Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
May 5, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1962 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 6, New York Yankees 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 5 0 1 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 1 0
Hinton rf 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 5 1 1 0
King lf 4 2 2 2
Johnson ss 3 2 1 0
Retzer c 2 0 1 0
  Bright ph,c 3 1 1 1
Cottier 2b 3 0 1 1
Daniels p 4 0 2 2
  Kutyna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 4 0 0 0
Tresh ss 4 1 2 1
Maris rf 3 0 1 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 1
Berra lf 4 1 2 3
Blanchard c 3 0 1 0
  Linz pr 0 1 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 1 2
Boyer 3b 1 1 1 0
Sheldon p 0 0 0 0
  Daley p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Turley p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 10 7
Washington 020 004 0006110
New York 001 100 05x7100
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels   7.1 9 6 6 4 2
  Kutyna  L (0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
5
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sheldon   5.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Daley   1.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Turley  W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Coates  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1.  2B–Washington King (1,off Sheldon); Bright (1,off Daley).  3B–Washington Johnson (1,off Sheldon).  HR–Washington King (2,6th inning off Sheldon 1 on, 1 out), New York Mantle (3,4th inning off Daniels 0 on, 1 out); Berra (2,8th inning off Daniels 2 on, 1 out); Pepitone (1,8th inning off Kutyna 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Cottier (1,off Sheldon).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Sheldon 2 (2,off Daniels 2).  Team–5.  SB–Long (1,2nd base off Sheldon/Blanchard).  CS–Richardson (1,2nd base by Daniels/Retzer).  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:35.  A–16,992.
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