy White | Left Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
Joe Pepitone | Center Fielder |
Andy Kosco | First Baseman |
Tom Tresh | Shortstop |
Charley Smith | Third Baseman |
Ellie Rodriguez | Catcher |
Mel Stottlemyre | Pitcher |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 21, 1968
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Stottlemyre
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Stottlemyre
Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maye vs. Stottlemyre
Maye takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sims vs. Stottlemyre
Sims hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. McDowell
Howser is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. McDowell
White hits a line drive into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. McDowell
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pepitone vs. McDowell
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sims fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kosco vs. McDowell
Kosco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Stottlemyre
Azcue hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Stottlemyre
Fuller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh misplays the ball. That's an error on Tresh. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Stottlemyre
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McDowell
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. McDowell
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stottlemyre vs. McDowell
Stottlemyre is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stottlemyre
McDowell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Stottlemyre
Cardenal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Cardenal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Stottlemyre
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kosco scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snyder for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. McDowell
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. McDowell
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. McDowell
Colavito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Azcue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. McDowell
There goes White. The throw from Azcue and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pepitone vs. McDowell
Pepitone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kosco vs. McDowell
Kosco strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Stottlemyre
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Stottlemyre
Sims hits a line drive into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Stottlemyre
Azcue strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McDowell
Smith hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. McDowell
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Stottlemyre
Fuller hits a line drive into right field. Colavito picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Colavito. Fuller moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Stottlemyre
Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fuller moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a line drive towards third. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McDowell vs. Stottlemyre
McDowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fuller scores. Nelson moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenal vs. Stottlemyre
Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nelson scores. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snyder vs. Stottlemyre
Snyder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maye vs. Stottlemyre
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. McDowell scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stottlemyre vs. McDowell
Stottlemyre hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. McDowell
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. McDowell
White hits a line drive towards short. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Stottlemyre
Sims hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Stottlemyre
Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Stottlemyre
Fuller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. McDowell
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. McDowell
Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kosco vs. McDowell
Kosco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuller juggles the ball. That's an error on Fuller. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Kosco moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Romo
Vicente Romo now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Stottlemyre
Nelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Stottlemyre
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Romo vs. Stottlemyre
Romo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cardenal vs. Stottlemyre
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it and throws to second for the out. Nelson scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Stottlemyre
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Cardenal steals second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Stottlemyre
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Romo
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Romo
Bill Robinson pinch hits for Mel Stottlemyre.
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howser vs. Romo
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Romo
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Colavito vs. Romo
Colavito is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Hamilton
Steve Hamilton now pitching.
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Hamilton
Sims strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Hamilton
Azcue hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Romo
Chico Salmon now playing first base. Tommy Harper now playing left field. Russ Snyder now playing right field.
Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kosco vs. Romo
Kosco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Romo
There's a wild pitch. Kosco moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Romo
Tresh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Romo
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. Romo
Mickey Mantle pinch hits for Ellie Rodriguez.
Mantle takes first base on ball four. Kosco moves to third. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clarke vs. Romo
Horace Clarke pinch hits for Steve Hamilton.
Clarke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Talbot
Jake Gibbs now catching. Fred Talbot now pitching.
Fuller hits a fly ball into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Talbot
Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Talbot
Brown is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Romo
Howser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Romo
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Romo
Colavito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Azcue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Romo
Pepitone hits a popup towards third. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/21/1968, game 1 -- Cleveland at New York (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Cardenal J, cf 4 0 2 2 Howser D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Snyder R, lf-rf 4 0 1 0 White R, lf 3 0 0 0 Maye L, rf 3 0 0 0 Colavito R, rf 5 1 2 0 Salmon C, 1b 0 0 0 0 Pepitone J, cf 4 0 0 0 Sims D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kosco A, 1b 4 0 1 0 Harper T, lf 0 0 0 0 Tresh T, ss 3 0 1 1 Azcue J, c 4 0 0 0 Smith C, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fuller V, 3b 4 1 1 0 Rodriguez E, c 2 0 0 0 Nelson D, 2b 3 2 1 0 Mantle M, ph 0 0 0 0 Brown L, ss 4 0 0 0 Gibbs J, c 0 0 0 0 McDowell S, p 2 1 1 1 Stottlemyre M, p 2 0 0 0 Romo V, p 1 0 1 0 Robinson B, ph 1 0 1 0 Hamilton S, p 0 0 0 0 Clarke H, ph 1 0 0 0 Talbot F, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 4 7 3 32 1 5 1 Cleveland 000 030 100 -- 4 New York 000 001 000 -- 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO McDowell S (W) 5.1 3 1 1 3 5 Romo V (S) 3.2 2 0 0 4 2 New York IP H R ER BB SO Stottlemyre M (L) 7.0 7 4 3 2 4 Hamilton S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Talbot F 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Tresh T, Colavito R, Howser D, Fuller V DP -- Cleveland 1, New York 2 LOB -- Cleveland 4, New York 12 2B -- Cardenal J, Robinson B SB -- White R, Cardenal J HBP -- by McDowell S (Howser D) WP -- Romo V T -- 2:46 A -- 0
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