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Indians 5 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
June 21, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on June 21, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 21, 1959 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 4 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherMudcat Grant  
Losing PitcherJim Coates  
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Game Info

DateJune 21, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherMudcat Grant  
Home Starting PitcherDon Larsen  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance68,680 
Time of Game4 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Jim Honochick
3B: Red Flaherty

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Tito Francona  Center Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
George Strickland  Third Baseman 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Mudcat Grant  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tony Kubek  Right Fielder 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Elston Howard  Catcher 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Don Larsen  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
June 21, 1959

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         Game of 6/21/1959, game 2 -- Cleveland at New York (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Martin B, 2b          7  0  1  0   Kubek T, rf-ss        7  0  2  0   
Power V, 1b           7  1  2  1   Siebern N, lf         5  0  1  0   
Francona T, cf        6  2  2  0   Pisoni J, lf          2  0  1  0   
Colavito R, rf        7  1  1  2   Mantle M, cf          5  1  1  0   
Minoso M, lf          5  0  0  0   Skowron B, 1b         4  2  3  1   
Nixon R, c            3  0  0  0   Brickell F, pr-2b     2  0  0  0   
Hardy C, pr           0  0  0  0   Lopez H, 3b           6  1  3  1   
Brown D, c            1  0  0  0   Howard E, c           6  0  0  1   
Strickland G, 3b      4  1  1  1   Richardson B, 2b      4  0  0  0   
Held W, ss            3  0  0  0   Berra Y, ph           1  0  1  0   
Grant M, p            6  0  1  1   Bauer H, rf           1  0  1  1   
                                   McDougald G, ss       4  0  1  0   
                                   Blanchard J, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Throneberry M, 1b     1  0  0  0   
                                   Larsen D, p           3  0  0  0   
                                   Duren R, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Slaughter E, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Coates J, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  5  8  5                        55  4 14  4

Cleveland        002 100 000 000 11 --  5
New York         000 002 010 000 10 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grant M (W)          14.0 14  4  4  3  8

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Larsen D              8.0  4  3  3  4  4
Duren R               4.0  3  0  0  1  5
Coates J (L)          2.0  1  2  1  3  1

E -- Throneberry M
LOB -- Cleveland 11, New York 12
2B -- Skowron B, Kubek T, Lopez H
3B -- McDougald G
HR -- Colavito R, Skowron B, Power V
CS -- Hardy C, Brickell F
SH -- Strickland G
WP -- Grant M, Larsen D
T -- 4:18
A -- 68680

    

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