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May 23, 1959

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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .282
OBP 1.000 .390
At Bats 1 103
Hits 1 29
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 2 18
RBI’s 1 16

George Zuverink Season Stats

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Memorial Stadium - May 23, 1959
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Home Run
George Zuverink
Joe Ginsberg
Bob Hale
Whitey Lockman
Billy Klaus
Chico Carrasquel
Bob Nieman
Willie Tasby
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Whitey Lockman now playing second base. Kubek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Klaus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zuverink moves to second.
Bottom 4 Zuverink takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Larsen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Larsen reaches second base with a double. Howard scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Carey hits a fly ball towards center. Tasby catches it and throws to second to double up Siebern.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Top 4 Bob Hale now playing first base. Siebern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tasby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Andy Carey now playing third base. Ginsberg hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zuverink fields it and throws to second for the out. Kubek moves to third.
Top 3 George Zuverink now pitching. Joe Ginsberg now catching. Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kubek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby. Kubek reaches second base with a double. Larsen scores. McDougald goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 McDougald takes first base on ball four. Larsen moves to second.
Top 3 Larsen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Top 3 Andy Carey pinch hits for Jerry Lumpe. Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Woodling fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Woodling. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 2 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klaus for the out.
Bottom 2 Triandos strikes out.
Top 2 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skowron hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 2 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Larsen scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Tasby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out. Larsen moves to second.
Top 2 Larsen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Woodling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tasby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tasby. Howard reaches second base with a double. Berra scores. Skowron scores.
Top 1 Siebern hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jack Harshman now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Berra moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Top 1 Skowron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra moves to second.
Top 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Mantle. The throw from Triandos and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Mantle scores.
Top 1 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Mantle reaches second base with a double. Kubek scores.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Kubek moves to second.
Top 1 Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.