BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Cleveland Indians 4/11/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
F.Robinson LF 5 0 1 0 .250 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .227
J-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Hatfield 2B 3 1 1 0 .304
J.Logan SS 4 2 2 0 .400 A-B.Mazeroski 2B 0 0 0 0 .000
M.Mantle RF 5 1 2 0 .396 H-F.Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 .167
K.Boyer 3B 5 1 3 2 .362 I-G.Kell 2B 0 0 0 0 .308
G.Hodges 1B 3 0 1 1 .289 B.Boyd 1B 3 1 1 0 .308
J.Piersall CF 4 0 1 1 .333 A.Kaline CF 4 2 2 1 .269
G.Triandos C 4 1 1 1 .458 T.Williams LF 3 0 1 1 .328
F.Bolling 2B 3 0 1 0 .304 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 1 .296
D-M.Vernon PH 0 0 0 0 .368 C.Courtney C 3 0 0 0 .209
E-D.Gernert PH 0 0 0 0 .200 K-D.Long PH 0 0 0 0 .200
G-D.Blasingame 2B 0 0 0 0 .375 D.Groat SS 4 0 1 0 .247
L.Burdette P 2 0 0 0 .444 V.Mizell P 2 0 0 0 .000
B-B.Cerv PH 0 0 0 0 .300 C-G.Crowe PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Sturdivant P 0 0 0 0 .333
F-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 0 0 .300 P.Lapalme P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Byerly P 0 0 0 0 ----
L-D.Ennis PH 1 0 1 1 .200
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 5 12 5 Totals 33 4 8 4
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hatfield In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mizell In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Bolling In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Vernon In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Grim In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Gernert In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Mazeroski In 8th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Thomas In 9th Inning
J-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Robinson In 9th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Courtney In 9th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For Byerly In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 5 12 0
Indians......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 8 1
Athletics (12-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette 6 5 3 3 1 2 0 90 2.57 A1 C6
B.Grim WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 7.36 C7 C9
M.Grissom SAVE(4th) 2 3 1 1 1 3 0 36 1.35 D1
Totals 9 8 4 4 2 6 0
Indians (10-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Mizell 7 8 3 3 1 9 2 107 1.59 A1 D1
T.Sturdivant LOSS(2-2) 0 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 27 3.72 D2 D7
P.Lapalme 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 5.11 D8 E1
B.Byerly 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.29 E2
Totals 9 12 5 5 2 11 2
ATTENDANCE- 6,770 DATE- Sunday, April 11th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Indians: 1
ERRORS- C.Courtney
DOUBLES- F.Robinson(1st), M.Mantle(3rd), J.Piersall(4th), A.Kaline(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Boyer(4th), G.Triandos(2nd)
RBIs- K.Boyer-2(16th), G.Hodges(12th), J.Piersall(2nd), G.Triandos(5th),
A.Kaline(16th), T.Williams(15th), R.Clemente(13th), D.Ennis(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Bolling
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Logan, B.Boyd
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Hodges
WALKS- D.Gernert, B.Cerv, T.Williams, D.Long
STRIKE OUTS- F.Robinson-4, J.Logan, M.Mantle, K.Boyer-2, G.Hodges, G.Triandos,
L.Burdette, B.Boyd, T.Williams, R.Clemente, V.Mizell-2, G.Crowe
GIDP- J.Piersall
2-out RBI- R.Clemente, K.Boyer-2, T.Williams, J.Piersall, D.Ennis
RLISP 2-out- G.Hodges, C.Courtney-2, R.Clemente, C.Maxwell-2, K.Boyer
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 8 Indians: 4 for 9
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Al Kaline robbed Mickey Mantle of a Homerun!
Ken Boyer cracked a homer and had 2 RBI at Municipal Stadium where the Kansas
City Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 5 to 4.
Kansas City came up with the deciding runs in the 8th inning scoring 2 runs on
3 base hits. Johnny Logan led off and got things going when he delivered a
single. Mickey Mantle came to the plate and doubled. Boyer got his turn
next, but he was a strikeout victim. Gil Hodges came up and he hit a deep
fly scoring a run. Jim Piersall stepped into the box and doubled scoring the
final run of the inning. Cleveland had a chance to come back in the 9th but
they came up short.
The win went to Bob Grim(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Grim got help
from Marv Grissom who was credited with his 4th save. Tom Sturdivant(2-2)
ended up with the loss in relief.
'You have to give Cleveland credit, they fought us tough to the end' Jim
Murphy said. 'It could have gone either way, but I'm glad we pulled out the
victory.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Cleveland Indians
F.Robins-A1 A1:K B1:K *6*:K D1:K *9*:Do
D.Willia-E5
J.Logan-A1 A2:F/8 B2:K C2:Si *8*:Si E2:Sac/14
>23
M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si *4*:K C3:F/8 D3:Do>13 E3:G/43
K.Boyer-A1 A4:Si>13 B4:Si C4:HR>1# D4:K E4:K
b#
G.Hodges-A1 A5:K B5:Si>13 C5:P/2 D5:SF/8>3
#
J.Piersa-A1 *2*:G/63 B6:G-DP/5 *7*:F/7 D6:Do>2#
43>1o
G.Triand-A1 A7:G/63 *5*:K C7:HR>b# D7:E/2>23
F.Bollin-A1 A8:Si CS/ B8:L/5 C8:G/43 D8:IW>12
M.Vernon-D8 24>1o b1
D.Gerner-D8+
L.Burdet-A1 *3*:K B9:G/31 C9:W>b1 D9:G/43
B.Cerv-C9
B.Grim-D2+
W.Jones-A1 A1:FO/5 B1:F/8 C1:G/43 *8*:F/8
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:G/3 *4*:L/4 *6*:Si D2:G/53
B.Mazero-C7
F.Thomas-D2+
B.Boyd-A1 A3:G/3 B3:Si C3:Sac/54 D3:K
>12
A.Kaline-A1 *2*:L/5 B4:Do>1# C4:FO/2 *9*:Si
T.Willia-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:G/53 C5:Si>2# D5:K
R.Clemen-A1 A6:G/43>1 B6:Si>2# C6:F/8 D6:K
2
C.Courtn-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/63 *7*:F/7 D7:W>12 b
D.Long-D7 1
D.Groat-A1 *3*:G/31 *5*:P/6 C8:G/13 D8:Si>23
12
V.Mizell-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:K D9:Si>3#
G.Crowe-C9 2o 13
T.Sturdi-D1+