"FIRST INNING: YANKS—Friend threw out Boyer. Kubek rolled out, Mazeroskl to Stuart. Maris flied to Virdon. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. PIRATES—Virdon lined a single to center. Right-hander Bob Turley started to warm up for the Yankees. Groat rapped into a double play, Richardson to Kubek to Skowron. Clemente brought a roar from the crowd with a long foul into the right field stands that narrowly missed being a home run. Clemente singled sharply between first and second Into right field. Stuart struck out. No runs, two hits, no errors, one left."
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The Associated Press, highlighting a little-reported Game 6, 1st-inning near-HR, which would have given Pittsburgh the early lead—and the first run scored off Whitey Ford in this Series—in a game ultimately won, 12-0, by New York: "Yanks Take Early Lead, Rout Friend in Third: Bombers' Bats Boom in 6-Run Attack," The Wilmington News-Journal (Wednesday, October 13, 1960), p. 1
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