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May 4, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 6 10 1
Yankees 10 9 2
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 6 10 1
Yankees 10 9 2

Vic Power Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .273
OBP .500 .305
At Bats 4 55
Hits 2 15
• Singles 2 11
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 8

Jim Konstanty Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Yankee Stadium - May 4, 1956
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Out
Jim Konstanty
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Joe Collins
Vic Power
Joe Ginsberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 6 10 1 10
New York Yankees 10 9 2 6
Winning Pitcher Bob Grim
Losing Pitcher Jack Crimian
Save Jim Konstanty
Game Winning RBI Joe Collins
Attendance 5,318
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ginsberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Collins now playing right field. Jim Konstanty now pitching. Simpson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carroll scores. Collins scores.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carey scores. Carroll moves to third. Collins moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Carroll pinch runs for Elston Howard. Tom Gorman now pitching. Joe Collins pinch hits for Hank Bauer. Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cerv scores. Carey moves to third. Carroll moves to second.
Bottom 8 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Bob Grim. Tom Lasorda now pitching. Bill Renna now playing left field. Elston Howard pinch hits for Eddie Robinson. Howard is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Carey reaches second base with a double. Cerv moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cerv hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Johnny Groth now playing center field. Harry Simpson now playing right field. McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zernial hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jacobs moves to third.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Crimian bunts in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out. Jacobs moves to second.
Top 8 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bauer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grim takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Carey bunts towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerv strikes out.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Slaughter goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Skowron.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Crimian is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jack Crimian now pitching. Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle goes all the way around to score. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grim fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Lopez moves to second.
Top 5 Bob Grim now pitching. There goes Simpson. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Simpson steals second.
Top 5 Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bauer for the out.
Bottom 4 Turley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cerv tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Cerv hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Cerv reaches third base with a triple. McDougald goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Zernial strikes out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kellner moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Power scores. Kellner moves to second.
Top 4 Kellner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out. Power moves to third.
Top 4 Jacobs takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 4 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from Ginsberg and he is safe. Mantle steals second.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kellner scores. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 3 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Kellner moves to second.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kellner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Turley hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jacobs hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Power hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simpson tags and scores. Lopez tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Lopez bunts towards the mound. Turley picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Turley. Simpson moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Mantle scores. Skowron moves to third. McDougald moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 McDougald takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs misplays the ball. That's an error on Jacobs. Martin scores. Mantle moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Berra is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Martin reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.