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Final Yankee Stadium I
Linescore
123456789 R H E
Kansas City Athletics 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3
New York Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 9 1
Pitching
Kansas City Athletics
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Joe NuxhallL 7.0 6 4 3 1 1 35 31
Bill Kunkel 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 8 8
New York Yankees
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Whitey FordW 9.0 5 3 3 2 6 50 42
Scoring Summary
▼ 2nd Elston Howard reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Dick Howser. Mickey Mantle scores. 0–1
▼ 2nd Bobby Richardson out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Hank Bauer. Elston Howard scores. 0–2
▲ 3rd Joe Nuxhall hits a home run (1). 1–2
▲ 3rd Hank Bauer hits an inside-the-park home run (2) on a . Dick Howser scores. 3–2
▼ 6th Bill Skowron triples (2) on a to center fielder Leo Posada. Mickey Mantle scores. 3–3
▼ 6th Bob Cerv singles on a to shortstop Dick Howser. Bill Skowron scores. 3–4
▼ 8th Mickey Mantle hits a home run (17). 3–5
Box Score
Kansas City Athletics
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
SSDick Howser 2 1 0 0 2 0
LFHank Bauer 4 1 1 2 0 1
CFLeo Posada 4 0 0 0 0 0
1BNorm Siebern 4 0 1 0 0 2
CJoe Pignatano 4 0 0 0 0 1
RFHaywood Sullivan 3 0 0 0 0 0
2BReno Bertoia 3 0 1 0 0 0
3BAndy Carey 3 0 1 0 0 0
PRAl Pilarcik 0 0 0 0 0 0
3BWayne Causey 0 0 0 0 0 0
PJoe Nuxhall 2 1 1 1 0 1
PHDon Larsen 1 0 0 0 0 1
PBill Kunkel 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
3BClete Boyer 4 0 1 0 0 0
SSTony Kubek 4 0 0 0 0 0
RFRoger Maris 4 0 0 0 0 0
CFMickey Mantle 3 3 2 1 1 0
CElston Howard 4 1 0 1 0 1
1BBill Skowron 4 1 3 1 0 0
LFBob Cerv 4 0 1 1 0 0
2BBobby Richardson 3 0 1 1 0 0
PWhitey Ford 4 0 1 0 0 1