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August 2, 1961

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Dick Howser Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .265
OBP .000 .386
At Bats 2 378
Hits 0 100
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 72
RBI’s 0 32

Whitey Ford Season Stats

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19 2 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 2, 1961
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Single
Whitey Ford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Billy Gardner
Tony Kubek
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Dick Howser
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Howser bunts towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford scores. Kubek scores. Mantle moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Ford moves to third. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford moves to second.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a line drive towards third. Causey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Archer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pignatano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Cerv is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Siebern strikes out.
Top 4 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kubek.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Archer strikes out.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pignatano hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Cerv hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Cerv reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lumpe is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first, with Ford covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson scores.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Posada strikes out.
Top 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.