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July 20, 1956

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Athletics 2 7 1
Yankees 6 9 1
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Athletics 2 7 1
Yankees 6 9 1

Clete Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .239
OBP .333 .299
At Bats 3 71
Hits 1 17
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 1

Whitey Ford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 4 1
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Yankee Stadium - July 20, 1956
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Out
Whitey Ford
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Bob Cerv
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Clete Boyer
Joe DeMaestri

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 2 7 1 6
New York Yankees 6 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Whitey Ford
Losing Pitcher Jack McMahan
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Mantle
Attendance 16,103
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ginsberg bunts in front of the plate. Howard scoops up the ball and tags Ginsberg for the out.
Top 9 Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bauer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Zernial hits a fly ball towards left. Cerv catches it and throws to home to double up Lopez.
Top 8 Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Boyer scores. Groth scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. Groth moves to second.
Top 8 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald misplays the ball. That's an error on McDougald.
Bottom 7 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cerv hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 DeMaestri strikes out. Howard drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws DeMaestri out.
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. DeMaestri fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Ford scores.
Bottom 6 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Martin reaches second base with a double. Ford moves to third.
Bottom 6 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out. Ford moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Jack Crimian now pitching. Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Slaughter is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnny Groth pinch hits for Jack McMahan. Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Top 6 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a fly ball towards center field. Pilarcik makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Pilarcik. Mantle tags and scores. Skowron scores.
Bottom 5 Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores. Bauer scores. Mantle moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Martin moves to third. Bauer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive towards third. Carey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Pilarcik strikes out.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McMahan is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 3 DeMaestri strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri has Cerv trapped. There's the throw to Ginsberg and over to Lopez, who tags Cerv for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Ford bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyer covering, for the out. Cerv moves to third. Carey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carey takes first base on ball four. Cerv moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cerv takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ginsberg is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Ford fires to first and has Power trapped. There's the throw to McDougald who tags Power for the out.
Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards second. Martin can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin scores. Bauer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bauer takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second.
Bottom 1 Martin bunts towards the mound. McMahan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.