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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1960-06-17 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 43320 · 60°F · 2:05

New York Yankees defeated Chicago White Sox 4–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 2nd. Art Ditmar earned the win. Clete Boyer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Art Ditmar L: Billy Pierce SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Cal Drummond · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bobby Richardson	4	0	1	0	0
Hector Lopez	5	0	0	0	1
Mickey Mantle	4	1	2	1	0
Roger Maris	4	0	0	0	0
Elston Howard	4	1	2	0	0
Bill Skowron	4	0	0	0	0
Clete Boyer	4	2	2	2	0
Tony Kubek	3	0	2	0	0
Art Ditmar	4	0	2	1	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Luis Aparicio	4	0	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	4	0	1	0	0
Minnie Minoso	4	1	1	0	0
Roy Sievers	3	0	1	0	1
Gene Freese	4	1	1	0	0
Al Smith	4	0	2	1	0
Sherm Lollar	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Landis	2	0	0	0	0
Billy Pierce	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Hicks	2	0	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	1	0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Ditmar	9.0	7	1	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Billy Pierce	7.0	8	0	1
Turk Lown	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Richardson: 63/G6
Hector Lopez: 5/L5
Mickey Mantle: 7/F78

Bot 1

Luis Aparicio: 53/G5
Nellie Fox: 53/G5L
Minnie Minoso: 53/G5

Top 2

Roger Maris: 8/L8XD
Elston Howard: S8/L78
Bill Skowron: 7/F7S
Clete Boyer: HR/F7D.1-H
Tony Kubek: S6/G6M
Art Ditmar: K

Bot 2

Roy Sievers: W
Gene Freese: 64(1)/FO/R3
Al Smith: S7/L78.1-2
Sherm Lollar: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 3

Bobby Richardson: 7/F7LF/FL
Hector Lopez: 63/G6
Mickey Mantle: 8/F8

Bot 3

Jim Landis: 3/P3F/FL
Billy Pierce: 43/G4
Luis Aparicio: E5/G5
Nellie Fox: SB2
Nellie Fox: 43/G4

Top 4

Roger Maris: 7/F7S
Elston Howard: S7/G56
Bill Skowron: 8/F8S
Clete Boyer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Minnie Minoso: S7/G56
Roy Sievers: S8/G6M.1-2
Gene Freese: 5/P5F/FL
Al Smith: 5/P25F/FL
Sherm Lollar: FC5/R4.2-H(E5/TH2)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-1
Jim Landis: 8/F8

Top 5

Tony Kubek: 4/L4
Art Ditmar: 63/G6M
Bobby Richardson: S8/G46
Hector Lopez: 8/F8S

Bot 5

Billy Pierce: 63/G6
Luis Aparicio: 63/G6
Nellie Fox: S8/G4M
Minnie Minoso: 3/P34S

Top 6

Mickey Mantle: D7
Roger Maris: 5/FL
Elston Howard: FC6.2X3(65)
Bill Skowron: 7/L

Bot 6

Roy Sievers: 63
Gene Freese: 53
Al Smith: 6/P

Top 7

Clete Boyer: DGR/7D
Tony Kubek: 13/SH.2-3
Art Ditmar: S9.3-H
Bobby Richardson: 53/SH.1-2
Hector Lopez: 53

Bot 7

Sherm Lollar: 6/P
Joe Hicks: 1/BP
Earl Torgeson: S8
Luis Aparicio: 4/P

Top 8

Mickey Mantle: HR/F9D
Roger Maris: 3/G
Elston Howard: 9
Bill Skowron: 4/P

Bot 8

Nellie Fox: 5/P
Minnie Minoso: 63
Roy Sievers: 63

Top 9

Clete Boyer: 63
Tony Kubek: S9
Art Ditmar: S9.1-3
Bobby Richardson: FC1.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Hector Lopez: K

Bot 9

Gene Freese: T7/G5L
Al Smith: S9.3-H
Sherm Lollar: 64(1)3/GDP
Joe Hicks: 53

Notes & reviews

The Yankees lit sparklers in their dugout to celebrate Clete Boyer's home run to mock Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboard.
The Yankees again lit sparklers in the dugout and in their CF bullpen to celebrate Mickey Mantle's home run.

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