Tigers @ Yankees
May 27, 1962

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 1 4 2
Yankees 1 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 1 4 2
Yankees 4 10 0

Bill Skowron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .208
OBP 1.000 .288
At Bats 1 125
Hits 1 26
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 21

Doug Gallagher Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 1
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Yankee Stadium - May 27, 1962
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Home Run
Doug Gallagher
Dick Brown
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Dick McAuliffe
Chico Fernandez
Rocky Colavito
Bill Bruton
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Skowron
Tom Tresh
Bobby Richardson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 1 4 2 4
New York Yankees 4 10 0 11
Winning Pitcher Jim Coates
Losing Pitcher Doug Gallagher
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Skowron
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Skowron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 The runners advance on the error. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Tresh bunts towards the mound. Gallagher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gallagher. Richardson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Richardson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jim Coates now pitching. Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cash strikes out.
Top 9 Maxwell bunts towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Marshall Bridges now pitching. Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Ralph Terry. Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boyer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wood hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gallagher is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bill Skowron now playing first base. Brown hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Gallagher now pitching. Maris is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bill Skowron pinch hits for Joe Pepitone. Sam Jones now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer scores. Terry moves to third. Richardson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ron Nischwitz now pitching. Tresh strikes out.
Bottom 7 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to home to get Howard. Boyer moves to third. Terry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Terry bunts towards short. Fernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ron Kline now pitching. Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Colavito bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to second.
Top 7 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Bottom 6 Blanchard strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a line drive into right field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.
Top 6 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pepitone hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Terry hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 4 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blanchard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McAuliffe 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 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a line drive into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Tresh moves to third. Pepitone moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tresh moves to second.
Bottom 3 Tresh takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Terry hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Terry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bruton is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. Lary moves to second.
Top 3 Lary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive towards second. Wood can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Blanchard for the double play.
Bottom 2 Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball and throws to Lary covering. Safe.
Top 2 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cash hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fernandez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton strikes out.
Top 1 Wood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.