Yankees @ Tigers
June 4, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 14 15 1
Tigers 3 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 14 15 1
Tigers 3 7 0

Eddie Yost Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .289
OBP .500 .438
At Bats 2 152
Hits 0 44
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 2 38
RBI’s 0 20

Whitey Ford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 0
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Briggs Stadium - June 4, 1959
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Strikeout
Whitey Ford
Yogi Berra
Marv Throneberry
Gil McDougald
Bobby Richardson
Tony Kubek
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Eddie Yost
Frank Bolling

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 14 15 1 5
Detroit Tigers 3 7 0 7
Winning Pitcher Whitey Ford
Losing Pitcher Jim Bunning
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hector Lopez
Attendance 15,267
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Yost strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Ray Narleski. Zernial hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Marv Throneberry now playing first base. Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Ford reaches second base with a double. McDougald scores. Kubek goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Kubek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. McDougald moves to second.
Top 9 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Richardson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ray Narleski now pitching. Skowron hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bridges hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maxwell scores.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard who is chasing the ball. Maxwell reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Berra hits a popup towards short. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Bauer hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Kubek scores.
Top 8 Ford bunts between the mound and first base. Burnside scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ford for the out. Kubek moves to third.
Top 8 Kubek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Kubek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richardson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bobby Richardson now playing third base. Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richardson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burnside strikes out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Skowron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Berra hits a popup towards short. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bridges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Elston Howard now playing left field. Wilson strikes out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Elston Howard pinch hits for Johnny Blanchard. Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Hank Bauer pinch hits for Norm Siebern. Bauer strikes out.
Top 6 Ford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 5 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McDougald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. McDougald reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Lopez strikes out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burnside hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Harris hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnside covering, for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Mantle reaches second base with a double. Blanchard goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Blanchard takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pete Burnside now pitching. Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McDougald hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Skowron strikes out.
Top 3 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Top 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Top 3 Mantle bunts towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Yost takes first base on ball four. Harris moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bunning strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Harris moves to second.
Bottom 2 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald misplays the ball. That's an error on McDougald. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bridges hits a fly ball into right field. Blanchard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blanchard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops it up and throws to first, with Bunning covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a line drive towards third. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McDougald hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kaline. McDougald reaches second base with a double. Berra scores. Lopez scores.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline. Lopez reaches second base with a double. Siebern scores. Blanchard scores. Berra moves to third.
Top 1 Skowron strikes out.
Top 1 Berra is hit by the pitch. Siebern moves to third. Blanchard moves to second.
Top 1 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blanchard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Top 1 Siebern takes first base on ball four.