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New York Yankees faced the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium for a Friday night game on June 24th, 1960.
The Yankees were managed by Casey Stengel and were battling the Orioles for first place in the American League.
The Yankees were looking to rebound from the disappointing 1959 season, which was only the second time in 11 years that they failed to reach the World Series.
Cleveland was having an impressive season as well, entering this game in third place under manager Joe Gordon.
The tribe had finished in second place in 1959 and were looking to make it back to the World Series for the first time since their 1954 championship.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Mel Allen and Ken Coleman.
Coaching in third, Frank Luceri over at the plate is Ralph Mout.
Cleveland's municipal stadium right off the shores of Lake Erie.
And the sky doesn't look too good. The wind is blowing out towards right field.
Lights are on here at the stadium. Here's the first pitch of the ball game and it's over for a call strike.
Perry is a big boy. 6 feet 4 inches tall and 185 pounds.
A North Carolina boy living in Jamesville, North Carolina. Here's the wind up.
The kick. Best ball right down the middle. Strike two. Nothing in two.
Joe Gordon and his Indians realized that this is a must series for them.
For the Yankees to sweep the series, they'll be in rough shape. The two strike pitch. Low inside ball one.
On deck is extra low pitch.
And here's the pitch. It's in the ground. The second base and sample to his left up with it.
Goes to Vic Power in time for the outs.
And boys, it's a pleasure watching that Vic Power around first base. He really dances.
One way here is Hexler Low Pair.
Hector batting 304 has two doubles, three triples, three homers and 11 runs batted in.
Hector has 11 hits and has led 43 times at back.
Hexler has 11 hits and has led 43 times at back.
And has led 43 times at back.
Right hand hitter and a severe crouch.
Pair's pitch is over strike one call. On deck is Mickey Metles.
Cleveland has Frank Conner and left pier, Soltan Seller and Keenan Wright.
Phillip Sells, Semple and Power on the infield. Romano Casse and Jim Pair out on the mound.
The one strike pitch is a curved low outside ball 111.
Last year Pairy 112 and lost 10.
The one one pitch is a fastball just below the knees ball two, two and one.
Here's the two one delivery.
It's a check swing on the slow outside ball three, three and one.
Hope that's a good way to go after the breaking pitch.
On this Western trip the Yankees have won eight loss two and five one.
And the Yankees have won six of the last seven and fifteen and are out of their last fifteen.
Yankees and Cleveland are three and three on the season.
Three one pitch, low ball four and there's the first base runner of the ball game.
Hexalo Pair draws the base on balls and that'll bring up Mickey Metles.
Mickey batting 286 that average is rising slowly but surely.
Seven doubles, four triples, sixteen, almost 34 runs valid in.
On deck Roger Marist.
Hexalo Pair leads off first.
Distraction to pick the net.
There's a swing and a miss strike one.
Mickey went after that high fast one, didn't get it.
Well if you get a ball up in the air it's really going to travel.
Fortunately the wind is not blowing down here but above the stadium it's blowing.
Fast ball in there, strike two calls.
Nothing in two on Mickey.
Good power holding first base against low pitch.
Now the stretch. Two strikes with high ball, one ball two strikes.
Hurry trying to keep that ball up on Mickey.
Early in the year Matt will have trouble hitting the high fast ball because of a dead knee.
And though it's still giving him trouble he's been laying off that pitch.
One ball two strikes one out.
No score on the top of the first inning.
There's a look over at Lopez leading off first.
The pitch is if high in the air a foul ball, this power moving over the wind is taking it.
Power moving back and he can't get it, it goes back into the stands and you should have seen the wind get a hold of that ball.
Once the base ball gets above the roof of the municipal stadium it takes off like a ping pong ball being blown around by the wind.
It is blowing hard.
It's going to make fly balls a little rough, the high flies anyway.
One ball two strikes on Mickey.
Hurry, check the sign from the motto.
That's on the mound.
His pitch is if high in the air, there's a high pop fly.
Let's see how the wind takes this one.
There's plenty of piercoles coming in from center field and he has to dive back to make the catch.
And we told you about that wind.
Held and samples started after they gave up.
Piercoles came in from center, suddenly had a fierce sharply to his left and a long back about six feet to make the catch.
Oh you got to stay with those high flies.
Here's Roger Maris.
Maris batting 335.
He's been double, three triples, 20 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
When Roger was traded to New York he made the prediction that he'd hit at least 20 home runs and he's got them already.
Two outs, no score.
Here's a stretch to pitch to Maris.
He's going to strike one call.
He's getting hit again by 3rd. Best for the tie outside, one on one.
The Indians were kind of hoping for 50,000 fans or more tonight but unless it's a real slow crowd getting here they're not going to get near that total.
It's a nice crowd but this is up in the air to left field, Trancona moving over under it now and makes the catch for the 3rd out.
40 Yankees in the top of the first inning, no run, no hits, no Indian errors, one man left.
The score at the end of one half inning of play.
The Yankees, nothing and the Indians coming to bat.
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Here comes Joe Gordon in red press.
Pierced oil was standing to the side of all place playing the bats and Jim quotes,
let loose with a pitch that got away from the catcher and then suddenly threw both bats out towards third base.
Ed Hurley now and Hank Shore are talking with Joe Gordon and Jimmy Pearsaw.
Hurley got the situation very well under control.
Pearsaw really got excited as everybody knows Jimmy is an excitable ball player and an exciting player to watch.
And he plays the game to the hills.
He gets excited maybe a little quicker than other ball players.
Joe Gordon with his hand on Pearsaw's shoulder listening to Ed Hurley.
I don't know whether Pearsaw is out of the game or not.
But Jimmy is looking towards the dugout.
He's getting his bats and it looks like he's still in the game.
He's going to the Ryzenbags.
We've got action right here at the beginning of the ball game and Pearsaw isn't even been to bats.
There are some pitches that don't like the next fitter to be standing near home playing watching them warm up so there's no rule against it.
And I'm sure Coach didn't throw it Pearsaw but the pitch went by Howard, rolled back to the wall and kicked back.
So it's home played and Pearsaw got a little excited and just threw both his bats to the left of the pitches.
Now they roll all the way to third base.
Clearly, Boyer was the most surprised ball player in the park when he saw the bats come sailing right at his feet.
Pearsaw isn't even the lead off man.
Johnny Semple, who is the lead off man, is in the bat as Vox now.
Well, we might have a little excitement here at Municipal Stadium before this ball game is over.
Semple's batting 264 with six doubles, one homer and nine runs batted in.
Jim Coates, first pitch to Semple, is a strike on the outside corner.
Coates is one eight and lost none and his one defeat in his big league career came at the hands of the Indians.
He is one and one, lifetime record against Cleveland, 14-1 lifetime record in the big league.
The curve is a strike on the outside corner and Johnny Semple turns around and starts shaking his head
and he is moaning that the pitch was low and he's arguing with Bob Stewart.
We're having fireworks before the ball game is over here.
And they're going to have another one of those fireworks that plays after the game and here comes Jojo White.
Down from third base is trying to calm Johnny Semple.
Bob Stewart, we've got a dandy going tonight.
Both clubs realizing that this is a crucial series.
Casey Stengel standing on the steps of the Yankee dugout.
All right, nothing into the count on Semple. Here's the wind-up.
Best ball line, the base hit the right center field.
Moving over there, Semple around first and all done.
Well, here comes Jimmy Perestal.
Well, I tell you, this Perestal can get a crowd up and on.
He stands close to the plate. Semple got mad at a strike ball by the umpire and probably got a base hit.
And Perestal's mad already. Jimmy's hitting 303. Here's the stretch.
The pitch, curve, high inside ball one. Look at Perestal's stare at Big Jim Coast.
No score, we're in the bottom of the first inning. Jim Coast has won 12 straight games over two years span.
Four and 59 in eighth this season.
And Hadley holding first base against Johnny Semple.
The stretch by Coast.
Pitch to Perestal is hit in the air to a short right center field. Marist coming in and makes the catch.
And it's won away. Perestal didn't hit that ball hard, but the wind took it out.
That'll bring up Harvey Keen, who has brought his average over the 300 mark.
He's at 308. 9 doubles, 3 homers, 25 runs batted in.
Harvey had 3 for 3 in yesterday's ball game against the center.
And he is the leading Indian hitter as of the moment.
The back team came out with a statement in the paper today saying he's after the league batting title again.
So he's serious. All right, one away, no score. Temper leaves off first.
The stretch. Pitch to Kroon is hit on the ground to Boyer up on it.
Over to Richardson for one. Back to first. Double play.
As Jim Coast came in with a change up, curve ball and had Harvey Keen off balance.
Around the horn from third to second or first. Yankees come up with their 64th double play of the year.
And four Cleveland in the bottom of the first no runs, one hit. No Yankee errors, nobody left.
The score at the end of one full inning. The Yankees, nothing. And the Indians, nothing.
Yankees play here again tomorrow afternoon and a big double header on Sunday.
And then they meet the Brooklyn Los Angeles Dodgers. They can't eat from saying Brooklyn.
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Coming up to bat for the Yankees here on the top of the second is Kent Hadley.
Hadley's batting 269, has three homers and seven runs batted in.
Got two of those homers in one game over at Detroit, filling in for the injured Bill Scower.
The Moose was just starting to pound that ball again when he sprained his wrist, batting 304.
Chris Hitsahadley is low inside ball one.
On deck Elston Holler.
Wind up by Perry and the pitch is on the inside corner, strike one, one, one.
Here's the wind up by the big right hander. His pitch is fouled down the snow.
It's fair ball, power up with a throw to Perry covering inside for the out.
Hadley swung, he was back on his heels and didn't start right away.
