1956 New York Yankees Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1956 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957)
97-57, Finished 1st in American League
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World Series Champs
Scored 857 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56
Managed by Casey Stengel

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,491,784 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 93
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over Brooklyn Dodgers

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Game Results

Season Summary   97-57 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 9.0
Days in First:                 136 (last on September 30, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          42 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                 11.5 (last on September 15)
Farthest Behind Leader:        1.0 (last on April 19)

Longest Winning Streak:         11 (July 4 to July 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 31 to August 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (June 9)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (September 8)

Longest Game:                   14 innings (July 27)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        97  57     857     631    .630

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           49  28     412     303    .636
Road           48  29     445     328    .623

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   3      78      51    .727
May            21  10     178     121    .677
June           15  12     130     123    .556
July           23   6     198     118    .793
August         16  15     142     121    .516
September      14  11     131      97    .560

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     52  26     446     327    .667
Second Half    45  31     411     304    .592

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     6   6      59      64    .500
Full Games     90  51     794     567    .638
Shortened       1   0       4       0   1.000

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  19     136     137    .486

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        34  12     382     215    .739

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL            13   9     104      76    .591
BOS            14   8     129      93    .636
CHW            13   9     100      94    .591
CLE            12  10     103      92    .545
DET            10  12     111      99    .455
KCA            18   4     158      93    .818
WSH            17   5     152      84    .773

