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Yankees 9 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 17, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on June 17, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 9 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 17, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherRip Coleman  
Losing PitcherEarly Wynn  
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Game Winning RBINorm Siebern 

Game Info

DateJune 17, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherWhitey Ford  
Home Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance41,765 
Time of Game3 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Bill Summers
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: John Rice

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Joe Collins  First Baseman 
Irv Noren  Right Fielder 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Jerry Coleman  Second Baseman 
Whitey Ford  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Sam Mele  Left Fielder 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

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Yankees 9 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 17, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/17/1956 -- New York at Cleveland (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
McDougald G, ss       2  1  0  0   Smith A, rf-2b        5  0  1  0   
Siebern N, lf         5  1  2  3   Avila B, 2b           0  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          4  2  1  0   Woodling G, ph-lf     4  0  0  0   
Berra Y, c            5  2  2  2   Mele S, lf            1  0  0  0   
Collins J, 1b         5  1  2  1   Carrasquel C, ss      2  1  0  0   
Noren I, rf           2  0  0  0   Rosen A, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Bauer H, ph-rf        3  1  2  3   Wertz V, 1b           5  0  0  0   
Carey A, 3b           3  1  1  0   Busby J, cf           4  2  3  1   
Coleman J, 2b         4  0  0  0   Hegan J, c            2  0  2  1   
Ford W, p             0  0  0  0   Strickland G, ss-2b   1  0  0  0   
Morgan T, p           0  0  0  0   Naragon H, ph         1  0  1  1   
Cerv B, ph            1  0  0  0   Kuhn K, pr-2b         1  0  0  0   
Coleman R, p          2  0  0  0   Averill E, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Houtteman A, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Wynn E, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Mossi D, p            2  0  0  1   
                                   McLish C, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Ward P, rf            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  9 10  9                        34  4  8  4

New York         400 100 400 --  9
Cleveland        012 000 100 --  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ford W                1.2  2  1  0  4  0
Morgan T              1.1  4  2  2  0  1
Coleman R (W)         6.0  2  1  1  2  3

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E (L)*           0.0  3  4  4  1  0
Mossi D+              6.0  5  4  4  4  6
McLish C              1.0  1  1  1  1  1
Houtteman A           2.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 1st
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 7th

E -- Carey A, Kuhn K, Wertz V
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 8, Cleveland 10
2B -- Carey A
HR -- Siebern N, Berra Y, Bauer H
SH -- McDougald G, Coleman J
HBP -- by Coleman R (Carrasquel C)
T -- 3:01
A -- 41765

    

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