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| First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Memorial Stadium, Attendance: 12,840 |
Saturday, August 18, 1956 Time of Game: 2:31 |
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Yankees
4
76-40
Won 1
1st
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Yankees 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 9 0
Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
W: Tom Sturdivant (11-6), L: Hal Brown (8-3) |
Orioles
1
51-63
Lost 1
6th, 25 GB
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New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details G McDougald SS 4 1 1 1 1 1 .311 .846 0 0 HR B Martin 2B 4 1 3 1 0 1 .294 .794 1 1 HR M Mantle CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .365 1.212 5 0 GDP Y Berra C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .290 .892 6 1 B Skowron 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .319 .942 6 0 HR E Howard LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .654 0 0 J Collins LF-1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .221 .644 3 0 H Bauer RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 .786 2 0 J Coleman 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .256 .586 4 2 SH T Sturdivant P 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 .659 0 1 Totals 34 4 9 0 2 3 27 5
Baltimore Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details B Gardner 2B-SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 .232 .631 1 3 B Boyd 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .857 12 0 CS D Williams CF-2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .296 .834 2 0 B Nieman LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .321 .957 2 0 HR T Francona RF-CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 .720 3 0 G Hatton 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .214 .577 0 2 T Gastall C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .188 .439 3 1 W Miranda SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .568 4 2 J Frazier PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .734 0 0 H Brown P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .639 0 1 G Kell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 .800 0 0 G Zuverink P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .284 0 0 Totals 32 1 6 0 2 5 27 9
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA T Sturdivant, W (11-6) 9 6 1 1 2 5 1 3.23 34 - · · 4·17· 1· 6 74 - 1.02 0.38 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 5 1 34 - · · 4·17· 1· 6 -
Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA H Brown, L (8-3) 8 8 4 4 2 3 3 3.74 33 - · · 10·10· 0· 8 51 - 0.81 -0.13 G Zuverink 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.02 4 - · · 2· 1· 0· 1 0-0 0.14 0.01 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 3 3 37 - · · 12·11· 0· 9 -
New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles 1. Gil McDougald SS 1. Billy Gardner 2B 2. Billy Martin 2B 2. Bob Boyd 1B 3. Mickey Mantle CF 3. Dick Williams CF 4. Yogi Berra C 4. Bob Nieman LF 5. Bill Skowron 1B 5. Tito Francona RF 6. Joe Collins LF 6. Grady Hatton 3B 7. Hank Bauer RF 7. Tom Gastall C 8. Jerry Coleman 3B 8. Willy Miranda SS 9. Tom Sturdivant P 9. Hal Brown P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t4 | 0 | --- | R | 13% | 63% | 1-1 | NYY | B. Skowron | H. Brown | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | R | 12% | 74% | 2-1 | NYY | B. Martin | H. Brown | Home Run | |
| b2 | 0 | --- | R | -11% | 45% | 0-1 | BAL | B. Nieman | T. Sturdivant | Home Run | |
| t1 | 0 | 12- | OO | -10% | 49% | 0-0 | NYY | M. Mantle | H. Brown | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; McDougald to 3B | |
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | 10% | 63% | 0-0 | NYY | H. Bauer | H. Brown | Single to LF; Collins to 3B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 3% | 53% | 0-0 | NYY | G. McDougald | H. Brown | Walk | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | 6% | 59% | 0-0 | NYY | B. Martin | H. Brown | Single to SS; McDougald to 2B | ||
| t1 | 0 | 12- | OO | -10% | 49% | 0-0 | NYY | M. Mantle | H. Brown | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; McDougald to 3B | |
| t1 | 2 | --3 | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | NYY | Y. Berra | H. Brown | Walk | ||
| t1 | 2 | 1-3 | O | -5% | 45% | 0-0 | NYY | B. Skowron | H. Brown | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 48% | 0-0 | BAL | B. Gardner | T. Sturdivant | Strikeout | |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 49% | 0-0 | BAL | B. Boyd | T. Sturdivant | Groundout: P-1B | |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | BAL | D. Williams | T. Sturdivant | Foul Flyball: 1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | NYY | J. Collins | H. Brown | Single to RF | ||
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | 10% | 63% | 0-0 | NYY | H. Bauer | H. Brown | Single to LF; Collins to 3B | ||
| t2 | 0 | 1-3 | RO | -1% | 63% | 0-0 | NYY | J. Coleman | H. Brown | Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; Collins Scores; Bauer to 2B | |
| t2 | 1 | -2- | O | -3% | 60% | 1-0 | NYY | T. Sturdivant | H. Brown | Groundout: P-1B; Bauer to 3B | |
| t2 | 2 | --3 | O | -3% | 56% | 1-0 | NYY | G. McDougald | H. Brown | Strikeout | |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | R | -11% | 45% | 0-1 | BAL | B. Nieman | T. Sturdivant | Home Run | |
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 47% | 1-1 | BAL | T. Francona | T. Sturdivant | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | -3% | 45% | 1-1 | BAL | G. Hatton | T. Sturdivant | Walk | ||
| b2 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3% | 48% | 1-1 | BAL | T. Gastall | T. Sturdivant | Strikeout | |
| b2 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 50% | 1-1 | BAL | W. Miranda | T. Sturdivant | Foul Flyball: C | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 1-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 1-1 | NYY | B. Martin | H. Brown | Strikeout | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 46% | 1-1 | NYY | M. Mantle | H. Brown | Flyball: RF | |
| t3 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 45% | 1-1 | NYY | Y. Berra | H. Brown | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Tied 1-1, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 47% | 1-1 | BAL | H. Brown | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: CF | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 1-1 | BAL | B. Gardner | T. Sturdivant | Strikeout | |
| b3 | 2 | --- | -1% | 47% | 1-1 | BAL | B. Boyd | T. Sturdivant | Single to RF | ||
