BOXSCORE: 1955 New York-AL Yankees At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/19/1955 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 5 1 1 0 .319 W.Moon LF 3 0 1 0 .288 G.Woodling RF 5 2 3 0 .258 J.Logan SS 4 0 0 0 .278 S.Burgess C 4 1 2 3 .284 M.Mantle CF 3 0 0 0 .285 H.Aaron 2B 4 0 2 1 .296 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .294 B.Nieman LF 4 0 2 0 .271 K.Boyer 3B 4 1 1 1 .257 V.Power 1B 4 0 0 0 .294 J.Delsing RF 4 1 2 0 .203 E.Yost 3B 3 0 1 0 .195 G.Triandos C 4 1 1 1 .282 B.Goodman SS 1 0 0 0 .284 B.Gardner 2B 3 1 2 1 .205 A-W.Miranda SS 3 0 0 0 .240 C.Pascual P 1 0 1 1 .222 N.Garver P 3 0 2 0 .194 L.Jackson P 0 0 0 0 .036 J.Meyer P 1 0 0 0 .083 B-C.Maxwell PH 1 1 1 1 .309 L.Burdette P 0 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 4 13 4 Totals 31 5 9 5 A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Goodman In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 7th Inning Yankees......... 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 0 Athletics....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 - 5 9 1 Yankees (46-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET N.Garver 6 6 2 2 2 5 0 83 4.17 A1 C7 J.Meyer LOSS(5-7) BS(8th) 2 3 3 3 0 3 3 35 5.69 C8 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 8 3 Athletics (50-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Pascual 6 1/3 13 4 4 2 3 1 117 5.21 A1 D5 L.Jackson 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.30 D6 D6 L.Burdette WIN(5-10) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 6.35 D7 Totals 9 13 4 4 3 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 7,734 DATE- Thursday, August 19th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9 Athletics: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Athletics: 3 ERRORS- C.Pascual DOUBLES- G.Woodling(6th), B.Gardner(2nd) HOME RUNS- S.Burgess(22nd), K.Boyer(12th), G.Triandos(16th), C.Maxwell(4th) RBIs- S.Burgess-3(63rd), H.Aaron(87th), K.Boyer(46th), G.Triandos(47th), B.Gardner(8th), C.Pascual, C.Maxwell(14th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Pascual WALKS- S.Burgess, H.Aaron, E.Yost, W.Moon, M.Mantle STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn, B.Nieman, E.Yost, J.Meyer, J.Logan, M.Mantle-2, G.Hodges-2, J.Delsing-2, G.Triandos GIDP- B.Nieman, V.Power-2, G.Triandos 2-out RBI- B.Gardner, C.Pascual, K.Boyer RLISP 2-out- N.Garver, J.Logan, V.Power-2, J.Delsing, W.Moon, E.Yost, R.Ashburn TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 11 Athletics: 1 for 5 Second baseman Billy Gardner had 2 base hits at Municipal Stadium as the Kansas City Athletics won in their last at-bat beating the New York-AL Yankees by the count of 5 to 4. The game was won by Kansas City when they scored a run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Gus Triandos smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' resulting in an exciting win for Kansas City and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. Kansas City won despite being out-hit by New York-AL 13 hits to 9. Lew Burdette(5-10) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory. Jack Meyer(5-7) took the loss in relief. He served up 3 gopher balls in 2 innings. SCORESHEET: 1955 New York-AL Yankees at 1955 Kansas City Athletics R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/8 C1:G/43 D1:K E1:F/7 G.Woodli-A1 A2:Do>13 B2:Si *5*:Si D2:G/43 *9*:G/43 S.Burges-A1 A3:G/13>3 B3:W>12 b C3:HR>1# *7*:Si E3:F/7 # 23 1 b# H.Aaron-A1 A4:Si>3# B4:W>23 1 C4:Si D4:Force/ E4:F/8 2 b1 54>1o b1 B.Nieman-A1 A5:G-DP/6 B5:K C5:Si>12 D5:Si>12 43>1o V.Power-A1 *2*:E/1 B6:G/53 C6:G-DP/6 D6:G-DP/6 43>23 1o 43>1o E.Yost-A1 A7:Si>1o *4*:G/53 C7:K *8*:W>b1 B.Goodma-A1 A8:G/63 B8:F/8 *6*:G/43 D8:G/43>1 W.Mirand-B7 2 N.Garver-A1 A9:F/8 B9:Si C9:Si D9:K J.Meyer-D7 W.Moon-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Si>12 C1:F/8 D1:G/63 J.Logan-A1 A2:F/9 B2:K *5*:G/13 D2:F/9 M.Mantle-A1 A3:F/9 *3*:W>b1 C3:K *8*:K G.Hodges-A1 A4:F/9 B4:G/43>1 C4:K D4:K 2 K.Boyer-A1 *2*:G/53 B5:G/53 *6*:G/13 D5:HR>b# J.Delsin-A1 A6:Si B6:K C6:Si D6:K G.Triand-A1 A7:K *4*:F/7 C7:G-DP/6 *9*:HR>b# 43>1o B.Gardne-A1 A8:Do>1# B8:Si *7*:F/9 C.Pascua-A1 A9:Si>2# B9:Sac/54 C9:HR>b# L.Jackso-C8 >12 C.Maxwel-C9+