Yankees @ Senators
August 8, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 12 14 0
Senators 2 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 12 14 0
Senators 2 10 2

Tony Roig Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .197
OBP .000 .303
At Bats 1 76
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 5

Bob Turley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 0
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Griffith Stadium - August 8, 1956
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Strikeout
Bob Turley
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Jerry Coleman
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Tony Roig
Lou Berberet
Herb Plews

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 12 14 0 3
Washington Senators 2 10 2 15
Winning Pitcher Bob Turley
Losing Pitcher Camilo Pascual
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Mantle
Attendance 17,852
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Roig strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Berberet hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 9 Plews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Skowron hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Connie Grob now pitching. Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Coleman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Herzog hits a line drive towards first. Skowron catches it and throws to second to double up Courtney.
Bottom 8 Yost takes first base on ball four. Courtney moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clint Courtney pinch hits for Hal Griggs. Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tony Roig now playing shortstop. Turley hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tony Roig pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso. Roig strikes out.
Bottom 7 Berberet takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Plews hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griggs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Carey hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Skowron hits a line drive into right field. Lemon picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lemon. Berra goes all the way around to score. Skowron moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Top 7 Griggs fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Griggs. Mantle moves to second.
Top 7 Hal Griggs now pitching. Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a line drive towards the mound. Turley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Yost takes first base on ball four. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Bud Byerly. Fitz Gerald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Elston Howard now playing left field. Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bud Byerly now pitching. Elston Howard pinch hits for Norm Siebern. Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Turley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carey scores. Coleman moves to second.
Top 6 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Carey moves to third.
Top 6 Carey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skowron scores. Bauer moves to third.
Top 6 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron moves to second.
Top 6 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berberet hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Plews hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Plews reaches second base with a double. Sievers scores. Lemon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lemon takes first base on ball four. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yost scores.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to third.
Bottom 5 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 5 Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Martin strikes out.
Top 5 Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dean Stone now pitching. Turley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Camilo Pascual. Oravetz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso takes first base on ball four. Berberet moves to second.
Bottom 4 Berberet takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Plews reaches second base with a double. Bauer throws the ball in to Carey who tags Plews trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon strikes out.
Top 4 Coleman strikes out.
Top 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Skowron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Sievers hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 3 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Pascual takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mantle strikes out.
Top 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Turley scores.
Top 3 Siebern is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Turley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lemon. Turley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso strikes out.
Bottom 2 Berberet strikes out.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Plews reaches second base with a double. Sievers moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Coleman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bauer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skowron strikes out.
Top 1 Berra is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.