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Yankees 7 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1955

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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 23, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateJuly 23, 1955 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 7 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 8 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherTom Gorman  
Losing PitcherTom Morgan  
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Game Winning RBIHector Lopez 

Game Info

DateJuly 23, 1955 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Turley  
Home Starting PitcherRay Herbert  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance26,442 
Time of Game3 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: Joe Paparella
3B: Jim Honochick

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Irv Noren  Left Fielder 
Joe Collins  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Billy Hunter  Shortstop 
Bob Turley  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Elmer Valo  Left Fielder 
Bill Renna  Right Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Center Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Joe Astroth  Catcher 
Ray Herbert  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Yankees 7 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1955

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         Game of 7/23/1955 -- New York at Kansas City (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Noren I, lf           4  1  2  0   Power V, 1b           5  1  1  0   
Howard E, ph-lf       2  1  1  1   Valo E, lf            4  1  1  1   
Collins J, rf-1b      5  0  0  0   Renna B, rf           4  1  2  1   
Mantle M, cf          5  1  1  0   Littrell J, ss        1  0  0  0   
Berra Y, c            5  1  1  1   Simpson H, cf         5  1  1  0   
Skowron B, 1b         2  1  1  0   Finigan J, 2b         5  1  1  3   
Bauer H, rf           1  0  0  1   Lopez H, 3b           5  1  3  1   
McDougald G, 2b       3  1  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       2  0  0  0   
Carey A, 3b           4  0  1  1   Slaughter E, ph-rf    1  1  1  1   
Hunter B, ss          5  0  2  2   Astroth J, c          2  0  0  0   
Turley B, p           3  0  0  0   Zernial G, ph         0  0  0  1   
Konstanty J, p        0  0  0  0   Shantz B, c           1  0  0  0   
Byrne T, p            0  0  0  0   Herbert R, p          2  0  0  0   
Cerv B, ph            1  1  1  1   Fricano M, p          0  0  0  0   
Morgan T, p           1  0  1  0   Wilson B, ph          0  1  0  0   
                                   Kellner A, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Gorman T, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  7 11  7                        38  8 10  8

New York         020 000 032 00 --  7
Kansas City      000 000 070 01 --  8
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Turley B              7.1  4  4  3  1  8
Konstanty J*          0.0  2  3  0  1  0
Byrne T               0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Morgan T (L)          2.1  3  1  1  1  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Herbert R             7.1  7  5  5  4  3
Fricano M             0.2  1  0  0  1  0
Kellner A+            0.0  1  1  1  0  0
Gorman T (W)          3.0  2  1  1  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Carey A
DP -- New York 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- New York 8, Kansas City 3
2B -- Noren I 2, Slaughter E, Finigan J, Lopez H
3B -- Hunter B
HR -- Cerv B, Howard E
SF -- Bauer H, Zernial G
T -- 3:20
A -- 26442

    

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