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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1968-07-03 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 6284 · 2:15

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 4–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 8th. Mel Stottlemyre earned the win. Bobby Cox went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	7
WS2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Mel Stottlemyre L: Phil Ortega SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Neudecker · 1B: Larry Napp · 2B: Johnny Stevens · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	0	0	1	0	1
Roy White	5	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Mantle	2	0	0	0	2	1
Tom Tresh	2	1	1	1	2	0
Andy Kosco	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Gibbs	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Cox	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bill Robinson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Mel Stottlemyre	3	0	1	0	1	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	0	1	0	0
Bernie Allen	4	0	0	0	1
Frank Howard	3	0	2	1	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	0	0
Mike Epstein	4	0	0	0	1
Cap Peterson	4	0	0	0	0
Jim French	3	0	0	0	1
Ron Hansen	2	1	0	1	0
Phil Ortega	1	0	0	0	1
Gary Holman	1	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	9.0	4	2	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Ortega	7.0	4	5	2
Dennis Higgins	0.1	2	0	1
Darold Knowles	0.2	1	0	2
Bob Humphreys	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: K
Roy White: 8
Mickey Mantle: 63

Bot 1

Del Unser: S4
Bernie Allen: PO1(E3).1-2
Bernie Allen: K
Frank Howard: 43.2-3
Ken McMullen: 8/8D

Top 2

Tom Tresh: W
Andy Kosco: 16(1)3/GDP
Jake Gibbs: 43

Bot 2

Mike Epstein: 31
Cap Peterson: 5/L
Jim French: K

Top 3

Bobby Cox: 13
Bill Robinson: S8
Mel Stottlemyre: S8.1-3
Horace Clarke: 8/SF.3-H
Roy White: 43

Bot 3

Ron Hansen: W
Phil Ortega: 14/SH.1-2
Del Unser: 63.2-3
Bernie Allen: E6.3-H(NR)(UR)
Frank Howard: W.1-2
Ken McMullen: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Mickey Mantle: W
Tom Tresh: 9
Andy Kosco: SB2
Andy Kosco: 6/L
Jake Gibbs: 8/L

Bot 4

Mike Epstein: 7
Cap Peterson: 53
Jim French: 43

Top 5

Bobby Cox: 7/7D
Bill Robinson: 8/L
Mel Stottlemyre: K

Bot 5

Ron Hansen: 63
Phil Ortega: K/C
Del Unser: 8

Top 6

Horace Clarke: 43
Roy White: 1
Mickey Mantle: W
Tom Tresh: W.1-2
Andy Kosco: 4/8

Bot 6

Bernie Allen: 9/9D
Frank Howard: S9
Ken McMullen: S8.1-2
Mike Epstein: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Jake Gibbs: 53
Bobby Cox: HR/7
Bill Robinson: S7
Mel Stottlemyre: CS2(26)
Mel Stottlemyre: W
Horace Clarke: 9

Bot 7

Cap Peterson: 63
Jim French: 63
Ron Hansen: 2/FL

Top 8

Roy White: S6
Mickey Mantle: SB2
Mickey Mantle: K
Tom Tresh: S8.2-H
Andy Kosco: HP.1-2
Jake Gibbs: S7.1-2;2-H
Bobby Cox: K
Bill Robinson: K

Bot 8

Gary Holman: 43
Del Unser: 43
Bernie Allen: 8

Top 9

Mel Stottlemyre: 53
Horace Clarke: 43
Roy White: 43

Bot 9

Frank Howard: S/78
Ken McMullen: 6
Mike Epstein: K
Cap Peterson: 3