On September 7, 1959 – At Fenway Park the Boston Red Sox rout the New York Yankees 12-4. Pumpsie Green hits his first career homerun of Bob Turley. Mickey Mantle homers for the Yankees his 27th of the season. Oddly both teams were struggling at the time, the Yankees at 68-69 and the Red Sox 64-74 were both out of any playoff contention.

Jerry Casale improves to (10-8) and helped his own cause with a homerun.

Enclosed is an exerpt from his SABR Bio by Bill Nowlin –
Pumpsie got into an even 50 games, accumulating 172 at-bats, and hit for a .233 average, which his 29 walks boosted to a .350 on-base percentage. His one home run came off Bob Turley in a rout of the Yankees on September 7. He’d already impressed Casey Stengel, going 4-for-5 in a game back on August 10. His average declined over the months, though, from .313 after he arrived in July, to .250 in August, and just .194 in September. Pumpsie ended the season going hitless in his final 24 at-bats.

After the season Pumpsie was named second baseman on the 1959 Major League Rookie All-Star team, chosen in balloting by 1.7 million Topps gum customers nationally. “Green’s play fell off during the last two or three weeks of the season because he was a tired player,” Jurges said. “I figured he played 260 games last year, counting the winter league, the American Association, and the big leagues. That’s too much ball for a kid.”

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Boston Red Sox 12, New York Yankees 4

Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1959 (D) at Fenway Park

NY  A    0  1  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
BOS A    0  6  0    0  0  0    4  2  x  -  12 14  0

WP: Casale (10-8)
LP: Maas (12-7)
SV: Fornieles (9)
HR: Mantle (27), Carey (3), Green (1), Buddin (9), Casale (3)

Play by Play

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 19995

Starting Lineups:

   New York Yankees              Boston Red Sox           
1. Bauer               rf        Green               2b
2. Kubek               ss        Geiger              cf
3. Mantle              cf        Runnels             1b
4. Berra               c         Stephens            lf
5. Howard              1b        Jensen              rf
6. Lopez               lf        Malzone             3b
7. McDougald           3b        White               c
8. Richardson          2b        Buddin              ss
9. Maas                p         Casale              p

YANKEES 1ST: Bauer flied out to left; Kubek flied out to left;
Mantle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Green doubled to center; Geiger flied out to left;
Runnels flied out to left; Stephens grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Berra singled; Howard grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Berra out at second]; Lopez
walked; McDougald tripled to center [Lopez scored]; Richardson
lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Jensen doubled to center; Malzone singled to
shortstop [Jensen to third]; White singled to right [Jensen
scored, Malzone to second]; Buddin homered [Malzone scored,
White scored]; TURLEY REPLACED MAAS (PITCHING); Casale homered;
Green homered; Geiger made an out to shortstop; Runnels grounded
out (second to first); Stephens doubled to right; Jensen flied
out to center; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 3RD: CAREY BATTED FOR TURLEY; Carey homered; Bauer
singled to left; Kubek flied out to center; Mantle homered
[Bauer scored]; Berra flied out to right; Howard doubled to
right; Lopez was hit by a pitch; McDougald forced Lopez
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
6.

RED SOX 3RD: GRBA REPLACED CAREY (PITCHING); Malzone singled to
center; White forced Malzone (shortstop to second); Buddin
grounded out (third to first) [White to second]; Casale grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
6.

YANKEES 4TH: Richardson singled to left; Richardson stole
second; Grba struck out; Bauer flied out to center; Kubek flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Green flied out to left; KEOUGH BATTED FOR GEIGER;
Keough was called out on strikes; Runnels singled to left;
Stephens lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red
Sox 6.

YANKEES 5TH: KEOUGH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Mantle was
called out on strikes; Berra made an out to second; Howard made
an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Jensen walked; Malzone made an out to second; White
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Jensen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red
Sox 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Lopez flied out to left; McDougald grounded out
(pitcher to first); Richardson doubled to center; Grba grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
6.

RED SOX 6TH: Buddin grounded out (second to first); Casale
struck out; Green struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Bauer popped to catcher in foul territory; Kubek
doubled; FORNIELES REPLACED CASALE (PITCHING); Mantle struck
out; Berra grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Keough walked; Runnels out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Keough to second]; Stephens singled to
center [Keough scored]; Stephens stole second; Jensen was called
out on strikes; Malzone walked; White walked [Stephens to third,
Malzone to second]; WERTZ BATTED FOR BUDDIN; Wertz doubled to
left [Stephens scored, Malzone scored, White scored]; MAHONEY
RAN FOR WERTZ; Fornieles grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 10.

YANKEES 8TH: MAHONEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Howard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopez walked; Yankees
Manager Casey Stengel ejected by HP umpire Bill McKinley;
McDougald lined to center; Richardson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 10.

RED SOX 8TH: BLANCHARD REPLACED GRBA (PLAYING C ); BLAYLOCK
REPLACED BERRA (PITCHING); Green lined to third; Keough walked;
Runnels singled to shortstop [Keough to second]; Stephens walked
[Keough to third, Runnels to second]; Jensen doubled to center
[Keough scored, Runnels scored, Stephens to third]; Malzone
popped to shortstop in foul territory; White grounded out (first
to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 12.

YANKEES 9TH: Blanchard made an out to first; Bauer walked; Kubek
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Bauer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
12.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Yankees          4   9   0    7
 Red Sox         12  14   0    7