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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Athletics

1962-07-15 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 34865 · 2:30

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Athletics 11–3. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 9th. Rollie Sheldon earned the win. Elston Howard went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	4	11	15
KC1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Rollie Sheldon L: Danny McDevitt SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Bob Stewart · 3B: Bill McKinley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Phil Linz	6	1	3	3	0	0
Bobby Richardson	5	1	1	0	0	0
Roger Maris	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Mantle	4	1	1	0	1	1
Elston Howard	4	2	2	4	0	0
Hector Lopez	5	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Skowron	5	2	3	2	0	0
Clete Boyer	3	2	2	0	2	0
Rollie Sheldon	2	0	0	1	1	2

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Tartabull	5	0	2	0	0	0
Jerry Lumpe	4	1	1	0	1	0
Gino Cimoli	4	1	1	0	0	1
Norm Siebern	4	0	2	1	0	0
Manny Jimenez	3	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Causey	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Azcue	3	0	0	0	0	3
Billy Consolo	2	0	0	0	2	1
Danny McDevitt	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ed Charles	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Alusik	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rollie Sheldon	9.0	7	4	6

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny McDevitt	5.2	7	2	3
Gordon Jones	1.1	2	0	0
Jim Archer	1.2	5	1	1
Norm Bass	0.1	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Phil Linz: 43
Bobby Richardson: 43
Roger Maris: T/89
Mickey Mantle: 63

Bot 1

Jose Tartabull: S8/8S
Jerry Lumpe: W.1-2
Gino Cimoli: K+E2/TH.2-3
Norm Siebern: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Elston Howard: 63
Hector Lopez: 8
Bill Skowron: S9/G
Clete Boyer: S8/G.1-3
Rollie Sheldon: K/C

Bot 2

Manny Jimenez: E4
Wayne Causey: W.1-2
Joe Azcue: K/C
Billy Consolo: W.2-3;1-2
Danny McDevitt: 9/L/SF.3-H(UR)
Jose Tartabull: 43

Top 3

Phil Linz: E6/TH
Bobby Richardson: 53/SH.1-2
Roger Maris: WP.2-3
Roger Maris: K/BF
Mickey Mantle: E6/TH.3-H(NR)(UR)
Elston Howard: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Jerry Lumpe: S/6M
Gino Cimoli: S8.1-3
Norm Siebern: S4.3-H;1-3
Manny Jimenez: 8/SF.3-H
Wayne Causey: 46(1)/FO
Joe Azcue: K

Top 4

Hector Lopez: S8
Bill Skowron: HR/8.1-H
Clete Boyer: W
Rollie Sheldon: 14/SH.1-2
Phil Linz: S7.2-H
Bobby Richardson: PO1(163)
Bobby Richardson: 8

Bot 4

Billy Consolo: 13
Danny McDevitt: 7
Jose Tartabull: S9
Jerry Lumpe: 8/8D

Top 5

Roger Maris: 8
Mickey Mantle: W
Elston Howard: HR/78.1-H
Hector Lopez: 8
Bill Skowron: 13

Bot 5

Gino Cimoli: 8
Norm Siebern: 8
Manny Jimenez: 1/G

Top 6

Clete Boyer: 6/8
Rollie Sheldon: K23
Phil Linz: 8

Bot 6

Wayne Causey: 8/L
Joe Azcue: K/C
Billy Consolo: K/C

Top 7

Bobby Richardson: S6
Roger Maris: 3
Mickey Mantle: S9.1-3
Elston Howard: 8/8XD/SF.3-H
Hector Lopez: 9/L

Bot 7

Ed Charles: K/C
Jose Tartabull: 5/FL
Jerry Lumpe: 53

Top 8

Bill Skowron: 6
Clete Boyer: W
Rollie Sheldon: 14/SH.1-2
Phil Linz: S5.2-3
Bobby Richardson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Gino Cimoli: 8
Norm Siebern: S9
Manny Jimenez: 46(1)/FO
Wayne Causey: D9.1-3
George Alusik: 7

Top 9

Roger Maris: 9/FL
Mickey Mantle: K
Elston Howard: HR/7
Hector Lopez: S9
Bill Skowron: S7.1-2
Clete Boyer: S1.1-2;2-3
Rollie Sheldon: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Phil Linz: S8/G.1-2;2-H;3-H
Bobby Richardson: 7

Bot 9

Billy Consolo: W
Bobby Del Greco: 6/8
Jose Tartabull: 46(1)/FO
Jerry Lumpe: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Elston Howard made a wild return throw to the mound
Danny McDevitt left with blister
Jim Archer struck on right kneecap by liner; carried off on strecher

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