It appeared to be a fouled ball, but Vick Power had a back up at first base to make the play
and he really fired the Perry covering for the out.
One away, here's Elston Hard.
Power batting 258.
Seven doubles, three triples, five homers and 26 runs batted in.
Jim Perry swings into the wind up. His first pitch to Howard is a curve low outside ball one.
Have the commissioners right hand man. It's a guest tonight. Thanks, local.
What brings you to Cleveland tonight?
For the all star vote.
The one nothing pitch is a little bit outside ball two, two and nothing.
On deck leader sports. Outfield deep straight away on Howard.
Here's a two nothing pitch. The strike on the outside corner Howard had started to swing and check this swing,
but the pitch must have nicked the corner. Bob Stewart held up that big right hand.
Two and one on Elie.
Wind blowing out hard towards right field.
Fastball low outside ball three, three and one.
One out, nobody on here in the top of the sixth.
Three one pitch is hit on the ground towards second base.
Johnny Temple coming in fast up with a flip to Howard. Howard is retired.
That big power can really move around at first base.
Here's Cleetus Boyle batting 250, six doubles, two homers, 11 runs batted in.
Two out here in the top of the second inning.
A big series for both teams, the Indians and the Yankees.
Leaving just two games behind New York.
Terry swings into the wind up. The pitch to Boyle is on the inside corner strike one call.
Boyle looks back at Bob Stewart.
Here's the one strike delivery. Sidearm curve over the outside corner strike two.
The player has started a swing at that check to swing but the ball has bought of a plate on Deck Bobby Richardson.
Ready now for the two strike delivery.
He started a swing when almost all the way around and held up. The pitch was high and inside.
One ball one. Romano the catcher thought he had gone far enough to round. I have a call of strikes.
One ball two strike pitch. Foul back against the screen.
Outholds at one ball two strikes.
Terry into the wind up. Curve ball is high ball two. Terry and Romano have started to walk off the field.
Now waiting to hear the last word from the umpire before you move. Two balls two strikes two outs nobody on top of the second no score.
The pitch is strike three call. That one had the outside corner.
Terry's first strike out and for the Yankees they get down one two three on the top of the second nothing across.
The score at the end of an inning and a half the Yankees nothing and the Indians nothing.
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Hitting in the cleanup spot for Cleveland here on the bottom of the second is Cedro Francona.
Francona has zipped below 300 batting 291. Left hand header has 10 doubles. Two triples, two homers and 29 runs batted in.
No score on the bottom of the second inning.
Jim Colts, end of the windup, has pitched to Francona, is high ball one.
Jojo White coaching at third and Red Crest over at first for the Indians.
One nothing pitch, outside ball two, two nothing.
Francona 6 feet tall, 185 pounds.
And somebody is getting on the plate on fire Bob Stewart from the bench.
The Cleveland bench that is and time is called while he looks in and tells him to behave or to put out.
Two balls, no strikes on Francona. The windup, the pitch is high ball three, three nothing.
On deck is Vic Pao. Three nothing pitch, strike ball, fast ball about Velhoy, three and one.
Colts with a big slow easy windup, kicks, fast ball, his strike two call.
He's getting off here in the bottom of the second of his ball or ball game. Francona digging into the plate.
Here it is, and it's low for ball four. He tried to curve him on a three two pitch and miss low inside.
First walk given up by Colts and here's Vic Pao.
Pao has been in his club yesterday, the first time up he got his first hit and 26 times at best.
He has dropped a 291, ten doubles, two trebles, two homers and 29 runs battered in.
He's got a hit and run man, and Francona leads off first to stretch my coach.
Go to first base and Francona is back.
Here's a stretch, pitch to power, curve ball hit, high in the air to short left field.
Low pass didn't see it right away, Krubeck moving back and makes the catch.
Hex to Low pass lost that ball in left field.
Remember it's still quite light here at Cleveland's municipal stadium, though the lights are on.
This is the time of the night when high fly balls are a little tough to see off the bat.
But Krubeck stayed with it and made the catch backing up. One away here's Johnny Romano.
Romano batting 274, two doubles, a trebles, six homers and 23 runs battered in.
Francona still at first, here's a stretch, pitch to Romano, curve ball over, strike one call.
Nothing nothing here in the bottom of the second with one out.
Here's a stretch by coach, checker to runner at first.
Fastball is fouled back on the screen, nothing in two.
Nothing in two to count, Hadley holding first against Francona, the pitch high inside ball one.
On deck is what he held.
Here's a stretch by coach, pitch is fouled out of play and it almost got low effort.
Right between Lewette, Flatten, Jim Ogle, two of the newspaper men I travel with the Yankees.
They didn't try to get it, they just tried to get out of the way.
One ball, two strikes and one out.
Again post-set, pitch, curve ball, flung in a miss strike three.
Big overhand curve ball by Jim, he scores this first strike out of the ball game and here's what he held.
Woody batting just 242, leaves the Indians in RBI, he has 37, also has seven doubles, one triple and 12 home runs.
Jimmy Pearce over 35 on the I second on the team.
Francona will open the ending with a walk, is still at first base with school away, no score at the bottom of the second.
Coach's pitch is high inside ball one.
Bobber Phillips on deck.
Here's the stretch.
Low curve is lying, off-boy is going to left field at the base hit.
Francona trying for third, Lopez is still in there but not in time.
Nido Francona with heads up base running, went from first to third on a single short left field as Woody held, wrapped a hotline drive down to third,
boy I got his glove on, it slowed it down but couldn't hold onto it, it goes to the base hit.
The second hit off-coach and the Indians have run as a first and third with two out in the battle, Bobber Phillips.
Phillips batting 218, six doubles, two home runs, 12 runs, batted in.
No score here in the bottom of the second.
Here's the score, had a kind of dive to his left to get a glove on that ball.
Alright here's the stretch.
Pitch to Phillips, fouled back on the screen strike one, Bobber went after a high curve ball.
Time is called by Elstin Howard as he goes out to the mound.
Francona never stopped running as he rounded second and throw by Lopez which was a good throw, just missed getting this slide in Tito.
Kubeck gave a good fake as though to cut off the ball and that held Woody held at first base.
El was starting to go and he saw Kubeck reach for it and to hustle back to first and Tony let the ball go by him.
One strike on Phillips, two out.
One ball high inside, ball one, one on one.
Check the sign from Howard, here's the stretch.
Nice play, throws the first in, time to get Phillips.
Boy there was a pretty play by Cleetus Boyer and for Cleveland in the bottom of the second, no runs, one base hit.
No Yankee errors, two men left the score at the end of two full innings.
The Yankee is nothing, the Indians nothing and we pause for station identification.
1460 on the radio dial, WOKO, Albany, New York.
Bobby Richardson stepping into the batter's box.
Bobby batting 229, six doubles, one homer and ten runs batted in.
Perry's pitches a side on the line to left field, Francona digging to his right and makes the catch of a hard headline drive.
Richardson got good wood on that side on curveball but Francona got a good jump with the crack of the bat, made a running catch in left field.
One away, brings up Jim Coates, who is suddenly blossomed out as a hitting pitcher.
9 to 27, two doubles, three runs batted in, batting 333.
Pitch to Coates is swung and a missed strike one, it was an overhand curveball, low on outside.
Coates is really taking a good cut at the ball.
Side on curve, hit right back to the pitcher, one hop up with a throw to Vic Power for the out.
Vic hasn't touched first yet, Jim Coates is standing halfway there and then Power steps on a bag.
Vic Power wanted Jim Coates to run, wanted him to exert himself a little bit, Coates had stopped halfway down the line.
Power caught the ball and stood alongside a first base, waiting for Coates to make his move.
Coates started towards first and Vic finally stepped on the bag.
Cut the fire a little bit to the old Power, here's Tony Kubeck who bounced out to second base his first time at bat.
Two-hour nobody on the pitch to Kubeck, it's over strike one-claw.
The one strike delivery is hit deep to right field, that ball's way back there and Harvey Keane watches it go over the fence for homerun.
That not only is the first base hit off Jim Perry but the first run of the ball game as Kubeck hit a high fastball up in that wind.
And it just carried the ball right on over the right field fence.
The Yankees lead one and nothing.
Corp Kubeck is sixth home of the year and his 27th run batted in.
The Yankees lead one and nothing.
That gives Kubeck as many home runs as he had all last year, six home runs.
And this is his first home against Cleveland pitching.
Heck the Lopez up, takes a curve high and inside.
Actually I missed the pitch while I was talking about Kubeck's homer, it's two and nothing on Lopez.
Three nothing pitch, curve inside ball three.
Not unusual that a home run shakes up a pitcher.
There's something to it.
Three nothing pitch.
And this is the second time Lopez walks in the ball game, the only two walks given up by Perry and his Mickey Matles who fly to Short Centerfield in the first inning.
Pick power holding Lopez on.
Two out, the Yankees lead one nothing here in the top of the fair.
The games between the Indian and Yankees have been very close games.
Here's a stretch.
Pitch for Mickey is high ball one on Deck Roger Mariff.
Perry stretches, Lopez leads the Oxford.
Pitch is fouled back in the upper deck out of play, one on one.
Bobby Keene deep in right, Pierceville deep in center and Francona deep in left center.
One one pitch is high outside ball two, two and one on Mickey.
Both Matles and Mariff have had a tremendous month of June.
Mickey has a three sixty four average and Mariff a three fifty two average and Matles did ten homers in the month of June and Mariff nine.
Two and one to count.
The pitch to Matles swung it and this strike two, he went after that high fast ball again, had a good cut but got underneath the pitch.
Two balls, two strikes, two outs.
The two two delivery is high ball three and it's a full count on Mickey.
Three and two with two out Lopez will go with the pitch.
Alright here's a stretch by Perry.
