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 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 10, New York Yankees 0

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 2 2 1
Ward 1b 4 0 2 1
  Hadley pr,1b 1 2 1 2
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
  Terwilliger 2b 0 0 0 0
Maris rf 3 2 0 0
Cerv lf 5 1 3 1
House c 5 1 1 2
Williams 3b 3 1 1 3
  Smith 3b 0 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 0
Grim p 3 0 1 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 4 0 0 0
Bauer rf 3 0 1 0
  Blanchard rf 1 0 0 0
Mantle cf 3 0 0 0
Berra c 3 0 0 0
Slaughter lf 3 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 0 0
Kubek ss 3 0 1 0
Lumpe 3b 3 0 0 0
Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Maas p 1 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 0 0 0 0
  Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Kansas City 060 000 22010120
New York 000 000 000020
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grim  W (4-3) 9.0 2 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sturdivant  L (0-2) 1.1 5 6 6 1 3
  Maas   4.2 4 0 0 0 3
  Kucks   2.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Ditmar   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. House-DeMaestri.  HR–Kansas City Williams (1,2nd inning off Sturdivant 2 on 0 out); Hadley (2,8th inning off Kucks 1 on 2 out).  SH–Grim (3,off Sturdivant); Lopez (1,off Kucks).  HBP–Williams (1,by Maas).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  CS–Williams (1,2nd base by Maas/Berra).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:09.  A–29,046.
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