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August 12, 1956

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Orioles 2 10 1
Yankees 4 7 2
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Yankees 4 7 2

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .254
OBP .500 .334
At Bats 4 295
Hits 2 75
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 46

Tom Morgan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 10
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Yankee Stadium - August 12, 1956
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Single
Tom Morgan
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Billy Hunter
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Collins now playing first base. Tom Gastall pinch hits for Bill Wight. Gastall hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pyburn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Nieman strikes out.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Williams fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Williams makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Williams. Martin scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Berra bunts towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to second.
Bottom 6 Martin bunts towards third. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hal Smith now catching. Dick Williams now playing second base. Tito Francona now playing right field. Gus Triandos now playing first base. Jim PyHunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bob Hale pinch hits for Willie Miranda. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Top 5 Tom Morgan now pitching. Gardner hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra juggles the ball. That's an error on Berra. Nieman scores. Triandos moves to third. Pyburn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Jim Pyburn pinch hits for Grady Hatton. Pyburn takes first base on ball four. Nieman moves to third. Triandos moves to second.
Top 5 Triandos takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 The ball gets by Berra for a passed ball. Francona scores. Nieman moves to second.
Top 5 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona moves to third.
Top 5 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Hal Smith pinch hits for Joe Frazier. Smith strikes out.
Top 5 Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Francona reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Berra settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Berra.
Top 4 Wight hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Gardner moves to second.
Top 4 Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatton for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Berra reaches third base with a triple. Frazier throws the ball in to Triandos who tags Berra trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hunter scores. Bauer goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer takes first base on ball four. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 3 Turley hits a popup towards first. Francona settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Triandos hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Frazier hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Francona. The throw from Berra and he is out, Martin applying the tag.
Top 3 Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wight hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Gardner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Gardner reaches second base with a double. Hatton moves to third.
Top 2 Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Frazier moves to third.
Top 1 Frazier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.