There goes Lopez, the pitch is high ball four and Matles walks.
Four Matles, his fifty six base on balls of the year and here's Roger Mariff who applied to left field in the first inning.
That's the third walk given up by Jim Perry.
Runners now at first and second with two outs.
The Yankees lead one nothing, we're on the top of the third.
Alright Perry's strike. Pitch to Mariff is fouled back in the upper deck strike one.
Ken Hadley swinging the big weighted bat on deck.
Matles leading off first, Lopez off second.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch is high outside ball one one and one.
One ball, one strike, two outs.
Perry looks back at Lopez.
Pitch is outside ball two, two and one. Romano holding the ball in the glove over the outside corner.
Catches full left ball pretty well.
Move it quickly hoping to pull the umpire but they're hard to pull.
All this action with two outs. First two men Richardson and coach one outs.
Kubeck Homed, low-present Matle walks. Two one count on Roger Mariff.
Pitch, curve swung it and missed strike two that was a bad high curve ball one of the few we've seen Mariff go after.
One two to count, two out and two on.
Here's the stretch by Perry.
Pitch outside ball three and again Romano holds the glove there.
Full count and we have now had three full counts in a row. Lopez, Matle and now Mariff.
Three and two on Mariff, two outs. Lopez is second, Matle at first ready to run.
There they go. The pitch is high outside gets away from Romano but not too far.
And three walks in a row by Jim Perry as the base is loaded with two out and a batter Kent Hadley who bounced out to first base in the second inning.
Alright Perry pitching with his full wind up. Here's the wind up. The pitch is a curve popped in the air to the left side.
Bob Phillips is under it in fair territory and makes the catch for the third out.
Kent Hadley went after the first pitch after Perry had walked three men in a row and popped up the third base for the Yankees in the top of the third one run on one hit.
Two back homers, no Cleveland errors and three men left on base to score at the end of two and a half inning.
The Yankees won and the Indians nothing.
Perry batting 281 is nine for 32. One double, two runs batted in.
Perry is a switch hitter and he's batting left handed against Jim Coast.
Jim Perry leading off here in the bottom of the third inning on deck at the top of the Cleveland batting order Johnny Tempo.
Fish hit to left field, Hexalopez moving back under it and makes the catch and every time a ball is hit out to left field in the early stage of the game,
Tony Kubek waves his arms and tries to signal and helps Hexalopez because as we told you in the early innings of a night game at this time of the year,
it's hard to pick up the ball off the bat.
Here's Johnny Tempo who got so mad at a cold strike in the first inning that he promptly singled on the next pitch to right center field.
Boy, he was hard to play down by a box to it and the guy on deck next, Jimmy Pearce all almost started a mild riot when he threw his bat out towards pitch of Jim Coast.
I'll tell you about that when Pearce all gets up to the plate. Here's the pitch to Tempo, exchange of curve, pop to right field,
Roger Maris moving under it and making the catch. That's true way and here's Jimmy Pearce all who's flying to right in the first inning.
Pearce all was standing alongside of home plate watching Coast warm up with Johnny Tempo standing to the left of home plate and suddenly Coast's pitch got away from Howard and sailed a little close to Pearce all, Pearce all,
figuring that Coast was throwing at him, just wound up and threw both his bat towards the pitch of box. They landed up out of third base and the umpires and Joe Gordon had to come in and restrain Jimmy Pearce all.
Alright, two out and nobody on. The pitch to Pearce all. Pearce will hit high in the air to right center field. Maris moving back, back and makes the catch.
And so for Cleveland in the bottom of the third, they're retired, one, two, three, nothing across the score at the end of three, Paul Innings.
The Yankees won and the Indians nothing. And right now let's pause for station identification.
1460 on the radio dial, quality modern radio, WOKO, Albany, New York, five minutes before nine.
Here is Elston Howard leading off. The Yankees in the top of the fourth inning. Howard bounced out to second base his first time at bat.
Winder by the big right hander. Fast forward line right through the middle, boy. That almost took Perry's cap off out to center field.
A solid single by Elston Howard right through the middle.
And that's only the second base hit off, Perry. Both teams now with two base hits. The Yankees leading one, nothing.
Brings up Cletus Boyle who was called out on strikes in the second inning.
Elston Howard, by the way, is the leading hitter against Cleveland pitching this year. That gives him nine for 20.
Howard leading off first. Pitch is hit on the ground right back to the pitch. He throws the hell for one. Back to first, double play.
For the Indians, they're a 60 second double play of the year. And that was his prettiest time play you'd want to see.
As the ball was hit back to the pitcher, he led Woody Held to the bag, threw the ball over the bag with Held coming over from short.
Woody caught it and led Vic Power coming to first base. And everything was done perfectly that time.
Executed very well. A double play. Two out here's Bobby Richardson. Bobby's blind to left field in the third inning.
Two out, nobody on.
The curve is outside, ball one. One nothing pitches. Lines are right field at base hit.
Coming up with a ball Harvey Keene and Richardson. Lines are single or right field.
So all three men who are hitting Cleveland pitching the best this year have all come up with base hits.
Bobby Richardson who came into the game, 6 for 20 with a 300 average against Cleveland pitching.
Tony Kubeck who came in with an 8 for 25 average for 320 pitching.
And Elston Howard who had 8 for 18 batting 4-44 have the three base hits against Paris.
Here's Jim Koch who hit back to the box in the third inning.
Two out. Yankees did all their damage in the third inning with two out. The homer by Kubeck and three walks.
Coach hit one deep to the right center field, way back there and Piso makes a one-heel catch. He dropped it.
He got to the ball and then dropped it. Richardson scores. Jimmy Piso was playing shallow.
It's a base hit, a long double, the right center field by Jim Koch. Piso took off on a gallop.
Caught up to the ball and got his glove on it but brushed against the fence and then dropped the ball and his hat.
It rolled away from him and the Yankees lead two to nothing. Again with two out.
The Yankees have gotten to Jim Peres. As Jim Koch comes up with his third double of the year and his fourth run battered in and he is really pounding that ball.
You don't usually see Piso drop a ball when he gets his glove on it.
One of the catch he made in the Yankee stadium last time Indians were in town.
All right, here's Kubeck who bounced the second in home at the pitch for Tony.
The serve low ball one. The Yankees two, the Indians nothing in the top of the fourth.
The stretch and the pitch has occurred. Pop high to right field down the line. That one could go and it's going in the stands.
A home run for Kubeck. Holy cow. That's Kubeck.
Caught all of a low inside serve ball and the Yankees now leads four to nothing and all the damage your carry has come after two were out.
As Kubeck gets his second home run of the game, his seventh of the year and with three RBI's tonight that gets him 29 runs battered in on the year.
Brings up like the Lopez who's been up twice and walks twice.
First is hit high in the air to straight away center field. Way back there. Way back.
Piso going back and makes the catch just in front of the center field fence.
The ball to win took that one almost over the fence for the Yankees.
In the top of the fourth three runs on four base hits. No Indian errors and nobody left the score at the end of three and a half.
The Yankees four Cleveland nothing.
Avi Keene who hit into a double play in the first inning leading off here in the bottom of the fourth for the Indians.
The Yankees four Cleveland nothing.
The Yankees continue to get runs for Jim Koch. They had scored 84 runs in the ten previous games in which Koch had started.
They've already got four so that gives them 88.
88 runs and 11 starts. Boy that's a lot of runs.
Alright here's the first pitch to Keene.
It's hit to deep right center. Marist moving back and Mattle over and Marist makes the catch.
Keene got good wood on that ball. Didn't quite get it high enough.
One away here's Tito Francona. Francona walked in the second inning.
Here's the first pitch to Tito.
Bird ball lying through the middle of base hit to center fair.
Mattle bluffs the throw to first base as Francona gets the third base hit off Jim Koch.
And it brings up Vic Power who pops to the shortstop in the second inning.
Here's the Yankees lead here on the top of the fourth. Hadley holding first against Francona.
Coach sets pitches. Hopped in the air straight away center fair.
Mickey Mattle hardly has to move under it and makes the catch.
And it's two-way. The battered Johnny Romano who struck out in the second inning.
Pitch to Romano high inside ball one. Johnny has six homers this year and 23 runs about it.
The one nothing pitch. High inside ball two two enough.
Two balls no strike. Here's the stretch by the big right hander.
He is low outside ball three. Three nothing.
Three balls no strike throughout.
The curve is high inside and it's ball four.
That brings up Woody Held.
The single of left field in the second inning.
Leads the Indians in homers with 12 and RBI's with 37.
Runners lead off first and second. Pitch to Held.
Power look out he threw the bat and the ball came shooting back in the upper deck.
The bat went right into the Yankee dugout and Casey Seckl makes believe he's mad and gets up on top of the steps.
Woody Held slung at that space. It was hard to watch both things.
The bat flew all the way into the Yankee dugout and that's a long ways and the ball came just over our heads here in the upper deck.
One strike on Woody. Again coach goes into the stretch position.
Low curve line of center field. Mattle coming on fast. Makes the running catch.
Woody Held sent a line drive into short center field.
Mattle got a good jump on it. Four Cleveland in the bottom of the fourth no run.
One hit. No Yankee errors. Two men left to score at the end of fourth inning.
The Yankee's four runs. Five hits no errors. The Indians no runs. Three hits and no errors.
While they're changing positions on the diamond, I'd like to mention right now that the second half of this game is being brought to you by the Chris Brefresher Valentine Bear.
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Well we got a new pitcher coming in for Cleveland. Bobby Locke who has been out there loosening up is taking over for Jim Perry.
So Bobby Locke comes on making his sixth appearance of the year. He's one one and lost none.
He's picked 21 in the third inning. He's given up 18 hits. Six runs. Five of them earned.
Two points. One one earned run average.
