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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
June 2, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on June 2, 1959 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 2, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 2, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Duke Maas |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Mossi |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 42,268 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Larry Napp 3B: John Rice |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | Left Fielder |
| Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
| Yogi Berra | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Elston Howard | Catcher |
| Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
| Duke Maas | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Lou Berberet | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Shortstop |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Don Mossi | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
June 2, 1959
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Maas
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Maas
Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Maas
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Maas
Kaline is hit by the pitch. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Maas
The ball gets by Howard for a passed ball. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Maas
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Maas covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Mossi
Skowron hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Mossi
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Maas
Berberet takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Maas
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Maas
Bolling hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Bridges moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mossi vs. Maas
Mossi hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bridges tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Maas
Yost is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maas vs. Mossi
Maas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Maas
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron juggles the ball. That's an error on Skowron. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Maas
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Maas
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harris vs. Maas
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berberet vs. Maas
Berberet hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Maas
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Maas
Bolling is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Maas
Mossi strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Mossi
Skowron hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Mossi
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Mossi
Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Duke Maas.
Berberet fires to second and picks off Lopez for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Shantz
Bobby Shantz now pitching.
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Shantz
Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Shantz
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Mossi
Norm Siebern pinch hits for Bobby Shantz.
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Coates
Jim Coates now pitching.
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Coates
Harris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Coates
Berberet hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Mossi
Skowron hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Coates
Bridges hits a fly ball into right field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Coates
Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Coates
Mossi strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Mossi
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Coates
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Coates
There goes Yost. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Yost steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Coates
Kuenn bunts in front of the plate. Howard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yost moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maxwell vs. Coates
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron juggles the ball. That's an error on Skowron. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kaline vs. Coates
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Coates
Harris hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berberet vs. Coates
Berberet hits a fly ball into left field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Mossi
Andy Carey pinch hits for Jim Coates.
Carey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Bauer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/2/1959 -- New York at Detroit (N)
New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Bauer H, lf 4 0 2 0 Yost E, 3b 4 0 1 0
McDougald G, 2b 4 0 0 0 Kuenn H, rf 4 1 1 0
Berra Y, rf 4 0 0 0 Maxwell C, lf 2 0 0 0
Mantle M, cf 3 0 0 0 Kaline A, cf 3 0 0 0
Skowron B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Harris G, 1b 3 0 0 1
Lopez H, 3b 3 0 1 0 Berberet L, c 3 0 0 0
Howard E, c 3 0 1 0 Bridges R, ss 3 1 0 0
Kubek T, ss 3 0 0 0 Bolling F, 2b 3 0 1 0
Maas D, p 1 0 0 0 Mossi D, p 2 0 0 1
Slaughter E, ph 0 0 0 0
Shantz B, p 0 0 0 0
Siebern N, ph 1 0 0 0
Coates J, p 0 0 0 0
Carey A, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 0 4 0 27 2 3 2
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Detroit 011 000 00x -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maas D (L) 4.0 1 2 1 3 4
Shantz B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Coates J 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi D (W) 9.0 4 0 0 0 5
E -- Skowron B 2
LOB -- New York 3, Detroit 7
2B -- Bauer H
SB -- Yost E
SF -- Mossi D, Harris G
HBP -- by Maas D (Kaline A)
PB -- Howard E
T -- 2:05
A -- 42268
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