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August 22, 1959

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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Yankees	7	14	2
Athletics	7	14	0

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Yankees	7	14	2
Athletics	8	15	0

Jerry Lumpe Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.237
OBP	.000	.312
At Bats	4	350
Hits	0	83
• Singles	0	71
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	38
RBI’s	0	21

Bob Turley Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	10	1

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Municipal Stadium - August 22, 1959

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Single

Bob Turley

Yogi Berra

Marv Throneberry

Bobby Richardson

Gil McDougald

Clete Boyer

Tony Kubek

Mickey Mantle

Hank Bauer

Jerry Lumpe

Bob Cerv

Bill Tuttle

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Yankees	7	14	2	8
Kansas City Athletics	8	15	0	13
Winning Pitcher	John Tsitouris
Losing Pitcher	Bob Turley
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Jerry Lumpe
Attendance	17,567
Time of Game	3 hours 23 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Cerv moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 10 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Cerv moves to second.

Bottom 10 Cerv is walked intentionally.

Bottom 10 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tuttle moves to third.

Bottom 10 Snyder bunts towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Richardson covering, for the out. Tuttle moves to second.

Bottom 10 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 10 Turley strikes out.

Top 10 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 John Tsitouris now pitching. Wayne Terwilliger now playing second base. Jerry Lumpe now playing shortstop. Bauer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Joe Morgan pinch hits for Bob Grim. Morgan strikes out.

Bottom 9 Roger Maris pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. Maris is walked intentionally. Hadley moves to second.

Bottom 9 House hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Bob Turley now pitching. Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Throneberry. Lumpe moves to third.

Bottom 9 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 9 Gil McDougald now playing third base. Marv Throneberry now playing first base. Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Norm Siebern pinch hits for Andy Carey. Siebern hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores. There goes Howard trying to get to home. Tuttle throws the ball in to Lumpe who relays the ball to House who tags Howard, who came all the way from first, for the out.

Top 9 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richardson scores. Mantle moves to second.

Top 9 Berra hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Richardson moves to second.

Top 9 Kubek hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 8 Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. House scores. DeMaestri scores. Tuttle moves to third.

Bottom 8 Tuttle is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 8 Grim bunts towards the mound. Duren fields it and throws to first for the out. House moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.

Bottom 8 DeMaestri bunts towards first. Howard fields the ball and throws to Duren covering. Safe. House moves to second.

Bottom 8 Andy Carey now playing third base. Tony Kubek now playing left field. House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson misplays the ball. That's an error on Richardson.

Top 8 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Boyer is walked intentionally.

Top 8 Bobby Shantz pinch runs for Hector Lopez. Bauer strikes out.

Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Lopez reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Hadley strikes out.

Bottom 7 Lumpe strikes out.

Bottom 7 Cerv strikes out.

Bottom 7 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.

Bottom 7 Williams takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to second.

Bottom 7 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 7 Hank Bauer now playing right field. Tuttle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grim fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Bob Grim now pitching. Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Kubek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Snyder who is chasing the ball. Kubek reaches third base with a triple. Richardson goes all the way around to score.

Top 7 Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Duren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Ryne Duren now pitching. Garver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. House moves to second.

Bottom 6 Eli Grba now pitching. House hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hadley scores.

Bottom 6 Hadley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. There goes Cerv trying to get to home. Mantle throws the ball in to Berra who tags Cerv who's trying to score from second, for the out. Hadley moves to second.

Bottom 6 Lumpe bunts towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. Cerv moves to second.

Bottom 6 Cerv takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores.

Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv who is chasing the ball. Lopez reaches third base with a triple. Kubek scores. Mantle scores.

Top 6 Howard hits a popup towards first. Hadley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.

Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. Mantle reaches second base with a double. Kubek moves to third.

Top 6 Kubek bunts towards third. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 Snyder hits a popup towards third. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Garver hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. House tags and scores.

Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. House moves to third.

Bottom 5 House hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Richardson hits a line drive towards third. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Coates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third.

Top 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hadley for the out.

Bottom 4 Lumpe 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.

Bottom 4 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 4 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Garver is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coates fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Coates is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops it up and throws to first, with Coates covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 Hadley strikes out.

Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Boyer hits a fly ball towards left. Cerv catches it and throws to home to double up Slaughter.

Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Howard scores. Slaughter moves to third.

Top 2 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. Howard moves to third.

Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.

Top 2 Howard is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 1 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kubek fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Berra hits a line drive into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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