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May 3, 1956

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Gus Zernial Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .289
OBP .500 .400
At Bats 3 38
Hits 1 11
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 6
RBI’s 0 6

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Yankee Stadium - May 3, 1956
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Single
Tom Morgan
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Gus Zernial
Enos Slaughter
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Zernial bunts towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Slaughter moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Slaughter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burtschy strikes out.
Top 8 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ginsberg strikes out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carey hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv strikes out.
Bottom 6 McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Tom Morgan now pitching. Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Elston Howard pinch hits for Tommy Byrne. Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cerv scores.
Bottom 5 Cerv hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial who is chasing the ball. Cerv reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Ceccarelli takes first base on ball four. Lopez scores. Power moves to third. Jacobs moves to second.
Top 5 Jacobs is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Power reaches second base with a double. Simpson scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byrne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ceccarelli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. Carey scores.
Bottom 3 Byrne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zernial throws the ball in to Lopez who relays the ball to Jacobs who tags Byrne trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Carey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Byrne covering, for the out.
Top 3 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cerv hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Zernial is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. DeMaestri goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jacobs scores.
Top 2 Ceccarelli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larsen throws to first for one, and Skowron throws to home, and Berra drops the ball. Power scores. Jacobs moves to third.
Top 2 Jacobs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to third.
Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter 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 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.