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 17 box NYY @WSH  W  10-4        1-0     1    Tied  2:38 D Larsen     C Pascual     27,837 +
  2 Wed, Apr 18 box NYY @WSH  W   9-5        2-0     1    Tied  2:42 J Kucks      B Wiesler      5,206 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 19 box NYY @WSH  L   3-7        2-1     4     1.0  2:33 C Stobbs     M McDermott    2,778 -
  4 Fri, Apr 20 box NYY  BOS  W   7-1        3-1     2     0.5  2:31 W Ford       W Nixon       17,543 +
  5 Sat, Apr 21 box NYY  BOS  W  14-10       4-1     1  up 0.5  3:44 T Byrne      T Hurd        26,644 ++
  6 Sun, Apr 22 box NYY  BOS  W  13-6        5-1     1  up 0.5  2:46 B Grim       F Baumann     35,204 +++
  7 Tue, Apr 24 box NYY  WSH  W   4-1        6-1     1  up 1.0  1:51 J Kucks      C Stobbs       4,377 ++++
  8 Wed, Apr 25 box NYY @BAL  W   4-2        7-1     1  up 1.5  2:32 W Ford       E Palica      13,753 +++++
  9 Thu, Apr 26 box NYY @BAL  L   5-7        7-2     1  up 1.0  2:30 J Wilson     T Morgan       6,250 -
 10 Fri, Apr 27 box NYY @BOS  W   5-2        8-2     1  up 1.0  2:36 D Larsen     T Brewer      12,626 +
 11 Sat, Apr 28 box NYY @BOS  L   4-6        8-3     1  up 0.5  2:57 D Sisler     B Turley      27,357 -
 12 Tue, May  1 box NYY  DET  W   9-2        9-3     1  up 1.5  2:17 W Ford       S Gromek       6,771 +
 13 Wed, May  2 box NYY  DET  L   1-8        9-4     1  up 1.0  2:40 F Lary       J Kucks        5,318 -
 14 Thu, May  3 box NYY  KCA  L   7-8        9-5     1  up 0.5  2:18 M Burtschy   T Morgan       4,308 --
 15 Fri, May  4 box NYY  KCA  W  10-6       10-5     1  up 1.0  2:48 B Grim       J Crimian      5,318 +
 16 Sat, May  5 box NYY  KCA  W   5-2       11-5     1  up 1.5  2:20 M McDermott  L Kretlow     12,773 ++
 17 Sun, May  6 box NYY  CHW  W   4-0       12-5     1  up 2.5  2:15 W Ford       J Harshman    49,016 +++
 18             box NYY  CHW  W   4-0       13-5     1  up 2.5  2:23 R Coleman    H Byrd        49,016 ++++
 19 Tue, May  8 box NYY  CLE  W   4-3       14-5     1  up 3.5  2:14 J Kucks      E Wynn         8,794 +++++
 20 Wed, May  9 box NYY  CLE  L   5-6       14-6     1  up 2.5  2:50 H Score      T Morgan      12,225 -
 21 Thu, May 10 box NYY  CLE  L   2-7       14-7     1  up 2.0  2:59 B Lemon      M McDermott   10,382 --
 22 Fri, May 11 box NYY  BAL  W   3-2       15-7     1  up 2.0  2:23 W Ford       E Palica      13,991 +
 23 Sat, May 12 box NYY  BAL  L   0-1       15-8     1  up 1.0  2:14 D Ferrarese  B Turley       9,854 -
 24 Sun, May 13 box NYY  BAL  W  11-2       16-8     1  up 1.0  2:45 D Larsen     R Moore       21,935 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25             box NYY  BAL  L   1-5       16-9     1  up 1.0  2:32 B Wight      T Sturdivant  21,935 -
 26 Mon, May 14 box NYY @CLE  L   2-3       16-10    1    Tied  2:22 B Lemon      J Kucks       18,950 --
 27 Wed, May 16 box NYY @CLE  W   4-1       17-10    1  up 1.0  3:06 T Morgan     M Garcia       6,263 +
 28 Thu, May 17 box NYY @CHW  W  10-3       18-10    1  up 1.5  2:43 W Ford       J Harshman    10,335 ++
 29 Fri, May 18 box NYY @CHW  W   8-7 (10)  19-10    1  up 2.5  3:30 T Sturdivant D Howell      36,192 +++
 30 Sat, May 19 box NYY @CHW  W   6-4       20-10    1  up 2.5  2:47 B Turley     H Pollet      17,294 ++++