Locke 10 struck out six. Given up one homer. Locke will be facing Mattle, Maris and Hadley here in the top of the fifth inning with the Yankees leading four to nothing.
Mickey flying to center and walk.
Pitch is popped in the air and back of the plate. Romano throws the mask away and makes the catch 40 yards.
And since many men also got hit in the mouth with a mask thrown by Elf and Howard going after a foul board, you can see the umpires and the batters moving out of the range when the catcher starts to throw that mask.
Here's Roger Maris flying to left and walk. One out, nobody on.
Locke fits the Maris high outside ball one.
One nothing delivery. He's hit on the ground in the first base. Vic power up with a flip to lock covering for the outs.
That's two way and it brings up Kent Hadley.
Hadley bounce to first base and popped up to the third baseman.
Pitch to Hadley is fouled back of the plate strike one. Two out, nobody on.
Fastball high outside one on one.
Here's a pitch to Hadley. He swings and has a home run board and he hit that one.
He caught all of the high fastball and drilled it deep into the decent right field.
That Hadley has got good power and again with two outs.
The Yankees scored, they scored all their runs after two were outs.
And they now take a five to nothing lead over Cleveland.
Boy, Hadley really pounded that ball.
It was hit, Harvey changes, turned around and watched him go way back in the decent right field.
Here's Elf and Howard bounce to second and single.
Fastball fouled back on the screen, strike one.
One strike pitch is lined to base hit to left center field for Howard.
Faso coming in fast up with the ball and Howard's on with his second base hit.
That's the seventh Yankee hit of the ball game and Johnny Temple comes in to talk to Bobby Locke.
Howard is at first.
The batter is Peter Boyle who was called out on strike and then hit into a double play.
Here's a stretch to pitch to Boyle, his low ball one.
Here's a stretch.
Pitch is up in the air, the third baseman, Bobba Phillips, moving in foul territory.
Look at the wind take that back and he dropped the ball.
He dropped the ball, you should have seen that wind took that ball back at least 15 feet.
He was way in foul territory and ended up about 10 feet in fair territory and Phillip must have taken his eye off the ball
because he had a lunge to his left and it kicked off the heel of his glove.
That's an error charged to Bobba Phillips.
Howard was running all the way, ended up at third.
The clearest boyle was watching the ball a little too much and ends up at first base.
There's the first error of the ball game and here's Bobby Richardson, the line to left and single to right.
One is at first and third, two are.
The stretch and the pitch to Bobby is popped in the air to short right field, it's going to be trouble.
And Sepple can't get it but it kicked foul. Johnny Sepple, Dick Farr and Harvey Keane couldn't catch up to that ball
but it landed foul by about two feet.
Sepple limping back to second base, he's been playing with a badly bruised ankle.
One strike on Bobby Richardson.
The Yankees leading five to nothing here in the top of the fifth.
The stretch by lock.
The one strike pitch is hit in the ground at short.
Hell, let's do Sepple covering to retire Boyle.
Four of the Yankees in the top of the fifth, one run on a homer by Kent Hadley.
There were two bases in the inning, one Cleveland era, two men left to score at the end of four and a half innings.
The Yankees five in the Indians, nothing.
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In the bottom of the fifth inning, Bob Phillips will be leading off.
Bob will bounce out to a third base in the second inning his first time at bat.
Yankees lead five-nothing.
The pitch to Phillips' line to Centipede, a base hit.
That's hit number four off-coach.
And that'll bring up Bobby Locke, who was a pretty good hitting pitcher by the way.
Locke is three for five this year, batting 600, has one double, two runs batted in.
The Yankees leading five-nothing, they get their lead off head around again.
That's the third time in five innings that the lead off man has gotten on base.
Coach talking with Swedish Boyer.
Bob Phillips' first base, can't hardly sling in back of the runner at first.
Nobody out here in the bottom of the fifth.
Coach steps off the mound to look back at his outfield.
Now he checks the sign from house.
Here's the stretch. Pitch is in there, strike one call, the fast ball just above the knees.
Bobby Locke didn't like the call too much.
Quite a famous golfer by the same name, Bobby Locke.
Here's the stretch.
The curve is hitting the ground, Kubeck up with it, over to Richardson for one back to first.
Not in time, he beats the throw to first.
It was a tough chance for Kubeck as the ball was coming on a big hop.
It hit the edge of the infield grass and then scooted on the ground.
Tony had to get out quickly to get it and Hurridge is throw to Richardson.
It's a fourth play from short to second, getting Phillips, Locke safe at first,
here's Johnny Semple, who singled and fly to right.
One away.
Alright, here's the stretch by Coach.
Pitch to tempo, high and side ball one.
Jimmy Pearce all on deck.
Again, Coach sets.
Here's the stretch.
And the pitch is one is on the third baseline, it's a beauty if it stays there, it's a base hit.
And it stays there, a perfect punch.
Boy, Johnny Semple dropped a bunch about 15 feet down the third baseline.
It hooked the baseline going down and all how it coasted and boy, if it do,
was hoped that it would roll foul but it stayed right on the line and it's a fair ball of base hit.
Hit number five off-coach.
Run as it first and second with one out, here's Jimmy Pearce off.
Pearce all twice, flying to right field.
Five-nothing, the Yankees lead.
Here's the stretch.
Pitch to Jimmy is hit.
Here comes Lock.
Pepple going to third, the third and Pearce all goes into second base.
Jimmy Pearce all bounce to single off the hard infield, all the boy is head.
Bobby Lock came on a score, Pepple split into third as Lopez threw to third and when Pearce also,
Lopez throw going into boy, he took off and beat boy as throw to Richardson at second base.
So the Indians have run as it's second and third, one out, it's a five-to-one ball game
and the batter is hardly seen, we're hitting it with double play and lined out deep to right center.
And the Indian fans are whooping it up.
Pepple at third, Pearce all at second, here's the wind-up.
Pitch is a base hit to left field and the ball gets by Lopez.
Back to Lopez trying to make a shoot-string catch, the ball got by him,
but Harvey Keane was not running and so was not able to make second base,
but both Pepple and Pearce all scored.
It's now a five-to-three ball game with one out here in the bottom of the fifth
and the batter, Tito Francona.
Francona has walked and singled and these Indian fans are going wild.
Here's a stretch back coach, Pitch, a foul back out of play, strike-wise.
Bobby Shans is up in the Yankee bullpen.
The bottom of the fifth inning, three Indians have crossed on plate.
Five-three to Yankees lead.
Here's a stretch, low-curve, high ball one-one-one.
On deck is Vic Power.
Coach's into the stretch position.
Pitch, change-up, high outside ball two, two-one.
Elston Howard rubs up the ball.
They're holding first base against Harvey Keane.
Here's a stretch by Coach.
Pitch, foul back, strike-wise, two-one-two.
Pitch, might have been a little high that Francona went after.
And Coach wants another ball.
Goes that one back in a plate on fire box to it.
Two balls, two strikes, one out.
High two and two to the count. Here's a stretch.
Pitch, high ball three, three and two.
And Coach wants a different base ball.
Took a long time rubbing that one up, going to the Rosenberg.
He threw it once and asked for another ball.
Full count on Tito Francona with Harvey Keane at first, one out.
And the Yankees leading five-three in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Here's a stretch.
Pitch, high ball four.
And while Elston Howard goes out to the mound to talk with Jim,
Coach will pause for a station identification.
1460 on the radio dial, quality modern radio in Albany, WOKO.
And now here comes Casey Stengel out to the mound.
And listen to the greeting old cases get.
That's music to Casey's ears though, doesn't bother him one bit.
Elston Howard joins Casey out on the mound with Jim Coach.
Johnny James and Bobby Chance continue to loosen up in the Yankee bullpen.
The Indians have scored three runs here in the bottom of the fifth.
They got runners at first and second with one out.
And the batter is Vic Pahler who has popped the short and lined out to center field.
So Casey has his chat with Coach and leaves him in there.
High one away. Here's a stretch.
Pitch is high ball one.
Coach checks the sign from Howard.
Runners lead away at first and second.
Pitch, curve low outside ball two, two and nothing.
On deck is Johnny Romano.
Coach into the stretch position.
Pitch is hit on the ground, a safe hit.
And here's a throw to the plate.
And it's a wild throw.
Team scores moving to third.
And the second is Vic Pahler.
A base hit off Bobby Richardson's glove.
Bobby knocked it down, couldn't get to the ball.
Harvey Keane round at third base.
Richardson made a hurried throw that hit in front of Howard and rolled back to the wall.
Coach was not backing up the play.
Team scored moving to third is Frank Kona.
Moving to second is Vic Pahler.
It's now a 5-4 ball game with the Yankees leading.
And Jim Coast is out of the ball game.
So the error will be charged to Bobby Richardson on a throw.
As it hit in front of Howard and scooted under his glove.
The Indians have come up with 5 hits in this inning.
They have a total of 8 all together.
They've scored all 4 of their runs.
They have run it at second and third with 1-0.
And Bobby's chance is coming on a relief.
Jim Coast.
So Coast cannot be the winning pitcher in this ball game and could very well be the losing pitcher.
Should both Frank Kona and Pahler score and the Indians go on to win the game.
We notice why little Bobby was hitting fungos during outfield and infield practice.
He kept feeling that left shoulder of theirs.
Stretching the arm and grabbing back at it.
Romano has struck out and walked.
And then they have a second base Vic Pahler and over at third base Tito Frank Kona.
Alright Johnny Romano steps in on the batter's box.
Runs it second and third lead away. Here's the wind up.
The pitch is a curve high ball one.
Bobby swings his left arm around a couple of times to loosen up.
Here's the wind up. Curve strike call one to one.
Romano try to duck under that pitch.
