Tigers @ Yankees
August 23, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 11 0
Yankees 3 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 11 0
Yankees 3 6 1

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .227
OBP .000 .390
At Bats 0 339
Hits 0 77
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 91
RBI’s 0 44

John Hiller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 2
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Yankee Stadium - August 23, 1968
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Single
John Hiller
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Dick Tracewski
Don Wert
Ray Oyler
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Jim Northrup
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mickey Mantle pinch hits for Gene Michael. Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cox for the out.
Top 9 Oyler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Northrup is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Bobby Cox now playing third base. Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a popup towards short. Oyler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kosco hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Hiller now pitching. Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lasher hits a line drive towards third. Smith catches it and throws to first to double up Tracewski.
Top 8 Tracewski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Freehan moves to second.
Top 8 Freehan is hit by the pitch. Cash moves to second.
Top 8 Wert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Howser hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gibbs hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Willie Horton now playing left field. Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Jim Northrup now playing right field. Bill Freehan now catching. RMichael hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Willie Horton pinch hits for Gates Brown. Horton is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Top 7 Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Steve Hamilton now pitching. Jake Gibbs now catching. Lasher strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rocky Colavito pinch hits for Frank Fernandez. Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fred Lasher now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pepitone moves to third. Kosco moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kosco hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Price fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pepitone moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tracewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Price hits a line drive towards third. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fred Talbot now pitching. Wert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Fernandez scores. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 5 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tom Tresh pinch hits for Joe Verbanic. Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Price fields it and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cash hits a line drive into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Northrup moves to second.
Top 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanley tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Northrup hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Top 5 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Verbanic fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Verbanic.
Top 5 Sparma strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kosco strikes out. There goes Pepitone. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 4 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Top 4 Tracewski is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Price hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wert bunts towards first. Kosco scoops it up and throws to first, with Howser covering, for the out. Cash moves to second.
Top 4 Cash hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Verbanic hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kosco scoops it up and throws to first, with Verbanic covering, for the out.
Top 3 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Northrup hits a line drive into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tracewski scores. Stanley moves to second.
Top 3 Sparma bunts towards first. Kosco scoops it up and throws to first, with Howser covering, for the out. Tracewski moves to second.
Top 3 Tracewski hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kosco hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pepitone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Price settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Price hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brown hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Verbanic fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanley moves to second.
Top 1 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.