 31 Sun, May 20 box NYY @KCA  W   4-2       21-10    1  up 2.0  2:16 J Kucks      J Crimian     32,457 +++++
 32 Mon, May 21 box NYY @KCA  W   8-5       22-10    1  up 2.5  2:53 T Sturdivant J Santiago    13,799 ++++++
 33 Tue, May 22 box NYY @DET  L   2-3       22-11    1  up 2.5  2:33 F Lary       W Ford         9,503 -
 34 Wed, May 23 box NYY @DET  W  13-5       23-11    1  up 2.5  3:09 T Byrne      B Hoeft        9,566 +
 35 Thu, May 24 box NYY @DET  W  11-4       24-11    1  up 3.0  3:01 T Sturdivant D Maas         8,305 ++
 36 Fri, May 25 box NYY @BAL  W  10-2       25-11    1  up 4.0  2:29 J Kucks      D Ferrarese   37,070 +++
 37 Sat, May 26 box NYY @BAL  L   4-9       25-12    1  up 3.5  3:00 B Wight      M McDermott   26,069 -
 38 Mon, May 28 box NYY  BOS  W   2-0       26-12    1  up 4.5  1:49 W Ford       F Sullivan    35,454 +
 39 Tue, May 29 box NYY  BOS  L   3-7       26-13    1  up 4.0  2:19 W Nixon      D Larsen      10,708 -
 40 Wed, May 30 box NYY  WSH  W   4-3       27-13    1  up 6.0  2:36 J Kucks      P Ramos       29,825 +
 41             box NYY  WSH  W  12-5       28-13    1  up 6.0  3:10 B Turley     C Pascual     29,825 ++
 42 Thu, May 31 box NYY  WSH  W   9-6       29-13    1  up 6.5  2:43 T Morgan     C Stobbs       5,558 +++
 43 Fri, Jun  1 box NYY  DET  L   3-6       29-14    1  up 6.5  2:32 F Lary       T Byrne       21,763 -
 44 Sun, Jun  3 box NYY  DET  L   3-6       29-15    1  up 4.5  3:08 B Hoeft      W Ford        40,911 --
 45             box NYY  DET  L   4-7 (10)  29-16    1  up 4.5  2:44 A Aber       T Morgan      40,911 ---
 46 Tue, Jun  5 box NYY  KCA  L   4-7       29-17    1  up 3.5  2:23 L Kretlow    J Kucks       15,053 ----
 47 Wed, Jun  6 box NYY  KCA  W  10-5       30-17    1  up 3.5  2:41 B Grim       T Lasorda      8,044 +
 48 Thu, Jun  7 box NYY  KCA  W   9-1       31-17    1  up 4.5  2:42 B Turley     A Kellner      8,001 ++
 49 Fri, Jun  8 box NYY  CLE  L   0-9       31-18    1  up 3.5  2:57 E Wynn       W Ford        50,812 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  9 box NYY  CLE  L   8-15      31-19    1  up 2.5  3:47 B Daley      T Morgan      31,419 --
 51 Sun, Jun 10 box NYY  CLE  W   6-0       32-19    1  up 3.5  2:25 J Kucks      B Lemon       47,465 +
 52 Tue, Jun 12 box NYY  CHW  W   4-2       33-19    1  up 4.5  2:11 W Ford       D Donovan     34,662 ++
 53 Wed, Jun 13 box NYY  CHW  L   5-7       33-20    1  up 4.0  3:15 H Pollet     R Coleman     11,822 -
 54 Thu, Jun 14 box NYY  CHW  W   5-1       34-20    1  up 5.0  2:19 B Grim       J Wilson       9,315 +
 55 Fri, Jun 15 box NYY @CLE  W   6-2       35-20    1  up 5.0  2:10 J Kucks      M Garcia      34,025 ++
 56 Sat, Jun 16 box NYY @CLE  W   3-1       36-20    1  up 5.0  2:35 T Sturdivant H Score       40,964 +++
 57 Sun, Jun 17 box NYY @CLE  W   9-4       37-20    1  up 5.5  3:01 R Coleman    E Wynn        41,765 ++++
 58 Mon, Jun 18 box NYY @DET  W   7-4       38-20    1  up 5.5  2:42 D Larsen     P Foytack     12,072 +++++
 59 Tue, Jun 19 box NYY @DET  W   5-3       39-20    1  up 5.5  2:48 T Byrne      F Lary        13,305 ++++++
 60 Wed, Jun 20 box NYY @DET  W   4-1       40-20    1  up 5.5  2:11 J Kucks      B Hoeft       47,756 +++++++
 61 Fri, Jun 22 box NYY @CHW  L   4-5 (12)  40-21    1  up 4.0  3:55 S Consuegra  R Coleman     48,346 -
 62 Sat, Jun 23 box NYY @CHW  L   0-2       40-22    1  up 3.0  2:22 J Wilson     B Grim        29,832 --
