Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1959 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 2, New York Yankees 3

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Herzog cf 4 0 1 0
  Tuttle cf 1 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 5 0 1 0
Boone 1b 4 1 2 0
  Hadley 1b 0 0 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 3 1
Cerv lf 3 0 0 1
House c 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Daley p 3 0 1 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 4 0 0 0
Bauer rf 4 0 1 1
Mantle cf 4 0 1 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Carey 3b 3 1 0 0
Siebern lf 2 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Kubek ss 3 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 1 1
  Richardson pr 0 1 0 0
Larsen p 3 0 2 1
  Shantz pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City 001 000 0102102
New York 000 000 003370
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Daley  L (1-3) 8.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Terry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
7
3
3
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  W (3-0) 9.0 10 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
5

  E–Maris (3), Smith (5).  DP–New York 2. McDougald-Kubek, McDougald-Kubek-Howard.  2B–Kansas City House (6,off Larsen); Lopez (7,off Larsen); Daley (1,off Larsen).  HR–Kansas City Maris (9,8th inning off Larsen 0 on 0 out).  SF–Cerv (6,off Larsen).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–McDougald (2,by Daley).  Team–10.  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:22.
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