Orioles @ Yankees
September 3, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 1 7 1
Yankees 6 9 0
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Orioles 1 7 1
Yankees 6 9 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .249
OBP .000 .329
At Bats 3 365
Hits 0 91
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 0 51

Johnny Kucks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
17 7 0
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Yankee Stadium - September 3, 1956
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Strikeout
Johnny Kucks
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Gil McDougald
Billy Martin
Billy Hunter
Enos Slaughter
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Tito Francona
Bob Nieman
Grady Hatton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 1 7 1 4
New York Yankees 6 9 0 8
Winning Pitcher Johnny Kucks
Losing Pitcher Erv Palica
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Yogi Berra
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Francona strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyd scores. Hatton moves to third.
Top 9 Hatton hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Hatton reaches second base with a double. Boyd moves to third.
Top 9 Boyd takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Erv Palica. Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Slaughter hits a line drive towards third. Hatton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kucks is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Grady Hatton now playing third base. Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ginsberg for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a line drive into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Mantle scores. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams. Slaughter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Francona hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McDougald catches it and throws to second with Hunter covering, to double up Kell.
Top 7 Nieman bunts towards the mound. Kucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to second.
Top 7 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Kucks hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hunter hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards second. McDougald scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Palica hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a popup towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda. Bauer scores. Mantle moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 There goes Mantle. The throw from Ginsberg and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kucks is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gardner hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Gardner reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Francona hits a popup towards third. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 4 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kucks strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Palica hits a line drive towards short. Hunter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin bunts towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McDougald bunts towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Kucks covering, for the out.
Top 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bauer strikes out.
Top 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Kell hits a line drive towards third. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyd hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.