Maris pinch hit blast lifts Yanks, 7-5; Plesac to DL

BOXSCORE: 1982 Milwaukee Brewers At 1927 New York Yankees 4/8/2010

Brewers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
P.Molitor 2B 4 0 1 0 .313 W.Randolph 2B 4 2 3 0 .333
R.Yount SS 5 1 2 0 .333 D.Jeter SS 1 0 0 0 .083
J.Cirillo 3B 4 1 2 0 .400 B.Ruth LF 4 1 1 1 .214
S.Lezcano RF 3 1 0 0 .286 L.Gehrig 1B 5 0 1 1 .222
R.Braun DH 4 1 1 0 .571 M.Mantle DH 5 1 1 1 .294
C.Cooper 1B 3 0 1 1 .313 J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 1 0 .308
L.Hisle CF 4 0 0 1 .000 P.O'Neill RF 3 1 1 3 .214
B.Surhoff LF 4 0 1 2 .200 E.Howard C 4 0 1 0 .143
H.Blanco C 3 1 1 0 .250 S.Brosius 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
C-B.Kieschnick PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A-R.Maris PH 1 1 1 11.000
B-G.Nettles 3B 0 0 0 0 .375
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Totals 35 5 9 4 Totals 34 7 11 7

A-Pinch Hit For Brosius In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Maris In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Blanco In 9th Inning

INJURY: Dan Plesac INJURED (for 15 more games) in 8th inning

Brewers......... 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 9 1
Yankees......... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 11 1

Brewers (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Higuera 5 6 5 2 3 5 1 113 3.60 A1 C7
T.Murphy LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 4 2 2 1 2 1 55 7.71 C8 E1
D.Plesac 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13.50 E2 E3
R.Fingers 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 E4
Totals 8 11 7 4 4 8 2

Yankees (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Gomez WIN(1-0) 8 9 5 5 3 3 0 130 5.63 A1 D8
M.Rivera SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 D9
Totals 9 9 5 5 3 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 38,718 DATE- Thursday, April 8th 2010 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Nestor Chylak, Jim Evans, Larry Napp
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Brewers: 6 Yankees:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Brewers: 0 Yankees: 2
ERRORS- R.Yount, S.Brosius
DOUBLES- R.Braun(1st), H.Blanco(2nd), B.Ruth(1st), J.Dimaggio(2nd)
HOME RUNS- P.O'Neill(2nd), R.Maris(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Randolph, D.Jeter
WALKS- P.Molitor, S.Lezcano, C.Cooper, D.Jeter-2, B.Ruth, P.O'Neill
HIT BY PITCH- D.Jeter
STRIKE OUTS- P.Molitor-2, R.Yount, L.Hisle, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig-3, M.Mantle-2,
P.O'Neill, S.Brosius
GIDP- R.Yount, B.Surhoff
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Lefty Gomez robbed B.J. Surhoff of a base hit.
Bot 2nd: Robin Yount robbed Lou Gehrig of a base hit.

In a two run game the New York Yankees got by the Milwaukee Brewers by the
score of 7 to 5.

The Yankees broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth inning scoring 2 runs on 3 base hits. After Elston Howard grounded out to start the inning, Roger Maris smashed a pinch hit solo 'big-fly' to put the Yanks in front, 6-5. Willie Randolph stepped into the batter's box and he singled. Dan Plesac came on to relieve Tom Murphy at that point. Derek Jeter then was hit by a pitch. Babe Ruth, perhaps angry over the "Captain" getting nailed by a pitch, "took matters into his own hands" by hitting a grounder to Plesac that was hit so hard, Plesac had to come out of the game (Plesac did manage to get the force at second, then collapsed in pain on the mound). Rollie Fingers came in to try and keep things close, but Lou Gehrig stepped up to the plate and he stroked a single to plate an insurance run. Mickey Mantle, yesterday's extra inning hero, struck out to end the inning. New York rapped out 11 hits for the afternoon.

Plesac, it was learned after the game, will go on the 15 day DL with Brian Shouse likely to be called up to be the lefty in the Brewer pen.

The winning pitcher was Lefty Gomez(1-0) who allowed 5 runs in 8 innings.
Mariano Rivera was credited with his 1st save as he set down the Brewers in order in the ninth. Murphy(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits (one of which was the Maris HR) over 2 1/3 innings.

Casey Stengel noted after the game "That's quite a bunch of players I've got there-they really know how to take care of things out there, especially when one of our guys gets hit". Buck Rodgers, none too pleased about losing his lefty relief ace but philosophical, stated "That wasn't done on purpose-Ruth couldn't do that again in 100 attempts if he tried". Babe had the last word about Plesac, adding "I don't try to do those things; pitchers are mad enough at me as it is. I was just glad that we only got one out on the play and set it up for (Gehrig) to drive in the insurance run".


