Athletics @ Yankees
June 21, 1955

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Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	2	6	0
Yankees	6	12	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	2	6	0
Yankees	6	12	1

Jim Finigan Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.294
OBP	1.000	.367
At Bats	2	231
Hits	2	68
• Singles	2	39
• Doubles	0	17
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	1	26
RBI’s	1	36

Tommy Byrne Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	1	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Yankee Stadium - June 21, 1955

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Out

Tommy Byrne

Yogi Berra

Bill Skowron

Gil McDougald

Andy Carey

Billy Hunter

Irv Noren

Mickey Mantle

Hank Bauer

Jim Finigan

Vic Power

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Kansas City Athletics	2	6	0	4
New York Yankees	6	12	1	8
Winning Pitcher	Tommy Byrne
Losing Pitcher	Alex Kellner
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Billy Hunter
Attendance	14,932
Time of Game	2 hours 22 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Finigan hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Zernial is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Bauer hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Noren tags and scores.

Bottom 8 Byrne takes first base on ball four. Noren moves to third. Hunter moves to second.

Bottom 8 Hunter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Noren moves to second.

Bottom 8 Carey hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Art Ceccarelli now pitching. Noren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Renna hits a popup, foul, towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 8 Clete Boyer pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Skowron hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Berra hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Astroth hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Finigan takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Irv Noren now playing left field. Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Byrne is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Hunter hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Zernial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Carey hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Howard strikes out.

Bottom 5 Skowron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Skowron reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Gorman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Astroth hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Mantle hits a popup in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Tom Gorman now pitching. Bauer strikes out.

Bottom 4 McDougald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial who is chasing the ball. McDougald reaches third base with a triple. Hunter scores. Byrne goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 4 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to home to get Carey. Hunter moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 4 Ray Herbert now pitching. Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard scores. Carey moves to third.

Bottom 4 Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Carey reaches second base with a double. Skowron scores. Howard moves to third.

Bottom 4 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skowron moves to second.

Bottom 4 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 4 Lopez strikes out.

Top 4 Finigan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zernial scores. Power moves to third.

Top 4 Power hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Zernial moves to third.

Top 4 Wilson strikes out.

Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Renna for the out.

Bottom 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.

Bottom 3 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Bauer hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 DeMaestri strikes out.

Top 3 Kellner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byrne fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Astroth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Byrne is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey moves to second.

Bottom 2 Carey takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Howard is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Lopez strikes out. There goes Finigan. The throw from Berra to second, and Finigan is out.

Top 2 Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skowron settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Skowron.

Top 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 Power hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Bauer hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Zernial strikes out.

Top 1 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byrne fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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