Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
July 31, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1957 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hunter ss 3 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 0
Skizas rf 4 0 0 0
Noren 1b 2 1 0 0
Martin 2b 2 1 0 0
Thompson c 4 1 0 0
Held cf 3 1 0 0
Groth lf 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph,lf 4 0 1 2
Portocarrero p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 2 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kubek 3b 4 0 0 0
McDougald ss 4 3 3 1
Mantle cf 4 1 2 0
Skowron 1b 3 0 2 2
Simpson rf 3 1 1 1
  Bauer rf 0 0 0 0
Howard lf 3 0 3 1
Larsen p 3 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 0 0 0
  Berra ph,c 1 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 11 5
Kansas City 030 100 000–420
New York 000 310 01x–5112
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero   3.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Gorman  L (2-6) 3.2 5 2 2 0 2
  Morgan   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
1
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  W (6-3) 8.0 2 4 1 6 1
  Ditmar  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
4
1
6
1
  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Thompson-Hunter, Martin-Hunter-Noren.  Team LOB–4.  CS–Lopez (5,2nd base by Larsen/Johnson).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:07.  A–15,709.
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