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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Athletics

1956-09-12 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 18599 · 2:38

Kansas City Athletics defeated New York Yankees 7–4. Kansas City Athletics put up 3 in the 1st. Wally Burnette earned the win. Eddie Robinson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
KC1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		7	11

W: Wally Burnette L: Tom Sturdivant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Hurley · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Hank Soar · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Bauer	4	2	1	1	1	1
Enos Slaughter	4	1	0	0	1	0
Mickey Mantle	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Collins	3	0	1	1	0	1
Gil McDougald	2	0	1	2	2	0
Andy Carey	1	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Hunter	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Silvera	2	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Sturdivant	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey McDermott	3	0	2	0	0	0
Irv Noren	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Lumpe	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Skowron	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	5	1	1	0	0	1
Al Pilarcik	4	0	2	2	0	1
Lou Skizas	4	1	1	1	0	1
Harry Simpson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Smith	4	2	3	0	0	0
Eddie Robinson	4	1	2	4	0	0
Hector Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	4	1	1	0	0	2
Bill Harrington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Burnette	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Sturdivant	1.1	6	0	3
Mickey McDermott	6.2	5	1	2

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Harrington	2.0	1	5	3
Wally Burnette	7.0	4	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hank Bauer: HR/7
Enos Slaughter: 4
Mickey Mantle: K
Joe Collins: K

Bot 1

Vic Power: K
Al Pilarcik: K
Lou Skizas: HR/7
Harry Simpson: S9
Hal Smith: S8.1-2
Eddie Robinson: D7.1-H;2-H
Hector Lopez: WP.2-3
Hector Lopez: 53

Top 2

Gil McDougald: W
Andy Carey: W.1-2
Billy Hunter: SB2;SB3
Billy Hunter: 2/FL/BP
Charlie Silvera: K/C
Tom Sturdivant: 6

Bot 2

Joe DeMaestri: K+E2.B-1
Bill Harrington: 5/FL
Vic Power: S9.1-3
Al Pilarcik: D9.1-H;3-H(UR)
Lou Skizas: 4
Harry Simpson: W
Hal Smith: 9

Top 3

Hank Bauer: W
Enos Slaughter: W.1-2
Mickey Mantle: WP.1-2;2-3
Mickey Mantle: W
Joe Collins: 8/SF.3-H
Gil McDougald: D/78.1-H;2-H
Andy Carey: 3/FL
Billy Hunter: 8

Bot 3

Eddie Robinson: 9/9D
Hector Lopez: 4
Joe DeMaestri: S7
Wally Burnette: 63

Top 4

Charlie Silvera: 9
Mickey McDermott: S9
Hank Bauer: 8
Enos Slaughter: 4

Bot 4

Vic Power: 4
Al Pilarcik: 43
Lou Skizas: 63

Top 5

Mickey Mantle: 13/BG
Joe Collins: S7
Gil McDougald: W.1-2
Irv Noren: K
Jerry Lumpe: K

Bot 5

Harry Simpson: 43
Hal Smith: S8
Eddie Robinson: HR/7.1-H
Hector Lopez: 63
Joe DeMaestri: K

Top 6

Charlie Silvera: W
Mickey McDermott: 64(1)3/GDP
Hank Bauer: 2/FL

Bot 6

Wally Burnette: 63
Vic Power: 43
Al Pilarcik: S1/BG
Lou Skizas: K23

Top 7

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Mickey Mantle: 8
Joe Collins: 4

Bot 7

Harry Simpson: 31
Hal Smith: D7
Eddie Robinson: 43.2-3
Hector Lopez: 63

Top 8

Gil McDougald: 7/L
Jerry Coleman: 5/FL
Jerry Lumpe: 7/FL

Bot 8

Joe DeMaestri: 6/L
Wally Burnette: 9
Vic Power: 5/L

Top 9

Bill Skowron: 9
Mickey McDermott: S7
Hank Bauer: SB2
Hank Bauer: K/C
Enos Slaughter: 63