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Yankees 5 @ Orioles 6
Memorial Stadium
September 5, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, played on September 5, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The home team Orioles beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 5, 1955 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 6 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJim Wilson  
Losing PitcherDon Larsen  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateSeptember 5, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Visiting Starting PitcherTommy Byrne  
Home Starting PitcherJim Wilson  
BallparkMemorial Stadium 
CityBaltimore 
StateMD 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: Johnny Stevens
2B: John Rice
3B: Larry Napp

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Gil McDougald  Third Baseman 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Joe Collins  First Baseman 
Irv Noren  Left Fielder 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Tommy Byrne  Pitcher 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Fred Marsh  Second Baseman 
Cal Abrams  Center Fielder 
Jim Dyck  Left Fielder 
Gus Triandos  First Baseman 
Dave Philley  Right Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Chuck Diering  Third Baseman 
Willie Miranda  Shortstop 
Jim Wilson  Pitcher 
Paul Richards  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Orioles 6
Memorial Stadium
September 5, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/5/1955, game 1 -- New York at Baltimore (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI
Bauer H, rf           5  1  3  0   Marsh F, 2b-ss        4  1  1  0   
McDougald G, 3b       5  1  2  0   Abrams C, cf          3  1  0  0   
Berra Y, c            5  2  2  1   Pope D, rf            0  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          3  1  1  1   Dyck J, lf            3  1  0  0   
Collins J, 1b         5  0  0  0   Causey W, 3b          0  0  0  0   
Noren I, lf           4  0  1  1   Triandos G, 1b        3  0  2  0   
Martin B, 2b          5  0  0  0   Brown H, pr           0  1  0  0   
Byrne T, p            1  0  1  0   Leppert D, 2b         2  0  1  0   
Sturdivant T, p       1  0  0  0   Philley D, rf-lf      3  1  1  1   
Robinson E, ph        0  0  0  0   Smith H, c            4  0  0  1   
Carroll T, pr         0  0  0  0   Diering C, 3b-cf      4  1  1  1   
Kucks J, p            0  0  0  0   Miranda W, ss         2  0  0  0   
Larsen D, ph-p        1  0  0  0   Hale B, ph-1b         3  0  2  2   
Rizzuto P, ss         2  0  0  0   Wilson J, p           5  0  0  0   
Skowron B, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Coleman J, ss         2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  5 10  3                        36  6  8  5

New York         300 000 020 00 --  5
Baltimore        300 002 000 01 --  6
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Byrne T               0.1  1  3  3  4  0
Sturdivant T          5.2  4  2  2  2  5
Kucks J               2.0  1  0  0  0  0
Larsen D (L)          2.0  2  1  0  2  0

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilson J (W)         11.0 10  5  5  6  6

E -- Abrams C, Leppert D, Larsen D, McDougald G
DP -- New York 1, Baltimore 2
LOB -- New York 9, Baltimore 9
2B -- McDougald G, Berra Y, Hale B
3B -- Berra Y, Mantle M
CS -- Marsh F
SH -- McDougald G, Causey W
WP -- Wilson J
T -- 3:36
A -- 0

    

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