New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
May 6, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1959 at Municipal 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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New York Yankees 7, Kansas City Athletics 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kubek cf 5 1 2 1
Blanchard rf 4 2 2 0
  Bauer rf 1 0 0 0
McDougald 2b 5 2 2 1
Skowron 1b 5 0 1 0
Siebern lf 4 1 3 4
Howard c 4 0 0 0
Lumpe ss 3 1 2 0
Carey 3b 4 0 0 0
Ditmar p 3 0 0 1
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 0 3 1
Ward 1b 4 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 2 0
Cerv lf 3 1 1 2
Smith 3b,c 4 1 3 0
House c 3 0 0 0
  Bella ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll 3b 0 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 1 0
Grim p 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Hadley ph 1 0 0 0
  Daley p 2 1 1 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 3
New York 331 000 0007121
Kansas City 010 020 0104112
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  W (1-1) 7.2 10 4 3 0 6
  Shantz  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
0
7
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grim  L (3-2) 0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Terry   3.0 6 4 3 1 5
  Daley   6.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
1
9

  E–Blanchard (1), Carroll (1), Terry (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Daley-DeMaestri-Ward.  2B–New York Blanchard (1,off Grim); McDougald 2 (4,off Grim,off Terry); Siebern (6,off Terry), Kansas City Maris (5,off Ditmar); Tuttle 2 (4,off Ditmar,off Shantz); Smith (2,off Ditmar).  3B–Kansas City DeMaestri (2,off Ditmar).  HR–New York Kubek (2,1st inning off Grim 0 on 0 out); Siebern (3,2nd inning off Terry 2 on 2 out), Kansas City Cerv (5,8th inning off Ditmar 0 on 2 out).  SF–Ditmar (1,off Terry); Cerv (4,off Ditmar).  IBB–Lumpe (2,by Terry).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Kubek (1,2nd base off Terry/House).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:20.  A–18,802.
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