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May 21, 1956

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Yankees 8 6 0
Athletics 4 7 1
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Yankees 8 6 0
Athletics 4 7 1

Gus Zernial Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .333 .354
At Bats 3 87
Hits 1 24
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 18

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

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Municipal Stadium - May 21, 1956
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Tom Sturdivant
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Joe Collins
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Gus Zernial
Hector Lopez
Tim Thompson
Rance Pless
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 7 Lopez takes first base on ball four. Pless moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri hits a popup in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tim Thompson pinch hits for Moe Burtschy. Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pless moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pless hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Joe Collins now playing left field. Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to third.
Top 7 Skowron takes first base on ball four. Bauer moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 7 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Joe Collins pinch hits for Bob Cerv. Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Martin bunts towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out. Bauer moves to second.
Top 7 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Finigan strikes out.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson 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 6 Sturdivant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zernial hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burtschy hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg 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 4 Bauer is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Sturdivant strikes out.
Top 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Finigan hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 McDougald is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 3 McDougald is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tom Sturdivant now pitching. DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Johnny Groth pinch hits for Jose Santiago. Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Ginsberg moves to third. Pless moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pless takes first base on ball four. Finigan moves to third. Ginsberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Slaughter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Mantle reaches second base with a double. There goes Cerv trying to get to home. Zernial throws the ball in to Ginsberg, who tags Cerv for the out.
Top 2 Cerv takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bauer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Zernial hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 1 Larsen strikes out.
Top 1 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McDougald hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson juggles the ball. That's an error on Simpson. Cerv scores. Mantle moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 The ball gets by Ginsberg for a passed ball. Bauer scores. Cerv moves to second.
Top 1 Cerv hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bauer moves to third.
Top 1 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bauer is hit by the pitch.