Because of an injury to Bobby Richardson and Billy Gardner with the Twins, Joe DeMaestri got the start at 2nd and batted 8th for the Yankees against the Angels. You may ask, who hit leadoff for the Yankees on this memorable Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx?
Mickey Mantle.
2-4, leadoff homer in the 1st(5), then a 2-run-homer in the 9th(6) that cut the Angel lead to 5-3. Before I go any further, Ned Garver had retired 20 Yanks in a row before the Yank comeback. Roger Maris walked with 2 outs, forcing Bill Rigney to take out Garver, replacing him with Art Fowler to face Bill Skowron. Did I mention the "Moose" was fairly clutch?
Yankees 5, Angels 5, end of 9th.
After the Angels loaded the bases in the 10th off of Luis Arroyo on 2 walks and a HBP, pinch-hitter Steve Bilko put a "Sarge" into a ball in right field with 2 out. Roger Maris hauled it in. After Clete Boyer lined to 3rd and DeMaestri flied to left, up stepped Elston Howard who had pinch-hit a single leading off the bottom of the 9th to spark the Yanks comeback...
Yankees 6, Angels 5, Final.
No doubt the Yankee cleanup crew mopped up a huge Ballantine spill from Mel Allen after the game.
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