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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 9, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 9, 1959 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Eli Grba |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 23,406 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Ed Runge 3B: Joe Paparella |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Russ Snyder | Left Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Frank House | Catcher |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Ned Garver | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Tony Kubek | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Elston Howard | Catcher |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Norm Siebern | Left Fielder |
| Marv Throneberry | First Baseman |
| Clete Boyer | Shortstop |
| Eli Grba | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 9, 1959
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grba
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Grba
Snyder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Grba
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Garver
Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Garver
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Garver
Mantle strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grba
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Grba
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Grba
Hadley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Grba
House hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Lumpe moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Grba
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Garver
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hadley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Garver
Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Garver
Siebern hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Throneberry vs. Garver
Throneberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Garver
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Grba
Garver hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grba
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Grba
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Garver
Grba hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Garver
Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Garver
There goes Richardson. The throw from House and he is safe. Richardson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kubek vs. Garver
Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mantle vs. Garver
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Garver
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Terwilliger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Grba
Maris hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grba
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Grba
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Garver
Lopez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Garver
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Garver
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Grba
Hadley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Grba
There goes Hadley. The throw from Howard and he is out, Richardson applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Grba
House hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Grba
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Grba
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Garver
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Garver
Grba hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Garver
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grba
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Grba
Snyder hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Grba
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Grba
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Garver
Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Garver
Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Garver
Howard is hit by the pitch. Kubek moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Garver
Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kubek moves to third. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Siebern vs. Garver
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out. Kubek scores. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Throneberry vs. Garver
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first, with Garver covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Grba
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Grba
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Grba covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Grba
House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Garver
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Garver
Grba hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Garver
Richardson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Grba
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Grba
Preston Ward pinch hits for Ned Garver.
Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grba
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Grba
Snyder hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Grba
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Grba
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Dickson
Murry Dickson now pitching.
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley juggles the ball. That's an error on Hadley. Kubek moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mantle vs. Dickson
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Dickson
Howard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Dickson
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Grba
Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Grba
Hadley bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lumpe moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
House vs. Shantz
Bobby Shantz now pitching.
Howard fires to second and picks off Lumpe for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Shantz
House takes first base on ball four. Hadley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Shantz
Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Hadley trying to get to home. Mantle throws the ball in to Howard who tags Hadley who's trying to score from second, for the out. House moves to third. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickson vs. Shantz
Dickson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Dickson
Siebern hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Dickson
Throneberry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Dickson
Yogi Berra pinch hits for Clete Boyer.
Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Dickson
Shantz hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Shantz
Gil McDougald now playing shortstop.
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Shantz
Snyder strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Shantz
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Dickson
Richardson hits a line drive into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Dickson
Kubek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Dickson
Mantle hits a line drive into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 11
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Shantz
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Shantz
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Shantz
Hadley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Dickson
Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1959, game 2 -- Kansas City at New York (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Tuttle B, cf 4 1 1 0 Richardson B, 2b 5 0 1 0
Snyder R, lf 5 1 2 2 Kubek T, rf 5 1 1 0
Maris R, rf 4 0 1 0 Mantle M, cf 4 0 0 0
Williams D, 3b 5 0 1 0 Howard E, c 4 1 1 1
Lumpe J, ss 5 0 1 0 Lopez H, 3b 4 0 2 0
Hadley K, 1b 4 0 1 0 Siebern N, lf 4 0 0 1
House F, c 3 0 0 0 Throneberry M, 1b 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger W, 2b 4 0 2 0 Boyer C, ss 3 0 0 0
Garver N, p 2 0 0 0 Berra Y, ph 1 1 1 1
Ward P, ph 1 0 0 0 McDougald G, ss 0 0 0 0
Dickson M, p 1 0 0 0 Grba E, p 3 0 0 0
Shantz B, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 2 9 2 38 3 7 3
Kansas City 000 000 020 00 -- 2
New York 000 001 001 01 -- 3
0 outs when winning run was scored.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Garver N 7.0 5 1 1 1 2
Dickson M (L) 3.0 2 2 2 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Grba E* 8.0 8 2 2 2 0
Shantz B (W) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Lopez H, Hadley K
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, New York 7
HR -- Snyder R, Berra Y, Howard E
SB -- Richardson B
CS -- Hadley K
SH -- Hadley K
HBP -- by Garver N (Howard E)
T -- 2:39
A -- 23406
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