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August 2, 1959

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Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .291
OBP .500 .403
At Bats 2 358
Hits 0 104
• Singles 0 63
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 2 67
RBI’s 0 55

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 3
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Municipal Stadium - August 2, 1959
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Strikeout
Tom Sturdivant
Hal Smith
Kent Hadley
Wayne Terwilliger
Dick Williams
Jerry Lumpe
Russ Snyder
Bill Tuttle
Roger Maris
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mantle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 7 Williams bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Snyder strikes out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Richardson hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Duren bunts towards the mound. Sturdivant fields it and throws to first for the out. Throneberry moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Sturdivant now pitching. Throneberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Tuttle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Frank House pinch hits for Rip Coleman. House strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ryne Duren now pitching. Terwilliger bunts towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Terwilliger for the out. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hadley scores.
Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Blaylock Hadley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Clete Boyer now playing third base. Gary Blaylock now pitching. Hadley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rip Coleman now pitching. Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Howard moves to second.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Berra scores.
Top 6 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Mantle moves to third. Berra moves to second.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Lopez moves to second.
Top 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norm Siebern pinch hits for Duke Maas. Siebern is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Lumpe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Duke Maas now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Tuttle scores. Snyder moves to second.
Bottom 5 Snyder hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Terwilliger scores.
Bottom 5 Grim bunts towards the mound. Terry fields it and throws to first for the out. Terwilliger moves to third.
Bottom 5 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Terwilliger reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Throneberry hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley fields it and throws to second for the out. Berra moves to third.
Top 5 Bauer bunts towards the mound. Grim settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howard takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Top 5 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hadley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lumpe strikes out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to second.
Top 4 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Terry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Terry covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Williams reaches second base with a double. Tuttle scores.
Bottom 3 Snyder strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Tuttle. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Tuttle steals second.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Terwilliger scores.
Bottom 3 Grim hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Terwilliger reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Throneberry bunts towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first, with Grim covering, for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith strikes out. There goes Lumpe. The throw from Berra to second, and Lumpe is out.
Bottom 2 Hadley strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Berra strikes out.
Top 2 Mantle is walked intentionally. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Bob Grim now pitching. Lopez hits a line drive to left field. Snyder throws towards the plate. Smith fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Throneberry scores. Richardson moves to third.
Top 2 Richardson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Terry strikes out.
Top 2 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground into right field. Maris picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Maris. Throneberry moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra scores. Howard moves to second.
Top 1 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Berra moves to second.
Top 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.