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Yankees 11 @ Athletics 6
Municipal Stadium
June 22, 1959

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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 June 22, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 11 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJune 22, 1959 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 11 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 11
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBobby Shantz  
Losing PitcherRay Herbert  
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Game Winning RBIMickey Mantle 

Game Info

DateJune 22, 1959 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Turley  
Home Starting PitcherRay Herbert  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance21,451 
Time of Game2 hours 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Summers
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Nestor Chylak

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tony Kubek  Right Fielder 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Bob Turley  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Dick Williams  Center Fielder 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Kent Hadley  First Baseman 
Harry Chiti  Catcher 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Hal Smith  Third Baseman 
Ray Herbert  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

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Yankees 11 @ Athletics 6
Municipal Stadium
June 22, 1959

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         Game of 6/22/1959 -- New York at Kansas City (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Kubek T, rf           5  2  3  1   Lumpe J, 2b           5  1  1  0   
Lopez H, 3b           4  2  1  1   Williams D, cf        5  1  2  1   
Mantle M, cf          5  3  3  6   Maris R, rf           5  2  2  1   
Siebern N, lf         3  1  2  1   Cerv B, lf            5  1  2  3   
Skowron B, 1b         4  1  1  2   Hadley K, 1b          2  0  0  0   
Berra Y, c            5  0  0  0   Chiti H, c            3  0  0  0   
Richardson B, 2b      5  0  1  0   DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  0  1   
McDougald G, ss       4  1  2  0   Smith H, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Turley B, p           2  0  0  0   Herbert R, p          1  0  0  0   
Shantz B, p           2  1  1  0   Sturdivant T, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Bella Z, ph           1  1  1  0   
                                   Grim B, p             1  0  0  0   
                                   Dickson M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Boone R, ph           1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39 11 14 11                        37  6 10  6

New York         100 240 310 -- 11
Kansas City      000 240 000 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Turley B*             4.0  8  6  6  2  3
Shantz B (W)          5.0  2  0  0  0  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Herbert R (L)         4.1  8  7  7  0  4
Sturdivant T          0.2  0  0  0  1  0
Grim B+               1.0  2  3  3  2  1
Dickson M             3.0  4  1  1  0  3
  * Pitched to 5 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 7th

E -- Richardson B
LOB -- New York 5, Kansas City 7
2B -- Smith H, Maris R 2, Cerv B, Shantz B
3B -- Mantle M
HR -- Mantle M 2, Skowron B
SH -- Hadley K
SF -- Siebern N
T -- 2:49
A -- 21451

    

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