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New York Yankees 8 Kansas City Athletics 7

August 27,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (86-44)

Home Team

Kansas City Athletics (46-83)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Municipal Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

34,065

Time of Game

2:34

Umpires

[HP]: Eddie Hurley [1B]: Red Flaherty [2B]: Jim Honochick [3B]: Bill Kinnamon

New York Yankees 8 Kansas City Athletics 7

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6th inning: CS3(25) **DIFF: CS is not reflected in Mantle's official record**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	86-44		0	1	0		3	1	0		0	2	1			8	11	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	46-83		0	0	0		3	0	0		0	1	3			7	12	0		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	26.008	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.269		130	599
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.319	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.280		123	667
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.351	L	4	1	0	0		1	0	.275		128	647
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.311	B	2	1	0	0		2	1	.321		128	1499
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.107	L	3	2	2	3		0	0	.274		98	1551
6	Elston Howard	c	32.185	R	4	2	3	2		0	1	.354		97	736
7	Bill Skowron	1b	30.252	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.279		119	912
8	Clete Boyer	3b	24.199	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.229		117	409
9	Whitey Ford	p	32.310	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.193		32	287
	Rollie Sheldon	p	24.253	R	1	1	0	0		1	0	.125		28	28
Totals

2B: Elston Howard (15)

3B: Clete Boyer (3)

HR: Yogi Berra (18), Elston Howard (13)

RBI: Bobby Richardson (43), Tony Kubek (37), Yogi Berra 3 (54), Elston Howard 2 (55), Bill Skowron (72)

SH: Bobby Richardson (9)

HBP: Yogi Berra (2)

GDP: Bobby Richardson (13), Roger Maris (13), Bill Skowron (18)

CS: Mickey Mantle (2)

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Wayne Causey	3b	24.244	L	4	1	1	2		1	0	.267		77	213
2	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.142	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.235		83	404
3	Dick Howser	ss	25.105	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.275		127	127
4	Deron Johnson	rf	23.041	R	5	2	3	2		0	0	.209		63	69
5	Norm Siebern	1b	28.032	L	5	1	2	2		0	1	.283		122	574
6	Haywood Sullivan	c	30.255	R	3	0	0	1		1	1	.254		95	154
7	Leo Posada	lf	25.134	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.251		93	103
8	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.086	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.282		120	532
9	Bob Shaw	p	28.059	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.158		32	156
	Jim Rivera	ph	40.036	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.221		48	1136
	Joe Nuxhall	ph	33.028	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.275		43	359
Totals

2B: Bobby Del Greco (12), Dick Howser (23), Jerry Lumpe 2 (26)

HR: Wayne Causey (5), Norm Siebern (15)

RBI: Wayne Causey 2 (32), Deron Johnson 2 (24), Norm Siebern 2 (76), Haywood Sullivan (37)

SH: Leo Posada (3)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Whitey Ford	L	W 22-3	5.0	5	3	3	2	0	1		3.41	1.15		32	307
2	Rollie Sheldon	R		3.1	5	3	3	0	1	1		3.08	1.21		28	28
3	Luis Arroyo	L	SV 25	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0		1.82	1.04		53	186
Totals				0.0

WP: Luis Arroyo (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Whitey Ford (0-0-0), Rollie Sheldon (0-0-0), Luis Arroyo (0-0-0)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Shaw	R	L 8-12	7.0	7	5	5	3	3	2		4.08	1.47		32	162
2	Bill Kunkel	R		2.0	4	3	3	1	0	0		4.42	1.46		48	48
Totals				0.0

WP: Bill Kunkel (5)

HB: Bob Shaw (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Shaw (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)