 63 Sun, Jun 24 box NYY @CHW  L   2-14      40-23    1  up 1.0  2:38 B Pierce     W Ford             0 ---
 64             box NYY @CHW  L   3-6       40-24    1  up 1.0  2:40 J Staley     M McDermott   47,255 ----
 65 Mon, Jun 25 box NYY @KCA  W   9-3       41-24    1  up 1.5  2:29 J Kucks      T Herriage    24,642 +
 66 Tue, Jun 26 box NYY @KCA  W   8-4       42-24    1  up 1.5  2:12 W Ford       T Gorman      25,070 ++
 67 Wed, Jun 27 box NYY @KCA  W   5-2       43-24    1  up 2.5  2:42 T Sturdivant A Ditmar      21,183 +++
 68 Fri, Jun 29 box NYY  WSH  W   3-1       44-24    1  up 3.0  2:27 B Grim       P Ramos       20,528 ++++
 69 Sat, Jun 30 box NYY  WSH  L   1-5       44-25    1  up 2.0  2:31 C Stobbs     J Kucks       13,535 -
 70 Sun, Jul  1 box NYY  WSH  W   3-2       45-25    1  up 4.0  2:51 T Morgan     C Pascual          0 +
 71             box NYY  WSH  W   8-6       46-25    1  up 4.0  3:00 T Sturdivant B Byerly      25,702 ++
 72 Tue, Jul  3 box NYY  BAL  W   4-3 (12)  47-25    1  up 3.5  4:19 T Sturdivant G Zuverink    11,608 +++
 73 Wed, Jul  4 box NYY @BOS  L   6-7 (11)  47-26    1  up 3.5  3:15 L Kiely      T Sturdivant       0 -
 74             box NYY @BOS  W   9-4       48-26    1  up 3.5       D Larsen     M Parnell     34,594 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul  5 box NYY @BOS  W   6-1       49-26    1  up 4.0  2:16 W Ford       B Porterfiel  15,860 ++
 76 Fri, Jul  6 box NYY @WSH  W   8-4       50-26    1  up 4.0  2:53 B Turley     B Wiesler     12,513 +++
 77 Sat, Jul  7 box NYY @WSH  W   8-3       51-26    1  up 5.0  2:49 M McDermott  C Pascual     11,927 ++++
 78 Sun, Jul  8 box NYY @WSH  W   8-2       52-26    1  up 6.5  3:11 J Kucks      C Stobbs      14,975 +++++
 79 Thu, Jul 12 box NYY  CLE  W   9-5       53-26    1  up 7.5  3:13 J Kucks      B Lemon       24,329 ++++++
 80 Fri, Jul 13 box NYY  CLE  W  10-0       54-26    1  up 8.5  2:25 T Sturdivant E Wynn        40,664 +++++++
 81 Sat, Jul 14 box NYY  CLE  W   5-4 (10)  55-26    1  up 9.5  3:31 T Byrne      D Mossi       27,358 ++++++++
 82 Sun, Jul 15 box NYY  CHW  W   2-1       56-26    1  up10.5  2:07 W Ford       B Pierce           0 +++++++++
 83             box NYY  CHW  W   6-5 (10)  57-26    1  up10.5  3:35 J Kucks      J Wilson      61,351 ++++++++++
 84 Tue, Jul 17 box NYY  DET  W   4-0       58-26    1  up10.5  2:16 J Kucks      B Hoeft       26,266 +++++++++++
 85 Wed, Jul 18 box NYY  DET  L   4-8       58-27    1  up 9.5  2:40 P Foytack    T Sturdivant       0 -
 86             box NYY  DET  L   3-4       58-28    1  up 9.5  2:35 F Lary       M McDermott   23,169 --
 87 Thu, Jul 19 box NYY  DET  W   7-3       59-28    1  up10.5  2:52 T Byrne      D Maas        11,099 +
 88 Fri, Jul 20 box NYY  KCA  W   6-2       60-28    1  up11.0  2:20 W Ford       J McMahan     16,103 ++
 89 Sun, Jul 22 box NYY  KCA  L   4-7       60-29    1  up 9.5  3:00 A Ditmar     J Kucks            0 -
 90             box NYY  KCA  W  13-4       61-29    1  up 9.5  2:40 R Coleman    T Gorman      26,923 +
 91 Tue, Jul 24 box NYY @CHW  L   5-11      61-30    1  up 8.5  2:54 B Pierce     T Sturdivant  33,316 -
 92 Wed, Jul 25 box NYY @CHW  W  10-1       62-30    1  up 8.5  2:45 W Ford       D Donovan     34,745 +
 93 Thu, Jul 26 box NYY @CHW  W   8-5       63-30    1  up 8.5  3:12 D Larsen     J Harshman    26,741 ++
