Yankees @ Senators
August 9, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 15 20 0
Senators 7 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 15 20 0
Senators 7 12 1

Ed Fitz Gerald Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .326
OBP .000 .420
At Bats 0 86
Hits 0 28
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 8

Tom Morgan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 9
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Griffith Stadium - August 9, 1956
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Out
Tom Morgan
Charlie Silvera
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Tom Carroll
Jerry Coleman
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Joe Collins
Ed Fitz Gerald
Tony Roig

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 15 20 0 10
Washington Senators 7 12 1 11
Winning Pitcher Johnny Kucks
Losing Pitcher Bunky Stewart
Save Tom Morgan
Game Winning RBI Billy Martin
Attendance 6,948
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Dean Stone. Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Roig takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Lemon hits a line drive towards short. Coleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Carroll strikes out.
Top 9 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Skowron strikes out.
Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Silvera moves to second.
Top 9 Dean Stone now pitching. Silvera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carroll fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Herzog tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Olson scores. Herzog moves to third.
Bottom 8 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Olson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Yost hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Collins now playing right field. Charlie Silvera now catching. Karl Olson pinch hits for Hal Griggs. Olson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Martin hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Roig hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Carroll now playing third base. Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Coleman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Plews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Carey reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Hal Griggs now pitching. Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Tom Morgan now pitching. Courtney hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yost tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oravetz scores. Yost moves to third. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Oravetz moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 6 Yost takes first base on ball four. Oravetz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Bob Chakales. Oravetz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Martin 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 6 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey scores.
Top 6 Kucks strikes out.
Top 6 Coleman strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Carey. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Carey steals second.
Top 6 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Roig hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Plews hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Runnels tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sievers is hit by the pitch. Runnels moves to third. Courtney moves to second.
Bottom 5 Courtney takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 5 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bob Chakales now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yost takes first base on ball four. Berberet moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lou Berberet pinch hits for Connie Grob. Berberet hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Plews scores. Roig moves to third.
Bottom 4 Roig takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to third. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Coleman is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Coleman moves to third.
Top 4 Kucks strikes out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog. Coleman reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Carey goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grob fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skowron scores.
Top 4 There goes Skowron. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Skowron steals second.
Top 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kucks scores. Bauer moves to third.
Top 3 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kucks moves to second.
Top 3 Kucks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Connie Grob now pitching. Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Connie Grob pinch hits for Bob Wiesler. Grob hits a line drive towards the mound. Kucks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Wiesler covering, for the out.
Top 2 Bob Wiesler now pitching. Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 The ball gets by Courtney for a passed ball. Berra moves to second.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bauer scores.
Top 2 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels throws to second for one, and Roig throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bauer moves to second.
Top 2 Kucks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Courtney hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a popup towards short. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yost is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Coleman strikes out.
Top 1 Carey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle moves to third.
Top 1 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.