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Yankees
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 5, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, played on September 5, 1955 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 5, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 5, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rip Coleman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Wight |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 28,795 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: John Rice 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Bill Grieve |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Elston Howard | Left Fielder |
| Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Rip Coleman | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Marsh | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Jim Dyck | Left Fielder |
| Gus Triandos | First Baseman |
| Dave Philley | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Don Leppert | Second Baseman |
| Bill Wight | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 5, 1955
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Wight
Bauer hits a line drive into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Wight
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Wight
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Coleman
Marsh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Coleman
There goes Marsh. The throw from Berra and he is out, McDougald applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Coleman
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Coleman
Dyck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Wight
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Wight
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Wight
Howard strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Coleman
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Coleman
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miranda vs. Coleman
Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Wight
Carey hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Wight
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Wight
Coleman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Coleman
Leppert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wight vs. Coleman
Wight bunts towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. Leppert moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marsh vs. Coleman
Marsh hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Diering vs. Coleman
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Wight
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh juggles the ball. That's an error on Marsh. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDougald vs. Wight
The ball gets by Smith for a passed ball. Bauer moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McDougald vs. Wight
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berra vs. Wight
Berra hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smith. Berra moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mantle vs. Wight
Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dyck. Mantle reaches second base with a double. Berra scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skowron vs. Wight
Skowron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Wight
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Marsh. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to third. Howard moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carey vs. Wight
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Coleman
Dyck hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Dyck reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Triandos vs. Coleman
Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dyck moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Philley vs. Coleman
Philley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dyck scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Philley moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miranda vs. Coleman
Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leppert vs. Coleman
Leppert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leppert for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Wight
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Wight
Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Wight
Bauer hits a line drive into center field. Diering picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Diering. Coleman moves to third. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McDougald vs. Wight
There's a wild pitch. Coleman scores. Bauer moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McDougald vs. Wight
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leppert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bauer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Wight
Berra is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wight vs. Coleman
Wight is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Coleman
Marsh hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Coleman
Diering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Coleman
Dyck takes first base on ball four. Diering moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Triandos vs. Coleman
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Diering moves to third. Dyck moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Philley vs. Coleman
Philley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Philley reaches second base with a double. Diering scores. Dyck scores. Triandos moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Byrne
Tommy Byrne now pitching.
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Wight
Mantle strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Wight
Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Wight
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Byrne
Miranda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leppert vs. Byrne
Leppert hits a line drive towards left. Howard catches it and throws to first to double up Miranda. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wight vs. Byrne
Wight is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Wight
Carey strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Wight
Rizzuto bunts towards first. Triandos fields the ball and throws to Wight covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Byrne vs. Wight
Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Wight
Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Byrne moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDougald vs. Wight
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh juggles the ball. That's an error on Marsh. Byrne moves to third. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berra vs. Wight
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leppert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Byrne
Marsh strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Byrne
Diering hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Byrne
Dyck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Wight
Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Wight
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Wight
Howard strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Byrne
Joe Collins now playing first base. Irv Noren now playing left field.
Triandos is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Byrne
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Byrne
Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miranda vs. Byrne
Hal Brown pinch runs for Hal Smith.
Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Brown trying to get to home. Bauer throws the ball in to Berra who tags Brown who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Wight
Dave Pope now playing center field. Fred Marsh now playing second base. Chuck Diering now playing third base. Gus Triandos now catching. Bob Hale
Carey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley who is chasing the ball. Carey reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rizzuto vs. Wight
Rizzuto takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Byrne vs. Wight
Byrne hits a fly ball into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carey tags and scores. Rizzuto tags and moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bauer vs. Wight
Bauer hits a line drive into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDougald vs. Wight
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Byrne
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Byrne
Wayne Causey pinch hits for Bill Wight.
Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marsh vs. Byrne
Marsh hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Byrne
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/5/1955, game 2 -- New York at Baltimore (D)
New York AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Bauer H, rf 5 1 2 0 Marsh F, 3b-2b 5 0 1 0
McDougald G, 2b 5 0 0 1 Diering C, cf-3b 5 1 1 0
Berra Y, c 4 1 0 0 Dyck J, lf 3 2 1 0
Mantle M, cf 4 1 1 1 Triandos G, 1b-c 4 0 1 0
Skowron B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Philley D, rf 4 0 2 3
Collins J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 0 3 0
Howard E, lf 4 0 1 0 Brown H, pr 0 0 0 0
Noren I, lf 0 0 0 0 Pope D, cf 0 0 0 0
Carey A, 3b 4 1 1 0 Miranda W, ss 4 0 2 0
Rizzuto P, ss 3 0 1 0 Leppert D, 2b 2 0 0 0
Coleman R, p 2 1 1 0 Hale B, 1b 0 0 0 0
Byrne T, p 1 0 0 1 Wight B, p 2 0 0 0
Causey W, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 5 7 3 34 3 11 3
New York 000 220 001 -- 5
Baltimore 000 120 000 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman R 4.2 8 3 3 2 1
Byrne T (W) 4.1 3 0 0 1 3
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Wight B (L) 9.0 7 5 2 2 6
E -- Marsh F 3, Smith H, Diering C
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 6, Baltimore 8
2B -- Mantle M, Dyck J, Philley D, Smith H
3B -- Carey A
CS -- Marsh F
SH -- Wight B
SF -- Byrne T
WP -- Wight B
PB -- Smith H
T -- 2:42
A -- 28795
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