With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O’s Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 – 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson’s hit off Estrada’s glove drives in two runs for a 5 – 3 New York win.

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On September 16, 1960 — With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O’s Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 – 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson’s hit off Estrada’s glove drives in two runs for a 5 – 3 New York win.

 

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