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July 8, 1959

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 9 0
Yankees 11 15 0
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 9 0
Yankees 11 15 0

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .306
OBP .250 .352
At Bats 4 134
Hits 1 41
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 29

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Yankee Stadium - July 8, 1959
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Out
Bobby Shantz
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Bobby Richardson
Hector Lopez
Gil McDougald
Tony Kubek
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Vic Wertz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 5 9 0 8
New York Yankees 11 15 0 9
Winning Pitcher Bobby Shantz
Losing Pitcher Jack Harshman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Skowron
Attendance 25,702
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Tony Kubek now playing left field. Bobby Avila pinch hits for Herb Plews. Avila hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mantle scores. Skowron scores. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 8 Berra is hit by the pitch. Mantle moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 8 Skowron hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Leo Kiely now pitching. Herb Plews now playing second base. Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Jack Harshman. Gernert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 White hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Shantz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Shantz reaches second base with a double. McDougald scores. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Richardson takes first base on ball four. McDougald moves to second.
Bottom 7 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Busby is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Mantle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kubek is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Runnels is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Buddin hits a line drive towards right. Kubek catches it and throws to first to double up Harshman.
Top 6 Harshman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Shantz bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 5 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Malzone strikes out.
Top 5 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Skowron reaches third base with a triple. Kubek scores. Mantle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kubek moves to second.
Bottom 4 Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kubek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Richardson scores.
Bottom 4 Shantz bunts towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out. Richardson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jim Busby now playing center field. Richardson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jim Busby pinch hits for Marty Keough. Busby takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Runnels strikes out.
Top 4 Buddin is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. White moves to third. Harshman moves to second.
Top 4 Harshman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Malzone scores. White moves to second.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Malzone moves to second.
Top 4 Malzone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McDougald hits a line drive towards first. Wertz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Skowron reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jensen hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kubek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jack Harshman now pitching. Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Keough strikes out.
Top 2 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buddin scores.
Top 2 Buddin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Buddin reaches second base with a double. Malzone scores. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Gary Geiger pinch hits for Ike Delock. Geiger strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Malzone moves to second.
Top 2 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McDougald takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Skowron tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern scores. Skowron moves to third.
Bottom 1 Skowron is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Mantle strikes out.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Delock Kubek scores. Siebern moves to third.
Bottom 1 Siebern hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Keough. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Kubek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels moves to third.
Top 1 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buddin scores.
Top 1 There goes Buddin. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Buddin steals second.
Top 1 Buddin takes first base on ball four.