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September 27, 1968

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Yankees 2 12 3
Red Sox 12 13 0
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Yankees 2 12 3
Red Sox 12 13 0

Horace Clarke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .230
OBP .750 .258
At Bats 4 570
Hits 3 131
• Singles 3 122
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 26

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 10
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Fenway Park - September 27, 1968
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Russ Gibson
Dalton Jones
Mike Andrews
Joe Foy
Rico Petrocelli
Floyd Robinson
Reggie Smith
George Thomas
Horace Clarke
Bobby Cox
Frank Fernandez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 2 12 3 8
Boston Red Sox 12 13 0 3
Winning Pitcher Dick Ellsworth
Losing Pitcher Joe Verbanic
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Carl Yastrzemski
Attendance 28,796
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Charley Smith pinch hits for John Cumberland. Smith strikes out.
Top 9 Cox takes first base on ball four. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 9 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first, with Cumberland covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. White chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Tresh. Tresh fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Tresh. Andrews goes all the way around to score. Jones moves all the way to home. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Elston Howard pinch hits for Lee Stange. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cumberland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ruben Amaro now playing first base. Gibson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Kosco strikes out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 George Thomas now playing right field. Floyd Robinson now playing left field. White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Petrocelli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 George Thomas pinch runs for Ken Harrelson. Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 John Cumberland now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cumberland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lee Stange now pitching. Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tresh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clarke moves to second.
Top 7 Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dick Howser pinch hits for Fred Talbot. Howser hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Ellsworth strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Gibson. The throw from Fernandez and he is safe. Gibson steals second.
Bottom 6 Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 5 Foy hits a line drive into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive towards third. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a popup in front of the plate. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Andrews takes first base on ball four. Ellsworth moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ellsworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foy scores. Petrocelli scores.
Bottom 4 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cox. Foy moves to third. Petrocelli moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fred Talbot now pitching. Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rocky Colavito pinch hits for Fritz Peterson. Colavito hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kosco moves to third.
Top 4 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 4 Kosco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Kosco reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards second. Clarke scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a line drive towards right. Harrelson catches it and throws to second to double up Clarke.
Top 3 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to second.
Top 3 Tresh hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 2 Andrews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Andrews reaches second base with a double. Petrocelli scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Ellsworth bunts towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Petrocelli moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh misplays the ball. That's an error on Tresh.
Top 2 Peterson hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kosco scores.
Top 2 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kosco moves to third.
Top 2 Kosco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Kosco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Fritz Peterson now pitching. There goes Foy. The throw from Fernandez and he is out, Clarke applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Foy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrelson scores. Smith scores.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kosco. Smith reaches second base with a double. Harrelson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Harrelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a line drive into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tresh moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tresh takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.