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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1960-09-27 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 6589 · 65°F, sunny, dry · 2:36

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 5–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Eli Grba earned the win and Bob Turley picked up the save. Bill Skowron went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eli Grba L: Don Lee SV: Bob Turley

Umpires — HP: Bob Stewart · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Kubek	4	1	1	0	0	1
Hector Lopez	3	1	0	0	1	1
Roger Maris	2	0	1	1	2	0
Mickey Mantle	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Long	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Blanchard	3	1	1	1	0	1
Gil McDougald	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Richardson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ryne Duren	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jesse Gonder	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pisoni	2	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Skowron	1	1	1	1	0	0
Yogi Berra	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elston Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clete Boyer	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Turley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Reno Bertoia	4	1	1	0	0	2
Lenny Green	3	0	0	0	1	1
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Lemon	4	0	1	0	0	2
Faye Throneberry	3	0	1	0	1	2
Earl Battey	2	0	0	1	2	1
Johnny Schaive	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zoilo Versalles	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mincher	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryne Duren	4.0	2	2	7
Eli Grba	3.0	0	2	2
Bob Turley	2.0	1	0	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Lee	7.0	2	2	6
Ted Sadowski	0.1	2	1	0
Jim Kaat	1.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Kubek: 3/G3
Hector Lopez: 53/G5L
Roger Maris: W
Mickey Mantle: 31/G34

Bot 1

Reno Bertoia: K/C
Lenny Green: K
Harmon Killebrew: K

Top 2

Dale Long: DGR/G5L
Johnny Blanchard: T8/F89XD.2-H;B-H(E4/TH3)(NR)
Gil McDougald: 63/G6
Bobby Richardson: 63/G6S
Ryne Duren: K

Bot 2

Jim Lemon: K
Faye Throneberry: K
Earl Battey: 63/G6

Top 3

Tony Kubek: K/C
Hector Lopez: 6/L6
Roger Maris: 4/L4

Bot 3

Johnny Schaive: K+PB.B-1
Zoilo Versalles: CS2(23)
Zoilo Versalles: 4/P34D
Don Lee: 5/P15

Top 4

Mickey Mantle: K/C
Dale Long: K/C
Johnny Blanchard: K

Bot 4

Reno Bertoia: S8/L
Lenny Green: 8/L8
Harmon Killebrew: K
Jim Lemon: S9/G34.1-2
Faye Throneberry: W.2-3;1-2
Earl Battey: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Billy Consolo: 3/P3F/FL

Top 5

Gil McDougald: 9/F9L
Bobby Richardson: 43/G4
Jesse Gonder: 63/G6

Bot 5

Zoilo Versalles: 53/G5L
Don Lee: 4/P34D
Reno Bertoia: 63/G6

Top 6

Tony Kubek: 7/F7
Hector Lopez: K
Roger Maris: W
Jim Pisoni: 43/G4

Bot 6

Lenny Green: W
Harmon Killebrew: 9/F9DW
Jim Lemon: K/C
Faye Throneberry: K

Top 7

Dale Long: 9/L9
Johnny Blanchard: 9/F9D
Gil McDougald: 43/G4

Bot 7

Earl Battey: W
Billy Consolo: 54/BG/SH.1-2
Julio Becquer: 8/F8S
Elmer Valo: 63/G6

Top 8

Bill Skowron: HR/F7LD
Yogi Berra: 8/F8XD
Tony Kubek: S9/L
Hector Lopez: W.1-2
Roger Maris: S8/G46.2-H;1-2
Jim Pisoni: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Dale Long: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Reno Bertoia: K/C
Lenny Green: 2/P2F/FL
Harmon Killebrew: 7/FL

Top 9

Elston Howard: 63/G6
Gil McDougald: K/C
Clete Boyer: D9/L89
Bob Turley: 13/G1

Bot 9

Jim Lemon: 4/P34D
Faye Throneberry: S8/G46
Earl Battey: K/C
Don Mincher: K

Notes & reviews

Touched by a fan
Schaive started to advance when the pitch got away from Blanchard. Schaive twisted his right knee trying to return to 1B and left the field on a stretcher.

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