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June 18, 1959

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Bottom 10 R H E
White Sox 4 10 0
Yankees 4 8 2
Bottom 10 R H E
White Sox 4 10 0
Yankees 5 9 2

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .308
OBP .500 .424
At Bats 3 201
Hits 1 62
• Singles 1 39
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 1 40
RBI’s 0 36

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 3
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Yankee Stadium - June 18, 1959
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Home Run
Gerry Staley
Sherm Lollar
Earl Torgeson
Nellie Fox
Bubba Phillips
Luis Aparicio
Al Smith
Jim Landis
Jim Rivera
Mickey Mantle

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 4 10 0 8
New York Yankees 5 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bobby Shantz
Losing Pitcher Gerry Staley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Mantle
Attendance 17,882
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Phillips hits a line drive into right field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Jim Pisoni now playing right field. Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bauer strikes out.
Bottom 9 Shantz strikes out. Lollar drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Shantz out.
Top 9 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 9 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Fritz Brickell now playing shortstop. Gil McDougald now playing second base. Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brickell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gil McDougald pinch hits for Tony Kubek. Fritz Brickell pinch runs for Elston Howard. Gerry Staley now pitching. McDougald hits a fly ball towards right. Rivera catches it and throws to home to double up Skowron.
Bottom 8 Johnny Blanchard pinch hits for Bobby Richardson. Rudy Arias now pitching. Elston Howard pinch hits for Johnny Blanchard. Howard is walked intentionally. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Lopez hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Skowron moves to third.
Bottom 8 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Berra reaches second base with a double. Siebern scores.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Smith hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Ralph Terry. Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bubba Phillips now playing third base. Kubek hits a line drive into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Terry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rivera bunts towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lollar moves to second.
Top 7 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 7 Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Fox reaches second base with a double. Shaw scores. Aparicio scores.
Top 7 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Aparicio steals second.
Top 7 Aparicio bunts towards the mound. Terry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Shaw moves to third.
Top 7 Shaw hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 6 Richardson hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Landis strikes out.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rivera hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Siebern hits a line drive into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ralph Terry now pitching. Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Shaw scores. Aparicio moves to third. Fox moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shaw moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landis scores. Shaw moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Shaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kubek. Landis moves to third.
Top 5 Landis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bronstad hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kubek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivera hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to third.
Top 4 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Bauer moves to third. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 3 Siebern bunts in front of the plate. Lollar fields it and throws to third for the out. Bauer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Kubek scores. Bronstad moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bronstad is hit by the pitch. Richardson moves to third. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richardson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Richardson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Shaw strikes out.
Top 3 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bronstad fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Rivera. The throw from Berra and he is out, Kubek applying the tag.
Top 2 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson misplays the ball. That's an error on Richardson.
Top 2 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Siebern strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Berra and he is out, Richardson applying the tag.
Top 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fox hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.