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May 23, 1954

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 10 18 3
Yankees 9 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 10 18 3
Yankees 9 12 1

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .265
OBP .600 .358
At Bats 4 83
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 4 17

Ellis Kinder Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 2
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Yankee Stadium - May 23, 1954
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Strikeout
Ellis Kinder
Sammy White
Harry Agganis
Billy Goodman
George Kell
Ted Lepcio
Ted Williams
Jim Piersall
Karl Olson
Mickey Mantle

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 10 18 3 13
New York Yankees 9 12 1 12
Winning Pitcher Ellis Kinder
Losing Pitcher Johnny Sain
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Sammy White
Attendance 38,524
Time of Game 3 hours 19 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mantle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Irv Noren pinch hits for Willie Miranda. Noren hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Bauer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Piersall, who is chasing the ball. Bauer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Bobby Brown pinch hits for Bob Kuzava. Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kell hits a line drive towards third. McDougald catches it and throws to second to double up Williams.
Top 9 Olson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Williams moves to second.
Top 9 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Agganis scores. Piersall moves to second.
Top 9 Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Agganis moves to second.
Top 9 Agganis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gil McDougald now playing third base. Kinder hits a line drive towards first. Collins reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Andy Carey. Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to second.
Bottom 8 Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Karl Olson now playing right field. Mantle bunts towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Kuzava now pitching. Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lepcio takes first base on ball four. Kell moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 8 Tom Gorman now pitching. White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Kell moves to second.
Top 8 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Williams moves to second.
Top 8 Floyd Baker pinch hits for Jackie Jensen. Baker hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Top 8 Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Willie Miranda now playing shortstop. Agganis hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Phil Rizzuto. Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer bunts towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out. Sain moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sain hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ted Lepcio now playing shortstop. Billy Goodman now playing second base. Ellis Kinder now pitching. Coleman hits a line drive towards first. Agganis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Don Lenhardt pinch hits for Hal Brown. Lenhardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Billy Goodman pinch hits for Milt Bolling. Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kell scores. White scores. Lepcio moves to second.
Top 7 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams scores. Kell moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Top 7 Kell bunts towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.
Top 7 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Joe Collins now playing first base. Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Agganis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Woodling for the out.
Bottom 6 Hal Brown now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Agganis strikes out.
Top 6 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Bill Henry. Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 White fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on White. Coleman scores. Bauer moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Rizzuto takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bauer reaches second base with a double. Carey scores. Coleman moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sain hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Coleman. The throw from White and he is safe. Coleman steals second.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carey moves to third.
Bottom 5 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Woodling strikes out.
Top 5 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnny Sain now pitching. Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out. Rizzuto moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Rizzuto moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Coleman scores. Bauer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bob Cerv pinch hits for Tom Morgan. Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Henry, and towards Lepcio, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Coleman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling.
Top 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jensen for the out.
Top 4 Williams takes first base on ball four. Henry moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Top 4 Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henry moves to second.
Top 4 Agganis hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Henry hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Rizzuto fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bolling. Bauer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Top 3 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jensen strikes out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a popup towards first. Agganis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skowron moves to third.
Bottom 2 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Skowron reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Agganis hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Henry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lepcio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Lepcio reaches second base with a double. Kell scores. There goes White trying to get to home. Coleman throws to Berra who tags White for the out.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan has Jensen trapped. There's the throw to Berra and over to Carey, who tags Jensen for the out. Kell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall scores. Williams scores. Jensen moves to third.
Top 1 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to home to get Agganis. Piersall moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rizzuto. Agganis moves to third. Piersall moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Agganis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.