 94 Fri, Jul 27 box NYY @KCA  W  10-9 (14)  64-30    1  up 8.5  4:47 T Byrne      W Burnette    30,034 +++
 95 Sat, Jul 28 box NYY @KCA  W  14-3       65-30    1  up 9.5  2:33 T Sturdivant A Kellner     32,335 ++++
 96 Sun, Jul 29 box NYY @KCA  W   5-3       66-30    1  up 9.0  2:44 B Turley     A Ditmar      20,357 +++++
 97 Mon, Jul 30 box NYY @CLE  W  13-6       67-30    1  up10.0  2:33 W Ford       B Lemon       22,659 ++++++
 98 Tue, Jul 31 box NYY @CLE  L   0-5       67-31    1  up 9.0  2:07 E Wynn       J Kucks       29,619 -
 99 Wed, Aug  1 box NYY @CLE  L   1-5       67-32    1  up 8.0  2:21 B Lemon      T Byrne       32,915 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Aug  2 box NYY @CLE  L   0-4       67-33    1  up 7.0  2:25 H Score      T Sturdivant  25,266 ---
101 Fri, Aug  3 box NYY @DET  L   4-10      67-34    1  up 7.0  2:58 B Hoeft      R Coleman     43,478 ----
102 Sat, Aug  4 box NYY @DET  L   4-5       67-35    1  up 7.0  2:59 A Aber       D Larsen      24,908 -----
103 Sun, Aug  5 box NYY @DET  L   5-8       67-36    1  up 7.0  3:00 J Bunning    T Sturdivant  30,310 ------
104 Mon, Aug  6 box NYY @BOS  W   4-3       68-36    1  up 8.0  2:47 R Terry      T Brewer      35,923 +
105 Tue, Aug  7 box NYY @BOS  L   0-1 (11)  68-37    1  up 7.0  3:01 W Nixon      D Larsen      36,350 -
106 Wed, Aug  8 box NYY @WSH  W  12-2       69-37    1  up 8.0  3:15 B Turley     C Pascual     17,852 +
107 Thu, Aug  9 box NYY @WSH  W  15-7       70-37    1  up 8.5  2:44 J Kucks      B Stewart      6,948 ++
108 Fri, Aug 10 box NYY  BAL  W   5-4       71-37    1  up 8.5  2:45 T Sturdivant B Loes        18,868 +++
109 Sat, Aug 11 box NYY  BAL  L   5-10      71-38    1  up 8.0  2:48 H Brown      R Terry       15,008 -
110 Sun, Aug 12 box NYY  BAL  W   6-2       72-38    1  up 8.5  2:25 D Larsen     D Ferrarese        0 +
111             box NYY  BAL  W   4-2       73-38    1  up 8.5  2:30 T Morgan     B Wight       27,178 ++
112 Tue, Aug 14 box NYY  BOS  W  12-2       74-38    1  up 9.5  2:22 J Kucks      M Parnell     52,409 +++
113 Wed, Aug 15 box NYY  BOS  W   6-4       75-38    1  up10.5  2:57 T Byrne      T Brewer      33,002 ++++
114 Thu, Aug 16 box NYY  BOS  L   1-2       75-39    1  up 9.5  2:23 W Nixon      D Larsen      21,913 -
115 Fri, Aug 17 box NYY @BAL  L   4-6       75-40    1  up 9.5  3:05 R Moore      R Terry       29,110 --
116 Sat, Aug 18 box NYY @BAL  W   4-1       76-40    1  up10.0  2:31 T Sturdivant H Brown       12,840 +
117             box NYY @BAL  W   6-2       77-40    1  up10.0  2:37 B Turley     E Palica      27,425 ++
118 Sun, Aug 19 box NYY @BAL  L   2-3       77-41    1  up 8.5  2:32 C Johnson    J Kucks       20,844 -
119 Tue, Aug 21 box NYY  CLE  L   0-3       77-42    1  up 7.5  2:50 H Score      D Larsen      39,187 --
120 Wed, Aug 22 box NYY  CLE  W   3-2       78-42    1  up 8.5  2:18 T Sturdivant E Wynn        23,584 +
121 Thu, Aug 23 box NYY  CHW  L   3-8       78-43    1  up 8.0  2:37 B Keegan     R Coleman          0 -
122             box NYY  CHW  L   4-6       78-44    1  up 8.0  3:12 D Howell     B Turley      22,971 --
123 Fri, Aug 24 box NYY  CHW  W   2-0       79-44    1  up 8.0  2:00 J Kucks      J Harshman    34,389 +
