Yankees History

May 17, 1958 at Griffith Stadium
Yankees 6, Senators 5  (17-5)

Andy Carey’s eighth inning two run homer looked like padding but it turned out to be the difference in the Yankees fourth straight win.  The homer gave the Yankees a 6-2 lead but three Senator runs in the bottom of the eighth turned that homer into a neccesity for the win.  Carey finished with three RBIs while Mickey Mantle singled, drew a walk, drove in two and scored a run.

Bobby Shantz improved to 4-0 despite running into trouble in that eighth inning.  In all, he gave up five runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Ryne Duren struck out four in 1 2/3 innings and he picked up his fifth save of the season.