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May 23, 1956

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Yankees 13 17 3
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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .402
OBP .800 .497
At Bats 3 127
Hits 2 51
• Singles 1 26
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 2 23
RBI’s 3 36

Al Aber Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 23, 1956
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Out
Al Aber
Red Wilson
Jack Phillips
Jim Brideweser
Bob Kennedy
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 9 Rizzuto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Aber strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jerry Coleman now playing second base. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Coleman pinch hits for Billy Martin. Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 8 Bauer takes first base on ball four. Byrne moves to second.
Top 8 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips juggles the ball. That's an error on Phillips.
Top 8 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Phil Rizzuto now playing shortstop. Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Skowron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive towards third. Carey catches it and throws to second to double up Kuenn.
Bottom 6 Brideweser takes first base on ball four. Aber moves to third. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Aber moves to second.
Bottom 6 Aber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Byrne strikes out.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Kennedy hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron scores.
Top 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to second.
Top 5 Al Aber now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards second. Brideweser fields the ball and throws to second. Kuenn drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Kuenn. McDougald scores.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin scores. McDougald moves to second.
Top 5 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Top 5 Martin bunts towards third. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Tom Carroll pinch runs for Eddie Robinson. Bauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Bob Grim. Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Carey moves to third.
Top 5 Carey bunts in front of the plate. Wilson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuenn scores.
Bottom 4 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Brady goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Brady takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy.
Top 4 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 4 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Mantle reaches second base with a double. McDougald scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 The ball gets by Wilson for a passed ball. McDougald moves to third.
Top 4 The ball gets by Wilson for a passed ball. McDougald moves to second.
Top 4 McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Martin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grim hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jim Brady now pitching. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brideweser hits a line drive towards first. Skowron reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bob Grim now pitching. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Martin fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Maxwell scores. Wilson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Ray Boone pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Boone hits a fly ball towards right. Bauer settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Bauer. Phillips tags and scores. Maxwell tags and moves to third. Wilson tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to third. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron juggles the ball. That's an error on Skowron.
Top 2 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Walt Masterson now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws to second. Brideweser drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Brideweser. Martin scores. McDougald scores.
Top 2 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Bauer scores. Martin moves to third. McDougald moves to second.
Top 2 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bauer moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 2 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard scores. Carey scores. Bauer moves to second.
Top 2 Bauer is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Carey reaches second base with a double. Howard moves to third.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Brideweser trying to get to third. McDougald throws to Carey who tags Brideweser for the out.
Bottom 1 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman juggles the ball. That's an error on Coleman.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cerv hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skowron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Martin scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second.
Top 1 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.