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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1963-09-06 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 16273 · 60°F · 1:52

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Whitey Ford earned the win. Harry Bright went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Whitey Ford L: Hank Aguirre SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McKinley · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Sam Carrigan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Don Wert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rocky Colavito	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Triandos	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	3	1	1	1	0	0
George Smith	2	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Aguirre	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Phil Linz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Richardson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Lopez	4	1	1	0	0	3
Elston Howard	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Pepitone	4	0	1	1	0	0
Clete Boyer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Bright	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jack Reed	2	0	1	0	1	0
Whitey Ford	2	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Aguirre	8.1	6	1	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	9.0	6	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Thomas: 23
Don Wert: S8
Bill Bruton: 7/L
Rocky Colavito: D7.1-3
Bill Freehan: 53

Bot 1

Phil Linz: 7
Bobby Richardson: 8
Hector Lopez: K

Top 2

Gus Triandos: 4
Dick McAuliffe: 63
George Smith: 43

Bot 2

Elston Howard: S9
Joe Pepitone: 36(1)/FO
Clete Boyer: 6
Harry Bright: 4

Top 3

Hank Aguirre: K
George Thomas: S8
Don Wert: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Jack Reed: 53
Whitey Ford: 53
Phil Linz: K

Top 4

Bill Bruton: W
Rocky Colavito: 64(1)3/GDP
Bill Freehan: 8/L

Bot 4

Bobby Richardson: 6/7
Hector Lopez: K
Elston Howard: 53

Top 5

Gus Triandos: 9
Dick McAuliffe: 8
George Smith: K

Bot 5

Joe Pepitone: 7/L
Clete Boyer: 2/FL
Harry Bright: HR/7
Jack Reed: S7/G
Whitey Ford: K

Top 6

Hank Aguirre: 8/8D
George Thomas: 1/L
Don Wert: S8
Bill Bruton: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Phil Linz: 7
Bobby Richardson: 63
Hector Lopez: K

Top 7

Bill Bruton: K
Rocky Colavito: 9
Bill Freehan: S8
Gus Triandos: SB2
Gus Triandos: 63

Bot 7

Elston Howard: 13
Joe Pepitone: 13
Clete Boyer: 63

Top 8

Dick McAuliffe: HR/9
George Smith: W
Hank Aguirre: PO1(1343)
Hank Aguirre: 2/FL
George Thomas: K

Bot 8

Harry Bright: 3
Jack Reed: W
Whitey Ford: 14/SH.1-2
Phil Linz: 4/L

Top 9

Don Wert: 2/FL
Bill Bruton: 6
Rocky Colavito: 8/8D

Bot 9

Bobby Richardson: 7/7D
Hector Lopez: S/7LS
Elston Howard: S8.1-2
Joe Pepitone: S9.2-H;1-2