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August 11, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 8 0
Red Sox 5 9 4
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Yankees 8 8 0
Red Sox 5 9 4

Gary Geiger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .271
OBP .250 .314
At Bats 4 210
Hits 1 57
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 35

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 2
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Fenway Park - August 11, 1959
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Out
Bobby Shantz
Yogi Berra
Marv Throneberry
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Gil McDougald
Tony Kubek
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Gary Geiger
Ted Williams

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 8 0 6
Boston Red Sox 5 9 4 5
Winning Pitcher Duke Maas
Losing Pitcher Jerry Casale
Save Bobby Shantz
Game Winning RBI Gil McDougald
Attendance 25,032
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Geiger hits a popup in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Williams hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Williams reaches second base with a double. Buddin goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 White strikes out.
Bottom 9 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Tony Kubek now playing left field. Clete Boyer now playing third base. Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howard strikes out. White drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Howard out.
Top 9 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Don Buddin now playing shortstop. Nelson Chittum now pitching. Ted Williams now playing left field. Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Dick Gernert pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. Runnels scores.
Bottom 8 Wertz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Keough scores. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 8 Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Williams pinch hits for Frank Baumann. Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 8 Marty Keough pinch hits for Jim Mahoney. Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Richardson moves to third.
Top 8 Maas bunts towards the mound. Baumann fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 8 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baumann fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Baumann.
Bottom 7 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Malzone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Baumann covering, for the out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens who is chasing the ball. Mantle reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Throneberry hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Baumann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Mahoney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maas strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Lopez scores. Richardson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone. Howard scores. Lopez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frank Baumann now pitching. Lopez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geiger. Lopez reaches second base with a double. Kubek scores. Mantle scores. Howard moves to third.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kubek moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kubek hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Maas scores. Throneberry scores.
Top 5 Throneberry hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geiger. Throneberry reaches second base with a double. Maas moves to third.
Top 5 Maas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney misplays the ball. That's an error on Mahoney.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive towards first. Wertz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wertz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. Geiger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Bottom 3 Casale hits a fly ball into right field. Kubek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mahoney is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from White and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kubek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stephens for the out.
Top 2 Throneberry strikes out.
Top 2 Maas hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopez tags and scores. McDougald tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Richardson is walked intentionally. McDougald moves to second.
Top 2 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Casale juggles the ball. That's an error on Casale. Berra scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 2 Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Berra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Berra reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.