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June 6, 1956

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Jim Finigan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .272
OBP .750 .366
At Bats 4 125
Hits 3 34
• Singles 2 25
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 16

Tommy Byrne Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - June 6, 1956
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Out
Tommy Byrne
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Jerry Coleman
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Joe Collins
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Jim Finigan
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Simpson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Gorman now pitching. Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to third.
Top 8 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rance Pless pinch hits for Moe Burtschy. Pless hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Byrne moves to third.
Bottom 7 Byrne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Renna is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Groth hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 7 Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Joe Collins now playing left field. Tommy Byrne now pitching. Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Joe Collins pinch hits for Bob Cerv. Collins strikes out. The throw from Thompson, and they've got Skowron trapped. He's out in the rundown, for the double play.
Bottom 6 Skowron is hit by the pitch. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 6 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez strikes out.
Top 6 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Renna scores. Baxes scores.
Top 6 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Grim covering, for the out. Finigan scores. Renna moves to third. Baxes moves to second.
Top 6 Baxes takes first base on ball four. Finigan moves to third. Renna moves to second.
Top 6 Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finigan moves to second.
Top 6 Groth strikes out.
Top 6 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McDougald strikes out.
Bottom 5 Grim strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jack Crimian now pitching. Coleman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Simpson strikes out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baxes scores. Power moves to second.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baxes moves to third.
Top 5 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Zernial strikes out.
Top 5 Baxes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Renna hits a popup in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Groth hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Finigan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Finigan reaches second base with a double. Thompson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Simpson strikes out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coleman scores. Grim scores.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Harrington Cerv scores. Coleman moves to third. Grim moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grim takes first base on ball four. Skowron scores. Cerv moves to third. Coleman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Coleman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bill Harrington now pitching. Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to third. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cerv hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. Skowron moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power juggles the ball. That's an error on Power.
Top 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lasorda strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mantle strikes out. Thompson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mantle out.
Bottom 2 Bauer is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 McDougald is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Grim strikes out.
Top 2 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Renna strikes out.
Top 2 Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra scores. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle scores. Berra moves to third.
Bottom 1 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Berra reaches second base with a double. McDougald scores. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McDougald moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grim fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez moves to second.
Top 1 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.