124 Sat, Aug 25 box NYY  CHW  L   2-4       79-45    1  up 8.0  2:16 D Donovan    W Ford        54,449 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Aug 26 box NYY  DET  W   7-0       80-45    1  up 7.5  2:38 T Sturdivant P Foytack          0 +
126             box NYY  DET  L   4-5       80-46    1  up 7.5  2:57 S Gromek     M McDermott   52,708 -
127 Tue, Aug 28 box NYY  KCA  W   4-0  (6)  81-46    1  up 8.0  1:28 B Turley     A Ditmar      12,861 +
128 Wed, Aug 29 box NYY  KCA  W   7-6       82-46    1  up 8.0  2:25 T Morgan     B Shantz      14,081 ++
129 Fri, Aug 31 box NYY @WSH  W   6-4       83-46    1  up 8.5  2:45 W Ford       C Pascual     15,525 +++
130 Sat, Sep  1 box NYY @WSH  L   3-4       83-47    1  up 7.5  2:38 C Stobbs     T Sturdivant  14,381 -
131 Sun, Sep  2 box NYY @WSH  L   3-4       83-48    1  up 7.5  2:55 B Byerly     T Byrne       17,110 --
132 Mon, Sep  3 box NYY  BAL  W   6-1       84-48    1  up 8.5  2:05 J Kucks      E Palica           0 +
133             box NYY  BAL  W   5-0       85-48    1  up 8.5  2:46 D Larsen     B Wight       35,557 ++
134 Wed, Sep  5 box NYY @BOS  W   5-3       86-48    1  up 9.5       W Ford       W Nixon       26,784 +++
135 Fri, Sep  7 box NYY  WSH  L   5-6       86-49    1  up 9.5  2:55 B Stewart    T Morgan      16,853 -
136 Sat, Sep  8 box NYY  WSH  W  16-2       87-49    1  up10.5  2:35 T Sturdivant C Pascual     13,874 +
137 Sun, Sep  9 box NYY  WSH  W   2-1       88-49    1  up11.0  2:15 W Ford       C Stobbs      17,711 ++
138 Tue, Sep 11 box NYY @KCA  W   9-5       89-49    1  up11.0  2:27 T Morgan     A Ditmar      18,892 +++
139 Wed, Sep 12 box NYY @KCA  L   4-7       89-50    1  up10.0       W Burnette   T Sturdivant  18,599 -
140 Thu, Sep 13 box NYY @KCA  W   3-2       90-50    1  up11.0  2:30 W Ford       T Gorman      10,924 +
141 Fri, Sep 14 box NYY @DET  W   5-1       91-50    1  up11.5  2:28 D Larsen     H Woodeshick  11,403 ++
142 Sat, Sep 15 box NYY @DET  L   2-6       91-51    1  up11.5  2:40 F Lary       R Coleman     25,154 -
143 Sun, Sep 16 box NYY @CLE  W  10-3       92-51    1  up11.0  2:55 T Sturdivant B Lemon            0 +
144             box NYY @CLE  L   3-4       92-52    1  up11.0  2:18 E Wynn       J Kucks       39,651 -
145 Tue, Sep 18 box NYY @CHW  W   3-2 (11)  93-52    1  up11.0  2:55 W Ford       B Pierce      31,694 +
146 Fri, Sep 21 box NYY @BOS  L   7-13      93-53    1  up 9.5  3:23 G Susce      B Turley      24,616 -
147 Sat, Sep 22 box NYY @BOS  W   2-1       94-53    1  up 9.5  2:51 D Larsen     B Porterfiel  22,333 +
148 Sun, Sep 23 box NYY @BOS  W   7-4       95-53    1  up10.5  2:30 B Grim       T Brewer      21,663 ++
149 Mon, Sep 24 box NYY @BAL  L   4-5       95-54    1  up10.0  2:11 M Fornieles  J Kucks       12,304 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 25 box NYY @BAL  W  11-6       96-54    1  up10.0  2:50 T Sturdivant H Brown       14,740 +
151 Wed, Sep 26 box NYY @BAL  L   0-1       96-55    1  up 9.0  2:24 C Beamon     W Ford         7,000 -
152 Fri, Sep 28 box NYY  BOS  W   7-2       97-55    1  up 9.0  2:28 D Larsen     B Porterfiel  16,760 +
153 Sat, Sep 29 box NYY  BOS  L   5-7 (13)  97-56    1  up 9.0  4:22 R Minarcin   S Dixon       15,844 -
154 Sun, Sep 30 box NYY  BOS  L   4-7 (10)  97-57    1  up 9.0       D Sisler     T Morgan      18,587 --

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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