| b3 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3% | 50% | 1-1 | BAL | D. Williams | T. Sturdivant | Boyd Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B) | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 1-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | R | 13% | 63% | 1-1 | NYY | B. Skowron | H. Brown | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 61% | 2-1 | NYY | J. Collins | H. Brown | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 59% | 2-1 | NYY | H. Bauer | H. Brown | Flyball: SS | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | 1% | 60% | 2-1 | NYY | J. Coleman | H. Brown | Single to LF | ||
| t4 | 2 | 1-- | O | -2% | 58% | 2-1 | NYY | T. Sturdivant | H. Brown | Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B | |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-2, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 61% | 1-2 | BAL | D. Williams | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: RF | |
| b4 | 1 | --- | -3% | 58% | 1-2 | BAL | B. Nieman | T. Sturdivant | Single to LF | ||
| b4 | 1 | 1-- | O | 4% | 61% | 1-2 | BAL | T. Francona | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: LF | |
| b4 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3% | 65% | 1-2 | BAL | G. Hatton | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 2-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 62% | 2-1 | NYY | G. McDougald | H. Brown | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | R | 12% | 74% | 2-1 | NYY | B. Martin | H. Brown | Home Run | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 73% | 3-1 | NYY | M. Mantle | H. Brown | Strikeout | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 72% | 3-1 | NYY | Y. Berra | H. Brown | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-3, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | -5% | 67% | 1-3 | BAL | T. Gastall | T. Sturdivant | Single to LF | ||
| b5 | 0 | 1-- | O | 5% | 72% | 1-3 | BAL | W. Miranda | T. Sturdivant | Strikeout | |
| b5 | 1 | 1-- | O | 4% | 76% | 1-3 | BAL | H. Brown | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: 3B | |
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3% | 79% | 1-3 | BAL | B. Gardner | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 77% | 3-1 | NYY | B. Skowron | H. Brown | Flyball: CF | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 76% | 3-1 | NYY | J. Collins | H. Brown | Flyball: RF | |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 75% | 3-1 | NYY | H. Bauer | H. Brown | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-3, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 79% | 1-3 | BAL | B. Boyd | T. Sturdivant | Strikeout | |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 81% | 1-3 | BAL | D. Williams | T. Sturdivant | Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 83% | 1-3 | BAL | B. Nieman | T. Sturdivant | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 81% | 3-1 | NYY | J. Coleman | H. Brown | Flyball: SS | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 80% | 3-1 | NYY | T. Sturdivant | H. Brown | Flyball: CF | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | R | 9% | 89% | 3-1 | NYY | G. McDougald | H. Brown | Home Run | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | 0% | 89% | 4-1 | NYY | B. Martin | H. Brown | Single to CF | ||
| t7 | 2 | 1-- | O | -1% | 88% | 4-1 | NYY | M. Mantle | H. Brown | Flyball: 1B | |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-4, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | -5% | 83% | 1-4 | BAL | T. Francona | T. Sturdivant | Single to RF | ||
| b7 | 0 | 1-- | O | 4% | 88% | 1-4 | BAL | G. Hatton | T. Sturdivant | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| b7 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3% | 91% | 1-4 | BAL | T. Gastall | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: LF | |
| Joe Frazier pinch hits for Willy Miranda (SS) batting 8th | |||||||||||
| b7 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 93% | 1-4 | BAL | J. Frazier | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: 1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 4-1, Orioles' Hal Brown facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Williams moves from CF to 2B; Billy Gardner moves from 2B to SS; Tito Francona moves from RF to CF; Joe Frazier moves from PH to RF | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 93% | 4-1 | NYY | Y. Berra | H. Brown | Flyball: CF | |
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 92% | 4-1 | NYY | B. Skowron | H. Brown | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t8 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 92% | 4-1 | NYY | J. Collins | H. Brown | Flyball: SS | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-4, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Joe Collins moves from LF to 1B; Elston Howard replaces Bill Skowron (1B) playing LF batting 5th; George Kell pinch hits for Hal Brown (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 95% | 1-4 | BAL | G. Kell | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: CF | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | -3% | 92% | 1-4 | BAL | B. Gardner | T. Sturdivant | Walk | ||
| b8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3% | 95% | 1-4 | BAL | B. Boyd | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: 1B | |
| b8 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 97% | 1-4 | BAL | D. Williams | T. Sturdivant | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 4-1, Orioles' George Zuverink facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| George Zuverink replaces George Kell (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 4-1 | NYY | H. Bauer | G. Zuverink | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 96% | 4-1 | NYY | J. Coleman | G. Zuverink | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t9 | 2 | --- | 0% | 96% | 4-1 | NYY | T. Sturdivant | G. Zuverink | Single to RF | ||
| t9 | 2 | 1-- | O | -0% | 96% | 4-1 | NYY | G. McDougald | G. Zuverink | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-4, Yankees' Tom Sturdivant facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 98% | 1-4 | BAL | B. Nieman | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: CF | |
| b9 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 100% | 1-4 | BAL | T. Francona | T. Sturdivant | Flyball: CF | |
| b9 | 2 | --- | -1% | 99% | 1-4 | BAL | G. Hatton | T. Sturdivant | Single to RF | ||
| b9 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1% | 100% | 1-4 | BAL | T. Gastall | T. Sturdivant | Lineout: 3B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 1. | |||||||||||
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