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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Athletics

1955-06-01 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 16503 · sunny · 2:15

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Athletics 3–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 9th. Johnny Kucks earned the win and Tom Morgan picked up the save. Bill Skowron went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5
KC1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2

W: Johnny Kucks L: Ray Herbert SV: Tom Morgan

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Charlie Berry · 3B: Bill McKinley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Bauer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Carey	3	1	2	0	1	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Mantle	3	1	0	0	1	0
Irv Noren	4	0	1	1	0	1
Eddie Robinson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gil McDougald	1	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Hunter	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Kucks	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Skowron	1	1	1	1	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Byrne	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hector Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Renna	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Zernial	3	1	1	1	0	0
Bill Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Finigan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Littrell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Shantz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Herbert	3	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Kucks	8.0	2	1	4
Tom Morgan	1.0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Herbert	9.0	5	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hank Bauer: 7
Andy Carey: 53
Yogi Berra: 3/G

Bot 1

Vic Power: 9
Hector Lopez: K
Bill Renna: K/C

Top 2

Mickey Mantle: 8
Irv Noren: 3/G
Eddie Robinson: K

Bot 2

Gus Zernial: 63
Bill Wilson: K/C
Jim Finigan: 53

Top 3

Gil McDougald: W
Billy Hunter: 8
Johnny Kucks: 34/SH.1-2
Hank Bauer: 3/FL

Bot 3

Jack Littrell: 9
Billy Shantz: 8
Ray Herbert: 4

Top 4

Andy Carey: W
Yogi Berra: 46(1)3/GDP
Mickey Mantle: 8

Bot 4

Vic Power: 43
Hector Lopez: 63
Bill Renna: 53

Top 5

Irv Noren: 43
Eddie Robinson: 43
Gil McDougald: K

Bot 5

Gus Zernial: 53
Bill Wilson: K
Jim Finigan: 7

Top 6

Billy Hunter: 3/BG
Johnny Kucks: K
Hank Bauer: 53

Bot 6

Jack Littrell: S8
Billy Shantz: 34/SH.1-2
Ray Herbert: 53
Vic Power: IW
Hector Lopez: 4

Top 7

Andy Carey: S8
Yogi Berra: E3.1-2
Mickey Mantle: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Irv Noren: K
Eddie Robinson: 9

Bot 7

Bill Renna: 3/FL
Gus Zernial: HR/7
Bill Wilson: 53
Jim Finigan: 43

Top 8

Bill Skowron: HR/7
Billy Hunter: 7
Johnny Kucks: 13
Hank Bauer: 4

Bot 8

Jack Littrell: 8
Billy Shantz: 9
Ray Herbert: 8/8D

Top 9

Andy Carey: S7
Yogi Berra: 31.1-2
Mickey Mantle: IW
Irv Noren: S9.1-3;2-H;B-2(TH)
Eddie Robinson: IW
Phil Rizzuto: 5/FL
Billy Hunter: S/BG.1-2;2-3;3-H
Tommy Byrne: 4/L

Bot 9

Vic Power: 53
Elmer Valo: 7
Bill Renna: 63