Shakes his head and says no no to play it on fire box short.
5-4 the Yankees lead the Indians where in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Yankee infield playing back they're not playing in to cut the runoff at the plate.
Outfield straight away and deep on Romano. Here's the wind up.
Curve is high ball two. How it's left to throw down a second base.
Vic Pahler takes the biggest lead of any base runoff when he's on second base and there's a runner on third.
Sometimes he goes better than halfway down a third.
Kubeck playing in the hole for Romano cannot hold Vic Pahler on and Richardson is playing deep at second base.
There goes Pahler. Boy he is way up there.
Here's the wind up. The 2-1 pitch.
High outside ball three. 3-1.
Three balls one strike and one out. Vic Pahler leads off second. Hito Frank corner off first.
Here's the wind up. Curve outside ball four.
The bases are loaded and the batter is Woody Hale.
Those single to left and lined out to center field.
5-4 the score in the bottom of the fifth. The bases full of Indians. They're on the warpath for the base path rather.
And here's Woody Hale. Anky infield back in double play depth.
Here's the wind up. The pitch. Outside ball one.
Again the wind up. Curve swung it and missed strike one one one.
Joe Gordon yelling from the Indian bench. Woody Hale looks over there.
Joe doesn't want Woody to swing too hard. Just get a piece of the ball.
Here's the wind up. Slow curve, bun it out and foul as they try to squeeze in the tying run.
One ball two strikes. Kent Hadley was playing deep at first base and Woody Hale tried to push the ball down that way but fouled it.
He had a good pitch to try and bun on. A slow curve ball.
Here's the wind up. The pitch. High ball two, two and two.
Brett Kress coaching at first. Walked halfway in. A home plate. Hale something. Woody Hale.
Boy this is the tense moment in the ball game. Two balls two strikes. One out base is loaded. Here's the wind up.
Curve gets away from Howard. Here comes the tying run.
A wild pitch. Gards to Bobby Shenz. Fran Conest scores and the ball game is all tied up.
That run is charged to Jim Coates.
And now Vic Power is at third. Johnny Romano at second base. A three-two count on Woody Hale with one out and a score tied five-five.
Boy that's something you very seldom see Bobby Shenz executing a wild pitch.
Casey Singleton standing up on the top step of the Yankee dugout and he pulls Kent Hadley in at first and Cleetus Boyer in at third.
And they're going to walk. Held intentionally they're going to load them up.
The bases are loaded and the batter is Bubba Phillips.
Phillips led off this inning. He's the tenth Indian to come to bat. Bubba Singleton a field. He bounced the third in the second inning.
Once again the bases are loaded. With one out the score tied five-five. Cleveland has scored all five runs here in the bottom of the fifth.
Vic Power with a big lead at third. Johnny Romano at second. Woody Hale at first. Here's the wind up.
The pitch. Curve ball popped in the air. Kent Hadley is under it and fouls territory and makes the catch.
As Bubba Phillips tried to check his swing the bat hit the ball and it was a short fly to first base.
And here comes Bobby Locke. Locke bounced into a fourth play in the very same inning. This is his second time at bat.
And he's a pretty good hitting pitcher. The score is tied five-five and we're in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Yankee infield and most of the fans kind of expecting a squeeze play that time with Bubba Phillips up there.
But it didn't materialize. Two men out bases still loaded.
Bobby looks at Vic Power. Here's the wind up. Curve outside ball one. Power has got chance worried a little bit over there at third.
He would try and steal home. He's done it before quite a few times.
Chance checking the sign. Here's the wind up. The pitch is a curve hit on the ground.
Who backs to his right up with it over to Richardson. In time to get Woody Hale.
Boy and Hale had some jumps. A fourth play from short to second and for Cleveland in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Five runs. Five bases. One Yankee error. Three men left on bases score at the end of five for winning.
All tied up. The Yankees five and the Indians five.
So with the score tied five-five we're ready to go on the top of the sixth inning.
And leading off for the Yankees will be Bobby Schantz.
And so Jim Koch keeps his consecutive game winning streak intact. He cannot be the losing pitcher nor the winning pitcher.
He has won 12 games in a row. Bobby Schantz and Bobby Locke are now the pitchers of record.
Cleveland came up with five runs in the bottom of the fifth. Yet the Yankees were kind of lucky because the Indians had the bases loaded with only one out and failed the score.
And incidentally that was an RBI credited to Vic Power on his infield single off Richardson's glove in the fifth inning.
All right Bobby Schantz is up there. He's 0-4 on the air as a batter. Bobby Locke ready on the mound.
His pitch to Schantz is a strike call. A fastball over the outside corner.
And the Yankees and the Yankees have bounced to the box and doubled the right center field. Jim had driven in a run and scored a run.
The Indians got to him in the fifth inning. Pitch outside ball one-one-one.
The one-one pitch is foul-tipped back strike two, one ball two strikes. His pitch is high inside two and two of the counts.
Here's a two-two delivery. Pitch is inside ball three, three and two.
Both count on Schantz. Here's the playoff pitch. Low ball four. Bobby gets the base on ball. First walk given up by Locke.
And Schantz declines his warm-up jacket. And here's Tony Kubeck who bounced the second and then homed in the third and fourth innings.
Tony has driven in three runs tonight. That is six and seven homers of the year.
He already has more home runs this year than he had all last year.
Schantz at first with nobody out and scored side five-five. Top of the sixth.
Here's the stretch. Pitch has wanted a good bounce down third. The throw to first just in time to get Kubeck.
Boy, I said it, that was a pretty bump by Tony Kubeck.
Bobba Phillips really had a hustle to throw him out at first, moving down the second base.
Is Bobby Schantz. And here's Hechtel-Ophez who walked twice and fly to center field.
The right-hander says, curve hit on the ground. A temple off his glove in the right field as the base.
Schantz will score right at Johnny Temple. But it took a wicked hop off his glove and the Yankees lead six to five.
They give him a base hit on it and an RBI. Boy, that ball was hard hit.
So Bobby Schantz scores and the Yankees take the lead again six to five and here's Mickey Matel with Lopez at first.
Temple went down at one knee as the ball hit about three feet in front of him but then it kicked high on off his glove in a short right field.
Matel, fly to center, walked and fouled out to the catcher.
Mickey is over four strikes. So that walk was costly given up by Bobby Locke as he walked little Bobby Schantz.
Here's the stretch. The pitch curve of Hechtel-Calls. Boy, that was a big curveball. Just kept coming down and down.
Two strikes on Mickey.
Outside ball one. One ball, two strikes, one out, one run in. Hechtel-Opez at first base.
The stretch and the curve is a little bit high ball two. Two and two. The infield, temple, thick power.
The catcher, Romano and the pitch, Locke all waving their arms saying that was a good pitch. Two and two on Mickey.
Jimmy Pearce all is thrown his hat in his gloves out in the center field. Look at Pearce all these.
And Pearce all might throw, be thrown out of the game as Bob Stewart, the played umpire, starts walking out that way.
And up temple and Bob Stewart arguing at the pitchers box. And Vic Powers walking over here. Come Joe Gordon.
And Gordon is arguing with Bob Stewart. Boy, Joe is not. I'm telling you.
And while Joe Gordon is arguing with played umpire Bob Stewart, let's pause for a station identification.
WOKO Albany, New York. All right, all the arguments seem to have ended. Mickey Mantle with a count two and two on him, one out.
Low peasant first. Here's the stretch by Locke. The pitch, strike three, swinging.
Mickey went after a low fastball, didn't get it. That's two out. The Yankees leading six-five, here's Roger Maris.
Maris blind to left walk and bounced out to first base.
All right, here's the stretch by Locke. The pitch to Maris is strike one and swinging a miss.
One strike two out. Here's the stretch. Curve is lying to right field and that's in here for base pitch.
Keen up with it, deep in the corner to throw to second and it holds Maris to a long single.
That was a long single, deep in the corner and Keen played that ball like an infielder.
Roger Maris just got his fourth base hit off Cleveland pitching this year and Joe Gordon is coming out to the mound.
And that could be all for Bobby Locke. And now they call for Klipschine.
So Locke is out of there after pitching one and two-third innings in which he allows four base hits.
Walk one, struck out one and has allowed three runs. Locke leaves Klipschine, comes on.
Klipschine is six-one, 189 pounds from Chicago, Illinois with the Los Angeles Dodgers last year, had one-four and lost none.
Here's Ken Hadley. Hadley bounce the first, pops up the third and homer deep in the right field seat. Two men are out.
Alright, here's the stretch by Klipschine. The pitch is popped in the air to short right field.
Bobby Keen coming a long ways is under it and makes the catch for the outboard. Was that high?
Go Klipschine with one pitch gets out of the inning for the Yankees in the top of the sixth one run on two base hits.
No Indian errors and two men left on base.
The score at the end of five and a half innings of the Yankees sixth and the Indians five.
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At the top of the Indian batting order,
Johnny Temple, Jimmy Piersol and Harvey Keane will be facing Bobby Shant here
in the bottom of the sixth with the Yankees leading sixth to five.
Temple is two for three singles,
fly to right and beat out a butt.
He scored one run.
Alright, here's Bobby's first pitch,
low curve, outside ball one.
Here's the wind-up.
Fastball on the inside corner, one-on-one.
Shant's into the wind-up.
Pitch low, outside ball two, two-on-one.
Alright, Shant's ready.
Low curve, high ball three, three-on-one.
Here's a three-one pitch curve, low outside ball four, he lost them.
That's the third walk given up by Shant, and here's Jimmy Piersol.
We're going to have action in the Yankee bullpen.
Piersol, fly to right, twice single or left.
He's driven in a run and scored one.
Pitch high inside ball one.
Johnny James loosening up for the Yankees.
Shant's in the lead.
