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Miley BB CD 1956 White Sox-Yankees 5/6 Game 1
Called by Bob Elson

Whitey Ford pitches a shutout in the first game of the double-header.  Hank Bauer, Billy Martin, Mickey Mantle, and Moose Skowron each have 2 hits for New York.

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New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 0 (1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 6, 1956 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1
NY A 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x - 4 12 1
BATTING
Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 5
Kell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Minoso lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Nieman rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Rivera rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dahlke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 1
Lollar c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Battey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Harshman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Keegan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phillips ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 0 8 0 2 6 24 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Fox-Dropo.
E: Doby (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Aparicio (1,off Ford); Lollar (2,off Ford).
GDP: Nieman (1,off Ford); Aparicio (1,off Ford).
Team LOB: 8.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Bauer rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
Martin 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 5
Mantle cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0
Berra c 4 1 1 2 0 0 6 1
Skowron 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
McDougald ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Howard lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Ford p 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Totals 34 4 12 3 3 2 27 15
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Ford-Martin-Skowron, McDougald-Martin-Skowron.
E: Carey (6).
BATTING - 
2B: Mantle (3,off Harshman); Skowron (5,off Harshman); Howard (1,off Keegan).
HR: Berra (8,3rd inning off Harshman 1 on 0 out); Bauer (6,4th inning off Harshman
0 on 0 out).
IBB: Carey (1,by Harshman).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Bauer (1,2nd base by Keegan/Lollar).
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Harshman L(1-1) 3 8 4 3 2 0 2 19
Keegan 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 15
Dahlke 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 8 12 4 3 3 2 2 37
Harshman faced 1 batter in the 4th inning
IBB: Harshman (1,Carey).
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ford W(4-0) 9 8 0 0 2 6 0 35
Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Joe Paparella, 3B - Eddie Hurley