Yankees @ Twins
August 22, 1968

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Yankees 0 2 0
Twins 3 7 0
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Yankees 1 3 0
Twins 3 7 0

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .227
OBP .000 .390
At Bats 0 335
Hits 0 76
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 90
RBI’s 0 43

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 14 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 22, 1968
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Home Run
Jim Merritt
John Roseboro
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Frank Quilici
Ron Clark
Cesar Tovar
Ted Uhlaender
Tony Oliva
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ted Uhlaender now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing left field. Mickey Mantle pinch hits for Dooley Womack. Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 8 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Uhlaender pinch hits for Bob Allison. Dooley Womack now pitching. There goes Tovar. The throw from Fernandez and he is out, Cox applying the tag. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 8 Oliva is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Reese bunts towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cox hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merritt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Carew scores.
Bottom 7 Quilici bunts towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 7 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kosco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tresh hits a line drive into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Peterson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a popup towards first. Kosco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Merritt hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kosco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Quilici hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliva is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cox strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merritt strikes out.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Roseboro bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 2 Quilici hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Allison. The throw from Fernandez and he is out, Howser applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Allison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores.
Bottom 1 Oliva bunts towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar scores.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Tovar reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.