Temple is at first being held on by Kent Hadley.
He represents the same run.
Here's a stretch by Shant.
Pitch is putter down third.
Good front-boy at bubbles of balls, and it cannot make a play.
All hands are safe.
That'll go as a sacrifice and an error.
Cleetis boy, it took his eye off the ball to watch Piersol,
and it just kicked off the end of his glove, and now,
the Indians have run as at first and second with nobody else.
Look at Piersol getting in the lead.
He's got a good ball.
Look at Piersol getting on the official scorer.
Boy, he gets on everybody from every place.
He wanted a base hit on that.
And here comes Casey Stengel.
I tell you, that Piersol gets on the up-liar from center field.
He gets on the official scorer from first base.
And now Casey Stengel wants to talk with Bob Stewart.
And Stengel wants to know how strong that Piersol gets away with all his shenanigans.
Because other ball players have been thrown out for a lot less than Piersol has done tonight.
Jimmy is a good ball player, and he plays it to the hilt,
but at times he does think that other ball players would have been thrown out a long time ago.
Piersol would have been a dead duck at first base if Kubek fielded the ball perfectly.
It was not a hard chance. It was a good one.
But Boyer was playing in. He booted the ball,
and rightly so the official scorer charged him with an error.
A sacrifice and an error.
Runners at first and second, nobody out.
The Yankees leading 6-5.
The batter Harvey Sheen, who hit into a double play,
fly to right, finger to left. He's driven in, two and scored one.
At least he's got a good ball.
The ball is in a third.
Here's a stretch.
Pitch gets away from Howard Decker.
The runners don't throw and all hands are safe.
Another wild pitch, got to Bobby Shans,
and here comes Kabe Sengles.
And Shans is out of the ballgame.
Boy, I said he's out of the ballgame.
Shans is out of the ballgame.
Boy, I said if Shans is on, must be bothering him.
That's his second wild pitch of the ballgame.
And besides that, he's walked three men already.
And they're calling for Johnny James.
Both runners advance.
Sengles went to third. Piers all to second.
A one-ball, no strike count on Harvey Sheen.
And now for Bobby Shans.
So Bobby has actually pitched just two-thirds of an inning.
And the strange part about it is that Shans has not given up a base hit.
Johnny James is making his 19th appearance of the year.
He's won three and lost none.
Has an earned run average of 3.67.
James will be pitching to Harvey Sheen, Tito Francona and Vic Pao.
The Indians have the tang, run at third.
The lead, run at second. There's nobody out.
Now Piers all is talking with Tony Kubek.
Looks like Piers all enjoys talking as much as Yogi Berra enjoys talking to other players.
Except that Yogi doesn't get near. He's excited as Piers all.
But that's what you call a colorful ball player.
Outfield straight away on Keen. The infield is playing back. Here's the wind-up.
The pitch is a curve high inside ball one. Keen has to go down.
Six-five, the Yankees lead.
In the bottom of the sixth inning. Here's the wind-up.
Pitch is swung at a missed strike one, one-on-one.
Now the two balls, one strike, Keen had some cut at that one.
One-on-one with James, but Bobby Sheen has thrown a ball.
Curve is low. Ball three, three and one.
Johnny Gabler is up in the Yankee bullpen.
Three balls, one strike on Bobby Sheen.
Here's the wind-up. Outside ball four.
The bases are loaded in here. Cito Francona. Nobody out.
Francona walks twice and singles. He scored one run.
Six-five, the Yankees lead. The Indians are threatening. Bases loaded. Nobody out.
Johnny James, the third Yankee pitcher of the night out on the mound.
Here's the wind-up. The pitch. Curve hits deep to right center field.
Way back there. And what a catch Maris made. Holy cow.
He took a grand slam home run away from Cito Francona.
One of the greatest plays we've ever seen and Maris has heard a little bit out there.
The top of the wire fence hit him underneath his left arm.
One of the greatest plays we have ever seen.
That ball was out of the ball box. Maris put his right hand up on the top of the fence.
Leaped as high as he could. Caught the ball and came down with his left arm hung up on the fence.
That was a grand slammer all the way if I've ever seen one.
The run scores on the long-sacrificed fly by Francona. That ties up the ball game.
Driving in Johnny Temple, moving the third on the play with fierce oil,
but Harvey Keane was so stunned by the great catch of Maris's that he remained at first base.
That run has charged to Bobby Keane and here's Vic Power who popped the short line to center and singles.
Six to score. Boy, what a play that was. Here's the stretch.
There goes the runner. The ball is hit on the ground a third. They got fierce oil hung up.
He's in a run down. Howard runs him back. And now they run him back to third.
And fierce oil is tagged out, but not before he hung up there in plenty of time to let both runners advance.
On the field is Joyce.
Went from five to two to five to one to six. Kubek making the put out.
But Keane went to third and Vic Power advanced to second. Now they're at two out and the batter is Johnny Romano the catcher who struck out in walk flight.
Four to side six-six. The Indians have had some wonderful scoring opportunities when they haven't been able to cash in on them.
Outside of the six runs they've already scored.
Vic to Romano. Best ball hit on the ground. A short Kubek. A long throw. In time to get Romano.
So for the Indians in the bottom of the sixth inning, one run on Nariya Bay Fit. One Yankee era.
And two men left on base in the score at the end of sixth full inning. All tied up to Yankee sixth and the Indians sixth.
Boy I'd say that we got a dandy going here.
Looks like Jim Coast was well on his way to his ninth victory having a five nothing lead but the Indians came back.
And we're getting ready to go here in the top of the seventh and coming over to the radio side will be Mellon right after we pause for station identification.
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Hello there everybody. Elston Howard takes the pitch low for a ball as we play in the seventh inning.
Mellon Hennick Epstein doing the delivering and his next pitch bounces by the catcher for ball two.
Howard beats Epstein in relief in New York recently as a pinch hitter when he had a home run off of him.
The delivery on its way is inside for ball three. Howard grounded the second single to center twice.
Six six that's the seventh inning. And the next pitch is inside for ball four. Howard walks open the seventh.
The fourth player took a third strike. Hits the box into a double play. And reached first base safe on an error by Phillips.
Been a while in Wolley when this is a game of being remembered all the rest of the year.
The second base has to be. The punt and the play will be the second base but it is too late. Everybody's safe.
Johnny Epstein threw on to Woody Hell but his throw was late. He had to sacrifice and feel his choice.
The ball hands safe. No error on the play.
An error of judgment which is not scored in the box score.
Now Bobby Richardson who lined the left single to right and grounded the short steps up.
Big power shortened up at first ready to move in on a punt if such be forthcoming.
The ball is taken high and inside. Oh Bobby gone into a funny position.
The second base delivery is taken for a strike one in one.
One ball one strike. Johnny Epstein to the stretch. Here's the pitch.
He won it and Romano and he loses the ball and everybody is safe. Romano feeling the box.
Let the ball slip out of his hand and the bases are loaded.
It's a wild night. I'll tell you that.
That's the third. Boyer to second. Richardson to first. Sacrifice and an error.
I'll tell you it's contagious tonight.
And now Johnny James is scheduled to bat but Yogi Berra is coming out to hit for Johnny James.
Powered on third. Boyer on second and Richardson on first.
And we've got some action in the Cleveland Bowl fan. Briggs is warming up.
Yogi Berra hitting for James. We have Gabler warming up for New York.
Ford's been loosening up but he was scheduled to start tomorrow the next day.
Epstein into the wind up. The pitch is in there for a strike.
Berra hitting 303.
Now the wind up and the pitch inside for a ball one in one.
Powered on third. Boyer on second. Richardson on first.
Six sixths of course. The seventh inning.
The wind up and the pitch. Outside for ball two. Two and one.
Here's the two on delivery. Inside ball three. Three and one.
Three balls. One strike.
Three runners lead away. The wind up. The three one pitch. Swung on and fouled back.
Full count now on Berra.
Berra batting for James.
Three runners lead away. The payoff pitch and Yogi swings fouls it back. Got remains three and two.
Powered on third. Boyer on second. Richardson on first.
The wind up and the pitch. It's low inside. Ball four. Yogi walks and Howard scores.
Boyer moves to third. Richardson to second. And Berra to first.
RBI for Yogi. 27. Times called as Berra leaves first base. And we're going to have a runner for him.
Yogi's had an injured foot.
Yogi's had an injured foot. And he's going to have a run for Berra.
And here's Tony Kubeck who grounded the second. Hit two home runs off Jim Perry in the third and fourth innings and sacrificed in the sixth.
Boyer on third. Richardson on second. Berra on first. Now Joe Gordon brings the infield halfway. Pitch to Tony as low ball one.
The one nothing delivery. Inside ball two. Two and nothing.
Joe Gordon comes out of the dugout. We've seen more of the managers tonight than we've seen in any given game all year.
Johnny Briggs has been warming up. Gordon going out to talk to Johnny Kupstein who has been a spectacular pitcher this year for the Indians.
He has allowed just a little better than seven tenths of a run for game as his earned run average.
In 35 and two third innings of relief pitching going into tonight's game. He had given up just 15 hits and three runs.
Walked 11. Struck out 23. So Joe is going to stay with him a little longer. Walked out and shoved him down.
Obviously the Yankees in the setting haven't heard him in the way of batting a walk and two sacrifice. Two bunts that resulted in two sacrifices but nobody being retired.
Another walk. Here's the two nothing pitch. Swung on and missed track one and it was a bad pitch. It was low and inside and Tony tried to stop his bat but couldn't.
Two one count. Gave flip sign a lift there. Two one delivery. It's low and inside for ball three three and one.
Three balls one strike. Boyer Richardson and Gerber lead away and the three one pitch swung on and fouled back out of play.
