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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1968-07-26 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 28765 · 77°F · 2:09

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 5–0. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Mel Stottlemyre earned the win. Joe Pepitone went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Stottlemyre L: Sam McDowell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Salerno · 1B: Emmett Ashford · 2B: Bill Valentine · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy White	3	2	2	1	1	0
Mickey Mantle	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Pepitone	4	0	2	3	0	1
Andy Kosco	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Tresh	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Fernandez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Bobby Cox	4	1	2	1	0	2
Mel Stottlemyre	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Russ Snyder	4	1	0
Jose Cardenal	4	1	0
Lee Maye	4	0	0
Duke Sims	4	1	0
Joe Azcue	4	2	1
Vern Fuller	4	1	1
Dave Nelson	3	1	0
Larry Brown	2	0	1
Sam McDowell	2	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	1	0	0
Lou Klimchock	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	9.0	7	0	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam McDowell	8.0	6	1	10
Hal Kurtz	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: 6/8
Roy White: DGR/7
Mickey Mantle: K
Joe Pepitone: D7.2-H
Andy Kosco: 8

Bot 1

Russ Snyder: 43
Jose Cardenal: 8
Lee Maye: 63

Top 2

Tom Tresh: K/C
Frank Fernandez: K
Bobby Cox: K

Bot 2

Duke Sims: 43
Joe Azcue: S8
Vern Fuller: S8.1-2
Dave Nelson: 2/FL
Larry Brown: 8

Top 3

Mel Stottlemyre: K/C
Horace Clarke: 63
Roy White: W
Mickey Mantle: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Sam McDowell: 3/G
Russ Snyder: 63
Jose Cardenal: S8
Lee Maye: 43

Top 4

Joe Pepitone: K
Andy Kosco: K
Tom Tresh: 6

Bot 4

Duke Sims: 5
Joe Azcue: S7
Vern Fuller: 7/7D
Dave Nelson: 6(1)/FO

Top 5

Frank Fernandez: K
Bobby Cox: K
Mel Stottlemyre: K

Bot 5

Larry Brown: K/C
Sam McDowell: 13
Russ Snyder: 43

Top 6

Horace Clarke: 2
Roy White: S8
Mickey Mantle: 2/FL
Joe Pepitone: 5/L

Bot 6

Jose Cardenal: 13
Lee Maye: 9/L
Duke Sims: 8/8D

Top 7

Andy Kosco: 7/L
Tom Tresh: 8
Frank Fernandez: 2/FL

Bot 7

Joe Azcue: K23
Vern Fuller: 63
Dave Nelson: S8
Larry Brown: CS2(24)

Top 8

Bobby Cox: S/78
Mel Stottlemyre: 34/SH.1-2
Horace Clarke: S4.2-3
Roy White: E1/TH.1-2;3-H
Mickey Mantle: 6
Joe Pepitone: WP.1-2;2-3
Joe Pepitone: S9.2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Bill Robinson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Richie Scheinblum: 43
Lou Klimchock: 8
Russ Snyder: S7
Jose Cardenal: 13

Top 9

Tom Tresh: 8/8D
Frank Fernandez: DGR/7
Bobby Cox: S8.2-H
Mel Stottlemyre: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Lee Maye: 7
Duke Sims: S8
Joe Azcue: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Vern Fuller: K

Notes & reviews

Lou Johnson ejected by HP umpire Al Salerno

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