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May 5, 1959

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Roger Maris Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .338
OBP .667 .411
At Bats 2 80
Hits 1 27
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 0 14

Whitey Ford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 5, 1959
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Out
Whitey Ford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Gil McDougald
Andy Carey
Jerry Lumpe
Norm Siebern
Tony Kubek
Hank Bauer
Roger Maris
Hector Lopez
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out. Lopez moves to second.

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Bottom 8 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Williams strikes out.
Top 8 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ray Herbert now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McDougald hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. McDougald reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Kubek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Zeke Bella now playing first base. Hal Smith now catching. Dick Williams now playing third base. Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tuttle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Garver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jerry Lumpe now playing shortstop. Zeke Bella pinch hits for Frank House. Bella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez misplays the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Howard moves to second.
Top 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Bobby Richardson. Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern moves to second.
Top 7 Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Garver covering, for the out. Bauer moves to third.
Top 6 Kubek bunts towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. Bauer moves to second.
Top 6 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lopez 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 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Richardson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Carey. The throw from House and he is safe. Carey steals second.
Top 5 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 House hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Skowron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McDougald strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a popup towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ford hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Garver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. House moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. House moves to second.
Bottom 2 House takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Howard for a passed ball. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cerv strikes out.
Top 2 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Tuttle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey juggles the ball. That's an error on Carey. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Siebern for the out.
Top 1 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kubek scores.
Top 1 McDougald hits a line drive into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. Kubek reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Bauer hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.