Full count. Three balls two strikes. Here's the payoff pitch. Swung on a ground ball hit through the right field for basic Richardson scores in behind Boyer.
There goes Gerber on his way to third base and he goes there and into second now goes to back as the ball bounced off the golf of Phillips.
Time call now as Joe Gordon comes out of the dugout. A two run single by Tony Kubek gives him five runs batting in tonight.
Thirty one the season. It's nine to six New York with runners on second and third and that'll be all for Johnny Clipstein.
Boyer and Richardson scored and Gerber went to third and Kubek to second.
He'll check with the scorer to see whether there's any error on the play that developed after the base hit or whether they score.
Kubek having gone to second on the throw to third while the throw bounced off the chest of Phillips it was nowhere near in time to get Gerber going in.
But the official scorer might rule it an error enabling Kubek to go to second.
But he Tony had stopped and when he saw the ball bounce away then went on. So it's something that lies within the judgment of the official scorer.
Johnny Clipstein now departs and Johnny Bragg comes in.
He's come on in the sixth inning with two outs. So he worked one third of an inning and allowed one hit.
He walked two. No strikeouts.
Got himself into trouble on his throw to second on the bunt by Boyer which Boyer, by which Howard beat and then the error on the next bunt of Richardson's by Romano.
Duplicating a situation like that which occurred in the sixth inning for the Indians. An error by Boyer on a bunt by Pearsall.
The official scorer has ruled an error on Harvey Keane on his throw. Two third which enabled Kubek to reach second.
Johnny Briggs coming in for the thirteenth time this year has a record of three in one.
This will be his first occurrence against New York. 26 years old, 5'10", 175 pounders.
And he'll pitch now to Hector Lopez who walked twice, fly to center and single to right.
On third, Kubek on second. Joe Gordon plays the infield a little better than halfway for a play at the plate. The pitch is inside for a ball.
Getting some more action in the Indian bullpen.
And then the wind hawking. Briggs is the right hander. Runners lead away from second and third. The pitch to Hector Lopez is ball too high.
No strikes. Three runs in on the seventh inning. Yanks nine, Indians six.
Now the wind up and the two nothing pitch. Lopez swings and bounces it to third. They've got Gerber trapped. They throw to Romano, tags Gerber out on the third, goes to Kubek.
On the fielders choice play. Phillip in the Romano.
They're retired to Eli Gerber. Lopez on first, Kubek on third and the batter's manhole. Fly to right center, walk, foul the catcher and struck out.
One away. The pitch to Mickey is inside, ball one.
Briggs to the stretch and the pitch. Curve ball is in there. Strike one. One and one.
One one pitch. High ball two. Two and one.
Two balls. One strike. One out. Kubek on third and Lopez on first. Johnny Briggs in relief with Johnny Clipstein.
Here's the pitch to Manhole. Swung on a line drive in the right field. Keen's going over and grabs it. Kubek tags his third. Dicks for the plate and comes in to score.
Manhole lines out to Harvey Keen in right field and is credited with a sacrifice fly, scoring Kubek, making it 10-6. Lopez holds it first and here's Roger Maras getting a hand for that great play that he made when he robbed Tito Francona of a grand slam homer.
Last inning. Starting to rain now. The pitch to Maras is high and away for a ball.
Neither rain or bugs. Look up into the light. Here's the pitch. Swung on and fouled off to the left of the plate. Going to go out of play.
Four runs in on the seventh. Yankees have scored in every inning but the first two. It's a while and it's got a long way to go yet too.
The type of game to which the old cliche applies. The seesaw struggles. Now you teeter, now you totter. The 1-1 pitch. Swung on and ground ball hits the second. Up with it is Temple, throws on the power and the sides retired.
Four runs for New York with only one hit in one error and one man left off. At the end of six and a half innings of play. New York 10, Cleveland six.
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In the last half of the seventh inning, Johnny Gable will come into pitch for New York.
Johnny James came on in the sixth inning with nobody out and still worked the one inning.
And now Gable.
Gable will be the first batter. And then we'll have a pinch hitter for Bob Phillips. Looks like Bob Hale.
He held up. Right hander Johnny Gable to the wind up and the pitch in there for strike.
Gable's 13th appearance. He has a record of two and three.
And the next pitch is a curve low outside for a ball one and one.
The one one pitch to what he held. High ball two, two and one.
Gable's single left line to center and was purposely passed. Gable's two one pitch. High ball three, three and one.
Three balls, one strike. The three one pitch. It's high for ball four and Hale walks.
Eight walks given up by the Yankee pitchers. And here's Bob Hale coming up to bat for Bob Phillips.
And here's Gable. He'll on back. Well hit for the pitcher.
Delivers to Hale. He's in there for a strike.
Gable checks the runner. The pitch to Hale. Swung on foul to strike two. Nothing in two.
Jim Grant joins Win Hawkins in the bullpen. Nobody warming up for New York just yet.
Two strikes on Bob Hale. Gable delivers and Hale fouls it back out of play.
Gable's had six for twenty seven. Gable to the stretch. And the pitch to the left hand batters.
One ball, one and two. He almost swung at it.
One ball, two strikes. Johnny Gable checks the runner, Hale and the pitch to Hale.
One ball, two strikes.
Hale on first base. Nobody out. The two, two delivery to Hale. Swung on in missed strike three.
One down. And now here is Marty Keough to bat for Johnny Briggs.
He's a former Red Soxer, batting 246 on the season. Now Ryan Durin breaks out of the Yankee dugout, runs down to the bullpen.
Keough and Boesfield came to the Indians from Boston with Nixon and Hardy going to the Red Sox.
Now they're signaling to Hector Lopez to come in. He went out of position.
Here's the delivery. Swung on. A down ball, hit through to right field for base hit.
Hale stops the second. Keough hits the first pitch as a pinch hitter, singles to right.
And we're off and running again at the Unisport Stadium. Runners on first and second and top of the order.
Johnny Temple with Jimmy Piersdahl on deck.
I thought that game in Kansas City the other night was about the wildest of the year and it may have turned out to be,
but this one is running at a close second and it may even surpass it.
Tabor pitches Temple. Fast ball over for strike.
Temple's had two out of three tonight. Walked once. He's on a hot streak.
Runners lead away from first and second and the pitch. Swung on, bounce toward third.
Throw over to second for one. Back on to first and he pulls him off the bag. No double play.
Hale went to third. And now here's Jimmy Piersdahl.
Temple forces Keough at second. Boyard or Richardson. They failed, however, to double up Temple.
Hale went on to third. Richardson's throw pulled Hadley off the bag.
So the Indians still have a life and the Yankees have got some action on the bullpen.
Duren and Maas. Piersdahl has had one for four.
Gaper's pitch. Bunnett and the ball is grabbed from front of the plate. Howard throws down to first and Piersdahl is out and so are the Indians.
Piersdahl attempting a surprise two out. Bunnett is thrown out by Elston Howard.
No runs for the Indians. One hit. No errors for the Yankees and two Indians left off.
And at the end of seven innings of play in New York, ten runs, ten hits, two errors.
Nine men left off. Cleveland, six runs, nine hits, three errors. And eleven men left off base.
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Right, Captain.
Hail batted from Phillips and stays in, goes to first base, power switches over to third.
And wind hawkins comes in to pitch.
This is a fifth Cleveland pitcher.
Riggs came on in the seventh inning to relieve hookstimes or work one inning.
Wind Hawkins has a record of four and four. His 12th appearance of the season, he has been mostly a starter. Pitching now to Ken Hadley.
Swings and misses, Frank Wander.
Hadley's had one for four. That was a home run.
The pitch is a curve and it's inside. Hadley grounded to first, popped to third at a homer, into the right field seats and fly it out to right.
Here's the pitch swung on. It's a high pop-up in the short left. Woody Hell drifts out, gets under it and makes the catch.
Hadley pops out to the short stop in short left.
Now here's Elston Howard who grounded to second, single to center twice and walks.
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Wind Hawkins delivers to Howard, backs him away with an inside pitch ball on Hawkins right-hander.
Mudcat Grant still warming up along with Gary Bell who just has gotten up.
They deliver to Howard, swung on, hits the third on one hop.
He goes on to first in time. Two away. Howard plays third base like a first baseman. I mean by that he's very versatile.
He plays second or third outfield first but he plays it with a glove hand.
One hand's of another word.
Here's Cleat-Foyer. Nothing for three. Takes a strike, took a third strike,
hit to the box in a double play, grounded to third to safe on an error and sacrificed.
10-6 New York, it's the eighth inning. Hawkins delivers, swung on and missed. Strike two, good fastball.
And the strike pitch, two strike pitches outside, ball one, one and two.
Big Stigman gets up to throw an out and plays a bell.
The one-two pitch, swung on, lined to short, backhanded beautifully by, what a hell, about a foot off the ground.
That retired the side in order. No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on. So for the first time since the second inning the Yankees are out in order.
And at the end of seven and a half innings, New York 10, Cleveland, six.
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Ted Boasfield, loosening up for Cleveland now. He's scheduled to pitch on Sunday.
Sometimes with so much going on, there's some pitches warming up to ready to come into this game and some are just taking their loosening up for a future start.
Right now, I'm going to ask the eighth, it's Harvey Keane leading off Francona and power to follow.
Johnny Gabor to the wind up and the pitch is high, ball one. Keane grounded the third into a double play,
fly to right, single to left and walk. He's driven in two runs. Gabor's pitch is in there for strike, one-on-one.
The one-on-one offering, inside for ball two, two-on-one. And it's starting to rain now.
The rain's starting to come down very hard. The two-on-pitch is low on inside for ball three, three-on-one.
Three balls, one strike.
The three-on-pitch, inside for ball four and Keane walks to open the eighth.
