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Miley BB CD 1968 Yankees-Red Sox 9/28
Called by Frank Messer and Phil Rizzuto

The New York Yankees win the game in the ninth inning, but this game is important historically for another reason: It features the final Major League at-bat by Mickey Mantle.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1968 (D) at Fenway Park

NY  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  1  -   4  5  1
BOS A 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Clarke 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Gibbs c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Mantle 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kosco 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 11 0
White lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Pepitone cf 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0
Tresh ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 5
Robinson rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0
Cox 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Colavito ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
McDaniel p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 31 4 5 4 4 9 27 16
FIELDING - 
E: Tresh (32).
BATTING - 
2B: Cox (15,off Lonborg).
HR: Kosco (15,8th inning off Lonborg 0 on 2 out); Pepitone (15,9th inning off
Lonborg 0 on 0 out).
SF: Robinson (4,off Lonborg).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Clarke (19,2nd base off Lonborg/Gibson).
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 2
Jones 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 5 1
Yastrzemski lf 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Thomas ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Gibson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Lonborg p 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 29 3 3 2 5 3 27 5
BATTING - 
IBB: Yastrzemski (13,by Stottlemyre).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Smith (22,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Gibbs).
CS: Andrews (8,Home by Stottlemyre/Gibbs).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Stottlemyre 6 3 3 2 5 1 0 25
McDaniel W(4-1) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9
Totals 9 3 3 2 5 3 0 34
IBB: Stottlemyre (7,Yastrzemski).
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lonborg L(6-10) 9 5 4 4 4 9 2 36
Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Johnny Stevens, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Jim Honochick