Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Bob Cerv's pinch two run single in the 9th rallied the Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Tribe.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 New York Yankees 6/24/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
A.Smith 3B,RF 4 0 1 0 .316 G.McDougald 2B 3 0 0 0 .256
B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .286 E-B.Cerv PH,CF 2 0 1 2 .382
L.Doby CF 5 1 1 1 .304 H.Bauer RF 3 0 1 0 .274
A.Rosen 1B 4 0 2 0 .267 M.Mantle CF,SS 4 0 0 0 .320
A-H.Majeski 3B 1 0 0 0 .163 Y.Berra C 4 1 2 1 .242
G.Woodling LF 4 1 3 0 .301 B.Skowron 1B 4 0 0 0 .320
D.Philley RF 4 1 2 1 .298 I.Noren LF 2 0 1 0 .226
B-J.Altobelli 1B 1 0 0 0 .143 G-E.Howard PH 1 1 0 0 .352
G.Strickland SS 4 0 1 0 .232 A.Carey 3B 4 1 1 1 .290
H.Naragon C 3 0 1 1 .350 B.Hunter SS 2 0 0 0 .239
M.Garcia P 4 0 0 0 .167 C-E.Robinson PH 0 0 0 0 .198
B.Wight P 0 0 0 01.000 F-P.Rizzuto 2B 0 1 0 0 .108
D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Kucks P 2 0 0 0 .095
T.Sturdivant P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-J.Collins PH 1 0 1 0 .208
B.Wiesler P 0 0 0 0 .000
H-C.Silvera PH 0 0 0 0 .364
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Totals 38 3 12 3 Totals 32 4 7 4
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Rosen In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Philley In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sturdivant In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For McDougald In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Robinson In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Noren In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Wiesler In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 4 7 0
Indians (42-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia 7 4 1 1 3 5 1 2.99
B.Wight HOLD(3rd) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2.74
D.Mossi LOSS(4-4) BS(3rd) 0 1/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.31
Totals 8 2/3 7 4 4 5 6 1
Yankees (47-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kucks 6 2/3 11 3 3 3 4 1 4.44
T.Sturdivant 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.18
B.Wiesler WIN(4-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.29
Totals 9 12 3 3 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 28,129 DATE- Friday, June 24th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:12 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- G.Woodling(10th), D.Philley(5th), H.Naragon(7th)
TRIPLES- A.Carey(9th)
HOME RUNS- L.Doby(19th), Y.Berra(15th)
WALKS- A.Smith, B.Avila, G.Woodling, H.Naragon, H.Bauer, I.Noren, E.Robinson,
P.Rizzuto, C.Silvera
STRIKE OUTS- A.Smith-2, J.Altobelli, M.Garcia-2, G.McDougald-2, H.Bauer,
M.Mantle-2, A.Carey
GIDP- L.Doby, A.Carey
WILD PITCHES- J.Kucks-2
PASSED BALLS- Y.Berra
With the crowd on their collective feet, screaming at the top of their lungs,
New York Yankees rallied to top Cleveland Indians by the score of 4 to
3.
New York came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning with 3 runs
utilizing 3 base hits. Yogi Berra opened up the inning nicely when he
smacked a single. Two outs later Andy Carey came up and he tripled plating a
run. Phil Rizzuto then drew a walk. Charlie Silvera followed and he drew a
walk to load the bases. Bob Cerv stepped into the box and laced a base-knock
making New York victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd.
Although they lost, Cleveland did out-hit New York 12 to 7.
The victory went to Bob Wiesler(4-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs. The
losing pitcher was Don Mossi(4-4) in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 2
hits in 1/3 of an inning.
Casey Stengel was ebullient after the game, 'It's great to win a hard fought
game like that. Our guys just weren't going to be denied. And did you see
the fans - they were going wild! Yes sir, a very enjoyable win tonight!'
