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Yankees 7 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
August 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 August 22, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateAugust 22, 1959 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 7 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 8 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 8
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJohn Tsitouris  
Losing PitcherBob Turley  
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Game Winning RBIJerry Lumpe 

Game Info

DateAugust 22, 1959 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Coates  
Home Starting PitcherNed Garver  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance17,567 
Time of Game3 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Bill Summers

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 
Hector Lopez  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Clete Boyer  Shortstop 
Jim Coates  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Russ Snyder  Right Fielder 
Dick Williams  Third Baseman 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Kent Hadley  First Baseman 
Frank House  Catcher 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Ned Garver  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

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Yankees 7 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
August 22, 1959

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         Game of 8/22/1959 -- New York at Kansas City (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Richardson B, 2b      5  2  2  0   Tuttle B, cf          5  2  3  1   
Kubek T, 3b-lf        5  1  2  1   Snyder R, rf          5  0  2  2   
Mantle M, cf          4  2  3  0   Williams D, 3b        4  2  2  1   
Berra Y, c            5  0  0  0   Cerv B, lf            4  0  2  0   
Howard E, 1b          4  1  1  1   Lumpe J, 2b-ss        5  0  1  1   
Throneberry M, 1b     0  0  0  0   Hadley K, 1b          5  1  1  1   
Lopez H, lf           4  1  3  2   House F, c            5  2  2  1   
Shantz B, pr          0  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       3  1  2  0   
Carey A, 3b           0  0  0  0   Maris R, ph           0  0  0  0   
Siebern N, ph         1  0  1  1   Terwilliger W, 2b     0  0  0  0   
McDougald G, 3b       0  0  0  0   Garver N, p           2  0  0  1   
Slaughter E, rf       2  0  1  1   Grim B, p             0  0  0  0   
Bauer H, rf           2  0  0  0   Morgan J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Boyer C, ss           4  0  0  0   Tsitouris J, p        0  0  0  0   
Coates J, p           2  0  1  0                                      
Grba E, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Duren R, p            2  0  0  0                                      
Turley B, p           1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  7 14  6                        39  8 15  8

New York         010 003 102 0 --  7
Kansas City      000 112 120 1 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Coates J              5.2  7  4  4  2  2
Grba E*               0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Duren R               2.2  5  3  2  1  3
Turley B (L)          1.1  2  1  1  2  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garver N              6.1 10  5  5  1  1
Grim B                2.2  4  2  2  2  1
Tsitouris J (W)       1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Richardson B, Throneberry M
DP -- New York 2, Kansas City 2
LOB -- New York 8, Kansas City 13
2B -- Mantle M, Lopez H, Siebern N
3B -- Lopez H, Kubek T
HR -- Williams D, Tuttle B
SB -- Williams D, Snyder R
SH -- Lumpe J, Grim B, Snyder R
SF -- Garver N
HBP -- by Garver N (Howard E), by Duren R (Tuttle B)
WP -- Garver N
T -- 3:23
A -- 17567

    

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