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Yankees 10 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
July 27, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees, played on July 27, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 10 to 9.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 10 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 10
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 9 H: 26 E: 3 LOB: 19
Runs: 9
Hits: 26
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 19
Winning PitcherTommy Byrne  
Losing PitcherWally Burnette  
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Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Kucks  
Home Starting PitcherJack McMahan  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance30,034 
Time of Game4 hours 47 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Honochick
1B: Larry Napp
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Charlie Berry

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Jerry Coleman  Shortstop 
Johnny Kucks  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Al Pilarcik  Center Fielder 
Lou Skizas  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Vic Power  Second Baseman 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Jack McMahan  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Yankees 10 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
July 27, 1956

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         Game of 7/27/1956 -- New York at Kansas City (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Cerv B, lf            4  0  1  0   Lopez H, 3b           6  4  5  0   
Collins J, ph-lf      3  0  1  0   Pilarcik A, cf        8  0  1  2   
Martin B, 2b          6  1  3  1   Skizas L, lf          6  0  4  0   
Berra Y, c            7  2  2  2   Simpson H, rf-1b      6  1  2  4   
Mantle M, cf          4  2  1  0   Robinson E, 1b        5  1  3  0   
Skowron B, 1b         7  2  4  2   Boyer C, pr-2b        1  0  0  0   
Bauer H, rf           7  1  1  2   Groth J, ph-rf        2  0  0  0   
Carey A, 3b           4  1  1  1   Power V, 2b-1b-2b     7  2  5  1   
Coleman J, ss         7  1  2  0   Thompson T, c         8  0  3  1   
Kucks J, p            2  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       3  0  0  0   
McDermott M, p        0  0  0  0   Slaughter E, ph       1  0  1  1   
Morgan T, p           1  0  0  0   Crimian J, p          0  0  0  0   
Byrne T, p            2  0  0  0   Ginsberg J, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Burnette W, p         2  0  0  0   
                                   McMahan J, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Zernial G, ph         1  1  0  0   
                                   Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Baxes M, ph-ss        4  0  2  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     54 10 16  8                        62  9 26  9

New York         200 331 000 000 01 -- 10
Kansas City      102 212 100 000 00 --  9

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kucks J               3.2 10  5  5  1  3
McDermott M           1.0  1  1  1  2  1
Morgan T              4.0 11  3  2  0  0
Byrne T (W)           5.1  4  0  0  3  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
McMahan J             4.0  6  5  5  2  1
Gorman T              2.0  5  4  3  0  1
Crimian J             2.0  1  0  0  1  3
Burnette W (L)        6.0  4  1  0  4  6

E -- Kucks J 2, Skizas L, Baxes M 2
DP -- New York 3, Kansas City 1
LOB -- New York 10, Kansas City 19
2B -- Lopez H 2, Robinson E, Skowron B 2, Thompson T
3B -- Bauer H
HR -- Berra Y, Simpson H, Skowron B, Carey A, Power V
SB -- Mantle M
CS -- Cerv B, Skizas L, Martin B, Carey A, Bauer H
SH -- Morgan T, Lopez H
SF -- Simpson H
PB -- Thompson T, Berra Y
T -- 4:47
A -- 30034

    

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