NYA @ PIT

New York Yankees at Pittsburgh Pirates, October 12, 1960

Playing on the road, the New York Yankees won 12-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 12, 1960 in a World Series game. The New York Yankees won comfortably. The game information lists attendance of 38,580, a running time of 158 minutes, and a day start. The weather notes give sunny skies. The New York Yankees' runs came in the second, third, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, 5 of them in the third. The Pittsburgh Pirates were held scoreless in every inning. Hits were 17 for the New York Yankees and 7 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, with 1 and 1 errors. Whitey Ford was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 7 hits in 9.0 innings. The loss was charged to Bob Friend after 2.0 innings and 5 runs. No pitcher struck out more than Whitey Ford, who had 5. The Pittsburgh Pirates used Tom Cheney, Bob Friend, Fred Green, Clem Labine, and Vinegar Bend Mizell on the mound. Yogi Berra led the New York Yankees at the plate: 3 for 4 and 2 RBI. Bobby Richardson drove in 3 for the New York Yankees. The Pittsburgh Pirates' top hitter was Hal Smith, 2 for 4. The home-plate umpire was Johnny Stevens.