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Tigers 6 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
May 19, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 19, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 19, 1959 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 3 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherDon Mossi  
Losing PitcherWhitey Ford  
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Game Winning RBIGail Harris 

Game Info

DateMay 19, 1959 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Mossi  
Home Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance19,057 
Time of Game2 hours 47 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Bill Summers

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 
Rocky Bridges  Shortstop 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Don Mossi  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Clete Boyer  Third Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Elston Howard  First Baseman 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Tony Kubek  Shortstop 
Whitey Ford  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Tigers 6 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
May 19, 1959

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         Game of 5/19/1959 -- Detroit at New York (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            4  1  2  0   Boyer C, 3b           5  0  1  0   
Kuenn H, rf           3  1  0  0   McDougald G, 2b       5  0  1  0   
Maxwell C, lf         4  1  1  0   Mantle M, cf          5  0  1  0   
Kaline A, cf          2  2  0  0   Howard E, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Harris G, 1b          4  0  0  1   Berra Y, c            3  0  1  0   
Bridges R, ss         5  1  2  3   Bauer H, rf           3  2  1  0   
Wilson R, c           4  0  2  1   Siebern N, lf         4  1  3  1   
Bolling F, 2b         4  0  1  1   Kubek T, ss           4  0  2  2   
Mossi D, p            4  0  0  0   Ford W, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Ditmar A, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Skowron B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Sturdivant T, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Carey A, ph           1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6  8  6                        37  3 12  3

Detroit          400 200 000 --  6
New York         020 001 000 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Mossi D (W)           9.0 12  3  3  2  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W (L)            0.2  4  4  4  2  1
Ditmar A              5.1  4  2  2  3  3
Sturdivant T          3.0  0  0  0  0  2

E -- Howard E
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 9
2B -- Bolling F, Bauer H
SB -- Siebern N
CS -- Kubek T
SH -- Maxwell C
SF -- Harris G
HBP -- by Ditmar A (Yost E)
WP -- Ford W
T -- 2:47
A -- 19057

    

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