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Washington Senators @ New York Yankees

1954-05-31 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 2:00

Washington Senators defeated New York Yankees 1–0. Johnny Schmitz earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Schmitz L: Whitey Ford SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Busby	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	2	1	0	1
Roy Sievers	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Lemon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	3	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Schmitz	3	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Gil McDougald	3	0	1	0
Jerry Coleman	4	0	0	0
Mickey Mantle	4	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	3	0	0	1
Hank Bauer	3	1	0	0
Bill Skowron	3	0	0	0
Gene Woodling	3	0	0	0
Andy Carey	3	1	0	0
Whitey Ford	2	1	0	1
Bobby Brown	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Schmitz	9.0	3	1	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	8.0	7	1	6
Johnny Sain	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Yost: S1/BG5S.B-2(E1/TH1)
Jim Busby: 43.2-3
Mickey Vernon: S7.3-H
Roy Sievers: S7.1-2
Jim Lemon: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 1

Gil McDougald: 13
Jerry Coleman: 63
Mickey Mantle: 3/FL

Top 2

Pete Runnels: 43
Ed FitzGerald: 4/L
Wayne Terwilliger: K

Bot 2

Yogi Berra: K
Hank Bauer: S8
Bill Skowron: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Johnny Schmitz: S8
Eddie Yost: W.1-2
Jim Busby: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Mickey Vernon: K
Roy Sievers: K

Bot 3

Gene Woodling: 4/P
Andy Carey: 31
Whitey Ford: S9
Gil McDougald: W.1-2
Jerry Coleman: 6/L

Top 4

Jim Lemon: 5/P
Pete Runnels: K
Ed FitzGerald: 9

Bot 4

Mickey Mantle: 63
Yogi Berra: E9/F
Hank Bauer: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Wayne Terwilliger: 53
Johnny Schmitz: 13
Eddie Yost: 53

Bot 5

Bill Skowron: 53
Gene Woodling: 13
Andy Carey: S8
Whitey Ford: K/C

Top 6

Jim Busby: S7
Mickey Vernon: S8.1-2
Roy Sievers: 7
Jim Lemon: CS3(25)
Jim Lemon: 7

Bot 6

Gil McDougald: 43
Jerry Coleman: 43
Mickey Mantle: 63

Top 7

Pete Runnels: 2/FL
Ed FitzGerald: S8
Wayne Terwilliger: K
Johnny Schmitz: K

Bot 7

Yogi Berra: E4/G
Hank Bauer: 8
Bill Skowron: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Eddie Yost: 63
Jim Busby: 7
Mickey Vernon: 13

Bot 8

Gene Woodling: 31
Andy Carey: 3/FL
Bobby Brown: 43

Top 9

Roy Sievers: S5/G
Jim Lemon: 14/SH.1-2
Pete Runnels: IW
Ed FitzGerald: 9
Tom Wright: K

Bot 9

Gil McDougald: 3/FL
Jerry Coleman: 63
Mickey Mantle: 7

Notes & reviews

Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, attended the game
Yankees Manager Casey Stengel ejected by HP umpire Johnny Stevens claiming that Eddie Yost should have been called for interference because the ball struck his cap; Stengel also thought Yost was out at 2B

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