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May 5, 1956

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Athletics 0 2 1
Yankees 3 4 0
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Athletics 0 2 1
Yankees 3 5 0

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .414
OBP .500 .500
At Bats 2 58
Hits 1 24
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 8
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 2 22

Lou Kretlow Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Yankee Stadium - May 5, 1956
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Single
Lou Kretlow
Joe Astroth
Rance Pless
Spook Jacobs
Jim Finigan
Joe DeMaestri
Gus Zernial
Hector Lopez
Harry Simpson
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mantle bunts towards the mound. Kretlow fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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Bottom 5 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Martin scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kretlow strikes out.
Top 3 Elston Howard now playing left field. Astroth hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McDermott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan juggles the ball. That's an error on Finigan.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to third.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rance Pless now playing first base. Bauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Lopez is chasing the ball. Bauer rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Zernial takes first base on ball four. Pless moves to second.
Top 1 Rance Pless pinch runs for Vic Power. Jacobs strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.