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Yankees 14 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
June 4, 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 4, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 14 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJune 4, 1959 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 14 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 14
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Whitey Ford  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Bunning  
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Game Winning RBI—Hector Lopez 

Game Info

DateJune 4, 1959 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
Home Starting PitcherJim Bunning  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance15,267 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Napp
1B: John Rice
2B: Eddie Rommel
3B: Johnny Stevens

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Johnny Blanchard  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Tony Kubek  Shortstop 
Whitey Ford  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 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Rocky Bridges  Shortstop 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Jim Bunning  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Yankees 14 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
June 4, 1959

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         Game of 6/4/1959 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Siebern N, lf         2  1  0  0   Yost E, 3b            3  0  0  0   
Bauer H, ph-rf        3  1  1  1   Kuenn H, rf           4  0  2  0   
Blanchard J, rf       2  2  1  0   Maxwell C, lf         4  1  1  0   
Howard E, ph-lf       2  1  1  2   Kaline A, cf          3  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          5  1  2  1   Wilson R, c           4  1  1  1   
Berra Y, c            4  2  1  1   Bridges R, ss         4  0  1  0   
Skowron B, 1b         5  0  0  0   Harris G, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Throneberry M, 1b     0  0  0  0   Bolling F, 2b         3  1  2  2   
Lopez H, 3b           3  2  2  4   Bunning J, p          1  0  0  0   
Richardson B, 3b      1  0  0  0   Burnside P, p         2  0  0  0   
McDougald G, 2b       5  1  3  2   Narleski R, p         0  0  0  0   
Kubek T, ss           5  2  2  0   Zernial G, ph         1  0  0  0   
Ford W, p             4  1  2  3                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 14 15 14                        33  3  7  3

New York         403 101 032 -- 14
Detroit          010 100 010 --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W (W)            9.0  7  3  3  4  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J (L)         3.0  6  7  7  1  2
Burnside P            5.0  6  5  5  1  3
Narleski R            1.0  3  2  2  0  0

E -- McDougald G
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 5, Detroit 7
2B -- Lopez H, McDougald G 2, Kuenn H, Mantle M, Kubek T, Bauer H, Ford W
3B -- Maxwell C
HR -- Lopez H, Bolling F, Ford W, Howard E
SB -- Mantle M
SH -- Ford W
HBP -- by Bunning J (Berra Y), by Burnside P (Lopez H)
T -- 2:46
A -- 15267

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