This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1955-08-02 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · 10 innings · Att: 43124 · 89°F · 2:54

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 2–1. Tommy Byrne earned the win. Joe Collins went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy Byrne L: Early Wynn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Avila	2	0	0	1	0	2
Vic Wertz	4	0	0	0	1	1
Al Rosen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Doby	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hoot Evers	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Strickland	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	3	0	1	0
Early Wynn	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Coleman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Collins	4	2	3	2	1	0
Mickey Mantle	4	0	1	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	2	0	0	0
Irv Noren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Bauer	4	0	2	0	0	1
Tommy Byrne	4	0	1	0	0	1
Andy Carey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Hunter	4	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	9.1	9	1	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Byrne	10.0	7	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: T/89
Bobby Avila: 9/SF.3-H
Vic Wertz: 4/P
Al Rosen: 63

Bot 1

Jerry Coleman: 8/L
Joe Collins: HR/9
Mickey Mantle: 43
Yogi Berra: S7
Irv Noren: 8

Top 2

Larry Doby: 5/FL
Hoot Evers: K/C
George Strickland: 9/9D

Bot 2

Hank Bauer: D8
Tommy Byrne: 7
Andy Carey: K
Billy Hunter: 53

Top 3

Jim Hegan: S9
Early Wynn: 54/SH.1-2
Al Smith: 5/L
Bobby Avila: K

Bot 3

Jerry Coleman: 4/P
Joe Collins: 63
Mickey Mantle: DGR/9
Yogi Berra: 3/P

Top 4

Vic Wertz: W
Al Rosen: 54(1)3/GDP
Larry Doby: K

Bot 4

Irv Noren: 43
Hank Bauer: D7
Tommy Byrne: 8/L
Andy Carey: K

Top 5

Hoot Evers: 5/P
George Strickland: 6/L
Jim Hegan: S9
Early Wynn: 8

Bot 5

Billy Hunter: K/C
Jerry Coleman: 8
Joe Collins: S9
Mickey Mantle: 9

Top 6

Al Smith: D5
Bobby Avila: 53/SH.2-3
Vic Wertz: K
Al Rosen: 9

Bot 6

Yogi Berra: 8
Irv Noren: 9/L
Hank Bauer: K

Top 7

Larry Doby: S9
Hoot Evers: 8
George Strickland: S7.1-3
Jim Hegan: W.1-2
Early Wynn: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Tommy Byrne: K
Andy Carey: 8
Billy Hunter: 7/L

Top 8

Al Smith: W
Bobby Avila: 34/SH.1-2
Vic Wertz: 7
Al Rosen: W
Larry Doby: 9

Bot 8

Jerry Coleman: 4/P
Joe Collins: W
Mickey Mantle: 7
Yogi Berra: S9.1-3
Irv Noren: 43

Top 9

Hoot Evers: 7
George Strickland: 4/P
Jim Hegan: S8
Early Wynn: 7

Bot 9

Hank Bauer: 2/FL
Tommy Byrne: S1
Andy Carey: 96(1)/FO
Billy Hunter: 14(1)/FO

Top 10

Al Smith: 53
Bobby Avila: K
Vic Wertz: 9

Bot 10

Jerry Coleman: 9
Joe Collins: HR/9

Notes & reviews

Indians coach Harder ejected by HP umpire Grieve for arguing ball four call to Collins
Indians manager Lopez ejected by HP umpire Grieve for continuing to argue about Harder's ejection

⚾ Arcade