New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
May 31, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1964 at Municipal 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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New York Yankees 2, Kansas City Athletics 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kubek ss 5 0 1 0
Richardson 2b 4 0 1 0
Lopez lf 4 0 2 0
Maris rf 3 0 0 0
Tresh cf 4 0 0 0
Howard c 4 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 3 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Downing p 2 0 0 0
  Mantle ph 1 0 1 2
  Gonzalez pr 0 0 0 0
  Reniff p 0 0 0 0
  Blanchard ph 1 0 1 0
  Linz pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Causey ss 4 1 2 3
Mathews cf 4 0 0 0
Alusik lf 3 1 1 0
  Bryan c 1 0 1 0
Colavito rf 3 0 2 1
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards 1b 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
Lau c 2 0 1 0
  Tartabull pr,lf 0 1 0 0
O'Donoghue p 1 0 0 0
  Gentile ph 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky pr 0 1 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
New York 000 000 200–2110
Kansas City 000 001 30x–480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   6.0 6 1 1 0 4
  Reniff  L (2-2) 2.0 2 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
O'Donoghue  W (2-2) 7.0 8 2 2 0 2
  Wyatt  SV (7) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
3
  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Colavito (6,off Downing).  HR–Kansas City Causey (2,7th inning off Reniff 2 on, 2 out).  Team–5.  WP–Downing 2 (5).  U-HP–Al Salerno, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:26.  A–18,764.
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