Yankees @ Tigers
September 3, 1963

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Bottom 15 R H E
Yankees 2 12 1
Tigers 2 4 0
Bottom 15 R H E
Yankees 2 12 1
Tigers 3 5 0

George Smith Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .208
OBP .000 .282
At Bats 5 106
Hits 0 22
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 11

Bill Kunkel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 3, 1963
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Single
Bill Kunkel
Yogi Berra
Joe Pepitone
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Tony Kubek
Hector Lopez
Tom Tresh
Roger Maris
George Smith
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 2 12 1 17
Detroit Tigers 3 5 0 7
Winning Pitcher Terry Fox
Losing Pitcher Bill Kunkel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Smith
Attendance 7,755
Time of Game 4 hours 7 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Freehan moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 15 Freehan takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 15 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 15 Bill Kunkel now pitching. Phillips strikes out.
Top 15 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Boyer trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Gibbs moves to second.
Top 15 Jake Gibbs pinch hits for Hal Reniff. Gibbs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Top 15 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 15 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 15 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out.
Top 14 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, and tags Pepitone. He's got Maris trapped. He throws to McAuliffe, and back to Cash, who tags Maris for the double play.
Top 14 Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 14 Terry Fox now pitching. Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Bruton hits a line drive towards the mound. Reniff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Mike Roarke pinch hits for Fred Gladding. Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Smith hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 13 Kubek is called out on strikes.
Top 13 Reniff takes first base on ball four.
Top 13 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Hector Lopez now playing left field. Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Reniff covering, for the out.
Top 12 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Jack Reed. Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pepitone moves to second.
Top 12 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 12 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Top 12 Bill Bruton now playing center field. Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tresh for the out.
Bottom 11 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kaline for the out.
Bottom 11 McAuliffe hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Jack Reed now playing left field. Bill Bruton pinch hits for George Thomas. Bruton is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Kubek is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Reniff bunts towards the mound. Gladding fields it and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to second.
Top 11 Jack Reed pinch runs for Johnny Blanchard. Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Fred Gladding now pitching. Blanchard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Gates Brown pinch hits for Mickey Lolich. Brown hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Freehan strikes out.
Top 10 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Pepitone hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Mickey Lolich now pitching. Maris bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to third. Tresh moves to second.
Top 10 Tresh takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to second.
Top 10 Richardson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Hal Reniff now pitching. Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubek for the out.
Top 9 Elston Howard pinch hits for Tom Metcalf. Howard hits a line drive towards short. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Berra strikes out.
Top 8 Pepitone hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Metcalf now pitching. Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Top 7 Mickey Mantle pinch hits for Al Downing. Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blanchard strikes out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Colavito hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Maris strikes out.
Top 6 Tresh hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Downing strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Blanchard. Freehan reaches second base with a double. Phillips scores. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 4 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Bunning covering, for the out.
Top 4 Blanchard takes first base on ball four. Pepitone moves to second.
Top 4 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pepitone takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first, with Bunning covering, for the out.
Top 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunning fields it and throws to home to get Blanchard. Boyer moves to third. Kubek moves to second.
Top 3 Kubek takes first base on ball four. Blanchard moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 3 Downing is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blanchard moves to second.
Top 3 Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freehan hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Berra for a passed ball. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Thomas. The throw from Berra and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tresh strikes out.
Top 1 Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.