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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 20, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, played on July 20, 1956 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 20, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 20, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack McMahan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 16,103 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: John Rice |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Al Pilarcik | Center Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Left Fielder |
| Harry Simpson | Right Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Joe Ginsberg | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Clete Boyer | Second Baseman |
| Jack McMahan | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gil McDougald | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Elston Howard | Catcher |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
| Whitey Ford | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 20, 1956
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ford
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Ford
Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Ford
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. McMahan
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McMahan
Martin bunts towards the mound. McMahan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. McMahan
Bauer takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. McMahan
Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin scores. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. McMahan
Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. McMahan
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Ford
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Ford
Power hits a ball on the ground towards second. Martin can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Ford
Ford fires to first and has Power trapped. There's the throw to McDougald who tags Power for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Ford
Ginsberg is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McMahan
Cerv takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. McMahan
Carey takes first base on ball four. Cerv moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. McMahan
Ford bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyer covering, for the out. Cerv moves to third. Carey moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McDougald vs. McMahan
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri has Cerv trapped. There's the throw to Ginsberg and over to Lopez, who tags Cerv for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. McMahan
Martin hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ford
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ford
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMahan vs. Ford
McMahan is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. McMahan
Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. McMahan
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. McMahan
Skowron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. McMahan
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ford
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Ford
Pilarcik strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Ford
Slaughter is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Ford
Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McMahan
Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. McMahan
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. McMahan
Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. McMahan
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Ford
Power hits a line drive towards third. Carey reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Ford
Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ford
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McMahan
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. McMahan
Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. McMahan
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Martin moves to third. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Skowron vs. McMahan
Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores. Bauer scores. Mantle moves to third. Skowron moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howard vs. McMahan
Howard hits a fly ball towards center field. Pilarcik makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Pilarcik. Mantle tags and scores. Skowron scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McMahan
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. McMahan
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ford
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groth vs. Ford
Johnny Groth pinch hits for Jack McMahan.
Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lopez vs. Ford
Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pilarcik vs. Ford
Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Ford
Slaughter is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Crimian
Johnny Groth now playing left field. Jack Crimian now pitching.
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Crimian
McDougald bunts towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Crimian
Martin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Martin reaches second base with a double. Ford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bauer vs. Crimian
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mantle vs. Crimian
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. DeMaestri fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Ford scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. Crimian
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Ford
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Ford
Power takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Ford
Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Ford
DeMaestri strikes out. Howard drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws DeMaestri out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Crimian
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Crimian
Cerv hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Crimian
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ford
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald misplays the ball. That's an error on McDougald. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groth vs. Ford
Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Ford
Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. Groth moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pilarcik vs. Ford
Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Boyer scores. Groth scores. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zernial vs. Ford
Gus Zernial pinch hits for Jack Crimian.
Zernial hits a fly ball towards left. Cerv catches it and throws to home to double up Lopez. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simpson vs. Ford
Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Shantz
Bobby Shantz now pitching.
Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Shantz
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Shantz
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Shantz
Bauer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Ford
Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Ford
Ginsberg bunts in front of the plate. Howard scoops up the ball and tags Ginsberg for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ford
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Ford
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/20/1956 -- Kansas City at New York (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Lopez H, 3b 4 0 1 0 McDougald G, ss 4 0 0 0
Pilarcik A, cf 4 0 1 2 Martin B, 2b 4 2 3 0
Slaughter E, lf 2 0 0 0 Bauer H, rf 3 1 1 0
Crimian J, p 0 0 0 0 Mantle M, cf 4 1 2 2
Zernial G, ph 1 0 0 0 Skowron B, 1b 3 1 1 2
Shantz B, p 0 0 0 0 Howard E, c 3 0 0 1
Simpson H, rf 4 0 0 0 Cerv B, lf 3 0 0 0
Power V, 1b 3 0 1 0 Carey A, 3b 3 0 0 0
Ginsberg J, c 4 0 0 0 Ford W, p 3 1 2 0
DeMaestri J, ss 4 0 1 0
Boyer C, 2b 4 1 1 0
McMahan J, p 1 0 0 0
Groth J, ph-lf 2 1 2 0
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33 2 7 2 30 6 9 5
Kansas City 000 000 020 -- 2
New York 100 041 00x -- 6
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
McMahan J (L) 5.0 7 5 4 4 0
Crimian J 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Shantz B 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ford W (W) 9.0 7 2 1 1 8
E -- Pilarcik A, McDougald G
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Kansas City 6, New York 9
2B -- Martin B, Pilarcik A
SH -- Ford W, McDougald G
SF -- Howard E
HBP -- by Ford W (Slaughter E)
T -- 2:20
A -- 16103
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