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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Athletics

1956-06-26 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 25070 · 2:12

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Athletics 8–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 7th. Whitey Ford earned the win. Andy Carey went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	8	10
KC1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7

W: Whitey Ford L: Tom Gorman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Ed Runge · 2B: Eddie Rommel · 3B: Frank Tabacchi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Martin	5	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Collins	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mickey Mantle	5	0	1	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	4	2	1	1	1	0
Norm Siebern	5	0	1	2	0	1
Hank Bauer	1	1	0	1	2	0
Andy Carey	4	2	3	2	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	3	0	1	1	0	0
Whitey Ford	4	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe DeMaestri	4	0	2	2	0	1
Hector Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Skizas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Simpson	4	1	2	1	0	0
Vic Power	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Robinson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tim Thompson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Clete Boyer	2	1	0	0	1	0
Tom Gorman	2	0	1	1	0	0
Rance Pless	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whitey Ford	9.0	7	2	2

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Gorman	7.0	8	3	3
Jack Crimian	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Martin: 53
Joe Collins: K/C
Mickey Mantle: 31

Bot 1

Joe DeMaestri: K
Hector Lopez: 8
Lou Skizas: 1

Top 2

Yogi Berra: HR/9
Norm Siebern: 5
Hank Bauer: W
Andy Carey: S7.1-2
Phil Rizzuto: 7
Whitey Ford: K

Bot 2

Harry Simpson: 13
Vic Power: K23
Eddie Robinson: W
Tim Thompson: D9.1-3
Clete Boyer: IW
Tom Gorman: S7.1-2;2-3;3-H
Joe DeMaestri: S8.1-2;2-H;3-H
Hector Lopez: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Billy Martin: HR/7
Joe Collins: 3/G
Mickey Mantle: 4E3
Yogi Berra: SB2
Yogi Berra: 2/FL
Norm Siebern: 6

Bot 3

Lou Skizas: S7
Harry Simpson: 16(1)3/GDP
Vic Power: 63

Top 4

Hank Bauer: W
Andy Carey: D9.1-H;B-3(E9)
Phil Rizzuto: 13/SH.3-H(UR)
Whitey Ford: 6
Billy Martin: 2/BINT

Bot 4

Eddie Robinson: 43
Tim Thompson: 13
Clete Boyer: 9

Top 5

Joe Collins: C/E2
Mickey Mantle: 3
Yogi Berra: 8
Norm Siebern: K

Bot 5

Tom Gorman: 13
Joe DeMaestri: 53
Hector Lopez: 8/L

Top 6

Hank Bauer: 31
Andy Carey: HR/7
Phil Rizzuto: 8
Whitey Ford: 43

Bot 6

Lou Skizas: 63
Harry Simpson: S/89
Vic Power: 8
Eddie Robinson: 4

Top 7

Billy Martin: S6
Joe Collins: S9.1-3
Mickey Mantle: 13.1-2;3-3
Yogi Berra: IW
Norm Siebern: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H
Hank Bauer: 7/SF.1-2;3-H
Andy Carey: 8

Bot 7

Tim Thompson: 9
Clete Boyer: 7/L
Rance Pless: 43

Top 8

Phil Rizzuto: S8
Whitey Ford: SB2
Whitey Ford: 5
Billy Martin: 8
Joe Collins: 8/8D

Bot 8

Joe DeMaestri: S7
Hector Lopez: 4
Lou Skizas: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Mickey Mantle: S6
Yogi Berra: 13.1-2
Norm Siebern: CS3(25)
Norm Siebern: 6

Bot 9

Harry Simpson: HR/89
Vic Power: 43
Eddie Robinson: 43
Tim Thompson: 31

Notes & reviews

Billy Martin called for interference
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