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August 11, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 8 0
Red Sox 4 8 4
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Yankees 8 8 0
Red Sox 5 9 4

Ted Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .236
OBP 1.000 .352
At Bats 1 220
Hits 1 52
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 32

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 2
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Fenway Park - August 11, 1959
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Double
Bobby Shantz
Yogi Berra
Marv Throneberry
Bobby Richardson
Clete Boyer
Gil McDougald
Tony Kubek
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Ted Williams
Don Buddin
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Williams hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Williams reaches second base with a double. Buddin goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 White strikes out.
Bottom 9 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Tony Kubek now playing left field. Clete Boyer now playing third base. Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howard strikes out. White drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Howard out.
Top 9 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Don Buddin now playing shortstop. Nelson Chittum now pitching. Ted Williams now playing left field. Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Dick Gernert pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. Runnels scores.
Bottom 8 Wertz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Keough scores. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 8 Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Williams pinch hits for Frank Baumann. Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 8 Marty Keough pinch hits for Jim Mahoney. Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Richardson moves to third.
Top 8 Maas bunts towards the mound. Baumann fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 8 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baumann fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Baumann.
Bottom 7 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Malzone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Baumann covering, for the out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens who is chasing the ball. Mantle reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Throneberry hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Baumann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Mahoney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maas strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Lopez scores. Richardson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone. Howard scores. Lopez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frank Baumann now pitching. Lopez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geiger. Lopez reaches second base with a double. Kubek scores. Mantle scores. Howard moves to third.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kubek moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kubek hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Maas scores. Throneberry scores.
Top 5 Throneberry hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geiger. Throneberry reaches second base with a double. Maas moves to third.
Top 5 Maas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney misplays the ball. That's an error on Mahoney.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richardson hits a line drive towards first. Wertz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wertz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. Geiger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Bottom 3 Casale hits a fly ball into right field. Kubek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mahoney is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from White and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kubek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stephens for the out.
Top 2 Throneberry strikes out.
Top 2 Maas hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopez tags and scores. McDougald tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Richardson is walked intentionally. McDougald moves to second.
Top 2 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Casale juggles the ball. That's an error on Casale. Berra scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 2 Howard is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Berra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Berra reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kubek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.