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August 16, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 13 18 0
Red Sox 6 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 13 18 0
Red Sox 6 8 1

Billy Klaus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .292
OBP .250 .357
At Bats 4 390
Hits 1 114
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 46

Tom Morgan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 9
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Fenway Park - August 16, 1955
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Out
Tom Morgan
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Gil McDougald
Andy Carey
Phil Rizzuto
Irv Noren
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Billy Klaus
Billy Goodman
Jim Piersall

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 13 18 0 9
Boston Red Sox 6 8 1 5
Winning Pitcher Don Larsen
Losing Pitcher Frank Sullivan
Save Tom Morgan
Game Winning RBI Bill Skowron
Attendance 34,152
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 9 Faye Throneberry pinch hits for Tom Brewer. Throneberry hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Bauer moves to third.
Top 9 McDougald is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rizzuto scores. Morgan moves to third.
Top 9 Morgan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Rizzuto moves to third.
Top 9 Rizzuto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Carey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tom Morgan now pitching. Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. White reaches second base with a double. Zauchin goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Zauchin is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 8 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klaus for the out.
Top 8 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Tom Brewer now pitching. Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a line drive towards third. Carey catches it and throws to first to double up Piersall.
Bottom 7 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Dick Brodowski. Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 7 Piersall takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Collins now playing first base. Irv Noren now playing left field. Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey scores.
Top 7 Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to third.
Top 7 Rizzuto bunts towards first. Zauchin scoops it up and throws to first, with Goodman covering, for the out. Carey moves to second.
Top 7 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Zauchin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howard for the out.
Top 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out. McDougald moves to third.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McDougald hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. McDougald reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brodowski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brodowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rizzuto bunts towards the mound. Brodowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to second.
Top 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Zauchin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brodowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Klaus hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brodowski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Piersall bunts in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bauer strikes out.
Top 3 Dick Brodowski now pitching. Larsen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 3 Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 3 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Skowron tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skowron moves to third.
Top 3 Skowron is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan juggles the ball. That's an error on Sullivan. Bauer scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Bauer moves to third.
Top 3 McDougald bunts towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDougald for the out. Bauer moves to second.
Top 3 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hatton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Carey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McDougald reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howard strikes out.
Top 1 Skowron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.