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New York Yankees @ Oakland Athletics

1968-08-15 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 9197 · 60°F · 2:37

Oakland Athletics defeated New York Yankees 4–3. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 5th. Blue Moon Odom earned the win and Lew Krausse picked up the save. Mickey Mantle went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	11
OAK	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		4	4

W: Blue Moon Odom L: Mel Stottlemyre SV: Lew Krausse

Umpires — HP: Jerry Neudecker · 1B: Larry Napp · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Tresh	5	1	1	0	0	3
Jake Gibbs	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mickey Mantle	4	1	2	3	0	1
Joe Pepitone	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rocky Colavito	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Kosco	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Cox	4	0	2	0	0	2
Horace Clarke	4	0	3	0	0	0
Mel Stottlemyre	2	0	0	0	0	1
Charley Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Howser	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	3	1	1	1	1	0
Reggie Jackson	4	1	1	2	0	1
Joe Keough	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sal Bando	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Green	2	0	0	0	2	1
Danny Cater	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Pagliaroni	3	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Gosger	3	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	1	1	0	0	1	1
Jack Aker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Monday	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	6.0	4	2	6
Joe Verbanic	2.0	0	2	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	6.0	8	1	7
Paul Lindblad	0.1	0	0	0
Jack Aker	0.2	1	0	1
Lew Krausse	2.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Tresh: K
Jake Gibbs: S8
Mickey Mantle: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: 8
Reggie Jackson: K/C
Joe Keough: K/C

Top 2

Joe Pepitone: 3/FL
Rocky Colavito: 63
Andy Kosco: 63

Bot 2

Sal Bando: 3
Dick Green: K
Danny Cater: 53

Top 3

Bobby Cox: K
Horace Clarke: S7
Mel Stottlemyre: K
Tom Tresh: SB2#
Tom Tresh: K

Bot 3

Jim Pagliaroni: S8
Jim Gosger: 46(1)/FO
Blue Moon Odom: K/C
Bert Campaneris: 43

Top 4

Jake Gibbs: 43
Mickey Mantle: 7
Joe Pepitone: S8
Rocky Colavito: 6

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: 43
Joe Keough: 8
Sal Bando: HP
Dick Green: WP.1-2
Dick Green: W
Danny Cater: 43

Top 5

Andy Kosco: K
Bobby Cox: S8
Horace Clarke: S9.1-2
Mel Stottlemyre: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Jim Pagliaroni: HR/7
Jim Gosger: 41
Blue Moon Odom: W
Bert Campaneris: D7.1-H
Reggie Jackson: HR/9.2-H
Joe Keough: 13
Sal Bando: 53

Top 6

Tom Tresh: T8
Jake Gibbs: W
Mickey Mantle: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Joe Pepitone: 7
Rocky Colavito: 53
Andy Kosco: K

Bot 6

Dick Green: 4
Danny Cater: K
Jim Pagliaroni: K

Top 7

Bobby Cox: D7
Horace Clarke: 53
Charley Smith: K
Tom Tresh: 43

Bot 7

Jim Gosger: 13
Jack Aker: 13
Bert Campaneris: W
Reggie Jackson: 9/9D

Top 8

Jake Gibbs: S9
Mickey Mantle: D9.1-3
Joe Pepitone: IW
Rocky Colavito: K
Andy Kosco: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Rick Monday: 43
Sal Bando: 63
Dick Green: W
Danny Cater: CS2(26)

Top 9

Bobby Cox: K
Horace Clarke: S8
Dick Howser: 6/L
Tom Tresh: K

Notes & reviews

Sal Bando hit on helmet
Jim Gosger played the ball as he crashed into the fence; 2B umpire Frank Umont ruled the play a catch; 3B umpire Bill Haller overrulled Umont and awarded Tom Tresh a triple; the Athletics disputed the reversal

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