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June 9, 1956

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Indians 14 17 2
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Yankees 8 13 4

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .320
OBP .400 .423
At Bats 5 169
Hits 2 54
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 2 36

Tommy Byrne Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - June 9, 1956
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Out
Tommy Byrne
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Jerry Coleman
Gil McDougald
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Vic Wertz
Al Smith
Bobby Avila
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila tags and scores. Smith tags and moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Narleski scores. Carrasquel scores. Avila moves to third.
Top 8 Avila bunts towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hegan scores. Narleski moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Top 8 Carrasquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hegan moves to third. Narleski moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Hegan pinch runs for Earl Averill. Narleski bunts towards the mound. Byrne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hegan moves to second.
Top 8 Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jerry Coleman now playing third base. Tommy Byrne now pitching. Busby hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tommy Byrne pinch hits for Bob Grim. Byrne hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Andy Carey. McDermott takes first base on ball four. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a line drive towards short. Carrasquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ray Narleski now pitching. Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Wertz moves to second.
Top 7 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. Smith moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Bob Grim now pitching. Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald misplays the ball. That's an error on McDougald. Kuhn scores. Carrasquel moves to third.
Top 7 Kenny Kuhn pinch runs for Preston Ward. Carrasquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuhn moves to third.
Top 7 Preston Ward pinch hits for Bud Daley. Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Busby scores.
Top 7 Averill bunts towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. Colavito moves to third. Busby moves to second.
Top 7 Busby is hit by the pitch. Colavito moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Morgan now pitching. Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bud Daley now pitching. Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cal McLish now pitching. Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Tom Sturdivant. Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Wertz strikes out.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to third. Avila moves to second.
Top 6 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey juggles the ball. That's an error on Carey. Averill scores. Carrasquel moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Carrasquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Busby scores. Averill moves to third.
Top 6 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Don Mossi. Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Colavito scores. Busby moves to third. Averill moves to second.
Top 6 Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rosen scores. Colavito moves to third. Busby moves to second.
Top 6 Tom Sturdivant now pitching. Busby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rosen moves to third. Colavito moves to second.
Top 6 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Rosen moves to second.
Top 6 Rosen takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wertz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cerv hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Avila 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 5 Carrasquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mossi strikes out.
Top 4 Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Busby is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Colavito hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Berra settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Berra.
Top 4 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Larsen hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cerv moves to third. Carey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Skowron scores.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Don Mossi now pitching. Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wertz strikes out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Avila 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 2 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Martin, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Martin steals home.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Martin reaches third base with a triple. Larsen goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Larsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carrasquel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Garcia takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second.
Top 2 Averill is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Busby strikes out.
Top 2 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a line drive into right field. Colavito picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Colavito. McDougald scores. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McDougald moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. McDougald moves to second.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen juggles the ball. That's an error on Rosen.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out. Carrasquel moves to third.
Top 1 Smith hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Avila is hit by the pitch. Carrasquel moves to second.
Top 1 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey juggles the ball. That's an error on Carey.