Yankees @ Senators
July 4, 1968

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Yankees 2 9 1
Senators 4 6 2
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Yankees 2 9 1
Senators 4 6 2

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .243
OBP .750 .411
At Bats 2 202
Hits 1 49
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 2 59
RBI’s 0 29

Dennis Higgins Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 3
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Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - July 4, 1968
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Walk
Dennis Higgins
Jim French
Gary Holman
Frank Coggins
Ken McMullen
Ed Brinkman
Cap Peterson
Del Unser
Ed Stroud
Mickey Mantle
Roy White
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mantle takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cap Peterson now playing left field. Gary Holman now playing first base. Clarke strikes out.
Bottom 8 McMullen hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Peterson. The throw from Gibbs and he is out, Clarke applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Cap Peterson pinch hits for Mike Epstein. Peterson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Stroud scores.
Bottom 8 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Hamilton now pitching. Stroud hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Robinson who is chasing the ball. Stroud reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Charley Smith pinch hits for Joe Verbanic. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. French settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Gibbs moves to third. Cox moves to second.
Top 8 Dennis Higgins now pitching. Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kosco scores. Gibbs moves to second.
Top 8 Gibbs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kosco moves to third.
Top 8 Kosco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tresh strikes out.
Bottom 7 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hannan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Joe Verbanic now pitching. Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a line drive into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coggins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Robinson moves to third.
Top 7 Dick Howser pinch hits for Stan Bahnsen. Howser takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brinkman.
Bottom 6 Coggins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 French hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howard tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 McMullen is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Howard moves to third. Epstein moves to second.
Bottom 6 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mantle fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mantle. Stroud scores. Howard moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Howard is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Stroud hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Robinson. Stroud reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Unser bunts towards the mound. Bahnsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cox strikes out.
Top 6 Gibbs takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kosco hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kosco for the out. Mantle moves to third.
Top 6 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Unser. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hannan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brinkman hits a line drive into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Coggins bunts towards the mound. Bahnsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a popup towards first. Epstein reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Clarke attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Top 5 Clarke hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bahnsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 French strikes out.
Bottom 4 McMullen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Epstein hits a fly ball into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Top 4 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gibbs hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stroud hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kosco who is chasing the ball. Stroud reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 There goes Unser. The throw from Gibbs and he is out, Tresh applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hannan strikes out.
Top 3 Kosco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Tresh strikes out.
Top 3 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 3 White takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to second.
Top 3 Hannan fires over to first, and they've got Clarke trapped. There's the throw to Brinkman, who drops the ball. That's an error on Brinkman.
Top 3 Clarke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bahnsen hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Coggins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 French hits a popup towards first. Mantle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kosco strikes out.
Bottom 1 McMullen hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Unser scores. Stroud moves to third.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stroud hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kosco. Stroud reaches second base with a double. Unser moves to third.
Bottom 1 Unser takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops it up and throws to first, with Hannan covering, for the out.