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Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1968-05-08 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 4436 · 63°F · 2:30

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 2–1. Joe Verbanic earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Joe Verbanic L: Eddie Fisher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Cal Drummond · 2B: Jim Odom · 3B: Ed Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jose Cardenal	4	1	1	0	0
Chico Salmon	3	0	1	0	1
Max Alvis	3	0	0	0	0
Leon Wagner	3	0	0	1	0
Tony Horton	2	0	0	0	0
Duke Sims	2	0	0	0	1
Vic Davalillo	3	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	3	0	0	0	0
Steve Hargan	1	0	0	0	0
Lee Maye	1	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	1	0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roy White	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Mantle	3	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Kosco	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jake Gibbs	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Cox	2	0	1	1	1	1
Gene Michael	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Monbouquette	2	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Pepitone	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Howser	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Hargan	5.0	3	2	4
Stan Williams	1.1	2	0	0
Billy Rohr	1.2	1	0	0
Eddie Fisher	0.1	2	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Monbouquette	7.0	2	1	0
Joe Verbanic	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Cardenal: S8
Chico Salmon: S9.1-2
Max Alvis: 13.1-2;2-3
Leon Wagner: 13(B)654(2)/DP.3-H

Bot 1

Horace Clarke: 7
Roy White: K
Mickey Mantle: W
Andy Kosco: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Tony Horton: 43
Duke Sims: 43
Vic Davalillo: 43

Bot 2

Tom Tresh: 6/7
Jake Gibbs: 3
Bobby Cox: K

Top 3

Larry Brown: 8
Steve Hargan: 53
Jose Cardenal: 4/FL

Bot 3

Gene Michael: K
Bill Monbouquette: 13
Horace Clarke: S/34/BG
Roy White: 43

Top 4

Chico Salmon: 9/9D
Max Alvis: 3
Leon Wagner: 5/FL

Bot 4

Mickey Mantle: 6
Andy Kosco: 7/7D
Tom Tresh: 43

Top 5

Tony Horton: 43
Duke Sims: 7
Vic Davalillo: 7/L

Bot 5

Jake Gibbs: K
Bobby Cox: W
Gene Michael: S9.1-2
Bill Monbouquette: PO2(26)
Bill Monbouquette: S/89.1-3
Horace Clarke: 8

Top 6

Larry Brown: 53
Lee Maye: 6/L
Jose Cardenal: 8

Bot 6

Roy White: 3/G
Mickey Mantle: 2/BINT
Andy Kosco: 8/L

Top 7

Chico Salmon: W
Max Alvis: 7/7D
Leon Wagner: 53.1-2
Willie Smith: 6/L

Bot 7

Tom Tresh: S3/BG
Jake Gibbs: 14/SH.1-2
Bobby Cox: D9.2-H
Joe Pepitone: 43.2-3
Dick Howser: 7/7D

Top 8

Duke Sims: W
Vic Davalillo: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Larry Brown: 63

Bot 8

Horace Clarke: S8
Roy White: 6(B)3(1)/DP
Mickey Mantle: 7

Top 9

Joe Azcue: S9
Jose Cardenal: CS2(26)
Jose Cardenal: 13/RINT
Chico Salmon: 3/FL

Bot 9

Andy Kosco: D7
Tom Tresh: 7
Jake Gibbs: S7.2-H

Notes & reviews

after a pickoff attempt, there was some jostling and Gene Michael threw a punch at Tony Horton; both benches cleared; as Michael was being restrained by Yankees coach Whitey Ford, Michael threw another punch at Horton; Michael and Horton ejected by 1B umpire Cal Drummond
Mickey Mantle called for interference when he ran into his own batted ball
Jose Cardenal ran inside the base line and was called out for interference

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