NEW YORK (49-78) @ WASHINGTON (44-84)
STARTING PITCHERS
8Z (9-7 2.80) 11Z (10-10 2.61)
The Bronx Bombers flexed their muscles as Mickey Mantle and Roy White went deep off Phil Ortega and then left the rest to crafty left hander Fritz Peterson who spun a dandy, allowing 4 base runners in tossing a complete game shutout.
NYY 120 000 000 3 5 2
WAS 000 000 000 0 3 1
2B NYY C. Smith 9
HR NYY Mantle 14 (1st off Ortega) R. White 2 (2nd off Ortega)
RBI NYY Mantle 50 R. White 12
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
F. Peterson 9 3 0 1 8 0 0 32 88
Ortega 7 4 2 2 4 3 3 27 59
WP F. Peterson 10-7 2.65 LP Ortega 10-11 2.69
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Mantle homered NYY 1 WAS 0
TOP 2 .. Gibbs walked. R. White homered scoring two runs. NYY 3 WAS 0
NOTES: Fritz Peterson tossed his team leading third shutouts and also snagged his 10th win, also tops on the Yanks. Bill Robinson filled in admirably for Joe Pepitone, riding a six game hit streak, going 10-32 .313 with a homer and 5 RBIs. Tom Tresh saw his 6 gamer end.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2 RBIs
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