Kansas City Athletics vs New York Yankees
June 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 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 8, New York Yankees 9

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 7 0 1 1
Herzog rf 5 0 1 0
Boone 1b 4 2 1 0
  Hadley pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Cerv lf 6 1 2 0
Williams 3b 7 1 0 0
Lumpe 2b 5 1 0 0
DeMaestri ss 6 2 3 2
House c 3 1 2 2
Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Dickson p 2 0 1 1
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Chiti ph 1 0 1 0
  Sturdivant p 2 0 0 0
Totals 51 8 12 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Siebern lf 6 2 2 1
Kubek ss 7 0 2 1
Mantle cf 5 2 2 2
Berra c 6 1 1 0
Skowron 1b 7 0 1 1
Lopez 3b 5 2 3 1
McDougald 2b 5 1 2 0
Throneberry rf 6 0 2 1
Ford p 1 1 1 1
  Terry p 2 0 1 0
  Bronstad p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Blanchard ph 1 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 9 17 8
Kansas City 000 520 100 000 08122
New York 130 201 001 000 19173
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks   1.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Dickson   2.2 5 2 2 1 3
  Meyer   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Sturdivant  L (1-3) 6.0 4 2 0 3 3
Totals
12.0
17
9
7
6
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford   3.2 5 5 5 3 1
  Terry   3.0 7 3 1 1 1
  Bronstad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shantz   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Duren   2.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Coates  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
13.0
12
8
6
7
9

  E–Herzog (3), Sturdivant (1), Lopez 2 (15), Terry (2).  DP–New York 2. Kubek-Skowron, Kubek-McDougald-Skowron.  2B–Kansas City DeMaestri (9,off Terry); Chiti (2,off Terry), New York McDougald (11,off Kucks).  3B–New York Berra (1,off Dickson); Lopez (4,off Sturdivant).  HR–New York Siebern (5,1st inning off Kucks 0 on 0 out); Mantle (11,4th inning off Dickson 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Cerv (3,by Coates); Lopez (3,by Kucks).  IBB–House (4,by Terry).  Team LOB–12.  Team–15.  SB–DeMaestri (1,2nd base off Terry/Berra); Tuttle (4,2nd base off Duren/Berra); Mantle 2 (13,2nd base off Meyer/House,2nd base off Sturdivant/House).  CS–Mantle (2,2nd base by Sturdivant/House).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–4:10.  A–23,707.
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