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September 7, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 6 15 2
Yankees 5 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 6 15 2
Yankees 5 7 0

Yogi Berra Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .291
OBP .750 .371
At Bats 3 461
Hits 2 134
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 27
Walks 0 57
RBI’s 4 87

Hal Griggs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 0
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Yankee Stadium - September 7, 1956
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Out
Hal Griggs
Clint Courtney
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Eddie Yost
Jose Valdivielso
Roy Sievers
Whitey Herzog
Jim Lemon
Yogi Berra

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 6 15 2 12
New York Yankees 5 7 0 8
Winning Pitcher Bunky Stewart
Losing Pitcher Tom Morgan
Save Hal Griggs
Game Winning RBI Whitey Herzog
Attendance 16,853
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Griggs strikes out.
Top 9 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Plews hits a line drive towards first. Skowron catches it and steps on first to double up Lemon.
Top 9 Bob Turley now pitching. Billy Hunter now playing shortstop. Gil McDougald now playing second base. Jerry Coleman now playing third base. Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Bauer hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Carroll pinch runs for Irv Noren. Norm Siebern pinch hits for Don Larsen. Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDougald moves to third.
Bottom 8 Irv Noren pinch hits for Andy Carey. Noren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Martin bunts towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Plews covering, for the out. McDougald moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jose Valdivielso now playing shortstop. Hal Griggs now pitching. McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Courtney hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sievers hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to third. Herzog moves to second.
Top 8 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Oravetz scores. Yost moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Yost is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Bunky Stewart. Don Larsen now pitching. Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oravetz moves to third.
Top 8 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Tony Roig. Oravetz hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Oravetz reaches second base with a double. Plews goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Tom Morgan now pitching. Plews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Mantle moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a fly ball towards right. Lemon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lemon. Bauer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Collins pinch hits for Tommy Byrne. Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lemon hits a popup in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels scores. Sievers scores.
Top 7 Sievers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Sievers reaches second base with a double. Runnels moves to third.
Top 7 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Herzog 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 7 Yost hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a line drive towards first. Runnels catches it and steps on first to double up McDougald.
Bottom 6 Bunky Stewart now pitching. McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Roig.
Top 6 Lou Berberet pinch hits for Bob Chakales. Berberet hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roig is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Plews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Courtney hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chakales scores. Runnels moves to second.
Top 5 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Chakales moves to second.
Top 5 Herzog is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Yost hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chakales hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Slaughter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kucks bunts towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Plews covering, for the out. Carey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Roig hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Plews hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sievers scores. Courtney moves to second.
Top 4 Lemon strikes out.
Top 4 Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sievers moves to second.
Top 4 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Runnels is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a popup in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 3 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels fields the ball and throws to Chakales covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Kucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Herzog. The throw from Berra and he is out, McDougald applying the tag.
Top 3 Herzog takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chakales hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McDougald is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Roig hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Plews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second.
Top 2 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Courtney hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Runnels 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 1 Herzog takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Yost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.