BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Cleveland Indians 4/9/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
W.Moon RF 5 0 0 0 .244 W.Jones 3B 4 1 2 1 .237
D.Blasingame 2B 4 0 1 0 .389 G-R.Wilson C 0 0 0 0 .280
M.Mantle CF 3 0 2 0 .432 F.Hatfield 2B 2 2 2 1 .302
C.Maxwell LF 3 0 1 0 .308 F-G.Kell PH,3B 0 0 0 0 .304
C-F.Robinson PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .258 B.Boyd 1B 3 0 1 0 .304
M.Vernon 1B 3 1 2 0 .368 A.Kaline CF 5 0 1 0 .264
A-G.Hodges PR,1B 1 0 0 0 .258 T.Williams LF 2 0 0 1 .333
K.Boyer 3B 4 0 1 0 .360 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .297
E.Bailey C 3 0 0 0 .188 C.Courtney C 1 0 0 0 .225
J.Logan SS 4 1 1 2 .396 D-B.Mazeroski PR,2B 0 1 0 0 .000
B.Lemon P 3 0 0 0 .100 D.Groat SS 3 0 0 0 .262
T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Sullivan P 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Long PH 1 0 0 0 .200
H-B.Cerv PH 0 0 0 0 .333 D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Sturdivant P 0 0 0 0 .333
E-G.Crowe PH 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Byerly P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 26 4 7 3
A-Pinch Ran For Vernon In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Maxwell In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Courtney In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sturdivant In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jones In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
Indians......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 4 7 1
Athletics (10-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon LOSS(2-1) 7 1/3 7 4 2 5 2 1 138 1.48 A1 E1
T.Phillips 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.86 E2 E3
C.Johnson 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.40 E4
Totals 8 7 4 2 6 2 1
Indians (10-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Sullivan 6 7 2 2 2 2 1 108 4.83 A1 C9
D.Mossi 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.38 D1 D3
T.Sturdivant WIN(2-1) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.06 D4 D7
B.Byerly SAVE(5th) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.50 D8
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 10,427 DATE- Friday, April 9th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Indians:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Indians: 1
ERRORS- J.Logan, W.Jones
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(1st), M.Vernon(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Logan(4th), F.Hatfield(3rd)
RBIs- J.Logan-2(9th), W.Jones(6th), F.Hatfield(4th), T.Williams(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Boyd, C.Courtney, D.Groat, F.Sullivan
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Williams
WALKS- M.Mantle, E.Bailey, B.Cerv, W.Jones, F.Hatfield, G.Kell, B.Boyd,
T.Williams, G.Crowe
HIT BY PITCH- F.Hatfield, C.Courtney-2
STRIKE OUTS- E.Bailey, J.Logan-2, T.Williams, F.Sullivan
GIDP- W.Moon, A.Kaline
2-out RBI- J.Logan-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Clemente-2, B.Lemon-2, W.Jones, T.Williams-2, D.Long, A.Kaline-2
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 8 Indians: 1 for 11
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Clint Courtney blocked the plate, saving a run!
In a close game the Cleveland Indians got by the Kansas City Athletics by the
score of 4 to 2.
In the 7th inning Cleveland scored 2 runs. Willie Jones kicked off the action
when he stroked a base-hit. Fred Hatfield stepped up to the plate and he
ripped a single. Bob Boyd then laid down a sacrifice bunt. Al Kaline was up
next and he reached on an error which scored a run. Ted Williams came up to
bat and hit a deep fly scoring the final run of the inning. Cleveland
totaled 7 hits on the night.
Tom Sturdivant(2-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings. Bud
Byerly preserved the game for Sturdivant, recording his his 5th save. Bob
Lemon(2-1) took the loss. By surrending 4 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings his ERA
jumped from 1.06 to 1.48.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Cleveland Indians
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:G/3 *5*:G/43 *7*:G/3 E1:G-DP/6
43>1o
D.Blasin-A1 A2:G/63 B2:F/8 C2:Si D2:F/8
M.Mantle-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Si C3:Force/ D3:Si
64>1o b1
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:G/63 B4:Do>1o C4:G/63 D4:P/6
F.Robins-D4
M.Vernon-A1 *2*:L/4 *4*:Do *6*:Si *8*:F/8
G.Hodges-C6
K.Boyer-A1 A6:Si B6:G/53 C6:E/5>12 D6:G/53
E.Bailey-A1 A7:W>12 b B7:F/7 C7:Force/ D7:K
1 36>23 1o
b1
J.Logan-A1 A8:K B8:HR>2# C8:K *9*:F/7
b#
B.Lemon-A1 A9:G/63 B9:G/63 C9:F/8 D9:W>b1
T.Philli-D8
C.Johnso-D8+
W.Jones-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G/53 *5*:W>b1 *7*:Si E1:Si>2#
R.Wilson-E5 13
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:HBP *3*:HR>b# C2:W>12 b D2:Si>12 E2:IW>b1
G.Kell-E2 1
B.Boyd-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:FO/2 C3:W>23 1 D3:Sac/54 E3:Force/
2 b1 >23 12 32>3o 23
12 b1
A.Kaline-A1 A4:F/8 B4:Si C4:G-DP/6 D4:E/6>3# E4:G/43
23>3o 23 23
12
T.Willia-A1 A5:W>23 1 B5:F/9 C5:K D5:SF/9>3
2 b1 #
R.Clemen-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/63 *6*:Si D6:G/63
C.Courtn-A1 *2*:HBP *4*:G/43 C7:Sac/24 *8*:HBP
B.Mazero-D8 >12
D.Groat-A1 A8:G/63>1 B8:F/7 C8:G/53 D8:Sac/14
2 >12
F.Sulliv-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:K C9:F/8 D9:IW>b1
D.Long-C9 >23
D.Mossi-D1+