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May 19, 1961

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Billy Gardner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .248
OBP 1.000 .311
At Bats 3 109
Hits 3 27
• Singles 1 20
• Doubles 2 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 9

Don Larsen Season Stats

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Metropolitan Stadium - May 19, 1961
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Single
Don Larsen
Joe Pignatano
Lou Klimchock
Jerry Lumpe
Andy Carey
Dick Howser
Norm Siebern
Hank Bauer
Marv Throneberry
Billy Gardner
Earl Battey
Bob Allison
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allison scores. Battey moves to third.

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Bottom 7 Battey takes first base on ball four. Allison moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mincher hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dobbek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Larsen hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Throneberry is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pignatano scores.
Top 7 Siebern hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dobbek. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Pignatano moves to third.
Top 7 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Green hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Versalles hits a line drive towards short. Howser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kralick bunts towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 6 Don Larsen now pitching. Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bauer. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klimchock for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Throneberry moves to second.
Top 6 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Don Larsen pinch hits for Dave Wickersham. Larsen hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Throneberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Battey hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Killebrew moves to third.
Bottom 5 Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wickersham fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Wickersham. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 5 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Siebern strikes out.
Top 5 Pignatano hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dobbek hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Green hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bauer who is chasing the ball. Green reaches third base with a triple. Gardner scores.
Bottom 4 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kralick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klimchock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kralick for the out. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Throneberry. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Klimchock strikes out.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dave Wickersham now pitching. Battey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mincher hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 3 Allison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Allison reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dobbek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Green takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to third. Kralick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Versalles strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kralick bunts towards first. Klimchock juggles the ball. That's an error on Klimchock. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Howser hits a fly ball into left field. Dobbek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rakow hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Throneberry hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first, with Rakow covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. Bauer moves to third.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kralick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bauer moves to second.
Top 2 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dobbek hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Versalles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Versalles hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Pignatano settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Pignatano.
Top 1 Klimchock hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out.
Top 1 Howser hits a popup, foul, towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.