Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Don Larsen pitched a 3 hit shutout as the Yankees upended the Tigers 7-0.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Detroit Tigers At 1955 New York Yankees 9/14/1955
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .308 H.Bauer RF 5 0 0 1 .286
B.Tuttle CF 4 0 0 0 .259 G.McDougald 3B 4 1 1 1 .252
A.Kaline RF 4 0 0 0 .333 Y.Berra C 4 2 3 2 .245
E.Torgeson 1B 2 0 1 0 .267 M.Mantle CF 3 2 2 3 .308
R.Boone 3B 4 0 0 0 .259 J.Collins 1B 4 0 1 0 .257
C.Maxwell LF 2 0 0 0 .340 I.Noren LF 4 0 3 0 .234
F.House C 4 0 1 0 .256 B.Martin 2B 3 0 2 0 .333
F.Hatfield 2B 4 0 0 0 .269 D.Larsen P 4 1 1 0 .176
N.Garver P 1 0 0 0 .135 P.Rizzuto SS 3 1 0 0 .188
A-B.Phillips PH 1 0 0 0 .208
S.Gromek P 0 0 0 0 .140
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Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 34 7 13 7
A-Pinch Hit For Garver In 7th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
Yankees......... 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 7 13 1
Tigers (74-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
N.Garver LOSS(15-11) 6 12 7 7 1 4 4 3.68
S.Gromek 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.47
Totals 8 13 7 7 1 6 4
Yankees (89-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Larsen WIN(9-2) 9 3 0 0 4 6 0 2.28
Totals 9 3 0 0 4 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 27,717 DATE- Wednesday, September 14th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- John Rice, Joe Paparella, Jim Honochick, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- N.Garver, H.Bauer
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(37th), Y.Berra(22nd), I.Noren(17th)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra-2(29th), M.Mantle-2(47th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Martin-2
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Martin, P.Rizzuto
WALKS- E.Torgeson-2, C.Maxwell, N.Garver, M.Mantle
HIT BY PITCH- C.Maxwell
STRIKE OUTS- B.Tuttle, R.Boone-3, F.House, F.Hatfield, H.Bauer-2, G.McDougald,
J.Collins, D.Larsen, P.Rizzuto
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Hank Bauer robbed Charlie Maxwell of an extra base hit.
Catcher Yogi Berra cracked 2 homeruns and Don Larsen allowed 3 hits while
blanking Detroit as the dominant New York Yankees outscored the Detroit
Tigers 7 to 0.
Berra made sure the New York fans enjoyed themselves. He ripped a solo home
run in the 1st inning, doubled in the 2nd inning and lofted a solo-blast
'downtown' (his 29th of the season) in the 6th inning. New York had a total
of 13 hits for the game.
For Larsen(9-2) it was his 3rd shutout this year. Ned Garver(15-11) was given
the loss. He served up 4 homeruns in his 6 innings.