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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1963-05-31 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 20426 · 2:09

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 4–0. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 3rd. Whitey Ford earned the win. Elston Howard went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Whitey Ford L: Mudcat Grant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Bill Valentine · 2B: Bill McKinley · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clete Boyer	4	0	1	0	1	1
Bobby Richardson	4	1	0	0	1	0
Tom Tresh	4	1	1	2	1	0
Mickey Mantle	4	0	1	0	1	1
Roger Maris	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Pepitone	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elston Howard	4	1	2	2	0	0
Phil Linz	3	0	1	0	1	0
Whitey Ford	4	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dick Howser	3	0	1	0
Vic Davalillo	4	1	0	0
Woodie Held	4	0	0	2
Joe Adcock	3	0	1	1
Tito Francona	3	0	1	1
Max Alvis	2	0	0	1
Jerry Kindall	3	1	0	1
Joe Azcue	2	1	1	0
Mudcat Grant	2	0	0	0
Gene Green	1	0	0	1
Al Luplow	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	9.0	3	4	8

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	8.0	7	5	3
Bob Allen	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Clete Boyer: K/C
Bobby Richardson: W
Tom Tresh: W.1-2
Mickey Mantle: 3/FL
Roger Maris: 43

Bot 1

Dick Howser: 53
Vic Davalillo: 53
Woodie Held: K

Top 2

Joe Pepitone: K
Elston Howard: 43
Phil Linz: 7

Bot 2

Joe Adcock: 53
Tito Francona: K
Max Alvis: K

Top 3

Whitey Ford: 13
Clete Boyer: 4/8
Bobby Richardson: E6
Tom Tresh: SB2
Tom Tresh: HR/L9.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Mickey Mantle: W
Roger Maris: 8

Bot 3

Jerry Kindall: S9
Joe Azcue: 54(1)3/GDP
Mudcat Grant: 63

Top 4

Joe Pepitone: 6/7
Elston Howard: 53
Phil Linz: W
Whitey Ford: S9/G.1-3
Clete Boyer: W.1-2
Bobby Richardson: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Dick Howser: W
Vic Davalillo: 5
Woodie Held: K/C
Joe Adcock: K

Top 5

Tom Tresh: 6/7
Mickey Mantle: K
Roger Maris: 9/9D

Bot 5

Tito Francona: 6/L6S
Max Alvis: 8/8S
Jerry Kindall: K

Top 6

Joe Pepitone: 3/FL
Elston Howard: S8
Phil Linz: S8.1-2
Whitey Ford: 3
Clete Boyer: S9.1-2;2-3
Bobby Richardson: 6

Bot 6

Joe Azcue: W
Mudcat Grant: 7/7D
Dick Howser: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Tom Tresh: 8
Mickey Mantle: 3/FL
Roger Maris: 9

Bot 7

Vic Davalillo: 53
Woodie Held: 13
Joe Adcock: W
Tito Francona: W.1-2
Gene Green: K/BF

Top 8

Joe Pepitone: S9
Elston Howard: HR/L9.1-H
Phil Linz: 53
Whitey Ford: 43
Clete Boyer: 63

Bot 8

Jerry Kindall: 9
Joe Azcue: S/8S
Al Luplow: PO1(E1).1-3
Al Luplow: K
Dick Howser: 5

Top 9

Bobby Richardson: 8/L8D
Tom Tresh: 53/BG
Mickey Mantle: S9
Roger Maris: 3/G

Bot 9

Vic Davalillo: S2
Woodie Held: 43.1-2
Joe Adcock: FC6.2X3(65)
Tito Francona: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Joe Pepitone did not cover 1B on pickoff

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