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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1953-08-11 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 19793 · 2:21

Washington Senators defeated New York Yankees 2–1. Walt Masterson earned the win. Clyde Vollmer went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
WS1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	10

W: Walt Masterson L: Bill Miller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Larry Napp · 2B: Jim Duffy · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gil McDougald	2	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Collins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Bauer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Yogi Berra	4	0	1	0	0	1
Irv Noren	4	0	1	1	0	1
Gene Woodling	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Martin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Rizzuto	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Sain	2	0	1	0	0	0
Don Bollweg	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	0	0	0	1	1
Yo-Yo Davalillo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Vernon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kite Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	4	0	3	1	0	0
Jim Busby	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	2	1	1	0	2	0
Frank Sacka	3	0	2	1	1	0
Walt Masterson	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Miller	3.0	7	1	2
Johnny Sain	5.0	3	3	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walt Masterson	9.0	5	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gil McDougald: K
Joe Collins: 43
Hank Bauer: K

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: K
Yo-Yo Davalillo: 63
Mickey Vernon: S9
Kite Thomas: S9.1-2
Clyde Vollmer: S8.2-H;1-3
Jim Busby: 13

Top 2

Yogi Berra: K
Irv Noren: 8
Gene Woodling: W
Billy Martin: 6/P

Bot 2

Wayne Terwilliger: W
Frank Sacka: S8.1-2
Walt Masterson: 15(2)/FO.1-2;B-1
Eddie Yost: 8
Yo-Yo Davalillo: K

Top 3

Phil Rizzuto: K
Bill Miller: 53
Gil McDougald: HP
Joe Collins: 3/G

Bot 3

Mickey Vernon: 13
Kite Thomas: 43
Clyde Vollmer: D7
Jim Busby: 9

Top 4

Hank Bauer: 63
Yogi Berra: 4/P
Irv Noren: 43

Bot 4

Wayne Terwilliger: D7
Frank Sacka: S9.2-H
Walt Masterson: 1/P
Eddie Yost: 8
Yo-Yo Davalillo: S5.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 63

Top 5

Gene Woodling: 8
Billy Martin: 7
Phil Rizzuto: 5/L

Bot 5

Kite Thomas: 53
Clyde Vollmer: S7
Jim Busby: D7.1-3
Wayne Terwilliger: 13
Frank Sacka: W
Walt Masterson: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2;B-1

Top 6

Johnny Sain: 13
Gil McDougald: S7
Joe Collins: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Eddie Yost: W
Yo-Yo Davalillo: 34/SH.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 9
Kite Thomas: 63

Top 7

Hank Bauer: W
Yogi Berra: 8
Irv Noren: T8.1-H
Gene Woodling: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Billy Martin: 7

Bot 7

Clyde Vollmer: 7
Jim Busby: 63
Wayne Terwilliger: W
Frank Sacka: E5/TH.1XH(32)

Top 8

Don Bollweg: K
Johnny Sain: S9
Johnny Mize: 6/P
Joe Collins: 7

Bot 8

Walt Masterson: 63
Eddie Yost: 8
Yo-Yo Davalillo: 6/P

Top 9

Hank Bauer: S8
Yogi Berra: S8.1-3
Irv Noren: K
Gene Woodling: 6/L
Billy Martin: K