Orioles @ Yankees
August 12, 1956

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Orioles 1 5 0
Yankees 6 6 0
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Yankees 6 6 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .252
OBP .333 .333
At Bats 2 290
Hits 0 73
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 36
RBI’s 0 46

Don Larsen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 1
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Yankee Stadium - August 12, 1956
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Strikeout
Don Larsen
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Jerry Coleman
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Tito Francona
Dick Williams
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Francona strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Palica hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Martin bunts towards the mound. Palica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Coleman strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Coleman out.
Top 6 Miranda hits a popup towards short. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Frazier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to second for the out. Gardner moves to third.
Top 6 Nieman takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to second.
Top 6 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Skowron. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Skowron steals second.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mantle strikes out.
Top 5 Francona strikes out.
Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Palica strikes out.
Top 5 Miranda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a line drive towards first. Francona reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Frazier hits a line drive towards short. Coleman catches it and steps on second to double up Smith.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Larsen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hal Smith now catching. Howard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gardner hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bauer tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Larsen scores. Bauer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Erv Palica now pitching. Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Coleman tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Larsen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Frazier. Larsen reaches second base with a double. Coleman moves to third.
Bottom 2 Coleman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ferrarese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Miranda strikes out.
Top 2 Hatton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carey strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Skowron. The throw from Triandos and he is out, Gardner applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Martin scores. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin moves to third.
Bottom 1 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Billy Gardner now playing second base. Grady Hatton now playing third base. Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Frazier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Triandos takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Gardner. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Gardner steals second.
Top 1 Billy Gardner pinch runs for George Kell. Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Williams moves to third.
Top 1 Kell is hit by the pitch. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Francona is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.