Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 15, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1955 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 4, New York Yankees 3

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 5 1 3 0
Renna rf 3 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 4 1 1 0
Zernial lf 4 1 2 1
Wilson cf 4 1 1 3
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Shantz B. c 3 0 2 0
Shantz B. p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 3 0 1 0
Collins 1b 3 0 0 0
Mantle cf 5 1 2 0
Howard lf,c 4 0 1 0
Carey 3b 2 1 0 1
McDougald 2b 2 1 0 0
Silvera c 2 0 0 0
  Cerv ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Hunter ss 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Berra ph 0 0 0 0
  Leja pr 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Lopat p 2 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 1 1
  Rizzuto pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Kansas City 400 000 0004100
New York 000 002 100360
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  W(3-3) 9.0 6 3 3 9 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
9
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  L(0-4) 6.0 8 4 4 0 0
  Sturdivant   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Morgan   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Bobby Shantz-Lopez-Power, Lopez-Power, New York 1. Carey-McDougald-Collins.  2B–Kansas City DeMaestri (5,off Lopat); Zernial (2,off Lopat)..  HR–Kansas City Wilson (6,1st inning off Lopat 2 on 1 out).  SH–Bobby Shantz 2 (2,off Sturdivant,off Morgan).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Carey (1,off Bobby Shantz).  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:27.
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