Nine baser on balls, giving up.
Here's Tito Francona, robbed of a grand slammer by Roger Maris about times called and the ground crew comes out to put the tarplin down.
At about five after eleven on the clock here, I think it's a couple minutes slow.
Of course, that had to be an element added into this kind of a game.
So time has been called at Cleveland in the last of the eighth inning, sudden shower.
And just as they start getting the tarplin down, it's the rain smackens.
Still drizzling, but not as hard as it was.
The rain is just about stopped. Bob Stewart comes out, goes take it off.
That was a quick one.
Just a sudden shower, and it started to rain earlier just a little bit.
The rain began to pour, harden up for them to call time, and just as they got the tarplin covering half of the infield, the rain stopped.
It's always a difficult situation for the umpires.
They're rolling the tarplin back, and we'll be playing ball again in just a few seconds.
We're at Boston Duren, warming up for New York. We have Keen on first base, and Francono will be up to play.
It gives us a chance to look at some of the scores we haven't looked at in a long while.
Kansas City leading Baltimore 4-0, 10-2.5 innings. Larson and Brown.
Lumpy hit a grand slammer in the second innings.
The White Sox lead the Red Sox 2-1, 10-2.5 innings. Shaw against Mon Bouquet.
Detroit 4-0, Washington nothing at the end of 7 innings. Bunning for the Tigers.
Kralik relieved Lee in the second for the Senators.
In the National League, San Francisco leads Cincinnati 4-2 at the end of 7 innings.
McCormick for the Giants. Cook for Cincinnati Grim in the 8th.
Kirkland and Bell of Homer. Bells went off.
Pittsburgh beat the Cubs 4-1. Myzel beat Ellsworth. Now we're ready to continue here.
Nobody out. Keen leads off first. The pitch to Francono in there for a strike. Kerbal.
Philadelphia 4-0, St. Louis 3-0 innings. Roberts against the Decky with Brolio and McDaniel in relief.
Dodgers and Braves 3-3 down to 5 innings.
McDaniel is relieved by Roebuck in the second. Willey relieved by Jay in the first.
Howard Holmwood for the Dodgers and Aaron for the Braves. Aaron came with one on as his 17th.
10-6, New York, last the 8th. Nobody out. Keen on first. Tito Francona at bat.
John Gabers pitch in there. Strike 2. Kerbal nothing in 2.
Francona walks single to center. Walks. And then in the 6th inning was robbed of a grand slam homer on a sensational catch by Roger Merris.
Gabers to the stretch. Keen leads off first. The pitch to Francona.
Dodgers foul dipped and dropped. Francona still alive. Howard clock to hang on to the ball.
John Gabers again to the stretch. Keen leading away from first. The pitch to Francona.
Buckleball low for a ball. 1-2.
One ball, two strikes.
Gabers to the stretch. Here's the pitch to Francona. Swung on a ground ball hit to Hadley.
He throws to Gabers covering as Keen goes to second.
Francona grounds out. Hadley to Gabers who covers. Now big power.
Popped to short. Glad to center. Slingled off the glove of Richardson and grounded to short.
Big powered bat Johnny Romano on deck.
Gabers into the stretch. The pitch to power. Swung on grounded toward third.
It's grabbed by Boria one handed. It throws to first in time as Keen holds second.
A good play by the third baseman. Two down now.
Johnny Romano struck out. Walked twice and grounded to short.
What he held on deck.
Gabers into the stretch. Keen leads off second.
And the pitch. It's over for a strike. Curve ball.
Nothing on the count on Romano.
Gabers delivers and Romano takes outside for a ball. One and one. Pitch to the right hand batter.
A little ball low outside. Two and one. Romano swung on. There's a fly ball into deep center.
Romano trails back and makes the catch. And the sides retired. No runs, no hits, no errors.
One left on. At the end of eight innings. The Yankees 10 runs, 10 hits, two errors.
Cleveland six runs, nine hits and three errors.
In the ninth inning.
Bobby Richardson will lead off for New York hitting eighth in the order.
And Gabler and Kubek.
Wyn Hawkins who came on in the eighth inning.
The fifth Cleveland pitcher. Jim Perry in four innings allowed five hits.
And four runs. Bobby Locke in two thirds allowed four hits.
And two runs. And Clipstein in the third of an inning.
Gave up one hit. Four runs were charged to him.
Braggs and Hawkins have stopped the Yankees. The pitch to Bobby is in their fourth strike.
Richardson lying to left. Single to right. Grounded to short.
And...bunnyed in the safe on an error by the catcher, Romano.
Hawkins deliberate. Curve ball over. Strike two. Nothing in two.
No balls, two strikes. Hawkins pitch is in the dirt, bounces by the catcher.
One ball, two strikes.
Hawkins pitch. Richardson swings and chops it high to third.
One handed by Power throws the first in time.
And the offense you just tuned in. Power switched from first to third.
Last inning, Bob Hale having pinched it for the third base from Bob Phillips and remained in the game and went to first base.
Johnny Gabler comes up for his first time at bat.
10-6 New York hits the ninth inning.
Hawkins delivers a fast ball outside. Ball one.
One ball, no strikes. And the one-nothing pitch.
Swung on and fouled off to the left of the plate out of play.
One and one.
The one-one pitches. Ball two inside. Two and one.
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Two balls, one strike.
And the pitch. Swung on and popped foul off third. Roman on power after Dan. Power will get it.
Next to catch. He made that catch with two hands.
Two away in the ninth inning.
Tony Kubek steps up, grounded a second, hit two homers in the third and fourth innings.
Sacrifice and single. He's driven in five runs.
Hawkins pitches, fast ball over four strikes.
The one strike delivery. Curveball is bounced down to first to Bob Hale.
He takes it, tosses to the pitcher covering in time and the side's retired.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left off.
When Hawkins came in and retired six Yankees in a row.
In fact, with Friggs having come in and the seventh nobody out, nine Yankees in a row have been retired.
All in two of the outs in the seventh.
A run scored on a sacrifice drive by Mato.
So what's the end of eight and a half innings?
It's 10-6 New York. The Indians will have held Hale.
And if it hadn't traded Carol Hardy off, you'd have had Hale and Hardy coming up at it.
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Woody Hale.
Swing to the left, line to center, walk twice, leads off in the last of the line.
Gabers pitch, swung on and bowled off the foot of Hale.
One strike.
Duran Moss working out.
Gary Bell and Ted Postfield loosening up for Cleveland.
Able of the wind up and the pitch is inside for a ball, one-in-one.
The one-in-one delivery to Hale, swung on and bowled off toward the Yankee dugout. Strike two, one and two.
The last of the nine thinning.
Aisley, Baltimore five, nothing end of three and Chicago beat Boston two to one.
Detroit leading Washington four to nothing end of seven. Here's the pitch, swung on and missed. Strike three.
Woody Hale strikes out.
One down to the nine thinning and here is Bob Hale.
He batted for Phillips in the seventh and remained in the game.
Struck out in the seventh inning.
The pitch is swung on and grabbed on one hop, tagged out by Gabler.
Here's a thing that managers normally tell him not to do. He took the ball and one hop and waited for the runner to come by and tagged him.
And not only that, but Hale let him tag him. Usually he's not knocked the ball away from him.
Now we're going to have a pinch hitter for Hawkins, Chuck Tanner.
Chuck Tanner hits for Wynn Hawkins.
Gabler unassisted. Tanner left hand batter. The pitch swung on, a bouncer hit off to second.
Hale hopped, grabbed by Richardson close to Hadley and the ball game is over.
You could have seen that one. Bobby leaps in the air almost pirouetted as that ball took a high hop and was almost the base hit.
No runs, no hits, no errors, no one left on. And the Yankees won it by a score of ten to six.
The Yankees ten runs, ten hits, two errors, the Indians six runs, nine hits and three errors.
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The Yankees got away to a five run lead with one run in the third inning on 2-becks Homer.
And in the fourth inning on a single by Richardson, Coach Double, which got Richardson home and 2-becks two run Homer.
And then in the, that was all off Jim Perry. Perry went out and locked him in in the fifth inning and Hadley homered off of him.
But Coach was gotten to in the fifth inning for five runs by the Indians on a single that started it by Phillips.
He was forced to second by Locke. Then came a safe front by Temple, a single by Piersol for a run.
He singled in two, we'll walk to Brancona and infield hit for power, got a run home.
And there was five, five. And then the Yankees went ahead six to five in the sixth inning on a walk to Bobby Shantz, who had replaced Coates.
A sacrifice by Kubeck and a single by Hexton Lopez. That made it six to five and then the Indians got a six run to the last of the six.
When Temple walked, was sacrificed by Piersol, it was safe on an error by Boyer.
Then James came in to relieve Shantz, team walked.
Brancona then with the bases loaded, almost changed the game around when he hit the ball actually over the right center field screen.
But Roger Maris made one of the great catches of the year to rob him of a grand slam homer and Temple scored after the catch and that was all the Indians scored in that inning or four of the night.
Johnny Clipstein, who had relieved in the sixth inning with two outs and got Hadley out, walked Howard in the seventh.
Boyer and Richardson both sacrificed and each went safe, one on a feeler's choice play, which the throw arrived too late.
At second base from the pitcher and an error by the catcher and Richardson's punt, then Barra hit for Johnny James, who had relieved Shantz,
and walked to force a run in. Kubeck, single, two more in and a sacrifice by Mantle got the fourth run in.
So that's the way the runs were scored. Perry, Locke, Clipstein, Briggs and Hawkins working for the Indians.
Coach Shantz, James and Gaber for New York with Gaber working the last three innings in handsome style.
But James was the pitcher of record when the runs were scored, he gets the win. He has a record of four and oh, and Malousha's Clipstein a record of one and three.
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