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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1968-09-14 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 4143 · 82°F · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 4–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 4th. Al Downing earned the win. Roy White went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Downing L: Gerry Schoen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Marty Springstead · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Bob Stewart · 3B: Lou DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Gibbs	3	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Pepitone	3	0	0	1	0	0
Roy White	3	1	1	2	1	0
Tom Tresh	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Robinson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Andy Kosco	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Ferraro	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Downing	3	1	1	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Cullen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	3	1	2	1	1	0
Frank Howard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken McMullen	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cap Peterson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Allen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gerry Schoen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Billings	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Downing	9.0	6	2	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Schoen	3.2	6	1	1
Jim Miles	1.1	2	0	0
Casey Cox	2.0	0	0	1
Steve Jones	2.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: K
Jake Gibbs: 9/L
Joe Pepitone: 2/FL

Bot 1

Del Unser: 63
Tim Cullen: 53
Brant Alyea: W
Frank Howard: K

Top 2

Roy White: W
Tom Tresh: 46(1)3/GDP
Bill Robinson: 53

Bot 2

Ken McMullen: 63
Cap Peterson: 43
Paul Casanova: 53

Top 3

Andy Kosco: S7
Mike Ferraro: S9.1-3
Al Downing: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Horace Clarke: 8

Bot 3

Hank Allen: S4
Gerry Schoen: 2
Del Unser: K
Tim Cullen: 6/7

Top 4

Jake Gibbs: S9
Joe Pepitone: 4/9
Roy White: HR/9.1-H
Tom Tresh: 4/8
Bill Robinson: S7
Andy Kosco: S9.1-3
Mike Ferraro: 23

Bot 4

Brant Alyea: HR/7
Frank Howard: 8/8D
Ken McMullen: S7
Cap Peterson: 54(1)/FO
Paul Casanova: 9/L

Top 5

Al Downing: S8
Horace Clarke: S9.1-2
Jake Gibbs: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Joe Pepitone: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Roy White: 9/L

Bot 5

Hank Allen: 8
Mike Epstein: W
Del Unser: 46(1)/FO
Tim Cullen: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Tom Tresh: 31
Bill Robinson: 63
Andy Kosco: 63

Bot 6

Brant Alyea: 13
Frank Howard: 4/9
Ken McMullen: S6
Cap Peterson: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Mike Ferraro: 6
Al Downing: K
Horace Clarke: 7

Bot 7

Paul Casanova: 53
Hank Allen: 8/8D
Dick Billings: S5
Del Unser: 8

Top 8

Jake Gibbs: K
Joe Pepitone: 6/7
Roy White: 53

Bot 8

Tim Cullen: 53
Brant Alyea: D7
Frank Howard: 53
Ken McMullen: 53

Top 9

Tom Tresh: K
Bill Robinson: K
Andy Kosco: 8

Bot 9

Cap Peterson: 53
Paul Casanova: 53
Hank Allen: 8

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Gerry Schoen
Horace Clarke's relay throw to 1B hit Ken McMullen
Mike Ferraro's 11th assist of the game

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