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 P.Molitor 3- 9 4 Walk b-1
0 1 R.Yount 4 Force Play 1-o b-1
1 1 J.Cirillo 5 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 S.Lezcano 6- 9 2 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 W.Randolph 2- 7 1 5 Single b-1
0 1 D.Jeter 2 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
1 2 B.Ruth 6- 6 4 6 Double 2-H b-2
1 2 L.Gehrig 4- 6 6 Strike Out b-0
2 2 M.Mantle 6- 6 17 5 Single 2-H b-1
2 1 J.Dimaggio 4- 7 6 1 Base Error - SS 1-2 b-1
2 12 P.O'Neill 6- 4 3 3 Home Run 2-H 1-H b-H
2 E.Howard 5-10 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 R.Braun 3- 5 12 3 Double b-2
0 2 C.Cooper 1- 6 14 1 Single 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 L.Hisle 6- 8 1 Force Play 3-H 1-o b-1
1 1 B.Surhoff 5- 3 6 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 S.Brosius 5-10 1 Fly Out b-0
1 W.Randolph 1- 7 10 5 Single b-1
1 1 D.Jeter 6-11 7 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 B.Ruth 2- 4 3 Strike Out b-0
2 12 L.Gehrig 6-12 5 Force Play 1-o b-1
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 H.Blanco 3- 5 3 Double b-2
0 2 P.Molitor 1- 8 2 Single 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 R.Yount 6- 6 3 Ground Out Double Play 3-H 1-o b-0
2 J.Cirillo 6- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 M.Mantle 5- 9 5 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Dimaggio 2- 6 5 Ground Out b-0
2 P.O'Neill 3- 7 5 Walk b-1
2 1 E.Howard 6- 2 6 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 S.Lezcano 3-11 2 Fly Out b-0
1 R.Braun 1-12 2 Line Out b-0
2 C.Cooper 2- 8 4 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 S.Brosius 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
1 W.Randolph 3-11 4 Fly Out b-0
2 D.Jeter 6- 8 5 Walk b-1
2 1 B.Ruth 1-12 4 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 L.Hisle 3- 9 4 Fly Out b-0
1 B.Surhoff 5- 4 3 1 Base Error - 3B b-1
1 1 H.Blanco 3- 6 1 Pop Out b-0
2 1 P.Molitor 5- 7 7 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 L.Gehrig 6- 9 6 Strike Out b-0
1 M.Mantle 4- 9 3 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Dimaggio 1- 7 4 Double b-2
2 2 P.O'Neill 2- 5 4 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 R.Yount 3- 6 12 5 Single b-1
0 1 J.Cirillo 1- 6 19 5 Single 1-2 b-1
0 12 S.Lezcano 3-10 6 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
0 123 R.Braun 6- 7 6 Pop Out b-0
1 123 C.Cooper 6-12 4 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1
1 123 L.Hisle 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
2 123 B.Surhoff 4- 6 2 4 Single 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2
2 23 H.Blanco 2- 6 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Tom Murphy
0 E.Howard 1- 8 17 5 Single b-1
0 1 S.Brosius 5 Single 1-2 b-1
0 12 W.Randolph 5 Sac Bunt 2-3 1-2 b-0
1 23 D.Jeter 4 Pop Out b-0
2 23 B.Ruth 4- 7 4 Walk b-1
2 123 L.Gehrig 2- 5 6 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 P.Molitor 5- 9 5 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Yount 4- 3 5 Single b-1
1 1 J.Cirillo 4- 6 11 5 Single 1-2 b-1
1 12 S.Lezcano 1-11 5 Fly Out b-0
2 12 R.Braun 5-12 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Mantle 3- 9 4 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Dimaggio 3- 4 4 Fly Out b-0
2 P.O'Neill 5- 9 4 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 C.Cooper 6- 3 6 Fly Out b-0
1 L.Hisle 6- 7 5 Pop Out b-0
2 B.Surhoff 5- 4 2 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 E.Howard 2- 5 5 Ground Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Roger Maris
1 R.Maris 1-10 6 Home Run b-H
1 W.Randolph 2- 5 2 3 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Dan Plesac
1 1 D.Jeter 3-10 3 HBP 1-2 b-1
1 12 B.Ruth 6-12 5 Force Play 2-3 1-o b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Rollie Fingers
D. Plesac Injured for 15 more games
2 1 3 L.Gehrig 4- 6 3 Single 3-H 1-3 b-1
2 1 3 M.Mantle 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE 3B- Graig Nettles
SUBSTITUTE P - Mariano Rivera
SUBSTITUTE PH- Brooks Kieschnick
0 B.Kieschnic 2-11 1 Fly Out b-0
1 P.Molitor 4- 6 8 1 Fly Out b-0
2 R.Yount 4-10 4 Strike Out b-0