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Phil Rizzuto: "Yankee trading cards are available now at your Atlantic retailer. Pick up a set of 10 wallet-size cards free with a 5 or 10-gallon fill-up of Atlantic Imperial gas. Pick up Mantle, Maris, Berra, even a team card with each fill. While at Atlantic, fill-up with Imperial, the gas that guarantees clean carburetors. Cards are available for a limited time, while supplies last, only from Atlantic."
Red Barber: "Well, Scooter, it's like this, get a bunch of runs here in the 9th, or we fly to Detroit wearing rain barrels. Berra. Mantle, Maris and a bunch of rosary beads down 5. Here's Berra to face Chuck Estrada, Berra's 0-for-2 with a free pass... The 2-2... Never had a chance, 1 down. 8 strikeouts for Estrada, here's Mantle, whose weekend has been just like Ray Milland's: Lost. Mantle, 0-for-3, 2 strikeouts... The 1-2... That's number 9 for Estrada, Mantle leaves to a lusty chorus of "Better luck in Detroit, you'll need it." Roger Maris, 0-for-2 plus walk... The full count... And a stay as Roger coaxes one out of Estrada. The good news is, if Moose hits one here, it's 6-3 and a glimmer of hope with Kubek on deck. Skowron homered last time up, homered in last night's 2nd game... The pitch... Hit to center, Brandt underneath, catches it and it's on to Detroit after being swept from those Birdies. In the 9th, no runs, a walk, one left, the final, Orioles 6, Yankees 1. Final totals after this from Ballantine."

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