BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Washington Nationals 4/14/1956 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG F.Robinson LF 6 2 4 2 .283 J.Temple 2B 4 2 1 0 .316 T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Bell CF 2 1 1 0 .297 J.Logan SS 4 1 2 0 .413 R.Campanella C 4 0 1 1 .230 D-D.Blasingame PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Adcock 1B 4 1 1 3 .342 M.Mantle RF 4 2 3 3 .415 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .288 K.Boyer 3B 5 2 3 1 .343 H.Simpson RF 3 0 0 0 .194 G.Hodges 1B 5 1 3 1 .280 R.Sievers LF 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Piersall CF 4 1 2 2 .353 R.Boone 3B 2 0 0 0 .233 G.Triandos C 4 0 0 0 .375 W.Spahn P 2 0 0 0 .250 B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Face P 1 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Gernert PH 1 1 1 2 .250 E-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .333 F.Bolling 2B 5 0 0 0 .250 J.Antonelli P 2 0 0 0 .125 A-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .231 B-E.Bailey C 2 1 1 0 .220 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 44 11 19 11 Totals 30 4 6 4 A-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Cerv In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Grim In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Logan In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gernert In 9th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 - 11 19 1 Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 6 2 Athletics (14-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Antonelli WIN(4-0) 6 4 4 3 4 5 1 72 3.00 A1 C6 B.Grim HOLD(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 4.76 C7 D4 T.Phillips 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.18 D5 Totals 9 6 4 3 5 7 1 Nationals (10-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn LOSS(2-2) 6 2/3 12 7 7 1 5 1 129 3.51 A1 D5 R.Face 2 1/3 7 4 4 1 2 2 52 5.02 D6 Totals 9 19 11 11 2 7 3 ATTENDANCE- 17,857 DATE- Wednesday, April 14th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:36 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Nationals: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Nationals: 1 ERRORS- J.Antonelli, R.Campanella, H.Kuenn DOUBLES- G.Hodges-3(5th), J.Piersall(5th), R.Campanella(2nd), H.Kuenn(2nd) TRIPLES- M.Mantle(1st) HOME RUNS- F.Robinson(4th), M.Mantle(10th), D.Gernert(1st), J.Adcock(7th) RBIs- F.Robinson-2(9th), M.Mantle-3(24th), K.Boyer(17th), G.Hodges(13th), J.Piersall-2(4th), D.Gernert-2(2nd), R.Campanella(9th), J.Adcock-3(17th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Logan WALKS- M.Mantle, J.Piersall, G.Bell-2, H.Simpson, R.Boone-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Logan, M.Mantle, J.Piersall, F.Bolling-2, J.Antonelli, E.Bailey, R.Campanella-3, J.Adcock, H.Kuenn, R.Boone, W.Spahn GIDP- G.Triandos, R.Boone, W.Spahn PASSED BALLS- R.Campanella 2-out RBI- G.Hodges, M.Mantle-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Piersall, F.Bolling, G.Triandos-2, G.Hodges, R.Boone TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 9 Nationals: 1 for 6 Mickey Mantle jacked one out of the ballyard and had 3 RBI at Griffith Stadium as the Kansas City Athletics beat the Washington Nationals by the count of 11 to 4. Mantle provided much of the offense. He tripled bringing in a run in the 6th inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 7th inning and delivered a base-hit in the 8th inning. Kansas City ended up with 19 hits for the game while Washington had 6. Johnny Antonelli(4-0) went 6 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Warren Spahn(2-2) absorbed the loss. He gave up 7 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings of work. SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Washington Nationals F.Robins-A1 A1:G/53 B1:F/9 *6*:Si D1:Si E1:HR>1# F1:Si T.Philli-F3 b# J.Logan-A1 A2:G/53 *4*:K C2:Sac/14 D2:Si E2:Si F2:G/43 D.Blasin-F2 >12 M.Mantle-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:K C3:PB>23 D3:HR>1# E3:Si+E/6 Tr>3# b# >13 K.Boyer-A1 A4:F/8 B4:Si C4:Si>3# D4:Si E4:FC/52> 3o 23 G.Hodges-A1 *2*:E/2 B5:Do>1# C5:Do>13 D5:Do>13 E5:F/8 J.Piersa-A1 A6:L/5 B6:K C6:Do>3# D6:W>b1 *9*:Si 2# G.Triand-A1 A7:G-DP/6 *5*:G/3 C7:G/53 D7:F/9 E7:HR>1# B.Grim-D8 43>1o b# D.Gerner-E7+ F.Bollin-A1 *3*:K B8:L/5 C8:F/7 *8*:K E8:F/8 J.Antone-A1 A9:K B9:G/43 *7*:G/3 D9:Si E9:K B.Cerv-C9 E.Bailey-D8 J.Temple-A1 A1:E/1 B1:F-DP/7 *6*:Si *8*:P/6 3>1o G.Bell-A1 A2:F/8 *4*:W>b1 C2:Si>13 D2:W>b1 R.Campan-A1 A3:Do>1# B3:K C3:K D3:K J.Adcock-A1 A4:G/13 B4:K C4:HR>3# D4:F/7 1# b# H.Kuenn-A1 *2*:G/13 B5:F/9 C5:K *9*:Do H.Simpso-A1 A6:G/3 *5*:W>b1 C6:G/3 D6:G/63 R.Siever-A1 A7:G/43 B7:F/7 *7*:Si D7:G/3>23 R.Boone-A1 *3*:W>b1 B8:W>12 b C8:G-DP/6 D8:K 1 43>1o W.Spahn-A1 A9:K B9:G-DP/1 C9:G/63 R.Face-C7 63>1o