Orioles @ Yankees
August 20, 1955

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Orioles	1	2	0
Yankees	0	0	1

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Orioles	1	2	0
Yankees	0	0	1

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.298
OBP	.000	.346
At Bats	0	208
Hits	0	62
• Singles	0	42
• Doubles	0	6
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	9
Walks	0	16
RBI’s	0	29

Bill Wight Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	4	1

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Yankee Stadium - August 20, 1955

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Strikeout

Bill Wight

Hal Smith

Gus Triandos

Fred Marsh

Wayne Causey

Willie Miranda

Dave Philley

Chuck Diering

Cal Abrams

Elston Howard

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Howard strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Wight bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Top 2 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Bauer strikes out.

Top 1 Marsh hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Smith reaches second base with a double. Causey scores. Triandos moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Triandos takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Philley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Abrams bunts towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Abrams for the out. Causey moves to second.

Top 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron juggles the ball. That's an error on Skowron.

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