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Athletics 3 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
August 9, 1959

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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 August 9, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1959 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 3 H: 13 E: 5 LOB: 13
Runs: 3
Hits: 13
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 17
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherRyne Duren  
Losing PitcherBob Grim  
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Game Winning RBIGil McDougald 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohn Tsitouris  
Home Starting PitcherRalph Terry  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game4 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Paparella
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: Bob Stewart
3B: Ed Runge

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Russ Snyder  Left Fielder 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Dick Williams  Third Baseman 
Jerry Lumpe  Shortstop 
Preston Ward  First Baseman 
Harry Chiti  Catcher 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
John Tsitouris  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Richardson  Second Baseman 
Tony Kubek  Third Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Elston Howard  First Baseman 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Ralph Terry  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Yankee Stadium
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         Game of 8/9/1959, game 1 -- Kansas City at New York (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Tuttle B, cf          6  0  2  0   Richardson B, 2b      6  0  1  0   
Snyder R, lf          7  1  1  0   Kubek T, 3b           3  0  1  0   
Maris R, rf           5  1  1  0   Lopez H, ph-3b        3  0  0  0   
Williams D, 3b        7  0  1  1   Mantle M, cf          6  0  0  0   
Lumpe J, ss           6  1  3  1   Berra Y, c            6  2  0  0   
Ward P, 1b            6  0  3  1   Howard E, 1b          3  1  1  0   
Chiti H, c            5  0  0  0   Throneberry M, pr-1b  2  1  0  0   
Terwilliger W, 2b     5  0  2  0   Siebern N, lf         5  0  2  0   
Tsitouris J, p        2  0  0  0   Bauer H, rf           7  0  2  2   
Tomanek D, p          1  0  0  0   McDougald G, ss       5  0  2  1   
Grim B, p             2  0  0  0   Terry R, p            0  0  0  0   
Sturdivant T, p       0  0  0  0   Shantz B, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Blanchard J, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Blaylock G, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Slaughter E, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Ditmar A, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Boyer C, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Duren R, p            2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  3 13  3                        52  4  9  3

Kansas City      102 000 000 000 00 --  3
New York         000 200 010 000 01 --  4
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tsitouris J           6.1  4  2  1  3  2
Tomanek D             1.0  2  1  1  2  1
Grim B (L)*           5.2  2  1  0  4  3
Sturdivant T          0.2  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Terry R               2.1  6  3  3  2  0
Shantz B              1.2  0  0  0  1  2
Blaylock G            3.0  4  0  0  1  5
Ditmar A              1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Duren R (W)           6.0  3  0  0  1  6
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 14th

E -- Terwilliger W, Williams D 2, Lumpe J, Ward P
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Kansas City 13, New York 17
2B -- Maris R, Ward P, McDougald G, Howard E, Bauer H, Siebern N
CS -- Siebern N, Tuttle B
SH -- Tsitouris J, Siebern N
T -- 4:17
A -- 0

    

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