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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 20, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 20, 1954 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Grim |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Willard Nixon |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 30,174 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: Eddie Hurley 3B: Johnny Stevens |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Skowron | Third Baseman |
| Joe Collins | First Baseman |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Irv Noren | Right Fielder |
| Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Coleman | Second Baseman |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Bob Grim | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Goodman | Second Baseman |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Jackie Jensen | Center Fielder |
| Harry Agganis | First Baseman |
| Karl Olson | Right Fielder |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Sammy White | Catcher |
| Billy Consolo | Shortstop |
| Willard Nixon | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 20, 1954
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Nixon
Skowron strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Nixon
Collins strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Nixon
Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Nixon
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Consolo fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Grim
Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Grim
Williams bunts towards third. Skowron fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jensen vs. Grim
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Agganis vs. Grim
Agganis strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Nixon
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Nixon
Woodling strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Nixon
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Grim
Olson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Grim
Hatton hits a fly ball towards center. Mantle settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mantle. Olson moves to third. Hatton moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Grim
White hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Olson tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Consolo vs. Grim
Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Grim
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Nixon
Miranda strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grim vs. Nixon
Grim hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Nixon
Skowron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Nixon
Collins strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Grim
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grim
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Grim
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agganis vs. Grim
Agganis strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Nixon
Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Nixon
Berra hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Mantle moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Noren vs. Nixon
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Nixon. Mantle scores. Berra moves to third. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Woodling vs. Nixon
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berra scores. Noren moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Nixon
Coleman hits a popup towards first. Agganis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miranda vs. Nixon
Miranda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grim vs. Nixon
There goes Noren. The throw from White and they have the runner in a rundown. There's the throw to Nixon, who applies the tag, and Noren is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Grim
Olson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Grim
Hatton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Grim
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Consolo vs. Grim
Consolo takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Grim
Nixon strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grim vs. Nixon
Grim hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Nixon
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Agganis fields the ball and throws to Nixon covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Nixon
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Agganis fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Skowron for the double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Grim
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grim
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Grim
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Skowron fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Agganis vs. Grim
Agganis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Olson vs. Grim
Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Nixon
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Nixon
Berra hits a popup towards first. Agganis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Nixon
Noren hits a line drive towards third. Hatton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Grim
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Grim
White strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Consolo vs. Grim
Consolo hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Nixon
Woodling hits a popup towards first. Agganis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Nixon
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Nixon
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grim
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grim fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Grim
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grim
Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Grim
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Agganis vs. Grim
Agganis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Agganis reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Jensen goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olson vs. Grim
Olson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Coleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grim vs. Nixon
Grim hits a fly ball into center field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Nixon
Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Nixon
Collins hits a line drive towards short. Consolo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Grim
Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Grim
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Skowron fields it and throws to first for the out. Hatton moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Consolo vs. Grim
Consolo hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Grim
Nixon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Nixon reaches second base with a double. Mantle throws the ball in to Coleman who relays the ball to Skowron who tags Nixon trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hatton scores. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Hudson
Sid Hudson now pitching.
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Hudson
Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Noren vs. Hudson
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1954 -- New York at Boston (N)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Skowron B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Goodman B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Collins J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Williams T, lf 3 1 3 0
Mantle M, cf 3 1 2 0 Jensen J, cf 3 1 0 0
Berra Y, c 4 1 0 0 Agganis H, 1b 4 0 2 2
Noren I, rf 4 0 0 0 Olson K, rf 4 1 1 0
Woodling G, lf 3 0 0 1 Hatton G, 3b 4 1 1 0
Coleman J, 2b 3 0 0 0 White S, c 2 0 0 1
Miranda W, ss 2 0 0 0 Consolo B, ss 3 0 0 0
Grim B, p 3 0 0 0 Nixon W, p 4 0 2 1
Hudson S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 3 4 2 31 4 10 4
New York 001 200 000 -- 3
Boston 010 000 21x -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Grim B (L) 8.0 10 4 3 4 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon W (W) 8.0 4 3 1 1 5
Hudson S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Mantle M, Miranda W, Goodman B, Nixon W
DP -- New York 3, Boston 2
LOB -- New York 2, Boston 8
2B -- Williams T, Agganis H, Nixon W
HR -- Skowron B
CS -- Noren I
SF -- White S
T -- 2:40
A -- 30174
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