Yankees @ Senators
September 20, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 9 11 2
Senators 7 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 9 11 2
Senators 7 10 1

Pete Runnels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .285
OBP .500 .356
At Bats 3 480
Hits 1 137
• Singles 1 115
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 54
RBI’s 0 48

Tommy Byrne Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 4 1
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Griffith Stadium - September 20, 1955
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Out
Tommy Byrne
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Jerry Coleman
Elston Howard
Irv Noren
Hank Bauer
Pete Runnels
Eddie Yost

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 9 11 2 6
Washington Senators 7 10 1 4
Winning Pitcher Whitey Ford
Losing Pitcher Pedro Ramos
Save Tommy Byrne
Game Winning RBI Gil McDougald
Attendance 11,717
Time of Game 2 hours 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tommy Byrne now pitching. Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Yost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Becquer scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Bobby Kline. Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Coleman. Umphlett scores. Becquer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tom Wright pinch hits for Webbo Clarke. Wright hits a fly ball into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Ed Fitz Gerald. Oravetz hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Umphlett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Umphlett reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kline scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Collins bunts towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. McDougald moves to second.
Top 9 Berra strikes out.
Top 9 Webbo Clarke now pitching. Bobby Kline now playing shortstop. McDougald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gerry Staley now pitching. Paula hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Sievers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Sievers reaches second base with a double. Runnels scores. Vernon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Rip Coleman now pitching. Vernon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost scores. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 8 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 8 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Dean Stone. Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jim Lemon pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso. Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Umphlett takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Noren strikes out.
Top 8 Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Paula hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vernon hits a fly ball into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Martin hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Collins tags and scores.
Top 7 Collins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett who is chasing the ball. Collins reaches third base with a triple. Berra scores.
Top 7 Dean Stone now pitching. Berra hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paula who is chasing the ball. Berra reaches third base with a triple. Noren scores.
Top 7 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out. Noren moves to third.
Top 7 Noren hits a line drive into right field. Paula picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Paula. Coleman scores. Ford scores. Bauer goes all the way around to score. Noren moves to second.
Top 7 Bauer is hit by the pitch. Ford moves to second.
Top 7 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coleman moves to third.
Top 7 Coleman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ramos strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Martin. The throw from Fitz Gerald and he is out, Runnels applying the tag.
Top 6 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Valdivielso is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Umphlett hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Noren takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Paula hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Yost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ramos is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Valdivielso strikes out.
Top 3 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Noren scores. Berra moves to third.
Top 3 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bauer tags and scores.
Top 3 Noren hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paula. Noren reaches second base with a double. Ford scores. Bauer moves to third.
Top 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon fields it and throws to third for the out. Ford moves to second.
Top 3 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coleman moves to second.
Top 3 Coleman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Umphlett strikes out.
Bottom 2 Paula hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a line drive towards short. Coleman catches it and throws to second to double up Vernon.
Bottom 1 Vernon hits a line drive into center field. Noren picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Noren. Runnels goes all the way around to score. Vernon moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McDougald strikes out.
Top 1 Noren strikes out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paula. Bauer reaches second base with a double.